2021-22 Women's Golf Roster

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Elle Kocourkova

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Sportovni Gymnasium
  • Hometown Hrebec, Czech Republic

Biography

Career Stats (GolfStat)

Academic Notes: 
Majoring in hotel and restaurant management...2021-22 Golden Eagle Top Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Four-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...Four-time Big Sky All-Academic honoree (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...Four-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).

Career Notes: Finished career fourth in program history in stroke average vs. par (75.66), tied for fifth in par or better rounds (15) and seventh in birdies (195).

Accolades: Four-time Big Sky All-Conference honoree...Two-time Big Sky Golfer of the Week (3/10/21, 3/23/22).

2021-22 (Senior): Big Sky All-Conference First Team...Won first career tournament and became second NAU individual medalist during the season at Red Rocks Invitational...Earned Big Sky Golfer of the Week honors after Red Rocks win shooting 5-under par 211...Her 5-under par was the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history...Recorded first career hole-in-one and first ace by a Lumberjack since 2017 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic...Finished tournament at 2-over par 146 including career-low round of 4-under par 68...Also shot a round of 4-under par 68 at Red Rocks Invitational...Became second golfer in program history with multiple rounds of 4-under par or better...Recorded top-20 finishes at Aggie Invitational, GCU Invitational and Bobcat Desert Classic...Tied for ninth at Big Sky Championship (+5, 221)...Averaged 74.76 per round, which ranked second amongst roster that concluded the spring...Scoring average was fourth-lowest in a single season in program history...Ranked second on the team with seven par or better rounds, tied for first with five top-20 individual finishes and second with 66 birdies...Her 66 birdies are tied for 10th most in program history in a season...Played in 10 tournaments and 29 total rounds...GolfStat National Rating of 320 at the conclusion of the season.

2020-21 (Junior): Big Sky All-Conference Third Team...Earned first career Big Sky Golfer of the Week award after tying for 13th at Arizona Wildcat Invitational with an even-par 216...Her even-par 216 was the best performance by a Lumberjack in the spring and marked her lowest career 54-hole score and finish relation to par...Shot 70 (-2) in final round, which tied her second-best round of her career...Posted second-best showing of the season at Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in tie for 38th (+10, 226)...Tied for 21st at Big Sky Championship (+18, 234)...Recorded stroke average of 76.90 over 21 rounds across all seven tournaments...Posted three par or better rounds.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention...Posted two best finishes in ties for ninth (+6, 219) and eighth (+3, 219) in back-to-back tournaments at Coeur D'Alene Collegiate and New Mexico State Aggie Invitational respectively in the fall...Registered best performance of the spring in final tournament before season's cancellation at Juli Inkster Meadow Club Invitational in a tie for 23rd (+8, 224)...Ranked third on the team in stroke average (76.00) in seven tournaments and 20 rounds...Posted two low rounds of one-over par 72 during fall season.

2018-19 (Freshman): Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention...Tied for 24th in first career collegiate tournament at Hobble Creek Fall Classic (+13, 226)...Tied for 17th at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (+7, 223)...Finished debut season with a 10-over par 226 and to tie for 21st at the 2019 Big Sky Championship...Averaged a score of 75.45 through 31 rounds over 11 tournaments...Six top-25 individual performances...Low round of 69 posted at the GCU Women's Spring Invitational during the final round of play...Posted three par or better rounds...GolfStat National Rating of 502 at the conclusion of the 2018-119 campaign.

High School: Two-time runner-up on Czech Golf Amateur Tour...Placed first at 2015 Club Championship (72-73)...Repeated and placed first at 2016 Club Championship (73-76)...Placed second at Czech International Junior Championship U18 (72-73-79)...Helped team place first at U16 Championship and third at U18 Championship...Team also placed first at Olympic Hopes Trophy U17 and second in Women's Extraleague...Helped team place eighth at European Girls Championship U18.

Personal: Eliska Kocourkova was born June 9 in Kladno, Czech Republic...Enjoys playing volleyball...Most memorable athletic moment was when her team won First Women's League and moved to the Czech Extraleague...Chose NAU because she liked the location and Coach Bedortha's approach to the team.

Historical Player Information

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  • 2021-22Senior

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