Illinois Wesleyan senior Jordan Koehler (Galesburg, Ill., Galesburg HS) has finished in the top 10 in all four College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships in which she has played, including being the tournament medalist in 2016. She got seventh as a freshman, second as a junior and sixth as a senior playing for teams that have won the CCIW title each year.
As a junior she had a hole-in-one in the first round of the DePauw Dan Quayle Classic and shot her career-low of 72 at the DIII Fall Preview. She has been the CCIW "Women's Golfer of the Week" three times in her career.
The daughter of Ron and Toni Koehler, Jordan is majoring in business administration (marketing) at Illinois Wesleyan.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: The team’s family-like atmosphere and conversations with Olivia Kief
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Procrastination 101
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: time management
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? C in my freshman pre-business bio class
I’m deathly afraid of ... : The shanks
Worst habit: PBFUs and 4 putts
Most expensive traffic ticket: $125 (sorry again, mom)
Language I’d like to learn: Spanish
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: A week
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Determined and competitive
Favorite sports figures: 2x All-American Tyler Brown and Justin Thomas
My greatest moment in sports was: Hole in one junior year and getting a 10 on my last hole at conference this year!!
The best player I ever faced was: Tyler Brown at TopGolf
Worst dressers on my team: Maggie Warrner - those yellow crocs gotta go girl and Melanie Wolf - that blue pullover, though
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Leftovers at AGD
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Kim Nelson-Brown
Favorite food: Chicken parm
Vegetable I won’t eat: Cauliflower
Pepsi or Coke? Dr. Pepper
Favorite TV show: "Chicago PD" or "The Office"
Favorite musical group: Florida Georgia Line
Favorite movie: "The Blind Side"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Anne Hathaway
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "True Life: I’m Obsessed with Dogs"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: The golden retriever from Air Bud
My dream job would be: Working for Golf Channel or a professional sports team
Place I’d most like to live: Raleigh, N.C.
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: A black lab or Tiger Woods in his prime
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Travel to Ireland and play a round of golf without getting mad
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: Signed golf ball from Jordan Spieth
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Craig Onsrud - he has more hole-in-ones and avoided speeding tickets than anyone I know
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Squishy pencil grips
