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Chaithra Katamneni

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Coppell, Texas
  • High School Coppell HS

Biography

NEVADA
SENIOR (2018-19) –
Competed in all 10 events during her final season and compiled a scoring average of 74.9, the lowest of her career … Racked up three top 15 finishes and two top 10s, including a season-best tie for fifth at the Battle at the Rock … Collected 66 birdies on the year, second most on the team … Added 333 pars and played the year at 91-over par … Carded a season-low round of 68 at the Battle at the Rock where she recorded a season-high 12 birdies … Fired five of her 30 rounds at par or better … Her best tournament score to par of the season was even par twice, at the season-opening Ptarmigan Ram Classic and the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown … Finished her career with a scoring average of 75.88, fifth best mark in program history … Also ranks in the top 10 all-time in rounds played (103), par or better rounds (16), counting scores (84), and birdies (205) … Letter winner.

JUNIOR (2017-18) – Part of the All-MW academic team … Played in all 10 events during her junior year and compiled a scoring average of 75.5 … Shot her season low round of 69 during the season opener at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic … Ranked second on the team with 62 birdies … Collected a season-high 10 birdies at The Rebel Beach … Recorded 341 pars on the year, second most on the team … Her best finish of the season, a tie for 11th place, came at the Sacramento State Invitational … Recorded two top 15 finishes … Played the year at 106-over par … Her season best tournament score to par was 5-over at the Rose City Collegiate … Letter winner.

SOPHOMORE (2016-17) – Played in seven of the 11 events of the year and finished with a season scoring average of 76.3 … Set a career-low round of 67 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown where she also set a career-best in tournament score to par at 1-over … Her best finish of the season was a tie for 10th place at the Sacramento State Invitational … Collected 42 birdies on the year, including a season-high nine at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and the Sacramento State Invitational, along with 177 pars and one eagle in the season opener … Notched three top 20 finishes on the year … Finished the year at 80-over par … Letter winner.

FRESHMAN (2015-16) – Competed in nine of 10 events during her rookie season … Notched her only top five finish of the year, a tie for fourth, at the Sacramento State Invitational … Shot her season-low of an even par 72 at the Fresno State Classic, where she earned a tie for 25th … Finished tied for 33rd at the MW Championship … Played seven of her 25 rounds with scores of 75 or better … Posted a scoring average of 77.12 during her first year … Collected 35 birdies on the year, fourth best on the team … Led the Pack in fairways hit (74.4 percent) … Letter winner.

HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas where she was a three-time individual district champion and district runner-up during her senior year … Her team was a four-time district champion, three-time regional champion, and state runner-up in 2015 … Took home first place at the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Valero Junior Texas Open (2015), Dallas Junior Golf Championship (2013), and Starburst Junior Golf Classic (2009) … Recorded one win, two top-five finishes, four top-10 finishes in AJGA … Selected to the AJGA HP Scholastic honor roll in 2013 … All together during her high school career she posted 12 first place finishes and ties … Involved in student government, HOSA, and was a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL – Daughter of Ram Katamneni … Her father played basketball in college in India … Intends to major in neuroscience … Would like to become a professional golfer or a doctor after college … Chose Nevada because it seemed to be the ideal place for her to prosper as an individual through golf and academics, Nevada offered opportunities that would help her enter the real world, plus the weather and landscape was a nice change of pace from Texas, and the coaching staff and players are amazing people … Also recruited by Oregon, Penn, Southern Methodist, Kansas, Dartmouth, and Harvard … Lists Annika Sorenstam as her sports hero … The most memorable event of her career is when she made three birdies in the last four holes, including a chip-in birdie on the 18th hole, to come back and win an individual district title as a freshman and help her team to the district championship … Enjoys art, baking, and babysitting in her spare time.

Statistics/Records
Career Low Round: 67, Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (2016)
Career Low Tournament Score (to par): E, Ptarmigan Ram Classic (2018); Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (2018)
Career Best Tournament Finish: T4th, Sacramento State Invitational (2016)

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2016Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2017Junior

    5'5"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'5"