University of South Alabama Athletics

2020-21:  Earned medalist honors at two events (USA Intercollegiate & Lady Red Wolves Classic), and runner-up at one tournament (UNF Collegiate) this season … Earned top-five finishes in her final three events of the season – UNF Collegiate (2nd), Bama Beach Bash (T-4th) and GSU Invitational (4th) … Won medalist honors at the USA Intercollegiate (Sept. 5-7) at RTJ at Magnolia Grove to open the season with a three-round, 12-under par total of 204, which set a new program record for the lowest three-round tournament score … Shot under par in each round of the event (68-70-66—204), including a 6-under par 66 in the final round which marked a career low and tied Elin Andersson (2005) and Siti Shaari (2019) for the lowest single-round in Jaguar history … Won medalist honors at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (Oct. 12-13) at Sage Meadows Golf Club in Jonesboro, Ark., with a three-round, 8-under par total of 208 (69-68-71) … Set a new program record for birdies in a tournament with 19 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic … Finished T-7th at the First Coast Classic (Feb. 15-16) at Deerwood Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla., with a three-round, even-par total of 216 (70-71-75), which marked her third tournament of the season to shoot even par or better … Shot under par in the first two rounds of the First Coast Classic … Finished runner-up at the UNF Collegiate (March 8-9) at Jacksonville Golf & Country Club with a three-round, 1-over par total of 217 (75-73-69) … Her 3-under par 69 in the final round marked her 10th round of the season of even par or better … Finished T-4th at the Bama Beach Bash (March 19-21) with a three-round, 3-over par total of 219 (74-71-74), which marked her second straight top-five finish … Her 1-under par 71 in round two marked her 11th round of even par or better on the season … Led the field in pars with 40 in three rounds .. Finished in fourth place at the GSU Invitational (March 29-30) at Rivermont Golf Club in Johns Creek, Ga., with a three-round, 2-under par total of 214 (75-69-70), which marked her third straight top-five finish to close the regular season … Her consecutive rounds under par in rounds two and three marked her 11th and 12th rounds of under par, respectively, of the season ... Earned a top-10 finish at the Barstool Sports Let Them Play Classic with a three-round, 2-over par total of 218, including a 1-under par 71 in the opening round. 

2019-20:  Earned one top-10 and two top-20 finishes as a junior ... Competed in six events, and recorded a 74.83 stroke average in 18 rounds, which ranked second on the team ... Fired a 2-under par 70 in the opening round of the season, which came in round one of the USA Intercollegiate (Sept. 14) where she finished with a three-round, 3-over par total of 219 ... Posted a season-low 4-under par 68 in the opening round of the Pat Bradley Invitational (Oct. 20), where she earned her best finish (T-7th) of the year after a 2-under par total of 214 following a 2-under par 70 in the final round.

2018-19: Claimed Second-Team All-Sun Belt recognition after holding a 74.62 average through 10 events (29 rounds) … Completed the season with five top-10 finishes, including all four fall tournaments … Shot the team’s lowest 54-hole total of the season at the USA Intercollegiate (213, -3) … Tied the second-lowest round in Jaguar program history, a 5-under-par 67, in the final round of the Bama Beach Bash to take the runner-up spot … The sophomore tied for 14th at the Sun Belt Conference Championship to send USA to its first NCAA Regionals appearance … Led the Jaguars at the NCAA Auburn Regional with a 224 (+8) effort to tie for 49th.


2017-18: Earned four top-10 and two top-20 finishes while competing in all 10 events as a freshman … Held a 76.46 stroke average over 28 rounds … Tied for second individually and helped lead the Jaguars to a win at the Bama Beach Bash with a three-under-par 213, her lowest tournament total of the season … Her other top-10 finishes were at the Xavier Invitational (9th), ULM Fred Marx Invitational (t6), and John Kirk Panther Invitational (t8).   

High School: Attended Wang Toppidrett Oslo in Oslo, Norway … Member of the Oslo Golf Club for seven years … Helped club win junior Norwegian titles in 2016 and 2017, and a senior title in 2016 … Was an individual medalist three times while with Oslo and placed fifth at the 2016 Junior Norwegian Championship. 

Personal: Full name is Julie Hovland … Born Dec. 16, 1998, in Bergen, Norway … Daughter of Rune and Kristin Hovland … Has a younger sister, Elise … Favorite athlete is Suzann Patterson … In the future, would like to qualify and play on the LPGA tour. 

Major: Business