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Meghan Potee

Class Sophomore
Hometown Noblesville, Ind.
High School Noblesville HS
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Meghan Potee

AS A JUNIOR  (2012-13)

Had eight top-25 finishes throughout the season… Recorded the third-best stroke average for the Jayhawks at 76.5… KU’s top finisher four times out of the 12 total tournaments… Led KU at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., where she shot a 226 and tied for 30th… Claimed an individual title during the Jayhawk-Cornhusker Challenge in Lawrence, Kan., carding a 76… Tied for 12th, with a three-round 227, in the Indiana Invitational… Second on the Jayhawks’ team in the Briar’s Creek Invitational in John’s Island, S.C., where the team placed eighth out of 18… Lowest 54-hole total was 225.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2011-12)

One of only two Jayhawks to compete in all 33 rounds during the 2011-12 season… Averaged 78.1 for the year… Shot the lowest 54-hole total of the year for KU with a 217 to finish tied for third at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate in Charleston, S.C… Included was the low round of the year by a Jayhawk, a 67 in the final day of the event, which also tied for the low score of the tourney… The 67 was a career low… The tie for third at the Palmetto was her highest finish of the year… Also led KU in scoring at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Norman, Okla., with a 226 to tie for 26th… Tied for 24th in her only tourney as an individual with a 233 at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Manhattan, Kan… Shot a 3-over-par 73 in the second round of the Big 12 Championship in Lawrence.

AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11)

Competed in the KU lineup in seven events and as an individual in three others… Posted the second-best round by a freshman in Kansas history with a 69 at Price’s “Give Em’ Five” Intercollegiate on her way to tying for 28th… Tied for 54th at the Palmetto Intercollegiate with a 54-hole 237… Finished 38th at the Marilynn Smith Invitational… Finished tied for 58th at the Johnie Imes Invitational… Tied for 16th at the Claud Jacobs Invitational behind a 54-hole 231… Shot a 240 to tie for 50th at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge… Tied for 64th at Mountain View Collegiate… Finished tied for 80th at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate… Led the team at the Baylor Spring Invitational finishing 15th with a 54-hole 228… Finished 59th at the Big 12 Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played for coach Mike Abbott at Noblesville High School in Noblesville, Ind… A multi-sport athlete who lettered for four years in golf and diving… Individual state champion in golf and diving, 2009 and 2010… Named Suburban Athlete of the Year in golf and diving for the 2009-10 season… Received two academic merit awards.

PERSONAL

Full name is Meghan Ireland Potee… Born in Indianapolis, Ind… Parents are Chris and Jen Potee… Home course is Sagamore Golf Club in Noblesville, Ind… Father played football at Wabash University… Majoring in exercise science.

CAREER HONORS

2012-13: All-American Scholar Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA)… Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (Spring 2013) (4.0 GPA)… Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (Fall 2012)…Academic All-Big 12 First Team…
2012 Indiana Women’s Golf Association (IWGA) Alice O’Neal Dye Player of the Year. 2011-12: NGSA All-American Scholar Team… Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (fall 2011, spring 2012)… Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2010-11: Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (fall 2010, spring 2011).