BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU women's golf head coach Adam Gary has announced three signees for the 2026-27 roster. The signing class includes Courtney Beerheide, Brooke Bennett and Isabella Coughlin.
"I'm really excited about the signing class for the class of 2026," said Gary. "The three players we have coming in bring a lot of experience from the local state and national level. What I'm most excited about is the experience they bring from a team standpoint. Their high schools have had success winning state titles and they have been members of state development teams. They will fit perfectly into our culture, and I can't wait to see what they achieve."
Beerheide is a senior at Buffalo Grove High School and is a native of Arlington Heights, Illinois. She qualified for the Illinois state tournament four times and is a 3-time All-State member after finishing third, fourth, and seventh. Beerheide won 17 invitationals during her high school career and had a 70.9 career stroke average. She holds a 10th place ranking in the state according to Junior Golf Scoreboard. She was the IJGA Chick Evans Junior Amateur Low Medalist and was a USGA Women's Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier where she made the cut to 32 teams. She was the champion of the Mid-American Junior Golf Tour at Golf Club of Illinois.
Bennett is a senior at Page High School and is a native of College Grove, Tennessee. She has 41 wins in junior golf tournaments and won two Tennessee high school state championships with her team. Bennett finished top four in the Tennessee High School state tournament twice. She was named to the Tennessee Sports Writers All-State Team. She qualified for the Tennessee Junior Cup three times and won Most Valuable Player in the cup twice. Bennett was named to the 2026 United States National Development Program (USNDP) for Team Tennessee. She was ranked as high as fourth in Tennessee in the Class of 2026 by Junior Golf Scoreboard.
Coughlin is a senior at Christian Academy of Knoxville and is a native of Farragut, Tennessee. At the high school level, Coughlin guided her team to two state titles (2024, 2025) and four region and district titles. As an individual, Coughlin was region champion twice as a sophomore and senior. Coughlin was twice named the Knoxville Junior Player of the Year. She qualified for the Tennessee Junior Cup twice and was named to the USNDP Team Tennessee twice. Tournaments she has won include the Sneds Elite at Old Fort in 2025 and Sneds Tournament of Champions in 2024. Coughlin is currently ranked third in the Class of 2026 in Tennessee by Junior Golf Scoreboard after previously reaching No. 1. Nationally, she is ranked 54th in the Class of 2026.
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