2016-17 Women's Golf Roster
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Kacie Komoto
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Punahou
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
Bio
***Honors & Awards***
2016 Golfweek All-American (HM)
2016 & 2015 First Team All-Big Ten
2014 Second Team All-Big Ten
Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015, ’16)
Owns second-lowest career scoring average (73.86) in program history
2016-17: Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week on 9/14 after shooting personal record 6-under 66 in final round of Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational to card a career-best 208, the third-lowest 54-hole score in program history … Advanced to match play at 2016 United States Women’s Amateur Championship at Rolling Green (PA) Golf Club … Advanced to match play at 114th Women’s North & South Championship at Pinehurst … Advanced through Stage 1 of LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Mission Hills (CA) Country Club.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 71-71-66=208 (-8) (7th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 73-75-75=223 (+7) (34th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 69-75-75=219 (+3) (22nd)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-78=152 (+10) (T45th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 73-73-73=219 (+6) (T24th)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-76-74=225 (+9) (T42nd)
Silverado Showdown • 76-79-78=233 (+17) (T76th)
Big Ten Championship • 78-71-70=219 (+3) (T8th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 72-75-70=216 (+1) (T12th)
NCAA Championship • 78-72-75=225 (+9) (T14th)
2015-16: First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Honorable Mention Golfweek All-American … Posted third-lowest scoring average (72.59) in program history … Led Wildcats with six Top-10 finishes during the season … Ranked third on the team with 16 rounds at par-or-better, four rounds in the 60’s and seven Top-20 finishes … Finished third among Wildcats at 2016 NCAA Championships, including a final round 71 at Eugene Country Club … Equaled her best result of the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional … Fired an even-par 216 at The Fort Golf Resort to earn a Top-20 result that helped lead Northwestern to a second straight Big Ten title … Carded the top Wildcats score (71) in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic … Finished T4 at the Hurricane Invitational with a 4-under 209 (69-69-71), one of the five lowest 54-hole scores in NU history … Paced Northwestern in the spring opener at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) with her eigth-place performance of 73-71-75-219 (+3) ... Finished third out of Wildcat entrants in the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20), including an even 71 in the final round ... Topped all Northwestern golfers in the home Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) with a fourth-place 211 strokes ... That 54-hole total is the fourth-best in program history ... Registered a 1-under 215 at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) and helped the Wildcats come in second place ... Shot a 1-over 220 (73-75-72) at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-75-72=220 (+1) (26th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 71-68-76=215 (-1) (15th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-71-67=211 (-5) (4th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-73-71=218 (+5) (23rd)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 73-71-75=219 (+3) (8th)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-69-71=209 (-4) (4th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 71 (-1) (4th)
~~Match Play First Round: Lost to Kyung Kim (USC), 3 and 2
~~Second Round: Def. Taylor Kim (Kent), 5 and 3
~~5th-Place Match: Lost to Anna Appert Lund (PUR), 4 and 3
PING/ASU Invitational • 78-75-75=228 (+12) (53rd)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 73-72-71=216 (E) (17th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 72-73-77=222 (+6) (4th)
NCAA Championships • 74-73-76-71=294 (+6) (49th)
2014-15: First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments, boasting a scoring average of 74.31, third best on the squad … Her single-season stroke average is fifth best in program history … Carded a low round of 68 — one of two rounds in the 60s — and had 7 rounds at par or better … Tied for 29th at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Posted a second round score of 1-over 73 en route to Northwestern’s best-ever finish at the Championships … Played consistently well at the NCAA Raleigh Regionals and carded a 7-over 223 (75-74-74) … The Wildcats finished second out of 18 competitors … Blazed her way through the third round of the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) by notching a 2-under 70 … She tied for 16th at the tournament and the Wildcats came in first place … Tied for fifth at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and posted a 1-under 71 in the second round … Finished up with a 5-over 221 (75-71-75) … Placed first of all Wildcats participating in the Bryan National Collegiate (April 3-5) … Shot a pair of 1-over 73’s in the last two rounds of the tournament … Helped the Wildcats finish in fourth of 12 teams at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) … Shot a 3-under 68 in the second round of the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) … Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history … She tied for 13th in the tournament and finished up with a 5-over 218 (75-68-75) … Participated as an individual at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) and came in 12th place … Her 1-under 71 in the final round capped off a tournament in which she finished with a 3-over 219 (74-74-71) … Opened the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) shooting 69 for the fourth time in her college career ... Followed that with an even-par 71 in the second round en route to a fall-best 21st-place finish … Her finish of 213 (69-71-73) is tied for fourth best in program history … Tied for 27th in the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) … Shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) … Shot an even 73 in the final round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16).
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-77-73=224 (+5) (27th)
Annika Intercollegiate • 74-73-77=224 (+8) (42nd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 77-73-75=225 (+9) (27th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 69-71-73=213 (E) (21st)
*Lady Puerto Rico • 74-74-74=219 (+3) (12th)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-68-75=218 (+5) (13th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 80 (+8) (30th)
Def. Samantha Marks (Arkansas), 3 and 2
Def. Sylvie Brick (Georgia), 3 and 2
Lost to Leona Maguire (Duke), 3 and 2
Bryan National Collegiate • 82-73-73=228 (+12) (21st)
Silverado Showdown • 75-71-75=221 (+5) (5th)
Big Ten Championships • 77-74-70=221 (+5) (16th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 75-74-74=223 (+7) (18th)
NCAA Championships • 77-73-78-74=302 (+14) (29th)
*denotes played as an individual
2013-14: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Played in all 12 events, recording a 74.97 scoring average, which ranks seventh in NU single-season history and first in program history among first-year players ... Two top-10 finishes and five top-20 showings ... Seven rounds under par, including three in the 60's ... NU's second-highest finisher at the 2014 NCAA Championships (May 20-23) ... Carded a 1-under 69 during the third round of NCAA's ... Part of the NU group of five that played at the NCAA West Regional (May 8-10) and qualified for the 2014 NCAA Championships ... Competed at the 2014 Big Ten Championships (April 25-27), helping NU place third ... Placed in the top 20 at the Silverado Showdown, helping NU finish third in the 15-team field ... Carded a 6-over 222 (74-74-74) ... Helped NU set a new single-round record with an 11-under 277 to win stroke play of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (April 4-6) ... Tied for ninth with an even 72 during stroke play and went 2-1 during match play at the Liz Murphey ... Had two rounds under par to place in the top 10 and help NU capture the team title at the Hurricane Classic (March 3-5) ... Recorded a career-low score of 2-over 215 (76-69-70) to tie for seventh for her first top-10 finish ... Led NU at its spring opener, the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18), tying for 17th with a career-low score of 5-over 221 (74-74-73) ... Helped the Wildcats place third in Puerto Rico ... Notched a 4-over 217, including her lowest round of the season, a 2-under 69 in the first round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 25-27) ... Tied for 29th at this contest (69-75-73=217) ...Tied for 29th at the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) ... Scored on par in the second round and finished at 8-over 221 for the tournament (74-71-76) ... First top-20 finish at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 20-21) ... Scored a 4-over 223, including a 2-under 71 in the second round, to tie for 18th ... Made her Wildcat debut as one of five starters at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 14-15) ... Scored a 2-over 74 in the final round and tied for 41st (80-79-74=233, +17) … During the summer, won her second consecutive Hawaii State Match Play Championship title. ... Placed in the top 20 in the highly-competitive Canadian Women's Amateur Championship.
2013-14 Results:
Mary Fossum Invitational • 80-79-74=233 (+17) (T-41st)
Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-71-78=223 (+4) (T-18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-71-76=221 (+8) (T-29th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 69-75-73=217 (+4) (T-29th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 74-74-73=221 (+5) (T-17th)
Hurricane Invitational • 76-69-70=215 (+2) (T-7th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 78-74-84=236 (+20) (T67th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate • 72 (E) (T-9th)
Def. Ana Mendez (NC State), 4-and-2
Lost to Victoria Trapani (Auburn), 2-and-1
Def. Isabel Southard (Denver), 2-up
Silverado Showdown • 74-74-74=222 (+6) (T-19th)
Big Ten Championships • 81-78-74=233 (+17) (T-31st)
NCAA West Regional • 77-77-81=235 (+19) (T-61st)
NCAA Championships • 77-76-69-74=296 (+6) (T-74th)
High School: Three-time qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship ... Qualified for match play at the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, advancing to the Round of 32 ... Won the 2013 U.S. Amateur Qualifier in Hawaii, carding a 70 ... Won the 2013 Hawaii State Women's Match Play Championship prior to arriving at Northwestern, defeating the defending champion ... 2012 Hawaii Girls Golf State Champion ... Antigua National High School Champion in 2011 ... Ranked No. 27 in her class by Junior Golf Scoreboard.
Personal: Born Kacie Miya Komoto ... Daughter of Gary and Kay Komoto ... Attended the same high school as LPGA player Michelle Wie and President Barack Obama ... Major is communication studies.
2016 Golfweek All-American (HM)
2016 & 2015 First Team All-Big Ten
2014 Second Team All-Big Ten
Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015, ’16)
Owns second-lowest career scoring average (73.86) in program history
2016-17: Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week on 9/14 after shooting personal record 6-under 66 in final round of Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational to card a career-best 208, the third-lowest 54-hole score in program history … Advanced to match play at 2016 United States Women’s Amateur Championship at Rolling Green (PA) Golf Club … Advanced to match play at 114th Women’s North & South Championship at Pinehurst … Advanced through Stage 1 of LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Mission Hills (CA) Country Club.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 71-71-66=208 (-8) (7th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 73-75-75=223 (+7) (34th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 69-75-75=219 (+3) (22nd)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-78=152 (+10) (T45th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 73-73-73=219 (+6) (T24th)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-76-74=225 (+9) (T42nd)
Silverado Showdown • 76-79-78=233 (+17) (T76th)
Big Ten Championship • 78-71-70=219 (+3) (T8th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 72-75-70=216 (+1) (T12th)
NCAA Championship • 78-72-75=225 (+9) (T14th)
2015-16: First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Honorable Mention Golfweek All-American … Posted third-lowest scoring average (72.59) in program history … Led Wildcats with six Top-10 finishes during the season … Ranked third on the team with 16 rounds at par-or-better, four rounds in the 60’s and seven Top-20 finishes … Finished third among Wildcats at 2016 NCAA Championships, including a final round 71 at Eugene Country Club … Equaled her best result of the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional … Fired an even-par 216 at The Fort Golf Resort to earn a Top-20 result that helped lead Northwestern to a second straight Big Ten title … Carded the top Wildcats score (71) in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic … Finished T4 at the Hurricane Invitational with a 4-under 209 (69-69-71), one of the five lowest 54-hole scores in NU history … Paced Northwestern in the spring opener at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) with her eigth-place performance of 73-71-75-219 (+3) ... Finished third out of Wildcat entrants in the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20), including an even 71 in the final round ... Topped all Northwestern golfers in the home Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) with a fourth-place 211 strokes ... That 54-hole total is the fourth-best in program history ... Registered a 1-under 215 at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) and helped the Wildcats come in second place ... Shot a 1-over 220 (73-75-72) at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-75-72=220 (+1) (26th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 71-68-76=215 (-1) (15th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-71-67=211 (-5) (4th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-73-71=218 (+5) (23rd)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 73-71-75=219 (+3) (8th)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-69-71=209 (-4) (4th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 71 (-1) (4th)
~~Match Play First Round: Lost to Kyung Kim (USC), 3 and 2
~~Second Round: Def. Taylor Kim (Kent), 5 and 3
~~5th-Place Match: Lost to Anna Appert Lund (PUR), 4 and 3
PING/ASU Invitational • 78-75-75=228 (+12) (53rd)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 73-72-71=216 (E) (17th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 72-73-77=222 (+6) (4th)
NCAA Championships • 74-73-76-71=294 (+6) (49th)
2014-15: First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments, boasting a scoring average of 74.31, third best on the squad … Her single-season stroke average is fifth best in program history … Carded a low round of 68 — one of two rounds in the 60s — and had 7 rounds at par or better … Tied for 29th at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Posted a second round score of 1-over 73 en route to Northwestern’s best-ever finish at the Championships … Played consistently well at the NCAA Raleigh Regionals and carded a 7-over 223 (75-74-74) … The Wildcats finished second out of 18 competitors … Blazed her way through the third round of the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) by notching a 2-under 70 … She tied for 16th at the tournament and the Wildcats came in first place … Tied for fifth at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and posted a 1-under 71 in the second round … Finished up with a 5-over 221 (75-71-75) … Placed first of all Wildcats participating in the Bryan National Collegiate (April 3-5) … Shot a pair of 1-over 73’s in the last two rounds of the tournament … Helped the Wildcats finish in fourth of 12 teams at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) … Shot a 3-under 68 in the second round of the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) … Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history … She tied for 13th in the tournament and finished up with a 5-over 218 (75-68-75) … Participated as an individual at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) and came in 12th place … Her 1-under 71 in the final round capped off a tournament in which she finished with a 3-over 219 (74-74-71) … Opened the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) shooting 69 for the fourth time in her college career ... Followed that with an even-par 71 in the second round en route to a fall-best 21st-place finish … Her finish of 213 (69-71-73) is tied for fourth best in program history … Tied for 27th in the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) … Shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) … Shot an even 73 in the final round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16).
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-77-73=224 (+5) (27th)
Annika Intercollegiate • 74-73-77=224 (+8) (42nd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 77-73-75=225 (+9) (27th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 69-71-73=213 (E) (21st)
*Lady Puerto Rico • 74-74-74=219 (+3) (12th)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-68-75=218 (+5) (13th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 80 (+8) (30th)
Def. Samantha Marks (Arkansas), 3 and 2
Def. Sylvie Brick (Georgia), 3 and 2
Lost to Leona Maguire (Duke), 3 and 2
Bryan National Collegiate • 82-73-73=228 (+12) (21st)
Silverado Showdown • 75-71-75=221 (+5) (5th)
Big Ten Championships • 77-74-70=221 (+5) (16th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 75-74-74=223 (+7) (18th)
NCAA Championships • 77-73-78-74=302 (+14) (29th)
*denotes played as an individual
2013-14: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Played in all 12 events, recording a 74.97 scoring average, which ranks seventh in NU single-season history and first in program history among first-year players ... Two top-10 finishes and five top-20 showings ... Seven rounds under par, including three in the 60's ... NU's second-highest finisher at the 2014 NCAA Championships (May 20-23) ... Carded a 1-under 69 during the third round of NCAA's ... Part of the NU group of five that played at the NCAA West Regional (May 8-10) and qualified for the 2014 NCAA Championships ... Competed at the 2014 Big Ten Championships (April 25-27), helping NU place third ... Placed in the top 20 at the Silverado Showdown, helping NU finish third in the 15-team field ... Carded a 6-over 222 (74-74-74) ... Helped NU set a new single-round record with an 11-under 277 to win stroke play of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (April 4-6) ... Tied for ninth with an even 72 during stroke play and went 2-1 during match play at the Liz Murphey ... Had two rounds under par to place in the top 10 and help NU capture the team title at the Hurricane Classic (March 3-5) ... Recorded a career-low score of 2-over 215 (76-69-70) to tie for seventh for her first top-10 finish ... Led NU at its spring opener, the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18), tying for 17th with a career-low score of 5-over 221 (74-74-73) ... Helped the Wildcats place third in Puerto Rico ... Notched a 4-over 217, including her lowest round of the season, a 2-under 69 in the first round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 25-27) ... Tied for 29th at this contest (69-75-73=217) ...Tied for 29th at the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) ... Scored on par in the second round and finished at 8-over 221 for the tournament (74-71-76) ... First top-20 finish at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 20-21) ... Scored a 4-over 223, including a 2-under 71 in the second round, to tie for 18th ... Made her Wildcat debut as one of five starters at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 14-15) ... Scored a 2-over 74 in the final round and tied for 41st (80-79-74=233, +17) … During the summer, won her second consecutive Hawaii State Match Play Championship title. ... Placed in the top 20 in the highly-competitive Canadian Women's Amateur Championship.
2013-14 Results:
Mary Fossum Invitational • 80-79-74=233 (+17) (T-41st)
Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-71-78=223 (+4) (T-18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-71-76=221 (+8) (T-29th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 69-75-73=217 (+4) (T-29th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 74-74-73=221 (+5) (T-17th)
Hurricane Invitational • 76-69-70=215 (+2) (T-7th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 78-74-84=236 (+20) (T67th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate • 72 (E) (T-9th)
Def. Ana Mendez (NC State), 4-and-2
Lost to Victoria Trapani (Auburn), 2-and-1
Def. Isabel Southard (Denver), 2-up
Silverado Showdown • 74-74-74=222 (+6) (T-19th)
Big Ten Championships • 81-78-74=233 (+17) (T-31st)
NCAA West Regional • 77-77-81=235 (+19) (T-61st)
NCAA Championships • 77-76-69-74=296 (+6) (T-74th)
High School: Three-time qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship ... Qualified for match play at the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, advancing to the Round of 32 ... Won the 2013 U.S. Amateur Qualifier in Hawaii, carding a 70 ... Won the 2013 Hawaii State Women's Match Play Championship prior to arriving at Northwestern, defeating the defending champion ... 2012 Hawaii Girls Golf State Champion ... Antigua National High School Champion in 2011 ... Ranked No. 27 in her class by Junior Golf Scoreboard.
Personal: Born Kacie Miya Komoto ... Daughter of Gary and Kay Komoto ... Attended the same high school as LPGA player Michelle Wie and President Barack Obama ... Major is communication studies.
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