The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2018-19 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Kaitlyn Papp
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lake Travis
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
HONORS AND AWARDS
• WGCA All-America [2018 Second Team, 2019 First Team, 2020 First Team]
• Golfweek All-America [2018 Third Team, 2019 Second Team, 2020 First Team]
• ANNIKA Award Watch List [2018, 2019, 2020]
• Big 12 Player of the Year [2018]
• Big 12 Freshman of the Year [2018]
• All-Big 12 Conference [2018, 2019]
• Big 12 Golfer of the Month [March 2018, September 2019]
• Big 12 All-Tournament Team [2018, 2019]
• Big 12 Academic Honor Roll [Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020]
• Arnold Palmer Cup team member [2018, 2019, 2020]
• Augusta National Women’s Amateur participant [2019]
CAREER NOTES / RECORD BOOK
• Holds the Texas school record for career stroke average at 71.91.
• Has carded three of the top-eight single-season stroke averages in program history.
• Has charted 19 career top-10 finishes.
JUNIOR [2019-20]
• A 2020 First-Team All-America selection by both the WGCA and Golfweek.
• Competed in six tournaments and 18 rounds for the Longhorns as a junior in 2019-20.
• Recorded a stroke average of 70.78, which was a career-best and ranks as the second-best single-season stroke average in program history.
• All 18 of her rounds counted towards the team score and 12 rounds came at par or better.
• Carded five rounds in the 60s.
• Totaled four top-10 individual finishes, including three top-five showings.
• Tied for fourth at the White Sands Invitational with a six-under-par 210 [70-71-69].
• Led Texas at the Schooner Fall Classic, tying for third place. Fired a two-under-par three-round total of 208 [70-66-72]. The 208 set a new career-best 54-hole total.
• Placed third at the prestigious ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a seven-under-par 209 [70-68-71]. Each of her three rounds came at par or better.
• Selected to represent the United States team at the Arnold Palmer Cup for the third consecutive season.
2019-20 TOURNAMENT-BY-TOURNAMENT
|
Event |
Scores |
Place |
|
ANNIKA Intercollegiate |
70-68-71=209 [-7] |
3 |
|
Schooner Fall Classic |
70-66-72=208 [-2] |
T3 |
|
Betsy Rawls Invitational |
73-71-68=212 [-4] |
8 |
|
White Sands Invitational |
70-71-69=210 [-6] |
T4 |
|
Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge |
73-69-70=212 [-1] |
11 |
|
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate |
73-75-75=223 [+10] |
T29 |
SOPHOMORE [2018-19]
• A 2019 WGCA First-Team All-American. Also named a Second-Team All-American by Golfweek.
• A 2019 All-Big 12 Conference selection and a Big 12 All-Tournament Team honoree.
• Competed in 11 tournaments and 33 rounds for the Longhorns as a sophomore in 2018-19.
• Ranked third on her team with a stroke average of 72.36, which was good for fifth on the school’s all-time single-season stroke average list.
• Carded 18 rounds at par or better and four rounds in the 60s.
• Thirty-one of her 33 rounds counted towards the team score.
• Recorded seven top-10 finishes, including tying for 10th place at the NCAA Championship.
• Logged a pair of runner-up individual finishes in 2018-19, placing second at the Betsy Rawls Invitational and at the Big 12 Championship.
• Tied for eighth at the NCAA Norman Regional with a two-under-par 214 [71-70-73]. Led the Longhorns with 41 pars on the week and added six birdies.
• Tied for second at the Big 12 Conference Championship with a five-over-par 221 [76-74-71] to earn her second consecutive Big 12 All-Tournament Team selection.
• Placed second at the Betsy Rawls Invitational with a five-under-par 211 [71-70-70], carding 13 birdies and 35 pars on the weekend.
• Selected to participate in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, tying for fifth overall.
• Selected to represent the United States team at the Arnold Palmer Cup for the second consecutive season.
• One of 26 amateurs who qualified to participate in the 74th U.S. Women’s Open in Charleston, S.C.
|
Event |
Scores |
Place |
|
ANNIKA Intercollegiate |
68-69-72=209 [-7] |
T6 |
|
Schooner Fall Classic |
69-70-70=209 [-4] |
T14 |
|
Betsy Rawls Invitational |
71-70-70=211 [-5] |
2 |
|
Battle at the Beach |
71-75-68=214 [+1] |
T7 |
|
Northrop Grumman Intercollegiate |
79-70-76=225 [+12] |
T34 |
|
Allstate Sugar Bowl |
73-74-75=222 [+6] |
T17 |
|
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational |
76-74-74=224 [+8] |
T11 |
|
Evans Derby Experience |
72-70-74=216 [E] |
7 |
|
Big 12 Championship |
76-74-71=221 [+5] |
T2 |
|
NCAA Norman Regional |
71-70-73=214 [-2] |
T8 |
|
NCAA Championship |
77-74-72=223 [+4] |
T10 |
FRESHMAN [2017-18]
• A 2018 WGCA Second-Team All-American.
• The first golfer in program history to be named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year in the same season.
• A 2018 All-Big 12 Conference selection and a Big 12 All-Tournament Team honoree.
• Competed in all 13 tournaments and 38 rounds as a freshman in 2017-18.
• Ranked second on her team with a stroke average of 72.05, which goes down as the second-best single-season stroke average in program history.
• Claimed two individual victories as a freshman - the Northrop Grumman Intercollegiate and the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational.
• Her third-round 64 at the Schooner Fall Classic tied for the Texas' 18-hole school record with teammate Emilee Hoffman.
• Recorded a team-leading 20 rounds at par or better.
• Thirty-six of her 38 rounds counted towards the team score.
• Strung together a highly impressive streak of 45 consecutive bogey-free holes. Included the final 40 holes of the Silverado Showdown and the first five holes of the Big 12 Championship. Turned in five bogey-free rounds her rookie season.
• Tied for fourth at the 2018 Big 12 Conference Championship with a three-over-par two-round total of 219 [74-74-71].
• Was named to the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup team.
|
Event |
Scores |
Place |
|
Dick McGuire Invitational |
70-76-73=219 [+3] |
T20 |
|
Schooner Fall Classic |
71-74-64=209 [-4] |
T6 |
|
ANNIKA Intercollegiate |
77-70-75=222 [+6] |
T26 |
|
Betsy Rawls Invitational |
74-73-74=221 [+5] |
T16 |
|
Battle at the Beach |
71-72-69=212 [-1] |
10 |
|
Northrop Grumman Intercollegiate |
69-71-72=212 [-1] |
T1 |
|
The Wildcat Invitational |
69-72-69=210 [-6] |
4 |
|
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational |
71-74-68=213 [-3] |
1 |
|
March Mayhem Stroke Play |
72 [E] |
T7 |
|
Silverado Showdown |
74-69-72=215 [-1] |
T9 |
|
Big 12 Championship |
74-74-71=219 [+3] |
T4 |
|
NCAA Regional |
70-75-73=218 [+2] |
23 |
|
NCAA Championship |
79-72-70-75=296 [+8] |
T38 |
PREP
• The 2017 National High School Coaches Association National High School Senior Girls Golf Athlete of the Year.
• Entered college ranked fifth in the Golfweek/Sagarin Girls Junior Rankings.
• Part of the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup Team that claimed the fifth consecutive win in the event for the United States. Contributed two points to the team's 14.5 total team points. Was part of five U.S. teams during her prep career - all five of which were winning squads.
• Helped Lake Travis High School win three consecutive UIL Class 6A State Championships. Earned individual state medalist honors in 2017 with a two-round seven-under-par 137 [67-70].
• Lake Travis High School Female Athlete of the Year.
• A four-time Rolex Junior All-American, earning First Team honors in 2015 and 2016.
• Named to USA Today's All-American Second Team in 2016.
• A 2016 USA Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship winner.
• Also represented the United States on the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup Team, a Junior Ryder Cup Team and two Toyota World Junior Championships.
• A three-time AJGA Wyndham Cup participant, leading her team to victory each time.
• Claimed first place in the U21 girls division and 18th of 72 girls and boys at the 2016 Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in Shenzhan, China.
• Fired an eight-under-par 64 at the 2016 Viper Classic at the Falconhead Golf Club in Austin, following a first round 69 to finish first among 62 participants.
• Won the 2015 AJGA Girls Championship, finishing first among 78 golfers.
• Captured the 2015 Texas Women's Stroke Play Championship, finishing first among 48 participants.
• Won the 2014 AJGA Ping Invitational at Karsten Creek Golf Club, finishing first among 24 golfers with rounds of 71 and 68.
PERSONAL
• Parents are Tony and Julie Papp.
• Has one sister, Katharine, who attends Ole Miss.
• Began playing golf at the age of six.
• Father was an occupational therapist in the Navy and the Papps moved many times as a youngster. Has lived in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Pensacola, Fla., Okinawa, Japan, San Antonio and Austin.
• In 2016, was a player representative for the AJGA Board of Directors.
• Majoring in physical culture and sports.
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Year |
Events |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Stroke Avg. |
Low Round |
Best Finish |
|
2019-20 |
6 |
18 |
1,274 |
70.78 |
66 |
3 |
|
2018-19 |
11 |
33 |
2,388 |
72.36 |
68 |
2 |
|
2017-18 |
13 |
38 |
2,738 |
72.05 |
64 |
1 |
|
Career |
24 |
71 |
5,126 |
72.20 |
64 |
1 |
