--- Ciara Rattana has signed a national letter of intent to attend Tusculum College and play golf for the Pioneers announced TC women's coach Bob Dibble.

Rattana, a native of Western Springs, Ill., is completing her prep career at Lyons Township High School where she was a four-time IHSA state qualifier. Her high school coach is Brad Anderson and her swing coach is John Platt. She finished tied for 16th at this year's Illinois State championship. She is a three-time All-Conference and All-Region selection and was a two-time All-Sectional honoree. She finished runner-up at the 2012 sectional tournament and tied for third at the regional championship in 2011 and again in 2012. She captured medalist honors at the Bishop McNamara Invitational carding a 74 and finished runner up at the Providence Catholic Invitational this year.

Rattana played an extensive amount of summer golf over the past two years. She won the 2012 Junior PGA Ryder Cup Skills Challenge and finished fifth in back-to-back years at the Dupage County Junior Classic. She qualified for the IWGA Amateur Championship (championship flight) and the 2013 Big I State Tournament, both this past summer.

Rattana received an invitation to represent Illinois on the East Central Conference Golf Team at the 16th annual Down Under International Games hosted on the Gold Coast of Australia in the summer of 2014. She was selected for this honor because of her accomplishments in the community and for her high school achievements.

"Ciara is an extremely talented golfer who already, at her young age, has had success playing golf all over the country," said Dibble. "In my opinion, she has the ability to be one of the best golfers in Tusculum history. She is a very long hitter and is solid all throughout her golf game."

She finished third or better in four PJGT events, including an individual title at Cantigny in 2013. She also qualified for match play competition at the Chick Evans Championship, where she advanced to the quarterfinals.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference.

Tusculum, the oldest college in the State of Tennessee, sponsors 15 intercollegiate sports. Tusculum, the 28th oldest college in the nation, is a liberal arts institution committed to providing a liberal arts education in a Judeo-Christian and civic arts environment, with pathways for career preparation, personal development and civic engagement. Approximately twenty-one hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville and three off-site locations in East Tennessee. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars whereby students enroll in one course at a time.