Dunlap was the state high school golf championship runner-up twice—as a junior in 1982, and again as a senior in 1983.

[1] She played for coach Mimi Ryan's Florida Gators women's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987, and was a member of the Lady Gators' back-to-back NCAA championship teams in 1985 and 1986.

[1] Dunlap was also a three-time collegiate tournament medalist, which included winning the Florida Intercollegiate Golf Championship in 1985,[2] and shooting a 72-hole score of 291 to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship by a single stroke in 1986.

[7] From 1998 to 2000, Dunlap served as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores women's golf team, and one of her team members was the first-ever Vanderbilt University golfer to qualify for the NCAA Women's Golf Championship tournament as an individual.

Dunlap has been inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Players Hall of Fame.