Kristin Wetzel Class: Junior Hometown: Middletown, NY High School: Hilton Head (SC) Prep School Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 01/05/1988

A staple in the Fighting Irish lineup since arriving on campus ... an all-BIG EAST performer during her sophomore season ... has a 77.93 career stroke average, which currently ranks her sixth in program history, in 60 rounds of play ... has had 48 rounds scored for the team ... boasts a collegiate-best round of 71 (-1) and career-best 54-hole score of 221 (+5) ... registered both of those marks during her sophomore season ... has come through with some key rounds for the Irish ... has become a more mature golfer on the course which has allowed her to become a better player ... learned a lot about the mental side of the game since coming to Notre Dame ... boasts a team-best 3.918 cumulative GPA ... earned a monogram during her first two seasons ... an invited member of Notre Dame athletics' Academic Honors faculty mentoring program in 2008-09.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Earned all-BIG EAST honors ... was a member of the team's scoring lineup in all 11 tournaments ... produced a 77.16 scoring average in 32 rounds of play ... had 26 rounds scored ... began her sophomore campaign with a nine-over par 225 (76-75-74) to tie for 42nd in helping Notre Dame win the Cougar Classic ... shaved two shots off that total in the next event as she carded a 223 (+7, 75-71-77), which tied her for 13th, in another Irish victory at the Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup ... her second round 71 (-1) was a career-best total ... helped Notre Dame to its third straight victory by shooting a 235 (+2, 79-78-78) to tie for 26th at the Wolverine Invitational ... tied for 17th at the Lady Paladin Invitational by registering a 230 (+14, 81-75-74) ... at the Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, she fired a 234 (+21, 75-79-80) to tie for 54th in the last event of the fall ... opened the spring semester by carding a 243 (+27, 85-78-80) at the Central District Invitational ... recorded her first top-10 finish by placing sixth with a five-over par 221 (74-72-75) to help the Irish win the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational ... shot a 169 (+25, 85-84) to tie for 67th at the weather-shortened Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational ... tied for 30th with a 10-over par 226 (78-75-73) at the Canes & Cards Classic ... copped her first all-conference accolade by tying for fourth with a 227 (+11, 75-76-76) in helping Notre Dame win the program's third BIG EAST title ... at the NCAA Central Regional, she produced a 236 (+20, 76-83-77), which placed her in a tie for 74th ... earned a monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN: Was in the Fighting Irish lineup during all 10 events of her rookie season ... posted a 78.82 scoring average ... 22 of her 28 total rounds counted towards the team score ... opened her collegiate career with a three-round total of 239 (+23, 83-75-81) to tie for 73rd overall at the Cougar Classic ... registered her top 54-hole score of the season at the Lady Irish Invitational to help Notre Dame place second ... fired a 16-over par 232 (81-72-79) at the home event, which was held at the Warren Golf Course ... her even-par 72 in the second round tied her low-round of the season ... carded a 241 (+25, 80-76-85) at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, where she placed 38th en route to helping the Irish to a second-place finish ... recorded a 36-hole score of 157 (+13, 81-76) to place in a tie for 49th at the TaylorMade Aztec Fall Classic ... concluded her first semester of play with a 239 (+23, 79-80-80) and in a tie for 73rd at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... opened the spring season with a 234 (+18, 79-79-76) at the Central District Classic to finish tied for 46th ... top 54-hole score of the second semester occurred at the UNLV Spring Invitational, where she carded a 17-over par 233 (81-80-72) to place in a tie for 81st ... shot a 242 (+26, 80-79-83) at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational to tie for 54th ... tied for 30th at the Indiana Invitational at the Crooked Stick Golf Club as she shot a 36-hole total of 155 (+11, 81-74) ... helped Notre Dame to a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Championship by placing 15th with a 19-over par 235 (75-82-78) ... earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Hails from Middletown, N.Y. ... was a four-year letterwinner in golf at Hilton Head Preparatory School, in Hilton Head, S.C. ... racked up two victories and one runner-up finish in national tournaments during 2004 ... placed first at the AJGA Hargray Junior Classic by firing a 222 (74-75-73) and shot a 234 (77-75-82) to win the Hudson Junior Invitational ... carded a 223 (72-79-72) to earn a second-place finish at the IJGT Tournament of Champions ... claimed a victory at the 2004 New York City Women's Amateur by shooting a nine-over par 153 (79-74) ... daughter of Gerhard and Bobbie Wetzel ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business ... majoring in finance with a supplemental major in philosophy ... carries a team-high 3.918 cumulative grade-point average.