Editor's Note: NDHSAA Media Specialist Tom Mix will periodically feature former student athletes and participants of NDHSAA-sponsored sports and activities on the NDHSAA NOW website (www.ndhsaanow.com).
This week's NDHSAA Member School Alumni Spotlight shines on Laura Kraft, a 2011 graduate of Jamestown High School. Kraft won three NDHSAA Class A girls golf individual state championships and played collegiate golf at NCAA Division I University of Missouri.
LAURA KRAFT - PREP GIRLS GOLF STANDOUT AT JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION YEAR: 2011
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC CAREER
GIRLS GOLF:
One of only two girls golf players in state history to win three consecutive NDHSAA Class A individual state championships (2008-2010).
Was a four-time all-state finisher (individual Top 10 finisher at State Tournament) and five-time All-Western Dakota Association selection.
Won 20 meets/tournaments in her prep golfing career.
Won the 2010 NDHSAA Class A girls golf individual state championship her senior season shooting a two-day total of 147 strokes at her home course - the Jamestown Country Club.
Won the 2009 NDHSAA Class A girls golf individual state championship as a junior shooting a round of 71 at Bois de Sioux Golf Course in Wahpeton.
Won the 2008 NDHSAA Class A girls golf individual state championship as a sophomore shooting a two-day total of 145 at the Minot Country Club.
Finished tied for seventh place at the 2007 NDHSAA Class A Girls Golf State Tournament (freshman season) earning all-state honors for a Top-10 individual finish. She finished with a two-day total of 160 strokes at the tournament played at Rose Creek Golf Course in Fargo.
Two-time West Region girls golf tournament medalist (2008 and 2010).
Led the state in scoring average in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Her senior year (2010) Kraft owned a 75.0 scoring average.
North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) West Region Girls Golf Senior Athlete of the Year in 2010.
North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) Class A Girls Golf Senior Athlete of the Year in 2010.
OTHER HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:
Played basketball for Jamestown High School. Also participated in choir and orchestra at Jamestown High School.
NON-HIGH SCHOOL AMATUER GOLF CAREER
Two-time winner of the North Dakota Women’s Golf Association Stroke Play Tournament (2010 and 2011).
Competed in several Junior PGA women’s tournaments and championship events during her prep years.
Won a PGA Junior Series event at KickingBird Golf Club (Edmond, Okla.) in June of 2009. Kraft won the event shooting rounds of 75-72-71 for a three-day total of 218.
COLLEGIATE GOLF CAREER
Played four seasons at the University of Missouri (Mizzou), an NCAA Division I Program competing in the Big 12 Conference (2011) and Southeastern Conference (2012-2014) during Kraft’s tenure in the program.
In her four seasons with the Tigers, Kraft played in a total of 28 tournaments, golfed 83 rounds and posted a scoring average of 77.95 in her career.
Posted a career-best scoring round of 68 her senior season (2014-15).
Posted two Top-10 finishes in her collegiate career - one her junior season and one her senior season.
Scored in the Top-20 five different times in her collegiate career - twice as a sophomore, once as a junior and twice as a senior.
Competed in the SEC Championships her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Graduated with a degree in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics. Also attended graduate school earning a Masters Degree in Positive Coaching.
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