Rachel Ingram

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Benton, Tenn.
High School:
McMinn County High School

COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS

Rounds: 15

Strokes: 1266

Average: 84.40

Rounds of Par or Under: None

Low Round: 73; EKU Spring Invitational

Low Tournament (54 holes): 240; EKU Spring Invitational

Top-10 Finishes: None

Best Finish: 11th; EKU Spring Invitational

AT TENNESSEE: 2006-07: Competed as an individual at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in February...Scores of 91, 84 and 86 put Ingram in 79th place.

AT AUSTIN PEAY: 2005-06: Compiled a 363-378-24 season record, placing her in the Lady Govs' number two spot...Selected as the team MVP and NGCA All-American Scholar...Led APSU to a tenth-place finish in the Eastern Kentucky Spring Invitational after tying a tournament-best 73 in the final round...Her 240 (81-86-73) score was good enough for an 11th-place tie...Named to the Ohio Valley Conference's All-Newcomer Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for the AAA state tournament each of the two years she played varsity golf at McMinn County...Team earned runner-up honors in the district tournament in 2003...Won the 2004 McMinn County High girls' MVP award...Chosen to the Chattanooga Times-Free Press Best of the Preps second-team All-Area in 2003 and 2004...Set the MCHS record with a nine-hole, 3-under-par 34...Won the Coca-Cola Best of Preps Golf Tournament in 2005...Academic accolades include: National Society of High School Scholars, TSSAA Student Athlete of Merit, TSSAA Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, Merit Award in English, Academic Honors Awards and Academic "A" Honor Roll...Lettered in basketball, volleyball and cross country in addition to golf.

AMATEUR: Won the Vince Gill Tournament of Champions in 2004 and USJGT Tournament at Centennial Golf Course in 2005...Compiled a pair of third-place nods on the Robert Trent Jones Junior Golf Tour before finishing fourth in the Tour Championship...Took home another fourth place finish at the Signal Mountain Junior Invitational with a 235 (78-75-82)...Finished eighth at the U.S. Women's Amateur Publinx Qualifier with a score of 76 in summer of 2006...Won the consolation championship at the 2006 and 2007 Tennessee Women's Amateur...Competed in the 2007 Women's Trans Am and claimed the 64th seed in match play after an eight-way playoff for the final three spots...Made it to the round of 16.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communication studies...Admires golfers Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam and Phil Mickelson...Lists the biggest thrill in her sport as the opportunity to play golf as a Lady Vol...Brother Ben, 23, graduated from Tennessee in May 2006...Rachel Ann Ingram was born on May 6, 1987, in Riceville, Tenn....She is the daughter of John and Kimberly Ingram.