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Brittany Levens

Brittany Levens

  • Award
    Featured Titan
  • Week Of
    7/3/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Golf
  • Bio
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Senior-to-be Brittany Levens earned all-conference honors with her fifth place finish in the 2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships and she tied for 68th in the 2012 NCAA Division III national championship with score of 332 as team finished eighth.
A two-time letterwinner, Levens has a career average of 85.7 in 59 rounds as a Titan and had her career low round of 77 in the 2011 CCIW championships and also in the O'Brien National Invitational as a freshman. She also paired with Erica Woodall in the Hooters Collegiate Golf Team Championships in August 2010.
An accounting major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Ted and Sally Levens of Golden Valley, Minn.


Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: Coach Kathy Niepagen and the girls on the team.

IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Accounting 1 but that might even be a struggle.

The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Professors not realizing how much time we put into working on our game. 

Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? I got a B in Calculus II. That was the end of my math major.

I’m deathly afraid of ... : Hospitals

Worst habit: Picking my nails

Most expensive traffic ticket: Thankfully never gotten one.

Language I’d like to learn: Italian. I’d love to go back to Italy.

The longest I could survive without my cell phone:  Probably a few days but that would be hard.

Favorite sports figure: Andy Roddick

My greatest moment in sports was: Shooting 74 at sections to qualify for state.

Worst dresser on my team: No one. We all look pretty fly on the course.

Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Nothing really lasts long in my fridge since I’m always hungry.

Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Joe Mauer or Wally Szczerbiak

Favorite food: Pizza and any kind of dessert 

Vegetable I won’t eat: I actually like vegetables!

Pepsi or Coke?: Neither. I prefer Sprite.

Favorite TV show: Toss-up between "Desperate Housewives" and "Revenge".

Favorite musical artist: Lil Wayne

Favorite movie: "Italian Job"

If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Kate Hudson

The person in history I would most like to meet is: Anne Frank

My dream job would be: I would love to be the CFO of the Minnesota Twins.

Place I’d most like to live: Minnesota, hands down.

Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Skydiving and playing golf at St. Andrews.

My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: Golf clubs

What I miss most about being in the third grade: Playing basketball at recess.



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12/2/2015 Samantha Ellsworth Women's Basketball
11/18/2015 Mary Kate Schmidt Women's Soccer
11/4/2015 Kevin Slawkowski Football
10/21/2015 Michael Kelley Football
10/7/2015 Eric Gilbert Men's Soccer
9/23/2015 Tess Bottorff Women's Soccer
9/9/2015 Karson Taphorn Women's Golf
8/26/2015 Mary Rankin Women's Volleyball
8/12/2015 Artie Checchin Football
7/21/2015 Dennie Bridges Alumni
6/22/2015 Chloe Montgomery Softball
6/4/2015 Kenny Wienckowski Men's Golf
5/20/2015 Kelli Herlitz Women's Track and Field
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