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Natasha Kiel Season 2024-25

YearSenior
HometownNew Hope, Pa.
Previous SchoolVanderbilt
CAREER AT PURDUE
  • Cracked the lineup in all 27 tournaments over two seasons as a Boilermaker, posting a 74.27 stroke average
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (2024-25)
  • As co-medalist at the 2024 White Sands Bahamas Invitational (Oct. 18-20, 2024), recorded the fourth-lowest 36-hole total (68-73—141) in school history
  • Three-time medalist as a senior, becoming just the fourth Boilermaker to win three times in one season
  • Recorded five career Top 10 finishes and eight career Top 20 finishes
  • Carded a career-low 211 (67-76-68) at the 2024 Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 2-3, 2024), earning medalist honors; her opening round 67 (-5) was also a personal best
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2024-25)
 
2024-25 / SENIOR
  • Ended the season ranked No. 76 in the national rankings; was as high as No. 19 in the fall
  • Second Team All-Big Ten, earning all-conference honors for the first time in her career
  • Three-time medalist this season (Boilermaker Classic, White Sands Bahamas Invitational, Coach Mo Classic), the fourth Boilermaker in program history to win at least three times in a single season
  • Produced a 74.25 stroke average, ranking second on the team
  • Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week after leading the team to a victory at the Coach Mo Classic, while also earning medalist honors with a 3-under 213 (68-71-74)
  • Led team in birdies (100) and rounds in the 60s (5), while pacing Purdue in tournaments five times
  • After finishing birdie-birdie in the final round of the NCAA Lubbock Regional, made an eagle to help Purdue beat No. 19 Texas A&M in a playoff to advance to the NCAA Championships
  • Made two hole-in-ones this season (final round of the Boilermaker Classic, opening round of the Coach Mo Classic), both leading to individual victories
  • Paced Purdue in four of the team’s five fall tournaments, including two victories and a runner-up performance, to earn a spot on the ANNIKA Award Watch List at the end of the fall
  • Ended the fall with co-medalist honors at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational, leading the field in par-4 scoring (-3) and recording the fourth-lowest 36-hole total in program history (68-73—141)
  • Finished runner-up in a stacked field at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (68-72-73—213) and made 14 birdies over 54 holes
  • Medalist of the Boilermaker Classic, her first individual win, while leading Purdue to the team title; fired a career-low 211 (67-76-69) that featured her lowest round as a Boilermaker as well as a hole-in-one in the final round
  • Led the Boilermaker Classic field in birdies (13) and par-3 scoring (-4), including playing the par 3s 4-under during the final round
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023-24 / JUNIOR
  • Ended the season ranked No. 330 in the national rankings
  • One of four Boilermakers to crack the lineup for all 13 tournaments
  • Made four of Purdue’s 10 eagles to lead the Boilermakers
  • Recorded a 74.29 stroke average to rank third on the team
  • Ranked second in par-4 scoring (-1) and tied for ninth (73-72-73—218) to help the Boilermakers win the Mary Fossum Invitational
  • Tied for 19th at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (75-74-75—224) for her third Top 20 of the season
  • Tied for 20th at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational (76-70—146)
  • Tied for 29th at the Schooner Fall Classic with a 213 (71-72-70), her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker
  • Placed 36th at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional (71-75-80—226)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23 / SOPHOMORE (VANDERBILT)
  • Played in eight tournaments, totaling 24 rounds
  • Recorded a 74.4 stroke average for the second straight season
  • Fired a career-low 66 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship
  • Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished fourth at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate (6-under par)

2021-22 / FRESHMAN (VANDERBILT)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team
  • SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 10)
  • Recorded a 74.4 scoring average over 12 rounds
  • Closed out the FAU Paradise Invitational with a season-best 67 (-5)
  • Tied for 12th lowest 54-hole score in program history, shooting a career-low 208 (-8) to tie for fifth at the FAU Paradise Invitational
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
  • No. 2-ranked player out of Pennsylvania, ranking 44th nationally
  • In 2018, became first female to win Friends Schools League Golf Championship by shooting a 71 while competing for the George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania
  • Won the 2020 Sea Pines Junior Heritage
  • Part of team championship at 2020 Pennsylvania Junior Girls’ Championship
  • Finished third at the Golfweek International Junior Invitational and the 2020 Pennsylvania Junior Boys and Girls State Championship
  • Came in fourth at the 2020 IJGT WAGR Event
  • Won the 2019 HGJT College Prep Series at Penn State and the 2019 AJGA BGGA at Innisbrook Qualifier
  • Placed second in the 2019 Faldo Series US Grand Final, the 2019 Northern Junior Championship and the AJGA Dan Incorporated Junior Open
  • Finished fourth at the 2019 AJGA Judie Oppenheimer Memorial Junior and fifth at the 2019 Junior PGA Championship Section Qualifier
  • Took home second at the 2018 AJGA Junior Qualifier
  • Came in third at the 2018 Orlando Junior Open, 2018 New Jersey Spring Junior Open and 2018 HJGT Junior Open at Eagle Creek
PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Paul Kiel and Ginger Mosier
  • Born: Oct. 8, 2002
  • Is a second-degree black belt
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Junior
2023-24