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Kari Opatz

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Eagan, Minn.

2017-18 (senior season)
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Number of rounds: 30 (of 30)
Stroke average: 78.77 (3rd on team)
Rounds in the 70s: 17 of 30 (.567)
Low round: 72 (3rd round, Battle at Old Works)
Low tournament: 226 (77-77-72, Battle at Old Works)
Best team finish: 2nd (Loyola Invitational, Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate)
Best tournament finish: 9th (Loyola Invitational)

2016-17 (junior season)
WGCA All-American Scholar
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Number of rounds: 30 (of 30)
Stroke average: 77.03 (1st on team)
Rounds in the 70s: 22 of 30 (.733)
Low round: 72 (2nd round, Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, 2nd round, Big Sky Conference Championship)
Low tournament: 221 (76-72-73, Wyoming Cowgirl Classic)
Best team finish: 1st (Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate, Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational, Little Rock Golf Classic, The Gold Rush, Spring Break Invitational, Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, Big Sky Conference Championship)
Best tournament finish: T-10th (Wyoming Cowgirl Classic)

Prior to UM: Played two years at Concordia-St. Paul ... A two-time WGCA All-American Scholar ... Named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Newcomer of the Year ... Second-team All-NSIC as a freshman and sophomore ... Had a season stroke average of 81.5 as a freshman, 79.8 as a sophomore ... Shot rounds of 73, 75 and 76 to tie for 12th at the 2016 NCAA Division II Super Region 3 tournament.

Personal: A 2014 graduate of Eastview High ... The daughter of Larry and Karen Opatz ... Has an older sister, Kristina ... A psychology major.