Illinois Wesleyan

Has earned two letters (2013-14, 2014-15) ...

2015-16: Named "Women's Golfer of the Week" in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin on Sept. 23 for finishing tied for first in Millikin Fall Classic ... Shot career-best 71 in Millikin first round ... Tied for second at the CCIW Championship ...  Tied for 31st at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Averaged 79.4 strokes in 25 rounds ... Shot three rounds under par ... 

2014-15: Earned all-conference honors as she tied for seventh in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships...Had an average of 83 in 21 rounds... Had season low of 75 in the second round of the Illinois College Invitational...

2013-14: Had an average of 84.1 in 23 rounds... Had season low of 75 in the second round of the Illinois Wesleyan Spring Fling...

2012-13: Had an average of 91.3 in 13 rounds...Had season low of 83 in two different rounds...

AT MORTON HS: Three times selected to all-Mid Illini Conference first team and was second team as freshman ... Four-year golf team member and two-year captain ... Played for golf regional champions as a senior ... Tied school record with 35 in 9-hole match at Pine Lakes ... Also four-year varsity cheerleader and captain as senior ... High honor roll student four years ... Wyldlife Youth Group leader ...

PERSONAL: Karson Gayle Taphorn ... Born May 18, 1994 ... Majoring in nursing at Illinois Wesleyan with a Spanish minor ... Parents are Matt and Kelly Taphorn ... Father was a standout basketball player at Division I Illinois State University and holds ISU record for career 3-point field goal accuracy ... Mother was a Redbird cheerleader ...