This past fall, Sarah Skovgaard Bils had a breakout season with the Washington State Women's Golf team, in which she finished in the Top-25 in three out of the four tournaments, had a Top-10 finish and the second lowest scoring average on the team with a 73.58. This success has been in thanks to the hard work all throughout her four years in the Palouse.

"It feels really good to see consistent results, and it feels good to look back on the work you put in. But that's the thing with golf it's not going to show up immediately when you start working on something because it takes a lot of time to improve," Bils said. "But to see both the physical work in the gym and playing, but also the shift in mentality and having a coach that allows us to play fearless of bad results."

Taking the good results with the bad is not always an easy balance. Through her first two seasons with the Cougs, Bils played in seven tournaments and had not yet established herself as a lineup lock, but Bils still tried her best to keep a positive mindset and build confidence from the good finishes.

"I always try and look on the bright side of things, and knowing that I am here for a reason. I was asked to come here because they saw something in me, so keep trying to pull confidence in myself out," Bils said. "It has not really come out until this year, it came out a little last year but this year it has finally came through which makes it even more exciting."

As Bils began finding her confidence her junior year, results followed. She became a lock in the lineup and had her best tournament on the biggest of stages. During the Pac-12 Championships, Bils fired a four-over 220, the best three round score of her collegiate career to that point.

Along with the confidence she gained with firing a season best score in the final tournament of the season, Bils also went into the summer with first year head coach Kevin Tucker, who has made all the impact on her game.

"He has definitely had one of the biggest impacts I've seen in the time I've been here. It seems like he has made people come out of their bubbles and be comfortable with being uncomfortable, being okay with having fun because it doesn't have to be all that serious all the time," Bils said. "He also plays with us, which is a major respect thing, he's out there with us when the weather is terrible playing golf and going through the motions with us."

In just the first tournament of the 2024 season, Bils recalls the impact Tucker had on her career-best 10th place finish and the moment they shared after.

"I think Kevin helped me unlock the mindset that I can do more, and I am better than this," Bils said. "It was really cool to see him figure out it was my best college finish in the first tournament with him as coach."

Going into the 2025 spring season Bils is still focused on rounding out the best year of her career, but she is also going to soak her final moments as a collegiate golfer.

"I try to fix what's not broken because I have a lot of really good qualities coming out of this season I want to hold onto," Bils said. "But it's also really important to enjoy being in the moment, since it's my last year in Pullman, enjoy traveling for tournaments, meeting new people and players from other schools."