Kenlie Barrett

Photo by: JC Ridley/jcridley.com

Western Kentucky golfer during day two of The Southern collegiate golf tournament at Savannah Golf Club on October 18, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photograph by AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern Athletics)

Photo by: AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern

Photo by: Steve Roberts/WKU Athletics

Photo by: Wyatt Richardson/WKU Athletics

Photo by: Steve Roberts/WKU Athletics

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
Prev School:
Sam Houston State

2022-23 (Fifth-Year Senior): Competed in 10 tournaments for WKU, holding the fourth-best stroke average on the team at 75.3 shots per round… Logged four top-10 finishes throughout the season: t-9^th at The Southern, t-6^th at the Lady Bulldog Individual, t-5^th at the Spring Break Shootout and 3^rd at the Conference USA Championships… Named to Conference USA All-Tournament Team for her third-place finish at the Championships… Posted a WKU career-best round at the championships with a 69… Her third-place finish there was also her best on record with WKU… Added t-17^th finish at the Jennifer Duke Invitational, competing as an individual… Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2021-22 (Senior): Competed in WKU’s lineup at every event in her debut season for the Lady Toppers, totaling 29 rounds of golf at 10 tournaments… Recorded a 75.8 stroke average on the season, the second-best on the team… Was the team’s top finisher on three occasions, with three top-10 finishes as well… Led off the season with a t-8th finish at the USA Intercollegiate… Tied for eighth at the inaugural Olde Stone Intercollegiate, shooting 8-over 224… Finished seventh at WKU’s own Spring Break Shootout in March… Tied for 28th overall at her first-ever Conference USA Championship… Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Named to Dean's List in Fall 2021... Served on SAAC and was the Student-Athlete Engagement subcommittee chair

Sam Houston State (2018-21): Played three seasons at Sam Houston State... Selected as Southland Conference Freshman of the Year in 2019 after averaging 76.06 strokes on the year... Won the individual conference championship title in her freshman campaign... Averaged 77.89 shots in 2019-20 and 76.67 shots in 2020-21... Competed in three tournaments in the 2020-21 seasons...
High School/Misc.: Placed 18th in the Texas Women's Stroke Play Championship in 2019... Competed in the 2020 Texas Women's Amateur between seasons... Ranked No.14 in the state of Texas in her class by JGS... Played multiple junior tours including events with the AJGA