Monmouth University Athletics

2012-13 (Senior): One of three Hawks to compete in all nine events on the year… Named to the 2012 All-Northeast Conference Second Team… Tabbed as NEC Golfer of the Week on 4/17… Finished campaign with a team-best 81.7 stroke average in 19 rounds of action… Ended the Rutgers Invitational (10/5-6) with a 161 after rounds of 81 and 80… Earned a top-20 finish at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic (10/21-22) after carding a two-round score of 169 (87-82)…. Fired a 78 at the Hartford Dual Match (10/28)… Landed in 13th place at the Lonnie Barton Invitational (3/21-22) with a 36-hole score of 171 (92-79)… Carded rounds of 84 and 81 for a total of 165 at the C&F Bank Invitational (3/17-18)… Earned a share of 12th place at the Hawk Invitational (3/30-31), shooting an 84 and 85 (169)… Garnered her first career medalist honors at the Hartford Invitational (4/15-16), shooting rounds of 78 and 79 (157)… Wrapped up the 2013 Northeast Conference Championship (4/26-28) in a tie for 18th after inking rounds of 81-80-81 for a 54-hole total of 242.

2011-12 (Junior): Finished the year with an 81.0 stroke average to the lead the Hawks... Saw action in all 19 rounds during the Hawks' eight events... Carded back-to-back rounds of 83 before ending the Yale Intercollegiate Tournament (9/17-18) with an 80 in the season opening tournament... Posted a two-day total of 167 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/30-10/1)... Notched a 79-77 at the Rutgers Invitational (10/14-15) to finish the tournament with a share of 10th place... Concluded the fall slate with a 165 (78-87) at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic (10/23-24) to land in seventh... Shot rounds of 79 and 77 (156) to finish the Hawk Invitational (3/31-4/1) in sixth... Registered another top-10 finish at the Harford Invitational (4/16-17) after shooting a tournament total of 159... Took 16th at the Northeast Conference Championships (4/27-29) with rounds of 76-81-79.

2010-11 (Sophomore): Finished her sophomore season with an 84.9 stroke average, the lowest amongst all everyday players... Competed in all 19 rounds of action in eight events... Opened the season with rounds of 84-82-85 at the Princeton Invitational (9/18-19)... Posted a second round 81 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (10/2-3)... Fired back-to-back rounds of 82 at the Lonnie Barton Invitational (3/7-8) to finish 17th overall... Carded a second day 78 to finish as runner-up at the 2011 Hawk Invitational (4/2-3)... Claimed 17th place overall at the 2011 Northeast Conference Championships with rounds of 78-89-81.  

2009-10 (Freshman): Competed in 17 rounds for the Hawks as a rookie, posting a 89.0 stroke average, which was third-best on the squad... Made collegiate debut at the Princeton Invitational (9/19-20), carding a second round 89... Opened the Nittany Lion Invitational (10/3-4) with an 86... Posted consecutive 84s at the Rutgers Invitational (10/9-10)... Finished 15th at the FDU Knights Invitational (10/26) with an 88... Carded a season-low 80, followed by an 83, to claim seventh place at the Hawk Invitational (3/27-28)... Finished 23rd at the 2010 NEC Championships (4/23-25).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in both golf and soccer at Point Pleasant Boro High School, where she competed in the girls state tournament all four years and in the boys state tournament three times... Named a golf team captain... Ocean/Monmouth County Challenge Cup Competitor... Named first-team All-Shore as a junior or senior, and named third-team all-state... Finished ninth in the New Jersey state tournament... Finished second in the Shore Conference Tournament... Finished second in the Ocean County Tournament as both a junior and senior... Also competed in the New Jersey Women's Amateur.

Personal: Daughter of Bill and Karen Kavanagh... Majoring in health studies/audiology... Was the first female on the boys golf team at Point Pleasant Boro HS.

Kelsi Kavanagh's Career Numbers at Monmouth:

Kavanagh's Career:
Total Tournaments: 33
Low Round / Event: 76 / 2012 Northeast Conference Championships [First Round] (4/27/12)

NEC Championship Finishes:
2010: t-23rd / 259
2011: 17th / 248
2012: 16th / 236
2013: t-18th / 242

* All statistics are current through 2013 Northeast Conference Championships (4/26-28/13)