Kristin Wetzel Class: Sophomore Hometown: Middletown, NY High School: Hilton Head (SC) Prep School Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 01/05/1988

Improved throughout her freshman season ... learned a lot about the mental side of the game during her first year of college golf ... posted some good scores during the second semester ... carries a team-best 3.933 cumulative grade-point average ... earned a monogram during her freshman season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Was in the Fighting Irish lineup during all 10 events of her rookie season ... posted a 78.82 scoring average ... 22 of her 28 total rounds counted towards the team score ... opened her collegiate career with a three-round total of 239 (+23, 83-75-81) to tie for 73rd overall at the Cougar Classic ... registered her top 54-hole score of the season at the Lady Irish Invitational to help Notre Dame place second ... fired a 16-over par 232 (81-72-79) at the home event, which was held at the Warren Golf Course ... her even-par 72 in the second round tied her low-round of the season ... carded a 241 (+25, 80-76-85) at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, where she placed 38th en route to helping the Irish to a second-place finish ... recorded a 36-hole score of 157 (+13, 81-76) to place in a tie for 49th at the TaylorMade Aztec Fall Classic ... concluded her first semester of play with a 239 (+23, 79-80-80) and in a tie for 73rd at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... opened the spring season with a 234 (+18, 79-79-76) at the Central District Classic to finish tied for 46th ... top 54-hole score of the second semester occurred at the UNLV Spring Invitational, where she carded a 17-over par 233 (81-80-72) to place in a tie for 81st ... shot a 242 (+26, 80-79-83) at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational to tie for 54th ... tied for 30th at the Indiana Invitational at the Crooked Stick Golf Club as she shot a 36-hole total of 155 (+11, 81-74) ... helped Notre Dame to a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Championship by placing 15th with a 19-over par 235 (75-82-78) ... earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Hails from Middletown, N.Y. ... was a four-year letterwinner in golf at Hilton Head Preparatory School, in Hilton Head, S.C. ... racked up two victories and one runner-up finish in national tournaments during 2004 ... placed first at the AJGA Hargray Junior Classic by firing a 222 (74-75-73) and shot a 234 (77-75-82) to win the Hudson Junior Invitational ... carded a 223 (72-79-72) to earn a second-place finish at the IJGT Tournament of Champions ... claimed a victory at the 2004 New York City Women's Amateur by shooting a nine-over par 153 (79-74) ... daughter of Gerhard and Bobbie Wetzel ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies with a team-high 3.933 cumulate grade-point average.