Career Honors:
WGCA All-American Scholar (2024, 2023, 2022)
ACC Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
2024-25:
Saw action in all nine tournaments as a senior ... opened the season with a tied for 16th finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 73 and 72 to post a 1-over, 217 ... tied for 25th at the PDI Intercollegiate with a career-best 54-hole ledger of 73, 68 and 71 for a 4-under, 212 ... her 4-under, 68, was the lowest round as a Blue Devil and the first in the 60s ... posted six rounds of even or under par on the season ... tied for the team lead with three eagles.
Summer of 2024:
With a final round of 69 at the Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur, finished sixth overall … totaled scores of 72, 71 and 71 for a 4-over, 214, to finish in a tie for 17th at the Sea Island Women’s Amateur … it marked her second-consecutive top-17 finish in the event … missed the cut at the North & South Women’s Amateur with rounds of 78 and 76.
2023-24:
WGCA Scholar All-American ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... collected a career-best 73.75 stroke average, which was an improvement of a team-best 3.03 ... saw action in four tournaments on the season ... turned in rounds of 72, 72 and 75 over the three days at the Florida State Match Up and had a season-best tied for 24th finish ... tied for 32nd at the Landfall Tradition with rounds of 74, 72 and 70 ... collected five rounds of even or under par on the year ... collected a team-best even-par, 72, to open the Moon Golf Invitational.
Summer of 2023:
Over three rounds at the Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur, turned in rounds of 74, 77 and 70 for a 1-under, 221, to win the individual title in a playoff … shot a 4-under-par with two eagles in the final round to make the comeback … tied for sixth at the Sea Island Women’s Amateur with rounds of 71, 66 and 69 for a 4-under, 206 ... missed the cut at the Women’s Western Amateur with rounds of 74 and 77 for a 151.
2022-23:
WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team ... competed in eight tournaments as a sophomore ... collected three rounds of even or under par ... had a season-best placement of tied for 27th at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup with rounds of 72, 74 and 78 for a 224 ... turned in a one-under, 71, in the opening round of the season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, which was Duke’s best score of the day ... closed the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with an even-par, 71.
2021-22:
WGCA All-American Scholar ... competed in 10 tournaments as a rookie ... at the East Lake Cup, tied for 13th with a round of 75 in stroke play ... turned in a season-best 18-hole ledger of 70 at the Tar Heel Invitational ... collected four rounds of even or under par ... opened her first NCAA action at the Franklin Regional with an even-par, 72, and went on to finish tied for 30th with a 221 ... finished in the top-30 at the Chattanooga Classic with rounds of 74, 76 and 72 for a 222 ... closed the Moon Golf Invitational with a 71.
High School/Prep:
Registered her first AJGA victory at the 2018 AJGA Philadelphia Junior with rounds of 67, 70 and 73 for a 210 ... over her career on the AJGA, has nine top five finishes, 13 top 10 and 21 top 20 placements since 2016 ... advanced to the round of 16 at the 2021 USGA U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship along with Melena Barrientos ... turned in a tied for seventh finish at the Pennsylvania Junior Girls’ Championship ... tied for 10th at the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Girls Championship ... tied for 11th at the 2021 Sea Pines Junior Heritage ... a four-time First Team All-State selection and has helped her Tower High School to four consecutive DIAA Co-Ed State Championships from 2017-21 ... finished second individually in the 2021 and 2019 Co-Ed State Championship ... was the Pennsylvania State Junior Champion in 2018, IJGT Champion in 2017, WGPA Match Play Champion in 2016 and is a five-time Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) Champion ... other top finishes over her career include a top five placement at the AJGA Junior Girls Championship in 2019 with rounds of 74, 72 and 69 for a 215, AJGA Imperial Headwear Junior Championship Runner-Up in 2019 with rounds of 72, 68 and 71 for a 211 and the AJGA Junior All-Star at Irish Creek runner up with rounds of 71, 70 and 73.
Personal:
Born Rylie Heflin ... daughter of Robert and Kimberly Heflin ... has one sister, Avery, who is enrolled at Elon ... Heads Council Member, Senior Peer Leader, Honor Board, Co-Creator and Club Leader of the Self Care Club, member of B+ Club, Blue Gold Club and Spirit Club ... earned Dean’s List with Distinction at Duke in the Spring of 2022 and Spring of 2025 ... majored in sociology along with a markets and management certificate.
Heflin by the Numbers
2024-25
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (72-73-72=217, T16, +1)
Windy City Collegiate (78-80-83=241, 71, +25)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (75-77-72=224, T48, +14)
Landfall Tradition (71-72-78=222, T37, +6)
PDI Intercollegiate (73-68-71=212, T25, -4)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (79-78-80=237, T83,+24)
Chattanooga Classic (79-81-80=240, T72, +24)
ACC Championship (82-78-78=238, T65, +22)
NCAA Norman Regional (80-79-75=234, 61, +18)
2023-24
Windy City Collegiate** (73-76-74=223, T67, +7)
Landfall Tradition** (74-72-70=216, T32, E)
Moon Golf Invitational (72-80-74=226, T62, +10)
Florida State Match Up** (72-72-75=219, T24, +3)
2022-23
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (71-76-79=226, T47, +10)
Windy City Collegiate (77-75-74=226, T35, +10)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup (72-74-78=224, 27, +8)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (76-83-84=243, 73, +29)
Landfall Tradition (78-73-77=228, T74, +12)
Nexus Collegiate Invite (84-87-78=249, 60, +33)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (76-73-71=220, T30, +7)
Valspar Augusta Invite (74-76=150, T44, +4)
2021-22
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (75-76-78=229, T51, +13)
Windy City Collegiate** (75=75, +3)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (74-70-77=221, T47, +5)
East Lake Cup (75=75, T13, +3)
Moon Golf Invitational (76-76-71=223, T50, +7)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (77-74-78=229, T68, +16)
Northrop Grumman Challenge (72-74-82=228, T60, +15)
Chattanooga Classic** (74-76-72=222, T26, +6)
ACC Championship (75-77-84=236, T51, +20)
NCAA Franklin Regional (72-75-74=221, T30, +5)