Diane Baillieux Bio and Career Results
Name pronounced DEE-ahn Bye-YOO ... Signed with Bears in November 2016 and enrolled in August 2017 ... Played 26 of team’s 30 tournaments over first three seasons ... Enters 2020-21 season ranked eighth in program history with 74.88 stroke average across 73 rounds ... Named to Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team in each of first two seasons ... Six-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection and three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree, picking up first-team recognition in 2019 and 2020 and rookie team honors in 2018.
2019-20 (Junior): Made Baylor lineup in seven of team’s eight tournaments prior to season being cut short due to COVID-19 ... Finished third on team with 74.33 stroke average across 18 rounds, which ranked No. 21 on Baylor’s list of best single-season stroke averages in program history ... Played five rounds at par or better and counted 14 of 18 rounds toward team score ... Earned career-first medalist honors and posted two top-10 finishes and four top-25 finishes ... Led team with 4.84 par-5 scoring average and finished second on squad with 3.14 par-3 scoring average ... Made par or better on 75 percent of holes played (243 of 324) ... Recorded 39 birdies and one eagle ... Opened season with tie for 20th place at 7-over 223 in Trinity Forest Invitational ... Recorded third career top-10 finish with tie for sixth place in 80-player field at Glass City Invitational, posting 3-over 219 at Inverness ... Recorded season-high nine birdies in Glass City Invitational ... Suffered injury in Betsy Rawls Invitational, which forced her to withdraw and miss final fall tournament at White Sands Invitational ... Returned for spring opener at SMU/DAC Invitational, carding even-par 72 in both rounds to take career-first medalist honors in 40-player field ... Made lone eagle of season and carded six birdies to shoot even-par 144 at Dallas Athletic Club ... Earned fourth top-25 finish of season with 9-over 222 to tie for 23rd place in 90-player field at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate ... Named first-team Academic All-Big 12 for second consecutive season ... Selected to Fall and Spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Played in nine of team’s 11 tournaments, competing in each spot in the lineup throughout the year, including four tournaments in the No. 1 spot ... Ranked fourth on team with 75.35 stroke average across 26 rounds ... Counted 89 percent (23 of 26) of rounds toward team score ... Posted four rounds at par or better, recorded one top-5 and two top-25 finishes ... Carded 73.55 stroke average across 11 fall rounds and 76.67 average in 15 rounds during spring season ... Made one eagle, 60 birdies and 275 pars over 468 holes played ... Averaged 3.26 on par-3 holes, 4.29 on par-4 holes and 4.94 on par-5 holes ... Recorded season-high 10 birdies in NCAA East Lansing Regional ... Made lone eagle in first tournament of season at Cougar Classic ... Played three of first four rounds at par or better, then finished year with 1-under 71 in final round of season ... Recorded career-best 36-hole and 54-hole scores at Schooner Fall Classic with 141 and 213, respectively ... Posted career-best finish by taking fifth place, earning Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team recognition for second consecutive season in Big 12 Championship ... Best finish of fall season came with tie for 21st place at Betsy Rawls Invitational ... Tied for 26th place in prestigious Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge to open spring season ... Named first-team Academic All-Big 12 and selected to Fall and Spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.
2017-18 (Freshman): Participated in 10 of team’s 11 tournaments during debut season, appearing in top four spots of lineup in all 10 events played ... Posted team’s third-best stroke average at 74.79 across 29 rounds ... Played six rounds at par or better and recorded four top-25 finishes, including one top-10 finish ... Made collegiate debut playing in No. 3 spot in lineup at Schooner Fall Classic, tying for 78th place at 22-over 235 ... Sat out next tournament, but finished year making lineup in each of last nine events ... Returned to lineup in No. 4 spot at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, tied for 31st place at 9-over 225 ... Remained at No. 4 for Battle at the Beach, shot season-best round of 3-under 68 in first round on way to tie for 16th place at 2-over 215 ... Began spring season in No. 1 spot at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, tying for 11th place in 96-player field with 6-over 219 ... Played in No. 3 spot at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, tied for 56th place at 16-over 229 ... Remained No. 3 at SDSU March Mayhem, tied for 44th place with 8-over 80 in stroke play round, then went 2-0-1 in match play ... Defeated Pepperdine’s Hannah Haythorne 4&3 in first-round match ... Won 3&1 against BYU’s Naomi Soifua in second-round match ... Finished all-square against Stanford’s Ziyi Wang in final match ... Moved up to top-two spots in lineup for final four tournaments of season ... Played No. 2 at Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, tied for 14th place at 2-over 218 ... Remained in No. 2 spot at Big 12 Championship and earned All-Tournament Team recognition after shooting 2-under 70 in first round on way to in sixth place at 4-over 220 ... Played in No. 1 spot in both NCAA Regional and NCAA Championship ... Shot 7-over 223 to tie for 42nd place at NCAA Austin Regional, helping Bears advance to NCAA Championship for fifth time in program history ... Fought through virus to post even-par 72 in final round after teammate Maria Vesga had to withdraw with same illness ... Shot 17-over 305 in NCAA Championship to tie for 62nd place ... Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls and Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
International: Ranked No. 185 in WAGR and No. 2 among Belgian players at time she signed NLI to attend Baylor ... Finished ninth at 2016 European Ladies Amateur Championship and third at 2016 Belgian International Amateur ... Finished as top amateur and placed third at 2016 Terre Blanche Ladies Open and second among amateurs and fourth overall at 2016 CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy.
Personal: Born in Woluwe-Saint-Lombert, Belgium ... Daughter of Thierry Baillieux and Anne-Cecile De Leeuw ... Finance major.
