Julie Boysen Hillestad

Class:
Senior
High School:
Wang Toppidrett
Hometown:
Hamar, Norway
Prev School:
Presbyterian College
Major:
Communication

As a Senior (2021-22)
Compiled a season scoring average of 74.38 (second-lowest on team) in 10 events ... Tied for the team lead with nine rounds of par or better ... Tallied three top 10 finishes, highlighted by a 3-under par 210 outing for third place at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.

As a Junior (2020-21)
Named to The American Athletic All-Conference Team … Stood second on the team with a 74.22 stroke average (six events) and recorded a team-high three top-5 finishes … Tied for the team lead with seven rounds of par or better … Recorded two rounds in the 60s, including a team-best 7-under 65 in the first round of the River Landing Classic … Followed that performance with a 3-under 69 in round two of the event … Her best finish of the season was third place at the River Landing Classic, carding a 9-under par 207 (65-69-73) … Finished tied for 5^th at the ECU Easter Invitational at 2-over 218 … Captured fourth place at The American Championships, firing a 54-hole total of 4-over 220 … Opened her Pirate career at the Palmetto Intercollegiate shooting a 14-over 230 to claim share of 25th place … Named a WGCA All-American Scholar … Member of The American All-Academic Team.

Presbyterian College (2018-20)
Recorded five career top 10 finishes.

As a Sophomore (2019-20)
Played in all six fall tournaments ... Earned four top 10 finishes ... Shot 221 (73-74-74) to tie for 14th at the Golfweek Program Championship ... Led the team with a ninth place finish at the Phoenix Invitational (par 71) by shooting a collegiate-best 216 (71-74-71) ... Tied for 10th at the Starmount Fall Classic with a score of 227 (73-74-80) ... Shot 148 (76-72) at the Winthrop Fall Invitational to tie for a ninth place finish ... Competed in the Blue Hose Match Play event ... Tied for sixth at the Terrier Intercollegiate with a score of 222 (79-71-72) ... Played in one spring tournament ... Led the team with a 49th place tie and score of 223 (76-76-71) at the Kiawah Island Spring Classic.

As a Freshman (2018-19)
Participated in all four fall events … Shot 226 (75-79-72) to finish 29th in her collegiate debut at the Golfweek Program Championship (par 71) … Posted a score of 247 (87-83-77) at the Pinehurst Challenge to place 85th … Won 5&4 over Gardner-Webb’s Lindsay Koppel during Blue Hose Match Play … Finished tied for 13th at the Terrier Intercollegiate with a score of 153 (76-77) ... Played in all five spring tournaments, leading the team once … Shot 227 (76-77-74) at Kiawah Island Intercollegiate to tie for 86th ... Tied for 50th at the Low Country Intercollegiate at 163 (87-76) ... Earned her first top 10 finish with a sixth place tie at the par 71 French Broad Collegiate Invitational after a collegiate-best 149 (74-75) ... Led team with a 17th place tie and a then collegiate-best score of 221 (73-71-77) at the Edisto Island Invitational ... Tied for 26th at the Big South Championship at 236 (75-78-83) …

High School (Prep Career)
Earned four victories her senior year … Shot 148 (72-76) to win the Callaway Vinter Tour at Mar Menor … Posted a score of 149 (73-76) to win the Ostlandstour at Drobak … Won the stroke play at Srixon Tour at Elverum with a score of 147 (73-74) … Claimed medalist honors at the Ostlandstour at Gamle Fredrikstad with a score of 144 (72-72) … Earned a top 5 finish at the Srixon Tour at Byneset with a score of 222 (74-70-78) … Earned a bronze medal at the Norwegian Junior Championship with a score of 229 (75-76-78) … Represented Norway in the European Team Girls Championship in Finland … Played in six international tournaments in 2016 (South Africa, Austria, Spain, USA and Sweden) … Won the International Trophy hosted by the Norwegian Golf Federation at Oslo Golfklubb (summer 2020) … Finished seventh at the Professional Event Garmin Norgescup 2 finishing one stroke behind former ECU teammate Dorthea Forbrigd (summer 2020) … Member of the Norwegian National Ladies Team.

Personal
Daughter of Lena and Kjetil Hillestad … Has one sibling (Andre) .. Dean’s List student … Intended major is communication with a minor in psychology … Mother is a 25-time world champion in sled dog racing … Julie, her father and brother have also won world titles in sled dog racing.