2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
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Hooper, Kelly
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Kelly Hooper
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gonzaga Prep
- Hometown:
- Spokane, WA
Bio
2020-21 Season (5th Year): Played in one tournament due to injury … Ended season as part of Montana State’s Big Sky Championship team … Finished tied for 36th with a 243 … Recorded two rounds of 78 … Ended her Bobcat career as the program’s all-time scoring leader.
2019-20 Season (Senior): Played in all five of MSU’s tournament appearances … Ended season with a scoring average of 75.21 strokes per round … Average was best single-season mark in program history … Team scoring leader in four of five events … Opened season with runner-up finish at the Battle at Old Works in Anaconda … Shot a 1-over-par 217 which was the fourth best 54-hole tournament score ever by a Bobcat … Fired a 70 and 72 at the meet, with the 70 tying her second-best 18-hole round score … Carded a 223 at the Rose City Collegiate (Oct. 1) and tied for eighth overall … Shot an even-par at the meet … Had a team high of three rounds of even par or better … Named to the All-Big Sky Third Team … Became first multiple time selection for MSU to all-conference squad in over 10 years ... Named to the Big Sky's 2020 Spring All-Academic Team.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Montana State’s top scoring golfer … Scoring average of 76.52 strokes per round was fifth best in program history … Top 54-hole round of season of 220 at Rose City Collegiate (Oct. 2) tied for eighth best all-time by a Bobcat … Completed her best 18 hole round of 70 at the Collegiate … Finished fourth at the meet … Tied for 16th individually at the Big Sky Championship with an 8-over-par 224 … Also tied for third at The Challenge at Coeur d’Alene Resort (Sept. 18) ... Played in all 10 tournaments and 29 rounds of golf … Carded four rounds under par … Top finisher in Bobcat lineup in four meets ... Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
2017-18 Season (Sophomore): Set program’s single-season scoring benchmark with a 75.37 average … Earned MSU’s first individual title in five years by capturing medalist honors at Grand Canyon Invitational (Feb. 25, 2018) … Fired a 3-over 219 (70-76-73) and won individual crown after two playoff holes at meet … Was named Big Sky Conference Golfer of the Week for her performance … Selected to All-Big Sky Conference Third Team … Carded a collegiate-best 4-under 68 during the second round of the Battle at Old Works (Sept. 12) … Tied for second lowest 18-hole score in school history … Shot a team-high five rounds of under par … Earned six top-20 finishes over course of season … Tied for ninth to open campaign at Battle at Old Works in Anaconda, Mont., and also placed seventh at the PSU/EWU Invitational (March 29, 2018) … Montana State’s top finisher in lineup on five occasions in 10 tournaments played.
2016-17 Season (Freshman): Played in all 10 events for the Bobcats in her opening collegiate season ... Ended season with team's third-best scoring average (77.62) ... Accumulated two top-20 finishes and a top-10 performance for the Bobcats ... Tied for 10th at the Cougar Cup (Sept. 19-20) with a 4-over-par (220) ... MSU's top scorer in first two meets of the season ... Had team-high five rounds of shooting even-par or better ... Tied fellow freshman Delaney Elliott with best round of the year with her 2-under 70 during the third round of the Cougar Cup ... Completed season atop the MSU lineup at the Big Sky Conference Championship ... Tied for 27th at 19-over (235).
High School: Graduated from Gonzaga Preparatory School in 2016 ... Won the Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Junior Amateur tournament in the summer of 2015 ... Picked up victory in four rounds of match play ... Named First Team All-Great Spokane League and All-State after a sixth place state championship finish ... Fired a career low of 69 at Walla Walla Country Club ... Wrapped up prep career with 10th place finish at 4A Stat meet as a senior ... Was a three-time member of the President's list and a member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Betsy Hooper ... Majored in civil engineering ... Father, Jeff, played baseball at Washington State and was part of the Seattle Mariners' organization for four years.
2019-20 Season (Senior): Played in all five of MSU’s tournament appearances … Ended season with a scoring average of 75.21 strokes per round … Average was best single-season mark in program history … Team scoring leader in four of five events … Opened season with runner-up finish at the Battle at Old Works in Anaconda … Shot a 1-over-par 217 which was the fourth best 54-hole tournament score ever by a Bobcat … Fired a 70 and 72 at the meet, with the 70 tying her second-best 18-hole round score … Carded a 223 at the Rose City Collegiate (Oct. 1) and tied for eighth overall … Shot an even-par at the meet … Had a team high of three rounds of even par or better … Named to the All-Big Sky Third Team … Became first multiple time selection for MSU to all-conference squad in over 10 years ... Named to the Big Sky's 2020 Spring All-Academic Team.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Montana State’s top scoring golfer … Scoring average of 76.52 strokes per round was fifth best in program history … Top 54-hole round of season of 220 at Rose City Collegiate (Oct. 2) tied for eighth best all-time by a Bobcat … Completed her best 18 hole round of 70 at the Collegiate … Finished fourth at the meet … Tied for 16th individually at the Big Sky Championship with an 8-over-par 224 … Also tied for third at The Challenge at Coeur d’Alene Resort (Sept. 18) ... Played in all 10 tournaments and 29 rounds of golf … Carded four rounds under par … Top finisher in Bobcat lineup in four meets ... Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
2017-18 Season (Sophomore): Set program’s single-season scoring benchmark with a 75.37 average … Earned MSU’s first individual title in five years by capturing medalist honors at Grand Canyon Invitational (Feb. 25, 2018) … Fired a 3-over 219 (70-76-73) and won individual crown after two playoff holes at meet … Was named Big Sky Conference Golfer of the Week for her performance … Selected to All-Big Sky Conference Third Team … Carded a collegiate-best 4-under 68 during the second round of the Battle at Old Works (Sept. 12) … Tied for second lowest 18-hole score in school history … Shot a team-high five rounds of under par … Earned six top-20 finishes over course of season … Tied for ninth to open campaign at Battle at Old Works in Anaconda, Mont., and also placed seventh at the PSU/EWU Invitational (March 29, 2018) … Montana State’s top finisher in lineup on five occasions in 10 tournaments played.
2016-17 Season (Freshman): Played in all 10 events for the Bobcats in her opening collegiate season ... Ended season with team's third-best scoring average (77.62) ... Accumulated two top-20 finishes and a top-10 performance for the Bobcats ... Tied for 10th at the Cougar Cup (Sept. 19-20) with a 4-over-par (220) ... MSU's top scorer in first two meets of the season ... Had team-high five rounds of shooting even-par or better ... Tied fellow freshman Delaney Elliott with best round of the year with her 2-under 70 during the third round of the Cougar Cup ... Completed season atop the MSU lineup at the Big Sky Conference Championship ... Tied for 27th at 19-over (235).
High School: Graduated from Gonzaga Preparatory School in 2016 ... Won the Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Junior Amateur tournament in the summer of 2015 ... Picked up victory in four rounds of match play ... Named First Team All-Great Spokane League and All-State after a sixth place state championship finish ... Fired a career low of 69 at Walla Walla Country Club ... Wrapped up prep career with 10th place finish at 4A Stat meet as a senior ... Was a three-time member of the President's list and a member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Betsy Hooper ... Majored in civil engineering ... Father, Jeff, played baseball at Washington State and was part of the Seattle Mariners' organization for four years.
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