2011-12 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Kaitlin Higginbotham
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Norman, Okla.
- Previous School:
- Redlands Community College
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 |
