De Bock Earns First NCAA Regional Berth in Team History

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – For the first time in program history, a member of the Eastern Michigan University women's golf program will compete in the NCAA Regional Tournament as Savannah de Bock was selected as an individual qualifier for the Columbus Regional, the NCAA announced, April 23. The tournament, one of six to be played around the nation, will be held May 5-7 at the Ohio State University Golf Club - Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
 
"It is exciting that Savannah has qualified for the NCAA Regional," Head Coach Josh Brewer said. "She has had a good year since our first event in Washington. She deserves this selection as she came to Eastern Michigan to build a legacy and create a winning culture. It is a major step for us as we build a program of competing and winning in the postseason."
 
"I am very excited about being selected for the tournament," de Bock said. "I was not expecting to be selected, but I am grateful I was because I am ready to get out there and compete. To be the first EMU player in the regional tournament is amazing, honestly. I want to go out there and make everyone proud and do the best I can for myself and for Eastern Michigan."
 
The selection to the regional tournament adds to the historic season de Bock (Ecaussinnes-d'enghien, Belgium/Institut de l'Enfant-Jésus-Lycée/Georgia) had already compiled. Named to the 2024 ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List, the sophomore has rewritten the record books at EMU with four 54-hole tournament scores that broke or tied the previous school record and six of the top eight scores ever recorded by an EMU player. Entering the year, the record was 211, which was shot by current graduate assistant Anna Watson. After shooting 214 at the season-opening Leadership and Golf Invitational (Sept. 16-17) in Washington, de Bock went to work and fired a 204 to win the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 23-25), beating the previous school record by seven strokes. She also shot scores of 209, 210, and 211 this year while adding scores of 213 and 218.
 
Coming off a tie for 11th place at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Championships that were held April 20-22 at Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Ind., as she finished the three-day tournament at 11-over 227 (73-78-76), de Bock helped the Eagles to a third-place finish as a team, its best finish since taking second in 2015, while seeing EMU to a team score of 906, the second-lowest in program history and a 66-shot improvement over the 972 shot at the 2024 MAC Championships.

Heading into the Columbus Regional, de Bock, who is currently ranked No. 163 in the NCAA rankings, holds a season stroke average of 72.9, which is the lowest in program history, surpassing the record of 74.7 set by Kelsey Murphy in 2015-16.
 
2025 Columbus Regional
The Columbus Regional will be played on the Scarlet Course at the OSU Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio, May 5-7, with Ohio State serving as the host. The 12 teams competing in Columbus include (regional seeding) No. 1 University of Arkansas, No. 2 Louisiana State University, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 University of Kansas, No. 5 University of Houston, No. 6 Southern Methodist University, No. 7 University of Nevada Las Vegas, No. 8 University of Illinois, No. 9 Kent State University, No. 10 Illinois State University, No. 11 Xavier University, and No. 12 Oakland University. Additionally, de Bock will be joined by five other individuals, including Isabella McCauley (University of Minnesota), Vanessa Zhang (Harvard University), Mara Janess (University of Michigan), Neeranuch Prajunpanich (Youngstown State University), and Jillian Cosler (Bradley University).
 
About NCAA Regionals
Regional play will take place May 5-7 at six regional sites, with 396 participants and each site featuring 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championships to be played May 16-21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Championship play will be hosted by the University of Texas, with the final three days of the championships televised live by the GOLF Channel. 

Columbus Regional Site
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Arkansas
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Kansas
5. Houston
6. SMU
7. UNLV (Mountain West Champion)
8. Illinois
9. Kent State (MAC Champion)
10. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Champion)
11. Xavier (Big East Champion)
12. Oakland (Horizon League Champion)
 

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
2. Vanessa Zhang, Harvard (The Ivy League Champion)
3. Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan
4. Mara Janess, Michigan
5. Neeranuch Prajunpanich, Youngstown State (Horizon League Champion)
6. Jillian Cosler, Bradley (Missouri Valley Champion)