FREEPORT — Meeting members of the boy band One Direction is on the bucket list for many 15-year-old girls.

But not Freeport sophomore Audrey Clawson.

Her idol? Mark Cuban.

That's just one of the unique things about Clawson, whose poise and skill on the golf course belies her youth.

“She has one of the best mindsets of anyone I've ever been around,” said Freeport golf coach Joe Sprumont of Clawson, “even my friends who are my age and in their 20s. She's very matter-of-fact, focused and even-keeled.”

And don't forget good.

Clawson has only been playing golf for three years. She picked it up because of her uncle, Roy Dougherty, and struggled at first.

That only made her want to play more and get better.

Three years later, and she's one of the top golfers in the WPIAL, girl or boy.

She shot a 2-under par 33 at Hillcrest Country Club to help the Yellowjackets to a 198-243 win over Burrell Thursday.

So far, it's the lowest nine-hole round turned in by any Butler County area golfer this fall.

Even that score came from her determination.

“I shot a 40 earlier this week and I wasn't happy about it,” Clawson said. “I told myself I wanted to shoot under par before the week was over.”

So, she went out and did.

It's not the first time she has willed something into being.

In August, her family took a vacation to Dallas. They set aside a day so Clawson could try to track down and meet Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks' owner and entrepreneur.

Why Cuban?

“I love what he has been able to accomplish,” Clawson said.

Their first stop was the American Airlines Center where the Mavs play. Employees at the arena, amazingly, told Clawson where Cuban lived.

As they rolled up to Cuban's home, he was leaving to go to the airport to fly to Los Angeles to film his reality show “Shark Tank.”

Cuban, though, stopped to take a picture with Clawson and spoke with her for 15 minutes.

“You have to dream big,” Clawson said. “The way I look at it is you will never know unless you try.”

Still, Clawson wasn't expecting Cuban to be so accommodating.

“He was a really nice guy,” Clawson said. “It was just amazing.”

Clawson takes the same attitude when it comes to golf.

“I feel like that is how it works in golf, too,” Clawson said. “You have to dream big and push yourself. You can't just go out there and mess around. You have to want to be the best.”She finished seventh in the PIAA Girls Golf Championships as a freshman last season, but wasn't satisfied with that.Strong off the tee — she can now drive a golf ball between 250 and 270 yards — and with her irons, she struggled around the green and with her putting last season.“I saw her four-putt several times last year,” Sprumont said. “I didn't even have to tell her she needed to work on that part of her game.”Instead of playing random rounds of golf this summer, Clawson instead chose to use that time on the practice green.“I decided to work on the weakest parts of my game and that was chipping and putting,” Clawson said.That time has certainly been well spent.She had two chip-ins for birdies during her 2-under nine-hole round Thursday.“I have noticed a big difference,” Clawson said. “I definitely have eliminated my three-putts. I worked on getting up and down to save par.”Cuban isn't the only big name Clawson has met.Former Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward presented her with the Western Pennsylvania Positive High School Athlete award for girls' golf in April.Clawson's mother, Sally Dougherty, entered her in the contest.Audrey Clawson, who volunteers at the hospital in Kittanning as well as at golf events at Kittanning Country Club, said she didn't expect to be honored.“My mom said it's probably a long-shot, but I ended up getting it,” Clawson said. “To get it as a freshman, that was a big accomplishment.”Now her dreams are getting even bigger on the golf course.“My biggest goal is to play Division I and get a scholarship,” Clawson said. “I'm going to keep working hard at it. If anything else comes down the line, that will be great, too.”