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Meghan Gockel - Women's Golf - Kansas Jayhawks

Meghan Gockel

Class Sophomore
Hometown Dallas, Texas
High School Plano West
bio

As a junior (2009) Finished the season with a 79.09 scoring average… Led the team to a first-place finish at the Duramed Collegiate Invitational at Rio Verde, carding a 73-72-73-218 to finish first individually… Competed at the Jeannie McHenry/Audrey Morehead Invitational as an individual, where she tied for 32nd with a 75-80-83-238… Finished first on the team and tied for sixth at the Big 12 Championship… Played in 12 rounds and averaged a 79.83 during the fall… Carried a 78.46 average in 13 rounds during the spring… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team with a 4.0 GPA… Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team.

As a Sophomore (2008) Averaged a 79.72 on the year… Tied for 89th place at the 2007 U.S. Women[apos]s Golf Amateur in Carmel, Ind., which was good enough to qualify for the Women[apos]s Amateur in mid-July in Richmond, Texas… Recorded a two-round score of 78-75-153 at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, earning a tie for 19th… Averaged 78.5 during the fall… Competed in four meets for the team, averaging an 80.7 in the spring… Named to the NCGA All-American Scholar Team for the second year.

As a freshman (2007) Averaged a 78.90 in her debut season… Led the team to a third-place finish at the Chip-N Club Invitational, finishing in a tie for fourth-place with a score of 80-77-74-231… Tied for 26th with a 237 as Kansas hosted the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational…Concluded the year with a 249 at the Big 12 Championship… Named to the NCGA All-American Scholar Team.

High School Four-time letterwinner at Plano West… Coached by Rick Hardison… Named Plano West Team MVP (2003-06)… Was named to the all-district first team (2003-06), all-region first team (2005 and 2006) and all-state first team in the Texas 5A class (2006)… Was a member of the AJGA HP Scholastic All-America Team… AP Scholar with Distinction… National Merit commended… Nominated for the Wendy[apos]s High School Heisman Award.

Personal Daughter of Doug and Carol Gockel… Majoring in finance… Hopes to be competitive in golf and have a career in finance after college.