Laine Evans
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)
Competed in eight events… Played in 17 team rounds and counted 71 percent of them… Averaged 79.3 strokes per round… Posted a top-20 finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational (Sept. 7-8) and a career-best 54-hole score of 226… Recorded a career-best 18-hole score of 72 at the par-71 Schooner Classic (Sept. 19-21)… Tied for 40th at the Chip-N Club Invitational (Oct. 5-6) after carding a 235… Shot a 228 to tie for 45th at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 25-27).
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letter winner at Maize South High School in Wichita, Kansas… Coached by Steve Martling… Two-time academic letterwinner… All-State honoree from 2012-14… National Honor Society member… Set school girls golf records for most wins and lowest score posted at Maize South… Recorded a single best tournament round of 66… 2014 Kansas Junior Girls State Champion… 2014 and 2015 Kansas Big “I” Trusted Choice Champion… Finished 33rd in the 2014 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship… 2013 and 2014 Individual AVCTL Division II League Champion… 2013 and 2014 Individual AVCTL Division II Regional Champion… Finished second in 2013 Kansas 5A State Championship… Member of the 2014 Regional Championship team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Laine Rylie Evans… Born in Summerville, South Carolina… Has called Wichita home for the 15 years before KU… Parents are Bart and Toni Evans… Has an older sister named Kacie… Father played football for Fort Hays State University… Grandfather, James Ellis Evans, played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets… Majoring in health and physical education.