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2019-20 Women's Golf Roster

Mike Wootton
Mike Wootton

Katy Rutherford

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • High School Cinco Ranch HS

Biography

NEVADA
SENIOR (2019-20 - Season shorted due to COVID-19) –
Competed in all seven events during her senior season and posted a career-low scoring average of 75.38 … Secured a second place finish, a career best, at the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational where she totaled 11 birdies and tied her career-low round of 71 to finish at 2-over par … Collected 44 birdies and 233 pars on the year … Had two rounds at par or better and played the year at 74-over par … Letter winner … Her career scoring average of 76.92 ranks ninth all-time at Nevada and her 173 career birdies also rank ninth ... Academic All-Mountain West.

JUNIOR (2018-19) – Academic All-Mountain West selection … Played in eight of the 10 events as a junior and compiled a scoring average of 78.2 … Posted her best finish of the season, a tie for 53rd, at the Meadow Club Collegiate where she shot a season-low round of 74 … Collected 37 birdies on the year, including a season-best seven at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown … Added 235 pars and played the year at 152-over par … Her season-low tournament score to par was 10-over at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown … Letter winner.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18) – Part of the All-MW academic team … Played in six of the 10 events and made her season debut at the Battle at the Rock, the team’s spring season opener … Compiled a scoring average of 77.5 for the year … Collected 34 birdies, including a season-high 11 at the Battle at the Rock, and added 176 pars … Played the year at 99-over par … Posted her best finish of the season, a tie for 22nd, at the Battle at the Rock, where she also recorded her low round of the year (73) and best tournament score to par (7-over) … Letter winner.

FRESHMAN (2016-17) – Academic All-Mountain West selection … Played in 10 of 11 events during her rookie season and finished with a season scoring average of 76.5 … Helped lead Nevada to a tournament win at the Fresno State Classic where she posted her best finish of the year with a tie for ninth … Also carded her season-low round of 71 at the Fresno State Classic and the Cowgirl Classic … Her best tournament score to par was 6-over at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown … Collected 58 birdies on the year, including a season-high nine at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational, her first collegiate event … Racked up 272 pars throughout her 10 events, third-most on the team … Notched three top 20 finishes on the year and finished at 126-over par for the entire season … Letter winner.

HIGH SCHOOL – Graduated from Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, Texas … Finished third her senior year at the district tournament and fifth at the regional tournament … Averaged 74.8 during her final year in high school … Has played four years of varsity golf, and was the MVP as a freshman at American School of Paris … Received all-district and all-region honors for three consecutive years … In junior golf she finished second at the Bluebonnet Championship in 2015 … Recorded top-20 finishes at the Texas State Championship and Texas State Invitational this year … Was 26th at the Canadian Junior National Championship … Won the Alberta Junior Girls (and juvenile) Championship in 2015 while taking third at the Dropping Junior Championship at Banbury GC in 2016.

PERSONAL – Daughter of Shauna and Gerry Rutherford … Has one younger sister, Meg … Majoring in business administration … Grew up in Canada but went to high school in the state of Texas, has also lived in Paris and Dubai … Chose Nevada because she felt it was the best fit for her and it has a great school of business and the golf program will help her progress as a player … Also recruited by Missouri State, Houston Baptist, Wichita State, Northern Illinois and Southern Mississippi … Lists Gary Player as her sports hero … Most memorable moment of her career has been winning the Alberta Junior Girls Championship on Canada Day … Worked at the Beltway Junior Golf Tour during summers and assisted with junior golf camps at her home course.

Statistics/Records
Season Low Round: 71, Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational
Season Low Tournament Score (to par): +2, Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational
Season Best Tournament Finish: 2nd, Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational

Career Low Round: 71, Fresno State Classic (2017); Cowgirl Classic (2017); Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational (2019)
Career Low Tournament Score (to par): +2, Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational (2019)
Career Best Tournament Finish: 2nd, Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Invitational (2019)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'8"