ROSEMONT, Ill. – Continuing the program’s tradition of success, Purdue Women’s Golf has at least one Boilermaker on the All-Big Ten teams for the 29th consecutive season. Following a vote from the league’s coaches, senior Natasha Kiel was named Second Team All-Big Ten to earn all-league honors for the first time in her career.
Since the conference went to two All-Big Ten teams in 2003, 62 Boilermakers have earned all-league distinction. Purdue has had an All-Big Ten golfer on its team every season since the 1996-97 campaign.
Currently ranked No. 60 in the country, Kiel’s incredible senior season has featured three individual victories. She became just the fourth Boilermaker in program history to win three times in a single season, joining Maria Hernandez (6; 2008-09), Paula Reto (4; 2012-13) and Aurora Kan (3; 2013-14). Kiel has led the Boilermakers in five different tournaments, including four in the fall that landed her on the ANNIKA Award Watch List. Carding five rounds in the 60s, she is one away from tying a single-season school record.
Kiel started the season by claiming medalist honors and leading Purdue to a team victory at the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 2-3). The New Hope, Pennsylvania, native captured her first career individual victory, thanks in large part to a pair of rounds in the 60s. Kiel was 5-under for the season-opening tournament, recording her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker (67-76-68—211). She also led the field in birdies (13) and par-3 scoring (-4) throughout the event. During the final round, she made six birdies and played the par 3s 4-under with two birdies and one par to go along with a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th.
Kiel picked up her second victory of the season, earning co-medalist honors at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational (Oct. 19-20). The senior finished 2-under (68-73—141), leading Purdue to a runner-up finish to close out the fall season. Kiel’s two-round score of 141 was the second-lowest 36-hole total in program history. She also led the field in par-4 scoring (-3), while ranking third in par-5 scoring (-1).
Her third victory came at the Coach Mo Classic (March 31-April), leading the Boilermakers to another team title. She fired a 3-under 213 (68-71-74) that featured 11 birdies and a hole-in-one. Kiel also paced the field in par-3 scoring (-3) and par-4 scoring (-1), the only golfer in the 90-player field to play the par 4s under par throughout the tournament. The senior earned Big Ten…
Since the conference went to two All-Big Ten teams in 2003, 62 Boilermakers have earned all-league distinction. Purdue has had an All-Big Ten golfer on its team every season since the 1996-97 campaign.
Currently ranked No. 60 in the country, Kiel’s incredible senior season has featured three individual victories. She became just the fourth Boilermaker in program history to win three times in a single season, joining Maria Hernandez (6; 2008-09), Paula Reto (4; 2012-13) and Aurora Kan (3; 2013-14). Kiel has led the Boilermakers in five different tournaments, including four in the fall that landed her on the ANNIKA Award Watch List. Carding five rounds in the 60s, she is one away from tying a single-season school record.
Kiel started the season by claiming medalist honors and leading Purdue to a team victory at the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 2-3). The New Hope, Pennsylvania, native captured her first career individual victory, thanks in large part to a pair of rounds in the 60s. Kiel was 5-under for the season-opening tournament, recording her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker (67-76-68—211). She also led the field in birdies (13) and par-3 scoring (-4) throughout the event. During the final round, she made six birdies and played the par 3s 4-under with two birdies and one par to go along with a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th.
Kiel picked up her second victory of the season, earning co-medalist honors at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational (Oct. 19-20). The senior finished 2-under (68-73—141), leading Purdue to a runner-up finish to close out the fall season. Kiel’s two-round score of 141 was the second-lowest 36-hole total in program history. She also led the field in par-4 scoring (-3), while ranking third in par-5 scoring (-1).
Her third victory came at the Coach Mo Classic (March 31-April), leading the Boilermakers to another team title. She fired a 3-under 213 (68-71-74) that featured 11 birdies and a hole-in-one. Kiel also paced the field in par-3 scoring (-3) and par-4 scoring (-1), the only golfer in the 90-player field to play the par 4s under par throughout the tournament. The senior earned Big Ten…
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