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AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21): Registered a 79.9 stroke average over 17 rounds of play ... Placed first at the Diamondback Intercollegiate ... Also logged a 23rd at the Peach Belt Conference Championships ... Third on the team in stroke average ... Named a WGCA Scholar All-American. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Cape Fear High School for coach Todd Edge … Helped lead her team to the NCHSAA 3A East Regional Championship as well as the PAC-9 Conference Championship … Named Patriot Athletic Conference Player of the Year amid all four years of high school … Placed 3^rd at the NCHSAA State Championship with a two-round total of 149 … Finished in 1^st place in the NCHSAA 3A Regional Tournament with a round of 76 … Earned team MVP honors all four years … Placed 2^nd at the Coastal Plans Junior Tournament with a two-round total of 153 … Also lettered in softball … Named PAC-9 Conference Honorable Mention.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Shawna and Terry Blackwell … Currently ranked 6^th out of her 308-member senior class … A member of the Beta Club, Academy of Scholars, Student Government Association and the Academy of Natural Sciences … Enjoys shopping and watching Netflix … Lists her mom as her idol … Her favorite movie is Legally Blonde … The Ohio State Buckeyes are her favorite team … Mexican is her favorite food … Plans to major in biology at UNCP.

COACH SYNAN ON BLACKWELL: “Toni is a well-rounded person and comes from a good family. Her determination and grit on the course have led to her nickname of Toni ‘Tough’ Blackwell. She is athletic and will make us better.”