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Natasha Kiel Season 2023-24

YearJunior
HometownNew Hope, Pa.
Previous SchoolVanderbilt
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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Senior
2024-25