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Emily Powers - Women's Golf - Kansas Jayhawks

Emily Powers

Class Senior
Hometown Quincy, Ill.
High School Quincy Notre Dame
bio

As a junior (2009) Led the team with a 76.45 season average… Notched first place in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, leading the team to a fifth-place finish… Led the team in seven tournaments… Finished the season with six top-20 finishes… Placed third on the team and tied for 34th overall at the Big 12 Championship with an 82-77-81-240 score… Averaged a 75.07 in 15 rounds of play during the fall… Carried a 77.75 average through 16 rounds in the spring… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team

As a sophomore (2008) Led the team with a season scoring average of 75.53… Led the team in eight out of 11 events… Recorded five top-10 finishes… Helped propel the Jayhawks to a first-place finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational with her 77-73-150 score, which tied for 11th place… Tied for second place at the Kitahara Invitational with a score of 72-73-145… Qualified for the NCAA West Golf Regional as an individual, where she shot 80-77-71-228… Selected to the 2008 All-Big 12 Women[apos]s Golf Team… Was one of only 26 amateurs to qualify for the U.S. Women[apos]s Golf Championship… Shot a two-round total of 165 to finish 19-over par and tie for 153rd place in the U.S. Open… Finished first on the team at the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Okla., with a score of 80-82-85-247… Reached the round of 16 at the U.S. Women[apos]s Amateur Public Links in Erin, Wisc.

As a freshman (2007) Posted a 77.65 average for the season… Appeared in all 11 events for the Jayhawks… Finished in the top-three on the team in seven events… Helped lead the team to a third-place finish at the Chip-N Club Invitational, tying for 10th place with an 82-77-77-236 score… Recorded a fourth-place finish with a score of 74-79-72-225 at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational as she led the Jayhawks to a first-place finish… Led the team to a first-place finish at the MountainView Collegiate, following a final-round score of 69, the second-best round in the event[apos]s history… Finished 42nd with a score of 241 at the Big 12 Championships… Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

High School Five-time letterwinner (four: golf; one: soccer) at Quincy Notre Dame… Coached by Chris Hogge… Named Quincy Notre Dame Golf team MVP (2002-05)… Athlete of the Year in golf in 2004… PGA Junior Series Player of the Year (2002-04)… IHSA State Champion (2004-05)… Team finished first in regionals (2003-2005) and fifth in state in 2005… Only female golfer to win the state championship at Quincy Notre Dame two times… Had three regional wins… At the state championship was -1 — a state record… Shot a 66 in her senior year at state — a course and state record…. A member of National Honor Society… SAA award winner.

Personal Daughter of Tim and Laura Powers… A communications major.