University of Georgia Athletics
2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Kelsey Kurnett
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Alpharetta High School
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
Complete bio (PDF)
2019-20 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ season opener at the Minnesota Invitational and also competed as an individual at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
• Finished the fall with a 78.60 stroke average over five rounds.
• Had her senior year cut short due to COVID-19 and opted to not utilize a potential extra year of eligilibility because she had accepted a full-time job with JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2018-19 Season Highlights
• Joined the Bulldogs as a walk-on in the fall of 2018 after spending the previous two seasons as a team manager.
• Was placed on scholarship for the spring semester in 2019.
• Named to both the WGCA All-American Scholar Team and the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Competed in six of Georgia’s 11 team events.
• Posted a 79.21 stroke average over 14 rounds and also competed in three match play rounds during the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Logged her low loop – an even-par 72 – on the opening day of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.
• Notched her top individual finish by tying for 18th-place showing at the Duel in the Desert.
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• Capped her high school career by finishing third individually to lead Alpharetta to a runner-up finish at the 2016 AAAAAA State Championships.
• Shot 76 at the 2016 state tourney, three shots off the pace of medalist Kate Owens.
• Helped Alpharetta reach the state tournament during all four years of her prep career, including team finishes of 15th in 2013, 13th in 2014 and 10th in 2015 before the Lady Raiders’ second-place showing in 2016.
• In 2012, finished second at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Mirror Lake Junior Classic and Athens Junior Shootout, as well as third at the HJGT Upstate Junior Classic.
• Won the Hurricane Collegiate Golf Tour’s 2018 UGA Golf Course Collegiate, shooting 153 en route to a two-shot victory.
Personal
• Born September 26, 1997, Kelsey is the daughter or Stan and Sharon Kurnett and is majoring in Finance.
2019-20 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ season opener at the Minnesota Invitational and also competed as an individual at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
• Finished the fall with a 78.60 stroke average over five rounds.
• Had her senior year cut short due to COVID-19 and opted to not utilize a potential extra year of eligilibility because she had accepted a full-time job with JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2018-19 Season Highlights
• Joined the Bulldogs as a walk-on in the fall of 2018 after spending the previous two seasons as a team manager.
• Was placed on scholarship for the spring semester in 2019.
• Named to both the WGCA All-American Scholar Team and the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Competed in six of Georgia’s 11 team events.
• Posted a 79.21 stroke average over 14 rounds and also competed in three match play rounds during the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Logged her low loop – an even-par 72 – on the opening day of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.
• Notched her top individual finish by tying for 18th-place showing at the Duel in the Desert.
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• Capped her high school career by finishing third individually to lead Alpharetta to a runner-up finish at the 2016 AAAAAA State Championships.
• Shot 76 at the 2016 state tourney, three shots off the pace of medalist Kate Owens.
• Helped Alpharetta reach the state tournament during all four years of her prep career, including team finishes of 15th in 2013, 13th in 2014 and 10th in 2015 before the Lady Raiders’ second-place showing in 2016.
• In 2012, finished second at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Mirror Lake Junior Classic and Athens Junior Shootout, as well as third at the HJGT Upstate Junior Classic.
• Won the Hurricane Collegiate Golf Tour’s 2018 UGA Golf Course Collegiate, shooting 153 en route to a two-shot victory.
Personal
• Born September 26, 1997, Kelsey is the daughter or Stan and Sharon Kurnett and is majoring in Finance.
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