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Photo by: USGA Museum

Photo by: USGA Museum

Kristen Gillman

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
High School:
Lake Travis

Accolades

Co-school record-holder, low 54 (200)
School record holder, season rounds par or better (22)
United States Curtis Cup Team (2018)
United States Palmer Cup Team (2018)
First Team WGCA All-American (2017-18)
First Team All-SEC (2017-18)
First Team WGCA All-American (2016-17)
First Team Golfweek All-American (2016-17)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2016-17)
First Team All-SEC (2016-17)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2016-17)
SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2016-17)

Sophomore (2017-18)

First Team WGCA All-American ... First Team All-SEC honoree ... one of eight amateur women's golfers named to the USGA's 2018 Curtis Cup squad ... one of 12 women's collegiate golfers named to the 2018 United States Palmer Cup team ... one of 29 amateurs to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open ... ranked No. 10 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season ... ranked No. 6 in the Golfstat NCAA Player Rankings and No. 8 in the Golfweek Collegiate Rankings released May 20 ... ANNIKA Award finalist ... has finished par or better in 46 of 64 career rounds (72 percent), including 18 rounds in the 60s (28 percent) ... finished the season at 39-under par with a 70.55 scoring average, 25 rounds of par or better and 12 rounds in the 60s to rank No. 2 on the team in all four categories ... tied for seventh in stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 1-under par 287 (73-72-70-72) ... finished 3-0 in match play at the NCAA tournament as Alabama advanced to the championship match ... tied for fourth at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional with a 10-under par 206 (72-68-66) ... the final round 66 equals the UA school record for score and score vs. par in a regional ... finished third in stroke play at the SEC Championships with a 2-under par 214 (69-75-70) ... one of only three golfers to finish under par in stroke play at the SEC tournament ... finished 1-1 in match play at the SEC tournament, defeating Vanderbilt's Virginia Green, 6-and-4, in the quarterfinals before dropping a 1-up decision to Arkansas' Maria Fassi ... tied for sixth at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a 3-under par 213 (70-71-72) ... tied for 17th at the Evans Derby Experience with a 2-under par 214 (74-69-71) ... tied for 15th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 7-over par 220 (73-73-74) ... finished seventh at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at 4-over par (69-74-74/217), one shot behind teammate Lakareber Abe ... tied for fifth at the rain-shortened Landfall Tradition with a 36-hole 4-under par 140 (69-71) ... tied for sixth at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a 9-under par 207 (71-69-67) ... earned individual medalist honors for the second time in her career at the Schooner Fall Classic with a career-low 13-under par 200 (68-68-64) ... her 54-hole total equals the school record set by teammate Lauren Stephenson at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship ... tied for eighth at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship with a 6-under par 210 (70-69-71).

Summer 2017

Advanced to match play at the U.S. Women's Amateur before being eliminated in the Round of 32 ... finished at 1-under par (67-76/143) to tie for 11th in stroke play and qualify to the match play round.

Freshman (2016-17)

Set a UA single-season school record with 22 rounds of par or better ... won her first collegiate tournament with an eight-under par 208 (71-71-66) at the Bryan National Collegiate ... her final round 66 set a career low for 18 holes and her 208 was a new Bryan National Collegiate record for low 54 ... Women's Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek first team All-America selection ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... tabbed a First Team All-SEC, First Team SEC All-Freshman and SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll selection ... WGCA Freshman of the Year candidate ... ranked sixth in the final Golfweek ratings ... rated 14th nationally in score vs. par ... second on the team in scoring average (71.52), the fourth-best average in school history, and average vs. par (-0.19) ... shared the team lead in top-five finishes with five ... finished in the top 25 in all 11 tournaments and in the top 10 seven times ... finished under par in six of 11 tournaments this season ... tied for 17th at the NCAA Women's Golf Championships with a 10-over par 226 ... tied for fifth at the NCAA Athens Regional with a 2-under par 214 ... fell to Northwestern's Hannah Kim, 2-up in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match ... tied for seventh at the SEC Championships with a 4-under par 212 that included a second round 69 ... finished second in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a two-under par 70 ... defeated USC's Tiffany Chan, 3-and-2 in the quarterfinals and finished all-square with Denver's Mariell Bruun in the semifinals before falling to Georgia's Bailey Tardy, 1-up in the championship match at the Liz Murphey ... finished fourth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a one-over par 214 (68-71-75) ... tied for 24th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a six-over par 219 (76-73-70) ... tied for 21st with a four-over par 220 at The Landfall Tradition ... tied for 15th with a one-over par 217 at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational ... finished in a tie for eighth at the Schooner Fall Classic after carding a three-under par 210 (67-73-70) ... tied for second with teammate Lauren Stephenson in her collegiate debut at the Mason Rudolph Championship ... shot a nine-under par 207 (71-68-68) ... as a team, the Tide set a school best with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament.

Prep and Personal

One of the most-decorated junior golfers in the country ... won the U.S. Women's Amateur as a 16-year-old in 2014, defeating the No. 2, 4, 7 and 10-ranked amateurs in match play on her way to the title ... was also the medalist during the qualifying rounds of the event ... advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur in 2015 and the Round of 32 in 2016 ... finished seventh in the 2015 Ladies British Amateur ... finished sixth in the golf competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and was a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. women's team ... won the 2014 Junior PGA Championship with a record-low 16-under par 268 to win by 11 strokes ... won individual champion honors at the 2016 Toyota Junior Golf World Championship as she helped lead the U.S. to the team title ... posted a 3-0 match play record to help the U.S. win the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup ... member of the U.S. team that won the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup in St Leon-Rot, Germany, the first win for the Americans on foreign soil in the event ... earned First Team Rolex All-America honors in 2014 and second-team recognition in 2013 ... 2014 South Texas PGA Junior Golfer of the Year ... four-time all-state selection as a member of the golf team at Lake Travis ... 6A individual state champion as a senior in 2016 ... member of three state championship teams at Lake Travis ... played in four professional events as an amateur while in high school - 2014 Evian Championship, 2015 U.S. Women's Open, 2015 British Women's Open and the 2015 LPGA Classic ... daughter of Mark and Laura Gillman ... born Sept. 22, 1997 in Austin, Texas ... majoring in communications.