Rylea Marcum transfers to EKU

Nick Kieser

Freshman golfer Rylea Marcum has transferred to Eastern Kentucky University following the fall slate at WKU.

Marcum played in three competitions as a Lady Topper and will join the Generals for the next season.

According to Media Relations Coordinator, Dana Brown Marcum will not be eligible to play this coming spring.

{{tncms-inline account=”EKU Women’s Golf” html=”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are excited to announce the addition of Rylea Marcum to our team! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gobigE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gobigE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/risetotheoccasion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#risetotheoccasion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Rylea_Marcum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Rylea_Marcum</a> <a href="https://t.co/U0sSpV1DuX">pic.twitter.com/U0sSpV1DuX</a></p>— EKU Women's Golf (@EKUWGolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/EKUWGolf/status/1326558363317014528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2020</a></blockquote>” id=”https://twitter.com/EKUWGolf/status/1326558363317014528″ type=”twitter”}}

The Georgetown, Ky native, was awarded C-USA Golfer of the Week back on Sept. 17 for her 5-under 211 performance at the USA Intercollegiate.

At the Hoover Country Club Invitational, Marcum shot a +9, and in her most recent competition at the Lady Red Wolves Classic, she shot a +11.

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