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2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Parks, Kerri
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Kerri Parks
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Flushing HS
- Hometown:
- Flushing, Mich.
Bio
2020-21 (Senior)
2020-21 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2021 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all five events in shortened 2020-21 season … Played 14 rounds … Led team with 76.14 stroke average … Was the top finisher for Herd in first three events … One top 10 finish and three in the top 20 … Opened season tied for 17th at the Strutter Gus Invitational (Feb. 21-22) improving by nine strokes in the third round to score a 1-over 73 and move up six spots on the leaderboard … Finished 15th at the River Landing Classic (March 8-9) scoring a season-best 1-under 71 in the first round, hit par in the third round … Best finish of the season tied for third at the UAB Spring Invite (March 15-16), scored a 1-over 73 in the second round in wet conditions … Finished Herd career competing in 31 events (missed just one), with nine top 10 finishes and 19 in the top 20.
2019-20 (Junior)
2020 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2020 Conference USA Academic Medal: GPA 3.75 or better
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in six of seven tournaments as final three events were canceled due to outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic … Had best stroke average on the team at 74.50 per round … One top five finish and another top 20 finish during shortened season … Was top finisher for Herd in four events … Began year tied for fourth at Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 9-10) with continued improvement, scored a 1-over 73 in round one, an even-par 72 in round two and a 3-under 69 in the third round, helping to lead team to runner-up finish … Led Herd tied for 13th at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 22-23) … Tied for team lead at tied for 14th overall at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-15) scoring an even par 72 in the final round helping Herd to second-lowest team score (287) in the third round … Top finisher for team in both spring events at Texas State Invitational (Feb. 10-11) and the River Landing Classic (March 9-10).
2018-19 (Sophomore)
2019 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2019 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2019 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2019 Conference USA Championships Runner-Up
2019 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2019 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
2018-19 Conference USA Golfer of the Week: Oct. 17, 2018
2018 Golf Association Michigan Women’s Player of the Year
Competed in all 10 events for the Herd … Won the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship during the summer of 2018 before coming back for sophomore season … Finished second on the team with a season stroke average of 74.08 … Earned four top 10 finishes and placed in the top 20 eight times … Began the 2018-19 season tied for fifth at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Sept. 3-4) with a 3-over 147 (75-72) … Tied for 14th as the Herd won the William & Mary Invitational (Sept. 9-10) … Finished tied for first, along with teammate Shelby Brauckmuller, at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational (Oct. 14-17) with a 1-under 143 (67-76) for first top finish of collegiate career … First round score of 5-under 67 at the Maryb S. Kauth Invite was tops of Marshall career and the best single round score of the season for the Herd … Shot a 4-under 68 in the third round of the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-23) and finished tied for 13th … Ended sophomore year as the runner-up at the Conference USA Championships (April 15-17) with a 4-under 212 (73-67-72), the top finish by a Herd golfer at the C-USA Championships surpassing Korakot Simsiriwong who finished tied for seventh in 2012 … Recorded her second 5-under score of 67 in the second round at the C-USA Championships and was named to the All-Tournament Team … Was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, first selection for the Herd since 2015 (Sarah Helly).
2017-18 (Freshman)
2018 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2018 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all 10 tournaments during freshman campaign … Finished the year fourth on the team with a 76.52 stroke average … Led the Herd during the spring season with a 75.33 stroke average … Recorded three top 10 finishes and placed in the top 20 six times … Was the top finisher for the Herd three times at the Edwin Watts Classic (Feb. 25-27), Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 18-20) and Conference USA Championships (April 16-18) … Made collegiate debut at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Sept. 4-5) and finished tied for 20th … Tied for 11th at the Starmount Fall Classic (Oct. 2-3) … Came in seventh at the Shirley Spork Invitational (Oct. 9-10) with a season-best 71 in the second round including a hole-in-one on the sixth hole, helped Herd win the event … Top finish of the season as the runner-up at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a 5-over 221 (76-72-73) … Came in 11th at the Conference USA Championships with a 7-over 223 (79-71-73).
High School
A 5-4 right-handed golfer of Flushing High School, helped her team become a three-time all-metro team from 2014-16, placed at regionals in two consecutive years from 2015-16, earned three top-10 finishes at the state finals from 2014-16, including a best finish of third in 2016 and win the Saginaw Valley League ... individually, she was a 2015 Flint Junior Golf Association champion, a 2016 GAM Girls Junior Amateur Match Play champion, a 2016 Callaway Junior Tour champion and a 2016 Golf Association of Michigan runner up at Honor Point ... she enters Marshall with a 3.985 GPA and plans on being a pharmacy major.
2020-21 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2021 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all five events in shortened 2020-21 season … Played 14 rounds … Led team with 76.14 stroke average … Was the top finisher for Herd in first three events … One top 10 finish and three in the top 20 … Opened season tied for 17th at the Strutter Gus Invitational (Feb. 21-22) improving by nine strokes in the third round to score a 1-over 73 and move up six spots on the leaderboard … Finished 15th at the River Landing Classic (March 8-9) scoring a season-best 1-under 71 in the first round, hit par in the third round … Best finish of the season tied for third at the UAB Spring Invite (March 15-16), scored a 1-over 73 in the second round in wet conditions … Finished Herd career competing in 31 events (missed just one), with nine top 10 finishes and 19 in the top 20.
2019-20 (Junior)
2020 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2020 Conference USA Academic Medal: GPA 3.75 or better
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in six of seven tournaments as final three events were canceled due to outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic … Had best stroke average on the team at 74.50 per round … One top five finish and another top 20 finish during shortened season … Was top finisher for Herd in four events … Began year tied for fourth at Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 9-10) with continued improvement, scored a 1-over 73 in round one, an even-par 72 in round two and a 3-under 69 in the third round, helping to lead team to runner-up finish … Led Herd tied for 13th at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 22-23) … Tied for team lead at tied for 14th overall at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-15) scoring an even par 72 in the final round helping Herd to second-lowest team score (287) in the third round … Top finisher for team in both spring events at Texas State Invitational (Feb. 10-11) and the River Landing Classic (March 9-10).
2018-19 (Sophomore)
2019 WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2019 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2019 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2019 Conference USA Championships Runner-Up
2019 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2019 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
2018-19 Conference USA Golfer of the Week: Oct. 17, 2018
2018 Golf Association Michigan Women’s Player of the Year
Competed in all 10 events for the Herd … Won the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship during the summer of 2018 before coming back for sophomore season … Finished second on the team with a season stroke average of 74.08 … Earned four top 10 finishes and placed in the top 20 eight times … Began the 2018-19 season tied for fifth at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Sept. 3-4) with a 3-over 147 (75-72) … Tied for 14th as the Herd won the William & Mary Invitational (Sept. 9-10) … Finished tied for first, along with teammate Shelby Brauckmuller, at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational (Oct. 14-17) with a 1-under 143 (67-76) for first top finish of collegiate career … First round score of 5-under 67 at the Maryb S. Kauth Invite was tops of Marshall career and the best single round score of the season for the Herd … Shot a 4-under 68 in the third round of the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-23) and finished tied for 13th … Ended sophomore year as the runner-up at the Conference USA Championships (April 15-17) with a 4-under 212 (73-67-72), the top finish by a Herd golfer at the C-USA Championships surpassing Korakot Simsiriwong who finished tied for seventh in 2012 … Recorded her second 5-under score of 67 in the second round at the C-USA Championships and was named to the All-Tournament Team … Was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, first selection for the Herd since 2015 (Sarah Helly).
2017-18 (Freshman)
2018 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2018 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all 10 tournaments during freshman campaign … Finished the year fourth on the team with a 76.52 stroke average … Led the Herd during the spring season with a 75.33 stroke average … Recorded three top 10 finishes and placed in the top 20 six times … Was the top finisher for the Herd three times at the Edwin Watts Classic (Feb. 25-27), Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 18-20) and Conference USA Championships (April 16-18) … Made collegiate debut at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Sept. 4-5) and finished tied for 20th … Tied for 11th at the Starmount Fall Classic (Oct. 2-3) … Came in seventh at the Shirley Spork Invitational (Oct. 9-10) with a season-best 71 in the second round including a hole-in-one on the sixth hole, helped Herd win the event … Top finish of the season as the runner-up at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a 5-over 221 (76-72-73) … Came in 11th at the Conference USA Championships with a 7-over 223 (79-71-73).
High School
A 5-4 right-handed golfer of Flushing High School, helped her team become a three-time all-metro team from 2014-16, placed at regionals in two consecutive years from 2015-16, earned three top-10 finishes at the state finals from 2014-16, including a best finish of third in 2016 and win the Saginaw Valley League ... individually, she was a 2015 Flint Junior Golf Association champion, a 2016 GAM Girls Junior Amateur Match Play champion, a 2016 Callaway Junior Tour champion and a 2016 Golf Association of Michigan runner up at Honor Point ... she enters Marshall with a 3.985 GPA and plans on being a pharmacy major.
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