Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2015-16 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Gotcher, Samantha
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Samantha Gotcher
- Class:
- Junior
- Prev school:
- Clarksville HS
- Hometown:
- Clarksville, Tenn.
Bio
2016-17 (Senior)
Spring 2017: Carded a 74.9 stroke average in 15 rounds in the spring … Had two rounds of par or better, both coming in the Florida State Match-Up where she finished tied for 19th at 2-over 218 (70-72-76) … Tied for 18th at the Conference USA Championship, shooting a 9-over 225 (74-74-77) … Finished the season with a team-best 75.0 stroke average … Voted Third Team All-Conference USA … Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … Named the Female True Blue President’s Award Winner at the Raiders Choice Awards, the top honor given to a female Blue Raider every season.
Fall 2016: Played in all five fall tournaments for the Blue Raiders with a stroke average of 75.2 … Three rounds of par or better in the first half of the season … Led the Blue Raiders in three of five fall tournaments … Notched first of two Top 20 finishes in the fall with a tie for 15th at the Lady Paladin Invitational at 1-over par 217 (71-75-71) … Tied for 18th at the Cardinal Cup, shooting an 11-over 227 (80-73-74).
2015-16 (Junior)
Spring 2016: Played in five of six tournaments in the spring, missing only the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate due to illness … Averaged 76.0 strokes per round in the spring … Tied for 13th at the All There August Challenge with a seven-over par performance (74-72-77=223) … Shot an eight-over par 224 (75-71-78) at the Web.com Intercollegiate … Improved in every round of the Conference USA Championship to finish in fifth place at three-over par (75-73-71=219) and be named to the All-C-USA Tournament Team … Voted First Team All-Conference USA … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … WGCA All-American Scholar.
Fall 2015: Appeared in all five fall tournaments for the Blue Raiders with a scoring average of 73.3 … Tied for 11th at the Marilynn Smith Invitational, where she shot a five-over 221 (74-72-75) … Shot eight-over par (75-73-76=224) at the Mason Rudolph Invitational … Recorded a pair of under par rounds at the Johnie Imes Invitational on her way to a one-over par total (71-70-76=217) and top 20 finish … Notched back-to-back top 10s to finish out the fall … Carded rounds of par or better in all three rounds of the CSU/KSU Fall Invitational, finishing tied for eighth at one-under par (72-72-71=215) … Finished fourth at the Blue Raider Invitational at seven-over par (74-76-73=223).
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Spring 2015: Competed in all six events with a stroke average of 75.2 … Finished runner-up at C-USA Championship and named to the all-tournament team … Set a new school record 9-under 207 at C-USA Championship, where she led for two rounds and finished one stroke off the lead … Shot the lowest single round during conference championship play in school history when she finished 5-under par 67 in Round 2 … Tied for her first career low-medalist honor with teammate Allie Knight at 1-over par 217 at the Kansas City Shootout … Four of her past six rounds leading up to the NCAA regional were career lows at the time … Team’s No. 3 golfer at NCAA regional where she finished 68th with 54-hole total of 235.
Fall 2014: Played in all five tournaments and recorded a stroke average of 75.1 ... Shot a season-low 72 on two occasions, including the FedEx Memphis Intercollegiate (second round) and Johnie Imes Invitational (second round) ... Finished among the top-20 in three events ... Best finish came at the Cardinal Cup where she tied for 11th at 8-over (224) ... Also finished 3-over at the Johnie Imes Invitational.
2013-14 (Freshman)
Summer 2014: Gotcher became the first-active Blue Raider since Taryn Durham in 2007 to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open ... Carded a 76 and 82 at Pinehurst No. 2 to miss the cut by nine strokes ... Qualified for match play at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship ... Finished tied for 60th after shooting an opening round 1-over 73, and followed that performance with a second round 3-over 75.
Spring 2014: Did not compete due to injury ... Named to 2013-14 WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
Fall 2013: Played in five meets and finished with a 76.4 stroke average … Notched her best finish of the year at the FedEx Memphis Intercollegiate, placing third with a nine-over.
High School: Played for coach Vicki Moncrief at Clarksville ... 2012 TSSAA individual state champion ... A four-time letterwinner at Clarksville High School and helped her team win back-to-back state titles in 2011 and 2012 ... Runner-up at the state tournament in 2010 and 2011 and won her district in 2009 and 2011... 2010 Middle Tennessee Player of the Year ... Helped Clarksville nab three regional team titles while individually medaling in 2009, 2011 and 2012... Named the Clarksville Player of the Year three straight years (2009-11) ... Named Midstate Player of the Year in 2010 and 2012 by the Tennessean ... Qualified for the USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2011 and 2012, the USGA Girls U.S. Junior and the USGA Women's Amateur in 2012 and was one of three players in the world to qualify for these three USGA national championships in 2012.
Personal: Born March 27, 1995, in Clarksville, TN ... Daughter of Mike and Sara Gotcher ... Member of National Honor Society at Clarksville ... Majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
Spring 2017: Carded a 74.9 stroke average in 15 rounds in the spring … Had two rounds of par or better, both coming in the Florida State Match-Up where she finished tied for 19th at 2-over 218 (70-72-76) … Tied for 18th at the Conference USA Championship, shooting a 9-over 225 (74-74-77) … Finished the season with a team-best 75.0 stroke average … Voted Third Team All-Conference USA … Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … Named the Female True Blue President’s Award Winner at the Raiders Choice Awards, the top honor given to a female Blue Raider every season.
Fall 2016: Played in all five fall tournaments for the Blue Raiders with a stroke average of 75.2 … Three rounds of par or better in the first half of the season … Led the Blue Raiders in three of five fall tournaments … Notched first of two Top 20 finishes in the fall with a tie for 15th at the Lady Paladin Invitational at 1-over par 217 (71-75-71) … Tied for 18th at the Cardinal Cup, shooting an 11-over 227 (80-73-74).
2015-16 (Junior)
Spring 2016: Played in five of six tournaments in the spring, missing only the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate due to illness … Averaged 76.0 strokes per round in the spring … Tied for 13th at the All There August Challenge with a seven-over par performance (74-72-77=223) … Shot an eight-over par 224 (75-71-78) at the Web.com Intercollegiate … Improved in every round of the Conference USA Championship to finish in fifth place at three-over par (75-73-71=219) and be named to the All-C-USA Tournament Team … Voted First Team All-Conference USA … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … WGCA All-American Scholar.
Fall 2015: Appeared in all five fall tournaments for the Blue Raiders with a scoring average of 73.3 … Tied for 11th at the Marilynn Smith Invitational, where she shot a five-over 221 (74-72-75) … Shot eight-over par (75-73-76=224) at the Mason Rudolph Invitational … Recorded a pair of under par rounds at the Johnie Imes Invitational on her way to a one-over par total (71-70-76=217) and top 20 finish … Notched back-to-back top 10s to finish out the fall … Carded rounds of par or better in all three rounds of the CSU/KSU Fall Invitational, finishing tied for eighth at one-under par (72-72-71=215) … Finished fourth at the Blue Raider Invitational at seven-over par (74-76-73=223).
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Spring 2015: Competed in all six events with a stroke average of 75.2 … Finished runner-up at C-USA Championship and named to the all-tournament team … Set a new school record 9-under 207 at C-USA Championship, where she led for two rounds and finished one stroke off the lead … Shot the lowest single round during conference championship play in school history when she finished 5-under par 67 in Round 2 … Tied for her first career low-medalist honor with teammate Allie Knight at 1-over par 217 at the Kansas City Shootout … Four of her past six rounds leading up to the NCAA regional were career lows at the time … Team’s No. 3 golfer at NCAA regional where she finished 68th with 54-hole total of 235.
Fall 2014: Played in all five tournaments and recorded a stroke average of 75.1 ... Shot a season-low 72 on two occasions, including the FedEx Memphis Intercollegiate (second round) and Johnie Imes Invitational (second round) ... Finished among the top-20 in three events ... Best finish came at the Cardinal Cup where she tied for 11th at 8-over (224) ... Also finished 3-over at the Johnie Imes Invitational.
2013-14 (Freshman)
Summer 2014: Gotcher became the first-active Blue Raider since Taryn Durham in 2007 to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open ... Carded a 76 and 82 at Pinehurst No. 2 to miss the cut by nine strokes ... Qualified for match play at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship ... Finished tied for 60th after shooting an opening round 1-over 73, and followed that performance with a second round 3-over 75.
Spring 2014: Did not compete due to injury ... Named to 2013-14 WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
Fall 2013: Played in five meets and finished with a 76.4 stroke average … Notched her best finish of the year at the FedEx Memphis Intercollegiate, placing third with a nine-over.
High School: Played for coach Vicki Moncrief at Clarksville ... 2012 TSSAA individual state champion ... A four-time letterwinner at Clarksville High School and helped her team win back-to-back state titles in 2011 and 2012 ... Runner-up at the state tournament in 2010 and 2011 and won her district in 2009 and 2011... 2010 Middle Tennessee Player of the Year ... Helped Clarksville nab three regional team titles while individually medaling in 2009, 2011 and 2012... Named the Clarksville Player of the Year three straight years (2009-11) ... Named Midstate Player of the Year in 2010 and 2012 by the Tennessean ... Qualified for the USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2011 and 2012, the USGA Girls U.S. Junior and the USGA Women's Amateur in 2012 and was one of three players in the world to qualify for these three USGA national championships in 2012.
Personal: Born March 27, 1995, in Clarksville, TN ... Daughter of Mike and Sara Gotcher ... Member of National Honor Society at Clarksville ... Majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
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