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2016-17 FRESNO STATE WOMEN’S GOLF FACT BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRO RECORDS & HISTORY Quick Facts ...................................................................................1 All-Time Individual & Team Bests ...............................................12 Media Information .......................................................................1 Conference History .....................................................................13 All-Time Tournament Medalists .................................................14 All-Time Tournament Wins .........................................................14 2016-17 PREVIEW Fresno State All-Americans ........................................................15 2016-17 Schedule .........................................................................2 All-Time NCAA Qualifiers/Results ...............................................15 Roster ...........................................................................................2 Academic Awards and Accolades ...............................................16 All-Time Tournament Results ............................................... 17-19 All-Time Letterwinners ...............................................................20 PLAYERS/COACH Returning Players...................................................................... 3-5 CREDITS Newcomers...................................................................................6 The 2016-17 Fresno State women’s golf fact book is a product of Head Coach Emily Loftin ...............................................................7 the Fresno State Athletic Communications office. Written, edited and designed by Matt Burkholder. Photos by Keith Kountz and Cary Edmondson 2015-16 REVIEW 2015-16 Statistics .........................................................................8 2015-16 Tournament Results ................................................. 9-11 QUICK FACTS FRESNO STATE GOLF MEDIA RELATIONS INFO/GOLF Seasons of Golf (Inaugural Season) ..................................12 (2004-05) Matt Burkholder ...................................... Director of Communications 2015-16 Mountain West Finish ....................................................... 3rd Office .............................................................................. 559-278-6186 Best Mountain West Finish ....................................................... 3rd (2x) Cell .................................................................................. 559-862-3771 2015-16 Tournament Wins ................................................................. 1 E-Mail .................................................... [email protected] All-Time Tournament Wins ................................................................. 8 Conference Championships ................................................................ 1 Individual Conference Champions ...................................................... 3 Media Relations Mailing Address NCAA Apearances ............................................................................... 1 5305 N. Campus Drive NG 27 NCAA Individual Appearances ............................................................ 5 Fresno, CA 93740 GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School .................................................................Fresno State “V” is for Valley Location .................................................................... Fresno, CA 93740 Fresno State prides itself on being the “Valley’s team.” This Founded ....................................................................................... 1911 pride can be seen in the form of a large green V on the Enrollment ................................................................................. 24,136 back of the Bulldog helmets, as a symbol to the agricultural Nickname ................................................................................Bulldogs community of the Central Valley of California. The San School Colors ................................................................... Red and Blue Joaquin Valley is the world’s richest agricultural area in Affiliation ......................................................................NCAA Division I export dollars. Conference ..................................................... Mountain West (5th Yr.) Fresno State Identification President ................................................................ Dr. Joseph I. Castro The University’s formal name is Fresno State, not Cal State University, Fresno Director of Athletics .............................................................Jim Bartko and not Fresno State University. Fresno St. is the acceptable shorter, less Athletic Dept. Phone ......................................................559-278-2643 formal name for the University and is acceptable as a first text reference, as well as subsequent references. The University prefers to never be referenced as just Fresno, only Fresno State or Fresno St. For graphics or abbreviations, we ask that you please use FS - not FSU, CSUF or Fresno. Another acceptable abbreviation is Fresno St. 1 2016-17 FRESNO STATE WOMEN’S GOLF FACT BOOK 2016-17 ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir Name Yr. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) Goo-drun, B-yorg-grins-daughter Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir Sr. 5-4 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (Flensborgarskolinn) Kristin Simonsen Kaitlyn Ellis So. 5-9 La Quinta, Calif. (La Quinta High School) Sigh-men-son Mimi Ho Jr. 5-1 Hong Kong (Discovery College) Joanna Kim Jr. 5-6 Auckland, New Zealand (Saint Kentigern College) Danielle Richman Fr. 5-6 Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa High School) Kristin Simonsen So. 5-8 Bergen, Norway (Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Baerum) Samantha Spencer Jr. 5-7 Georgetown, Canada (Christ the King Secondary School) Yifei Wang So. 5-6 Guangzhou, China (Guangzhou No. 47 Middle School) COACHING STAFF Emily Loftin – Head Coach (4th Season) 2016-17 SCHEDULE DATE TOURNAMENT [HOST] LOCATION VENUE Sept. 12-13 Ptarmigan Ram Classic [Colorado State] Fort Collins, Colo. Ptarmigan Country Club Oct. 3-4 Johnnie Imes [Missouri] Columbia, Mo. The Club at Old Hawthorne Oct. 7-9 Ron Moore Intercollegiate [Denver] Littleton, Colo. Highlands Ranch Golf Club Oct. 23-25 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown [UNLV] Las Vegas, Nev. Boulder Creek Golf Club Feb. 27-28 Gold Rush Invitational [Long Beach State] Seal Beach, Calif. Old Ranch Country Club March 13-14 Fresno State Classic [Fresno State] Fresno, Calif. San Joaquin Country Club March 20-22 March Mayheim [San Diego State] Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The Farms Golf Club March 27-29 Anuenue Spring Break Classic [Hawai’i] Kapalua, Hawai’i The Bay Course April 10-11 Dale McNamara Invitational [Tulsa] Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Country Club April 17-19 Mountain West Championships [MW] Rancho Mirage, Calif. Mission Hills Country Club ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Four sites – May 8-10 NCAA Regionals Albuquerque, N.M. UNM Championship Course Greenville, N.C. Ironwood Golf and Country Club Lubbock, Texas The Rawls Course Columbus, Ohio Scarlet Course/OSU Golf Course May 19-24 NCAA Championships Sugar Grove, Ill. Rich Harvest Farms 2 2016-17 FRESNO STATE WOMEN’S GOLF FACT BOOK GUDRUN BJORGVINSDOTTIR KAITLYN ELLIS 5-4 | Sr. | 4th Year 5-9 | So. | 2nd Year Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (Flensborgarskolinn) La Quinta, California (La Quinta HS) CAREER TOURNAMENTS: 27 CAREER TOURNAMENTS: 1 2015-16 (JUNIOR): One of three squad members to compete in all 11 2015-16 (FRESHMAN): Competed in one tournament, the Fresno State Classic tournaments during the season … carded a team-best 73.32 season scoring (March 7-8) at San Joaquin Country Club … fired a single-round best 7-over-par average (1.39 vs. par) over 31 rounds – it was the second-lowest scoring average 79 during the final round of the event … placed tied for 75th overall following a vs. par in program history … placed in the top 10 in four of the last five events 36-hole 21-over-par 165. of the season, placed in the top 15 in seven of the season’s 11 tournaments … top finish was a tie for second at the Fresno State Classic (March 7-8) behind HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity golfer under Gary Nadler at La Quinta the lowest 36-hole total in program history, a 5-under-par 139 (68-71) … led the High School ... named team captain senior season ... a three-time team MVP and team with a school record 14 rounds carded par or better in a single season, two two-time Desert Valley All-League selection. of which were in the 60’s … shot a career-low 68 during the first round of the Fresno State Classic, which tied for the fifth-best single round in school history … PERSONAL: Born and raised in La Quinta, Calif. ... daughter of Jim and Denise fired 54-hole career-low 2-under-par 214 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown Ellis ... has one younger brother, Tanner ... favorite athlete is LPGA golfer Stacy (Oct. 26-27), which tied for the seventh-lowest 54-hole score in school history … Lewis ... biggest athletic thrill to date is making birdie on the final hole of a posted a tie for the fourth-highest single season birdie count in program history tournament in high school to finish 1-under for the event ... major at Fresno with 78 and added one eagle to her resume during the season … led Fresno State is criminology-victimology and would like to pursue a career as a special State in both par 4 scoring (4.11) and par 5 scoring