Rachel Kauflin

Photo by: Andy Sneddon

Class:
Junior
High School:
Wauwatosa West
Hometown:
Wauwatosa, Wis.

Career Bests
18 Holes: 71 (Shirley Spork EMU Inv., Oct. 2, 2023, Ypsilanti, Mich.)
36 Holes: 145 (73-72, The Judson, Oct. 30, 2023, Hattiesburg, Miss.)
54 Holes: 218 (73-72-73, The Judson, Oct. 30-31, 2023, Hattiesburg, Miss.)

2023-24:
• Ranked second on the team with a 77.4 average
• Shot 75-72-81 -- 228 for a career-best-tying fifth-place finish at the Babs Steffens Inv. (March 25-26)
• Shot 73-72-73 -- 218 for a career-best-tying fifth-place finish at The Judson (Oct. 30-31)
• In CMU’s 11 tournaments, posted the team-low score once and tied for the low score in another event; posted CMU's second-lowest total in five other events
• Posted five top-20 finishes
• Shot 78-85-81 -- 244 for a T37 finish at MAC Championship (April 21-23)
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Named to Scholar All-America Team by the Women's Golf Coaches Association

2022-23:
• Finished T16 in 48-player field in MAC Championship (March 21-23), shooting 75-78-78 – 231
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Opened season with a T23 finish in A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Sept. 4-5), shooting 74-77-83 -- 234
• Shot 73-78-81 – 232 for a T13 finish in Shirley Spork EMU Invitational (Oct. 3-4)
• Shot career-best 228 (77-76-75) in Falcon Florida Classic (Feb. 6-7)
• Shot 78-77-77 – 232 to finish T32 in 64-player field at Huntsville.org Intercollegiate (March 6-7)
• Named an All-American Scholar by the Women's Golf Coaches Association

2021-22: Posted a team-best second-place finish with a 79-72-77 -- 228 to lead the Chippewas to the title at the CMU A-Ga-Ming Inv. (Sept. 5-6) ... her 18-, 36-, and 54-hole scores at A-Ga-Mind were career bests ... shot 76-82 -- 158 to tie for 24th at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Inv. (Sept. 26-27) ... shot 78-76-81 -- 235 for a T32 finish in the 68-player field at the Shirley Spork EMU Inv. (Oct. 4-5) ... shot 81-86-73 -- 240 for a T34 placing in the 62-player field at the Toledo Rocket Classic (Oct. 11/12) ... averaged 78.27.

2020-21: Ranked fourth on the team with a 78.21 average … closed the season in strong fashion, finishing T15 among 85 players at the Bowling Green Dolores Black Inv. (April 10-11) and then 15^th in a field of 49 at the Mid-American Conference Championship (April 23-24) … shot 80-73 – 153 at the Dolores Black and 77-80-77 – 234 at the MAC Championship … went a perfect 5-0 in leading CMU to victories in two match-play events, the North Carolina A&T Aggie Spring Inv. (Feb. 27-28) and the Battle at Boone Match Play (March 20).

High School/Junior: Four-time All-Greater Metro Conference First Team selection … two-time GMC Player of the Year … three-time Academic All-Stater as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW) … First Team GCAW All-Stater in 2018 and 2019 … 2018 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Sports Awards girls golf nominee … two-year team co-captain … senior year stroke average 74.3 … placed fourth in 2019 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 state tournament after a third-place finish in 2018 … high school career low 18-hole round is 66 … named the Wisconsin PGA Junior Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … has twice represented Team Wisconsin in the WI/MN Cup team matches … two-time Sherri Steinhauer Tournament champion … finished tied for fifth in the 2019 Wisconsin Women's State Amateur.