Baylor

Last name pronounced BELL-Shum ... The only player in program history with four NCAA Championship appearances ... Two time individual medalist at Baylor ... Finished her career with the third-most rounds played in program history (137) ... Fourth in BU career stroke average (72.54) ... Fifth in career top-5 (9) and top-10 (19) finishes ... 2023 WGCA All-America (second team) selection … Two-time All-Big 12 Team Selection (2022 & 2023) … 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team … 2022 & 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … 2023 CSC All-District Selection ... Earned her career-first win at the Collegiate Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico in February of 2023 ... Earned Big 12 Golfer of the Month Honors in February of 2023 after recording three-top-5 finishes in three events … Played in the lineup in every team event in her four seasons at Baylor … Ended the 2022-23 season ranked 31st (Golfstat), 52nd (Golfweek) and 87th (WAGR) individually ... Ranks in the Top-10 in Career Top-10’s (15) … Tied for 6^th in career top-5 finishes (4) … BU has 10 wins in 37 team events since Belsham joined the team in the fall of 2020 … in 104 career stroke-play rounds 84.4 % have counted towards the team’s score … Her career stroke average of 72.46 ranks second in program history … She joined the Bears in September 2020 shortly after competing in British Women’s Amateur ... Recorded 11 top-10 finishes in WAGR events over final two years prior to enrolling at Baylor, including pair of tournament titles ... Entered freshman season ranked No. 407 in WAGR ... Ranked No. 29 in European Golf Rankings, including No. 12 in U18 age group and No. 5 among English golfers.

2023-24 (Senior): Led the Bears to a fourth-straight NCAA Championship ... Finished second on the team with a stroke average of 72.78 ... Led the team in par-3 scoring (3.10), Par-5 scoring (4.76), par-or-better percentage (80.5%), total pars (381) and total eagles (4) ... Led the team with three top-5s, including her second-career win at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (10/25) ... A team-leading 91.2% of her rounds counted towards the team's overall score ... Carded three under-par rounds en route to Medalist honors at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (10/25) ... Opened the spring with a 69 and a tie for sixth at the Match in the Desert ... Carded a 1-2-0 record at the rain-affected T. Hession Regional Challenge (2/6) ... Finished 71-70 at the prestigious Darius Rucker Intercollegiate to card a tie for 19th (3/6) ... Ran here rounds-at-par-or-better streak to five with three more at the FSU matchup en route to a tie for second (3/17) ... Played as the No. 1 player and finished tied for 34th at the PING/ASU Invitational (3/30) ... Finished second in stroke play and went 1-1 in match play at the Veritex Bank Texas Showdown (4/9) ... Recorded a tie for 12th at the Big 12 Championship at the Clubs at Houston Oaks (4/20) ... Helped her team advance to a fourth-straight NCAA regional with a tie for 41st in the 63-person field at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional (5/8) ... Closed her BU career with a tie for 125th in the 141-person field at the NCAA Championship. 

2022-23 (Junior): Finished the season with the second-best single-season stroke average in program history (71.71) ... Captured her career-first win at the Collegiate Invitational in February 2023 ... Earned WGCA All-America Second Team honors ... Was selected to the All-Big 12 Team for the second-straight season ... Played in all 12 events as the No. 1 or No. 2 player ... Led the team with a par-or-better percentage of 82.9%, total pars (372) and top-25 finishes (8) ... Tied for the team lead in top-5 finishes (3) and top-10 finishes (4) ... Finished second on the team in percent of rounds counted (84.5) ... Opened the fall slate with a tie for 32nd at the Schooner Fall Classic, highlighted by a second-round 68 ... Shot in the 60s in each of the last two rounds to finish tied for ninth at the Stanford Intercollegiate ... Recorded two more rounds at par or better and finished tied for 21st at the Battle at the Beach ... Notched a 73 at the Match in the Desert to finish 25th to open the spring ... Fired a final-round 66 to capture her career-first win at the Collegiate Invitational by a shot over Georgia's Jenny Bae ... Belsham's 66 is the lowest round of her collegiate career ... The junior followed up her win with a tie for fifth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge thanks to a strong final-round 67 ... Belsham notched a third-place finish in front of a national television audience at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C. ... Finished tied for 38th at the PING/ASU Invitational ... Picked up wins in five of her eight matches at the inaugural Big 12 Match Play ... Locked up a tie for 18th at the Big 12 Championship at Dallas Athletic Club ... Shot three-straight 70s to help BU advance out of the Pullman Regional en route to a tie for 13th, individually ... Finished tied for 85th in her third and final appearance at Grayhawk Golf Club at the NCAA Championship.
 
2021-22 (Sophomore): Named to the 2022 All-Big 12 Team … 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team … 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … No. 82 (Golfweek) and No. 100 (Golfstat) in national collegiate individual rankings … Finished third on the team with a stroke average of 73.31, which ranks as the 17^th best season in program history … Finished second on the team with 16 rounds at par or better … Ranked third on the team with 84.7% of her rounds counting towards the team score … Finished second on the team with five eagles and second on the team with a birdie or better percentage of 16.8% … Ranked third on the team in par-4 (4.13) and par-5 (4.86) scoring, while she tied for third in par-3 scoring (3.14) … Opened the season with a pair of under-par rounds en route to a tie for sixth at the Cougar Classic (9/14) … Recorded a tie for 24^th in the 81 player field at the Schooner Fall Classic (9/27) … Tallied a tie for 23^rd at the Stephens Cup (10/20) … Closed the fall with a third place finish at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (10/27) … Opened the spring with a perfect 6-0 record at the Desert Match Play in a non-conforming NCAA match play format … Finished 58^th in the 84-player field at the Moon Golf Invitational (2/22) … Recorded a tie for 35^th in the 90-player field at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Tallied a tie for 30^th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (3/15) … Fired an even-par 216 en route to a tie for 30^th at the PING/ASU Invitational … Notched her first top-25 finish of the spring with a tie for 14^th at the Bruzzy Challenge (4/12) … Earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team Honors with a tie for 7^th at the Big 12 Championship at Houston Oaks (4/24) … Earned a career-best tie for second at the NCAA Stillwater Regional (5/11) … Finished tied for 89^th in the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk (5/22).
 
2020-21 (Freshman): Played in 37 rounds across 12 tournaments for a stroke average of 72.89, which ranked 10^th best in program history … Tied for second on the team in top-5’s (2) and top-25’s (8) … Finished second on the team with 408 pars … Led the team with seven eagles … Led the team in par-5 scoring average (4.75) … Recorded a tie for 21^st in her debut at the Schooner Fall Classic (9/28) … Used a final-round 68 to claim a tie for 16^th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational (10/11) … Notched her career-first top-10 with a tie for 6^th at the Cowgirl Classic (10/23) … Closed down the fall semester with a tie for 12^th as an individual at the Kissing Tree Invitational … Recorded her career-first top-5 finish with a tie for 3^rd at the Trinity Forest Invitational (2/1) … Notched a second-straight top-5 when she tied for 5^th at the ICON Invitational (2/23) … Finished tied for 56^th in the 96-player field at the Gamecock Intercollegiate (3/3) … Tied for 46^th at the Mountainview Collegiate (3/21) … Recorded a tie for 30^th at the PING/ASU Invitational … Won both of her matches against TCU at Shady Oaks Country Club, beating Greta Bruner 1-up and Sabrina Nguyen 2-up (4/7) … Grabbed her fourth top-10 of her freshman season with a tie for 7^th at the Lone Star Invitational (4/13) … Tied for 18^th in her first Big 12 Championship (4/20) … Used a third-round 70 to notch a tie for 53^rd in her first NCAA Championship (5/24).
   

International: Ranked as high as No. 379 in WAGR prior to enrolling at Baylor ... Tied for medalist honors in stroke play portion of 2020 British Women’s Amateur ... Finished tied for third place in 2020 English Women’s Amateur ... Shot 10-under 215 to claim title at 2020 England North East Championship ... Finished fifth in 2020 Major Champions Invitational ... Tied for second place in 2019 English Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship ... Won 2019 Fairhaven Trophy after shooting 23-under 277 with all four rounds at 70 or better ... Tied for second place at 2018 Scottish Girls’ Open Championship ... Became youngest winner of the Northumberland Ladies County Championship at age 15 in June 2017.
    
Personal: Born in Whitley Bay, England ... Parents are Chris and Gina Belsham ... Played golf and field hockey in high school ... Majoring in health, kinesiology and leisure studies.