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2011-12 Women's Golf Roster

Kaitlin Higginbotham

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Norman, Okla.
  • Previous School Redlands Community College

Biography

2012 All-Big South Conference

2011 All-Big South Conference Performer ... Tied for 111th at the 2011 NCAA Championships ... Tied for 20th at the 2011 NCAA East Regional

Spring 2012: Named to the All-Big South Conference team as voted on by the league[apos]s coaches ... Finished with the conference[apos]s fifth-best scoring average of 76.46 ... Ranked as high as 214 by Golfweek ... Tied for 17th at the Big South Championship with a three-round tally of 235 (74-79-82) ... Shot a 72, her best single round of the season, on the third day of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational en route to a 21st-place finish ... Tied for 38th at both the Central District Invitational (73-78-78 - 229 (+13)) and Darius Rucker Invitational (74-80 - 154 (+12)) to help Coastal to 10th and 14th place finishes, respectively ... Finished tied for 21st at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (79-81-72 - 232 (+16)), helping Coastal to a fourth-place team finish ... Shot rounds of 77 and 76 at the rain shortened The Battle at Rancho Bernardo Inn ... Named to the 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Fall 2011:
Coastal[apos]s top finisher in each of the four fall events ... Started the season with a three round total of 232 to tie for 26th at the Texas A&M Mo[apos]morial ... Carded a nine-over par 225, including a season-low 69 in the first round, at the Golfweek Conference Challenge to tie for 11th in the 90 competitor field and helped Coastal to a ninth place team finish ... Fired a season-best 54-hole score of 224 at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational to tie for 50th ... Turned in three rounds of 76 to total a 12-over par 228 at the Susie Maxwell Classic on her way to a 32nd place finish in the 90 competitor field.

Spring 2011: Earned All-Big South honors after finishing fourth in the Championship with a 54-hole tally of 233 to place eighth overall ... Carded a 220 at the NCAA East Regional to finish tied for 20th ... Turned in a 318 at the 54-hole NCAA Championship to place 111th ... Finished the season with a scoring average of 76.42 to rank third in the Big South ... Turned in two top ten finishes in eight events ... Carded a career-low 69 in the opening round of the SunTrust Gator Women[apos]s Invite ... Tied for 15th at the UCF Challenge to place 15th overall and help Coastal to the team title ... Finished tied for ninth with a 54-hole 221 at the Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate.

Fall 2010: Fired a final score of 127 at the Jacksonville Labor Day Shootout and finished tied for 20th place ... Finished tied for 57th with a score of 238 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge ... Tied for 59th at the Mercedes Benz Collegiate Championship with a score of 230 ... Was tied for 24th at the Palmetto Intercollegiate with an overall score of 225 ... Finished tied for 54th with a score of 233 at the Challenge at Onion Creek.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Played one season at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla.

High School: Was the OSCAA State Golf Champion in 2006 & 2007 ... Was the 6A state runner-up in 2008 ... Member of the 6A Senior Girls West All-State Team in 2008 ... Tabbed as the Big All-City Player of the Year in 2008 ... Was the Norman Transcript Player of the Month ... Owns the Trosper Park (OKC) Course Record ... Was a Big I qualifier winner at Jimmy Austin ... Represented USA in Harder ... Was a German Junior masters in 2008.

Coastal Carolina Results

Career Low Round.........................69
Career Rounds in the 60[apos]s................2
Career Rounds Par or Better............9

2010-11 (Junior)

9/6 Jacksonville Labor Day Shootout (72) 85 42 127 +19 t-20th
9/26-28 Golfweek Conference Challenge (72) 80 78 80 238 +22 t-57th
10/8-10 Merceds-Benz Collegiate Championship (72) 76 78 76 230 +14 t-59th
10/25-26 Palmetto Intercollegiate (72) 76 74 75 225 +9 t-24th
11/1-2 Challenge at Onion Creek (72) 76 73 84 233 +17 t-54th
2/13-15 UCF Challenge (72) 73 72 73 218 +2 15th
2-21-3/1 Kinderlou Forest Challenge (72) 75 76 80 231 +15 t-26th
3/6-7 SunTrust Gator Women[apos]s Invite (72) 69 77 77 223 +7 18th
3/13-14 Administaff/Jaguar Intercollegiate (72) 71 74 76 221 +5 t-9th
4/1-3 Rebel Intercollegiate (72) 73 76 76 225 +9 t-23rd
5/11-13 Big South Championships (72) 75 77 81 233 +17 t-8th
5/5-7 NCAA East Regional (72) 71 75 74 220 +4 t-20th
5/18-21 NCAA CHampionship (72) 82 78 78 80 318 +30 t-111th

2011-12 (Senior)

9/11-13 Texas A&M Mo[apos]Morial (72) 80 77 75 232 +16 t-26th
9/19-21 Golfweek Conference Challenge (72) 69 81 75 225 +9 t-11th
10/7-9 Lady Tar Heel Invitational (72) 74 76 74 224 +8 t-50th
10/16-18 Susie Maxwell Classic (72) 76 76 76 228 +12 t-32nd
2/12-14 UCF Challenge (72) 73 77 79 229 +13 t-58th
2/20-21 Central District Invitational (72) 73 78 78 229 +13 t-38th
3/2-4 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (71) 74 80 154 +12 t-38th
3/13-14 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (72) 79 81 72 232 +16 t-21st
3/19-20 The Battle at Rancho Bernardo Inn (72) 77 76 153 +9 t-30th
3/9-11 Big South Championship (72) 74 79 82 235 +19 t-17th

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Junior

    5'4"
  • 2011-12Senior

    5'4"