Katie Avery
Year: RS Senior
Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School: Highlands Ranch
2007 (fall): Tied for 41st (239 three-day
total) at the Chip-N-Club Invitational in September in Eagle,
Neb.... Tied for fifth (154 two-day total) at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City Kenneth Smith Golf Classic, helping the Bears
win the team title... Tied for 32nd (158 two-day total) at the Troy
University Women's Invite.
2006-07: Redshirted
2005-06: NCAA Division I All-Independent
third-team selection as a sophomore... Finished season tied with
Jenny Henderson for second on the team in stroke average (81.1)...
Honored as University of Northern Colorado Female Student-Athlete
of the Month (April) after registering a pair of top-10 finishes...
Finished second at the Division I independent championship
tournament after carding a 228 (+12)... Helped the Bears finish
second at the Division I Independent championship... Finished ninth
(239, +23) at the Eastern Kentucky University Spring
Invitational... Led the Bears with an 11th-place finish (234, +18)
at the Montana State Desert Classic... Finished 21st at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kenneth Smith Classic (163, +19)
and helped the Bears win the event by four strokes... Finished 32nd
at the University of California-Irvine Anteater Classic (262, +46).
2004-05: Competed in seven events and played 14
rounds for the Bears... Scoring average (83.6) tied for fourth on
the team... Ended the season by winning the University of
Nebraska-Kearney Spring Invite, tying with teammate Kelley Newton
for a two-day total of 154... Opened the season with a 10th-place
finish in a match against the University of Denver and the
University of Wyoming.
High school: Played four years for coach James
Barker at Highlands Ranch (Colo.) High School... Was a four-year
letterwinner and two-time team captain... Was an all-state
honorable-mention and three-time all-league selection... Won first
place her senior season at the state regional competition...
Finished third her senior season at the 5A state-championship
tournament... Helped team to second-place state finish in 2003...
Graduated with honors.
Personal: Born in Placentia, Calif.... Daughter
of Rick and Sally Avery... Majoring in business management...
Related to former Denver Nuggets player Bob Brown (1949-50).