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2021-22 Women's Golf Roster

Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School The Commercial College of Iceland
  • Hometown Reykjavik, Iceland

Biography

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2021-22
Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-America ... ASUN Conference Golfer of the Year … ASUN First Team All-Conference … ASUN Women’s Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year … ASUN Conference Women’s Golf All-Academic Team … five-time ASUN Golfer of the Week … second player in program history to earn an individual bid to the NCAA Regional … tied for 29th at the Ann Arbor Regional … set single season program records for:  scoring average (72.10), par or better rounds (20), rounds played (39), birdies (144), eagles (6) and tied the mark for counting scores (36) … set program career records for par or better rounds (39), birdies (394) and eagles (11) … set the 54-hole tournament record with a 204 (-12) at Missouri’s Johnie Imes Invitational (Sept. 27-29) … one of only two players in program history to earn all-conference honors four times … concluded her career with the second lowest career stroke average (74.58) in program history … played in all 12 of the team’s events, plus the NCAA Regional, and finished in the top-10 on 10 occasions … won three events … finished first at the Johnie Imes Invitational, the French Broad Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 8-10) and the Colonel Classic (April 4-5) … also had second place performances at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (Oct. 11-12), the Terrier Intercollegiate (Oct. 25-26) and the First Coast Classic (Feb. 14-15) … represent Iceland in one of the premier amateur competitions – the 2021 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (Nov. 4-6), finishing tied for 28th ... ASUN Conference Honor Roll.

AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21
Stroke play medalist at the 118th British Women’s Amateur Championship in the summer of 2021 … selected to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Team … chosen to the OVC All-Tournament Team … led the OVC with a 72.89 stroke average, 1.2 strokes lower than the second ranked player … stroke average was the best single season average in program history at the time … played in all six events and all 18 rounds … shot par or under in 10 rounds, the third most in a single season in program history … won two events, tied for the fourth most wins in program history … placed in the top-10 in five of the six events and in the top-5 four times … placed second at the Amelia Island Collegiate (Feb. 15-16) with a total of 218 … placed first at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 14-16) with a total of 215, tied for the fifth-best in program history … shot a season-low round of 68 (-4) in the first round of the Colonel Classic (March 29-30), tied for the third lowest single round score in program history … concluded the Colonel Classic with rounds of 72 and 69 and placed first with a 54-hole total of 209, which tied for the best 54-hole score in program history … finished fourth at the OVC Championship with a total of 217 ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20
Chosen to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Team … led the team and was fourth in the OVC with a 75.07 stroke average, the fourth lowest single season average in program history … played in five events and a total of 15 rounds … shot four rounds at par or below … placed second in a field of 90 golfers at the Terrier Intercollegiate (Oct. 28-29) with a season-low 54-hole total of 216 (E), tied for the sixth lowest score in program history … shot a season best round of 70 at the Cardinal Cup (Oct. 18-20).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19
All-Ohio Valley Conference … third on the team and sixth in the OVC with a 75.73 stroke average, tied for the sixth lowest in program history … had three top-10 performances, including one top-5 finish … shot three rounds at par or below … played in 10 events and a total of 30 rounds … shot a season-best and career-low round of 69 at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (Sept. 17-18) … placed seventh at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 17-19) … tied for second with a season-low total of 216 at the Colonel Classic (March 29-30), tied for the 11th best 54-hole total in program history … tied for ninth at the OVC Championship (April 15-17) ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18
Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year … All-OVC Newcomer Team … only the second Colonel to be chosen as the conference’s top freshman … played in 10 of the team’s 11 events for a total of 27 rounds … had the fourth-best stroke average on the team at 77.74 … finished in the top-10 five times, including three top-5 performances and one individual championship … shot two rounds at par or under … finished fourth in her first collegiate event, the Losantiville Challenge (Sept. 5), with a 36-hole total of 154 … tied for 10th at the Amelia Island Collegiate (Feb. 19-20) after shooting back-to-back rounds of 72 and a season-best 71 … 54-hole total of 222 at the Amelia Island Collegiate was a season-low … finished first out of 46 competitors at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 14-16) with a three-round total of 230 … tied for fifth at the Colonel Classic (March 30-31) with a 36-hole total of 149 … tied for 10th at the OVC Championship (April 16-18) … was chosen as the adidas® OVC Women's Co-Golfer of the Week following her first collegiate victory at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate ... WGCA All-American Scholar … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Icelandic National Team since 2012 and represented Iceland at the European Ladies Amateur Team Championship in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 … was the Icelandic Tour Points Race Champion in 2016 and runner-up in the Icelandic Match Play Championship in 2016 … won the Icelandic Junior Points Race Championship in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Icelandic Junior Stroke Play Champion in 2011, 2012 and 2015 … chosen as Iceland's most promising player in 2014 … in addition to her golf accomplishments, Kristinsdottir is a three-time Icelandic National Handball Team Champion and won three Icelandic National Handball Team Cup Championships.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir ... daughter of Thorbjorg Johanna Gunnarsdottir and Kristinn Tomasson … has two brothers – Ogmundur and Thorkell … her brother Ogmundur plays professional soccer in Sweden and is a member of the Icelandic National Soccer Team ... majoring in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    5'7"