Kennedy Gooding
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Lexington, S.C.
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- High School:
- Gilbert High School
2022-23
Finished the year ranked 69th nationally by Golfstat … Owned a 74.71 adjusted stroke average … Second Trojan in as many years to earn SAC Freshman of the Year accolades … Led the three-day SAC Tournament from beginning to end … Captured her second tournament title of the year on the strength of her 4-under-par 212, which marked the second-lowest three-round score in tournament history … Captured SAC Golfer of the Week recognition in early March after winning the Low Tide Intercollegiate by equaling the school record with a 6-under-par 66 in the second round … Set the school record with a 54-hole 203 at the Low Tide … Posted seven total finishes inside the top-31 … Her first-round 66 set a school record for AU in the SAC Tournament.
High School
Six-year letterwinner for the Indians … Holds every Gilbert High School women’s golf record … Three-time state champion (2016, 2017 and 2020) … Posted a career-low 66 … Four-year prep stroke average was 73.8 … Four-time 3A Region Player of the Year … Four-time 3A All State Team honoree … 3A Bronze Medalist as a freshman … 3A Silver Medalist as a senior … 3A Co-Player of the Year as a senior … Named North/South All-Star as a senior … Won the 2021 SCJGA Fall Challenge and the 2019 SCJGA Caddie Classic Beta Club officer … Earned Seal of Biliteracy … Was an Immersion Graduate and an Honor Graduate … Graded Top 6% of her class.
Personal
Born on March 11, 2004 … Daughter of Tracy and Jennifer Gooding … Majoring in Communications
