The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2011
- Class:
- 1997
The 1997 NCAA individual champion and National Player of the Year, Bowie Young is one of the top golfers in school history. Bowie Young began her collegiate career at Arizona State, where she earned first-team All-America honors in both her freshman (1994) and sophomore seasons (1995) and helped the Sun Devils capture back-to-back NCAA team titles. After transferring to Texas, she helped the Longhorns win the final Southwest Conference team championship and place third at the NCAA Championships as a junior in 1996. Bowie Young earned second-team All-America and first-team All-SWC honors in her junior season. She capped off her collegiate career in 1997 by claiming individual medalist honors at the NCAA Championship and the Big 12 Championship. Bowie Young claimed the Honda Broderick Award as the Collegiate Female Golfer of the Year and was a co-recipient of the Marilyn Smith Award as the National Senior Female Golfer of the Year. She also earned first-team All-America and Big 12 Player of the Year accolades while leading Texas to the first Big 12 team title in 1997. During the second round of the 1997 NCAA West Regional, she fired a 67 to set a then-UT record for lowest 18-hole score. Bowie Young also found success in the classroom, earning GTE/CoSIDA first-team Academic All-America accolades as a sophomore (1995) at Arizona State and as a senior (1997) at Texas. An Academic All-SWC first-team choice as a junior and an Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection as a senior, Bowie Young earned her Bachelor’s degree in Finance from The University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business in December 1997. She turned professional in 1997 and played on the Futures Tour until 2000, when she qualified for the LPGA. A member of the 2003 U.S. Solheim Cup team, Bowie Young claimed victory at the 2005 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic and recently went over the $3 million mark in career earnings on the LPGA. She resides in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband, Jeremy.
