Kaitlin Park

Class: Freshman Hometown: Tustin, Calif. High School: Beckman

2012-13: 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... Played in all 12 events, making 11 starts (played as an individual at the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational) ... Second on the team in scoring average at 75.06 (ranks fourth in NU single-season history) ... Led NU at four events ... Four top-10 finishes ... Six rounds of par or better ... Played at the 2013 NCAA Championships (May 21-24), carding a 22-over 310 (75-74-78-83 ... T-100th) ... Competed at the 2013 NCAA East Regional (May 9-11), helping NU finish sixth and qualify for the NCAA Championships for just the second time in program history ... Finished with an 8-over 224 (77-74-73) to tie for 51st ... Member of 2013 Big Ten All-Championship Team ... Led NU at the 2013 Big Ten Championships (April 26-28), helping the Wildcats tie for first to claim a share of the first Big Ten title in program history ... Finished sixth at 6-over 222 (71-72-79) for her fourth top-10 finish of the season ... Tied for 37th at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (April 20-21) ... Scored a 22-over 238 ... Led Northwestern at the SDSU Farms Invitational ... Posted third top-10 finish of the season, tying for eighth ... Finished 7-over 223 (73-72-78) ... Had the best score out of the 14 competitors in NU's dual at SDSU ... Shot a 2-under 70 ... Tied for 38th with a 13 over 229 at the Clover Cup (March 8-10)...Tied for 5th with her best finish of her Wildcat career with a 2-over 218 (74-73-71) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb.10-12) ... Beginning on the fifth hole, was 3-under after the first five holes with three birdies and two pars. She had a fourth birdie on hole 17 and finished the tournament with nine birdies, which tied for third amongst the field. Park improved her score each day, shooting a 2-over 74 on Sunday, went 1-over 73 on Monday before ending the tournament at 1-under 71 ... Tied for 23rd with a 2-over 74 at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 28) only played one round due to weather... Was one stroke off NU's program record for 18 holes, scoring a 5-under 67 in the final round of the Mercedes Benz Collegiate (Oct. 12-14) ... Vaulted from a tie for 21st into sixth place for her first career top-10 finish ... Scored a 1-under 214 (74-74-67) at Mercedes Benz Collegiate ... Made first career start for Northwestern at its own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 1-2) ... Shot a 14-over 230 (75-79-76) to tie for 43rd ... Made collegiate debut at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 17-18), playing as an individual ... Tied for 25th, placing the highest of any individual competitor ... Scored a 5-over 224 (73-75-76).

High School: No. 1-ranked recruit in the state of California and tabbed the No. 7 recruit in the country according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Posted two AJGA victories in the summer of 2011, one runner-up finish ... Competed at the 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur ... 2011 Rolex Junior All-American.

Personal: Major is undeclared.

Park's Career Statistics

Best Finish: T-5th - Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12, 2013)
Low Round: 67 - Mercedes Benz Collegiate Championships (Oct. 14, 2012)
Low 54-Hole Score: 215 (-1) - Mercedes Benz Collegiate Championships (Oct. 12-14, 2012)