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2013-14 Saluki Women’s Golf
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MVC Champions 1988 • 1990 • 1998 • 2000 • 2007
2012-13 (Junior)
All-Conference selection...Tied for fifth at the MVC
Championship...Tied for fourth in school history with 56
career rounds in the 70s...Won the Blue Raider Invitational,
earning MVC Golfer of the Week honors...Finished with the
third-best stroke average in the conference...Led the team
in stroke average (77.5)...Posted three top-five finishes and
five top-10 finishes...Led the team with four par or better
rounds...Competed in all 12 tournaments...Led the team in
six tournaments...Posted 20 rounds in the 70s...First-team
Scholar-Athlete Team selection...WGCA All-American
Scholar.
2011-12 (Sophomore)
Earned All-Conference laurels after placing second at the
MVC Championships...Played in all 11 tournaments...
Placed in the top-five in eight tournaments...Won the Saluki
Invitational and earned MVC Golfer of the Week honors for
the win...Led the team in stroke average with a 76.4...Placed
in the top five individuals in all five spring tournaments...
Earned NGCAAll-Scholar Team honors.
2010-11 (Freshman)
Had a impressive freshman campaign including appearing in
all 10 tournaments including a second place finish at the NIU
Snowbird and tied for third at the MVC Championships....
held the lowest team stroke average with a 77.8 with her low
round of 72 at the NIU Snowbird...posted a tie fourth place at
the Saluki Invitational with twin sister Ashleigh leading the
Salukis to a first place finish for the first time since 2008....
named MVC Player of the Week (3/23) for her performance
at NIU Snowbird.
Pre-SIU
Attended Marion High School where she was named All-
Conference and MVP all four years (co-MVP senior year)...
named The Southern Illinoisan Player of theYear in 2007 and
2008 while also being named Co-Player of theYear with twin
sister Ashleigh in 2009...earned conference championships
each of her four years and regional championships in three
season...placed fourth in regionals her freshman year...placed
sixth in sectionals as a freshman, runner up as a junior, and
fourth as a senior...placed each of her four seasons at the
state tournament (19th, 8th, 7th, and 11th, respectively).
Personal
Full name is Cassie Marie Rushing...twin sister of Ashleigh
Rushing...is an undecided about a major...born Feb. 25, 1992
in St. Louis, Mo....daughter of Darron and Carol Rushing...
also has a brother and sister who are also twins.
Cassie Rushing
Senior
Marion, Ill.
Marion HS