Carly played golf at the national level since she was a junior golfer and also competed in several USGA Championships. Carly's junior golf career led her to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she played from 2007-2011. While at Wisconsin Carly won the Badger Invitational in 2011. After graduation Carly competed on the LPGA Symetra Tour full-time from 2013-2015. Once she was done playing professionally, Carly was the Women's Golf Graduate Assistant Coach at Carthage College while also being the first assistant at Racine Country Club. After graduating with her Masters in 2018 from Carthage, Carly became the Head Women's Golf Coach at Loyola University Chicago from 2018-2022. During that time she earned her PGA Membership in 2020. Carly has been a PGA Instructor at Wilmette Golf Club since 2019 and at North Shore CC in Glenview, IL since 2022. In August of 2022 Carly became the Director of Golf at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside which is in her hometown of Kenosha, WI.