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2019-20 Women's Golf Roster

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Jason Erickson

Kaylee Shimizu

Kaylee Shimizu

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Wailuku, Hawaii
  • Highschool:
    Baldwin HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley University ...
SENIOR ~ (2019-20): 
Played in all seven tournaments as well as the Portland State Dual for a total of 21 rounds before having her senior season cut short due to COVID-19 ... led the team with a 74.75 scoring average (the fourth-best season average in UVU women's golf history) ... was the team's top finisher in three events on the season ... recorded five top-30 finishes on the year ... led the way by tying for sixth with a 4-over-par 217 (70-73-74) at the season-opening Hobble Creek Fall Classic ... also placed 14th at the Little Rock Women's Golf Classic with a 4-over 220 (71-75-74) ... tied for 16th at the NM State Aggie Invite with a 7-over-par 223 (78-75-70) ... tied a career-best by carding a 70 twice on the season (once at Hobble Creek and the other at the NM State Aggie Invite) ... finished with four rounds of par of better on the year ... tallied one eagle on the season and led the team with 47 birdies ... led the team with a 3.15 par-3 scoring average, a 4.28 par-4 average, and a team-best 4.91 par-5 average ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

JUNIOR ~ (2018-19): Earned Second Team All-WAC honors ... played in all 10 tournaments and all 30 rounds for the team on the season ... finished second on the team with a 75.03 scoring average ... her season average is also the fourth-best scoring average in school history ... won her first collegiate tournament with an even par 216 in her home state of Hawaii at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic (72-70-74) ... recorded four top-10 finishes and seven top-35 finishes ... capped her junior campaign with by placing seventh at the WAC Championship with a 7-over-par 220 (71-71-78) ... also placed eighth at the GCU Women's Spring Invite with a 3-over-par 219 (75-73-71) ... posted seven rounds of par of better on the year and 29 of her 30 rounds were in the 70s ... her 2-under-par 70 during the second round of the Anuenue Spring Break Classic was lowest round of her collegiate career ... led the team with a school record of 76 birdies on the season ... also led the team in par-3 scoring (3.09), par-4 scoring (4.22) and finished fourth in par-5 scoring (5.16) ... tabbed a two-time WAC Golfer of the Week ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

SOPHOMORE ~ (2017-18): Played in a total of nine tournaments and 27 rounds for the Wolverines on the season ... recorded three top-25 finishes on the year ... saved her best outing of the year for the WAC Women's Golf Championship by tying for 11th with an 8-over-par 221 (74-75-72) ... also posted a 22nd-place finish at the GCU Women's Spring Invite with an 11-over-par 227 (76-78-73) and a 24th-place outing at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic with a 13-over 226 (77-74-75) ... recorded a 78.04 scoring average on the year and 43 total birdies ... tallied a 3.31 par 3 scoring average, a 4.37 par 4 scoring average and a 5.34 par 5 scoring average ... earned Academic All-WAC honors. 

FRESHMAN ~ (2016-17): Played in all 12 tournaments (three as an individual) and all 34 rounds ... recorded a pair of top-35 finishes ... tied for 34th at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational with a 254 (84-85-85) and tied for 35th at the WAC Championship with a 247 (84-78-85) ... posted her best collegiate score at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic in her home island of Maui with a 77 ... recorded 35 birdies and a 82.56 scoring average ... tallied a 3.54 par-3 scoring average, a 4.66 par-4 average and a 5.54 par-5 ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

REDSHIRT ~ (2015-16): Redshirted the 2015-16 season for the Wolverines.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at H.P. Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Hawaii ... placed third overall in Hawaii State Junior Golf Tournament at Kapulua Bay ... placed third in Maui Interscholastic League senior year and fourth (MIL) as a junior ... helped Baldwin to first place finish as a team from 2011-2014.

Personal ...
Daughter of Wesley and Kara Shimizu ... has two sisters Tayler and Payten ... information technology major ... relative of American astronaut, Ellison Onizuka, who was passenger on the Challenger space shuttle ... graduated from H.P. Baldwin High School.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Redshirt Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'3"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'3"

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