Colorado University Athletics
W-Golf Inks Three Preps
December 12, 2002 | Women's Golf
BOULDER - University of Colorado head women's golf coach Anne Kelly has penned Turlock, Calif. native Hannah Hoch, Monarch High School product Lindsay Senger and Gina Rodriquez of Fort Morgan to National Letters of Intent to attend CU in the fall of 2003.
"All three are very good players and very good students," said Kelly. "I'm extremely excited to have them and to have them sign during the early signing period. We'll have big holes to fill when we graduate Erin Kerr, Jolene Fellhauer and Lynn Ann Moretto, so these three players will help us fill that void. And all three are very excited to be Buffs."
HANNAH HOCH, Freshman, Turlock, Calif. (Turlock)
High School: As a freshman at Turlock, Hoch was a first-team all Central California Conference pick, an honor she would repeat the next three seasons before taking league MVP honors her senior year. The Turlock Bulldogs are three-time Central California Conference champions and Hoch's low stroke average set in 2002 is a prep record. She carries an individual match record of 66 wins, 3 ties and 3 losses. Her home course is the par-74 Turlock Golf and Country Club, although her best career round in competition, a 3-under 70, was at the Spring Creek Junior classic at the Spring Creek Country Club this season as well as carding a 2-under-par 70 at the George Mahoney Jr. Golf Tournament at the Creekside Golf Course in 2001. Her top amateur performances include a runner-up finish at the 2001 Nor Cal High School Championships, a third place effort at the 2001 Arizona Silver Bell and medallist honors at the Spring Creek Junior Classic in both 2001 and '02. She also finished second at the 2002 California Junior Girls' Match Play State Championship at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Hoch was also recruited by Cal, Northwestern and Oregon prior to committing to the Buffs.
In The Classroom: A four-year honor roll student at Turlock, Hoch is interested in studying business and finance at Colorado.
Personal: Hannah Hoch was born June 19, 1985 in San Francisco. She is the daughter of Richard and Karen Hoch of Tulock and she has an older sister, Natalie, who attends the University of the Pacific. She enjoys snow skiing and reading in her spare time.
LINDSAY SENGER, Freshman, Louisville, Colo. (Monarch)
High School: In the spring of 2002 Senger was the Class 5A state girls runner-up carding a 75-78 at Wellshire and earned all-state honors after finishing seventh as a sophomore where she was an all-state honorable mention finisher. She has been an all-conference performer since her freshman campaign. As a sophomore and junior she was a member of the CWGA Colorado All-Star Team. She carries a 4.5 handicap and drives the ball an average of 260 yards. Monarch has won its league championship in each of the last three years (four straight) and finished third in states in '02 while Senger has won or taken second in individual competition in that time. Senger was a point guard on Monarch's basketball team as a freshman and was a middle hitter for the Coyotes' volleyball team her sophomore and junior seasons. Her most recent ranking has her pegged as the third highest-ranked junior in the state. She is attending Colorado after campus visits to Belmont (Tenn.) and Northern Colorado.
In The Classroom: Senger was a 2002 all-state all-academic performer and intends to study communications at Colorado.
Personal: Lindsay Marie Senger was born June 8, 1985 in Denver. She is the daughter of Rick and Linda Spenger of Louisville and the younger sister of Scott, a freshman forward walk-on on Ricardo Patton's 2002-03 Colorado Basketball team. At Monarch she is involved in the school's Links Program and is a member of the Senior Senate.
GINA RODRIGUEZ, Freshman, Fort Morgan, Colo. (Fort Morgan)
High School: A three-year letterwinner for head coach Vicki Schenk, Fort Morgan added girls' golf during the 2000-01 school year, so Rodriquez played on the boys junior varsity team as a freshman. Since the addition of the girls program her sophomore year, she, and the Mustangs, have been two-time Tri-Valley Conference champion and an all-conference performer while placing sixth at the state championships her sophomore season and 11th as a junior. She has also received the team's low stroke average award at the completion of the last two seasons. Rodriguez was also recruited by Colorado State. Last summer she finished fifth at the AJGA Marisco Funds/Colorado Junior Round-Up at the Saddleback GC in Firestone, Colo. and also qualified for the U.S. Jr. Girls Championship with a 74 at the Valley GC in Aurora, Colo. In The Classroom: Rodriguez would like to study business or theology at Colorado.
Personal: Born Dec. 11, 1984 in Fort Morgan, Colo., Regina Renee Rodriguez is the daughter of Reymundo and Adella Rodriguez. Her older brother Reymundo Jr. is a senior on the Colorado School of Mines men's golf team. She enjoys reading, golfing and going on youth retreats in her free time.
