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ROSTER/QUICK FACTS/TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Quick Facts Quick Facts/Roster . .1 HISTORY GENERAL INFORMATION 2012 Fall Recap . 2 All-Time Letterwinners/Coaches Titles . 26 Location: .............................................................Lawrence, Kan. Spring Outlook . .3 All-Time Honors . 27 Population: ......................................................................80,000 On The Road With The Jayhawks . 4-5 Kansas History . 28-39 Founded: ...............................................................................1866 NCAA Tournament History . 39 Enrollment: .......................................................................28,718 JAYHAWK GOLF TEAM/STAFF Conference Championship History . 40 Nickname: ....................................................................Jayhawks Thanuttra Boonraksasat . 6 Individual & Team Records . .41-45 Colors: ................................................................Crimson & Blue Gabriella DiMarco . .7 Conference: ........................................................................Big 12 Carly Humes . 8 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Chancellor: ............................................Bernadette Gray-Little Yupaporn Kawinpakorn . 9 KU . 46 Athletic Director: ............................................Sheahon Zenger Senior Associate AD/SWA: ..........................Debbie Van Saun Minami Levonowich . .10 Alvamar . 47 Faculty Athletic Representative: .........Susan Stagg-Williams Meghan Potee . 11 KU Traditions . 48-49 Offi cial University website: ..................................www.ku.edu Mackenzie Thayer . .12 Athletic Facilities . 50 Offi cial Athletics website: ...................www.KUAthletics.com Michelle Woods . .13 City of Lawrence . .51 Audrey Yowell . .14 Kansas City . 52 TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach Erin O’Neil . .15 Home Course: ..............................................Alvamar Golf Club Assistant Coach Katy Nahm . .16 Par (Yardage): ..............Black - 72 (7,092), Blue - 72 (6,636), Support Staff . .17 ..........................................White - 72 (6,012), Red - 72 (4,892) Chancellor . .18 Team Tournament Titles: ........................................................26 Athletics Director . .19 Individual Medalists: ...............................................................27 2012 Big 12 Finish: ......................................................10th (951) Best Big 12 Finish: .....................................................5th (2009) 2011-12 YEAR IN REVIEW Best Conference Finish: ............................1st (1990, Big Eight) Year in Review . 20 NCAA Regional Appearances: .................................................2 2011-12 Statistics . .21 NCAA Championship Appearances: .......................................2 2011-12 Tournament Recaps . 22-24 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................................ 4/2 Fall 2012 Statistics . 25 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: ..................................Erin O’Neil (Georgia, 1997) 2012-13 Roster Offi ce Phone: ........................................................785.864.4122 Name Class Hometown (Previous School/High School) E-mail Address: [email protected] Thanuttra Boonraksasat Jr.-RS Bangkok, Thailand (BFS School) Assistant Coach: .......... Katy Nahm (Coastal Carolina, 2007) Gabby DiMarco So. West Chester, Pa. (West Chester East HS) Offi ce Phone: .......................................................785.864.3382 Carly Humes Fr.-RS The Woodlands, Texas (John Cooper School) E-mail Address: [email protected] Yupaporn Kawinpakorn Fr. Samutprakan, Thailand (Praphamontree ll School) Minami Levonowich So.-TR Houston, Texas (Kennesaw State) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Meghan Potee Jr. Noblesville, Ind. (Noblesville HS) Women’s Golf Contact: .......................................Chris Theisen Mackenzie Thayer Fr. Garden City, Kan. (Garden City HS) E-mail: ..............................................................theisen@ku.edu Offi ce: ....................................................................785.864.3474 Michelle Woods So. Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS) Cell: .........................................................................785.331.9356 Audrey Yowell Sr. McPherson, Kan. (McPherson HS) Fax: ........................................................................785.864.7944 Head Coach: Erin O’Neil (Ninth Season) MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Coach: Katy Nahm (Second Season) Kansas Communications welcomes your interest in KU women’s golf. We make every eff ort to facilitate your coverage of our program. For information on student- University of Kansas Nondiscrimination Statement athletes or coaches, to set up interviews or photo shoots, The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national or if you are in need of fi le photos, please call Chris Theisen origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, at 785.864.3474 or visit us through KU’s website at gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: KUAthletics.com. Director of the Offi ce of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. 1 1 FALL 2012 RECAP Back-to-back tournament titles and four top-10 fi nishes highlighted what was a solid scores of 307 and 296, and concluded with a 299 in the fi nal round to fi nish seventh. fall 2012 for the Kansas women’s golf team. “We showed much improvement this fall and I am proud of what we have The Jayhawks concluded their 2012 fall season on a high note after fi nishing seventh accomplished so far,” O’Neil said. “The team will need to continue to work hard in at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate Oct. 28-29. Junior Thanuttra “Fhong” the off season so that we can come back even stronger this spring.” Boonraksasat led KU, shooting a three-round total score of 219 (+3), to tie for fi fth individually. Head coach Erin O’Neil thought the fi nal tournament was refl ective of how the team played during the fall season. Looking to carry its momentum from four top-10 Kansas began the season by placing 11th at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, fi nishes into the spring 2013 season, Kansas is back in action Feb. 15-17 at the FSU Okla., Sept. 17-18. Boonraksasat led the Jayhawks with a 54-hole total of 223 (75-73- Match Up Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla. 76) and tied for 24th, while junior Meghan Potee was three strokes behind with a 226 (75-75-76; t-30th ), which tied for her third-lowest 54-hole score as a Jayhawk. A week later, Kansas hosted the eighth-annual Marilynn Smith Sunfl ower Invitational, claiming its fi rst team title of the 2012-13 season with a three-round total score of 906 (+42). Boonraksasat, sophomore Gabby DiMarco and freshman Yupaporn Kawinpakorn all fi nished in the top seven. Boonraksasat led the Jayhawks again placing second individually, shooting an even-par 72 in her fi nal two rounds and a three-round 221 (+5). The Jayhawks competed next in the Price’s “Give Em’ Five” Intercollegiate in Las Cruces, N.M., Oct. 8-10, where Kawinpakorn claimed her fi rst medalist honors at the college level and Kansas won its second-consecutive tournament, a fi rst for the program since the fall 1988 season. Kansas shot a three-round school-record 871 (+7), while Kawinpakorn led the Jayhawks with a 54-hole total of 213 (69-71-73). Kansas had less than a week to prepare for its next tournament before traveling to Norman, Okla., to compete in the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic at the Jimmy Austin OU Golf Club Oct. 15-17. Potee was the team’s top fi nisher for the second year in a row in Norman, carding a fi nal round 74 to fi nish tied for 24th and helped the team to a ninth-place fi nish. Kawinpakorn and DiMarco also fi nished strong shooting within three strokes of each other for a three-round total scores of 227 (+11) and 228 (+12), respectively. The Jayhawks wrapped up their 2012 fall season two weeks later at the Edwin Watts/ Palmetto Intercollegiate in Kiawah, S.C., Oct 28-29. Boonraksasat was in eighth after the second round was suspended due to darkness, but moved up the leaderboard to Freshman Yupaporn Kawinpakorn took medalist honors at the New Mexico close the tournament tying for fi fth. The Jayhawks notched fi rst- and second-round State Invitational in her third ever college tournament. Fall 2012 Results Date Event Course Location Place/No. of Teams Sept. 17-18 Dale McNamara Invitational Oklahoma Golf Club Tulsa, Okla. 11th/15 Sept. 24-25 Marilynn Smith Sunfl ower Invitational Alvamar Golf Club Lawrence, Kan. 1st/13 Oct. 8-10 Price’s “Give Em’ Five” Intercollegiate NM State Golf Course Las Cruces, N.M. 1st/13 Oct. 15-17 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic Jimmy Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Okla. 9th/18 Oct. 28-29 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate Kiawah Island Oak Point Kiawah Island, S.C. 7th/17 2 2 2013 SPRING PREVIEW Q&A WITH ERIN O’NEIL Coming off one of the best Falls in Kansas women’s is defi nitely more of our vocal leader; she will call you golf history, how has that success carried over to the out if you are not doing what you are supposed to be With golf being such an individual sport, how do you team heading into the spring? doing. Audrey is kind of a mixture. She does a lot by set individual