Morgan Ketchum Season 2023-24

2023-24 Season
• Team-best 73.1 scoring average in 10 events
• Two top-20 showings, headlined by her title at the Schooner Fall Classic where she fired a 9-under 201 (67-66-68) to break the Virginia Tech 54-hole record
• Also finished in red figures at the Landfall Tradition, recording a 2-under 214 (70-71-73) to tie for 19th
• Logged 10 par-or-better rounds, second-most on the team

2022-23 Season
• Led Tech with a 72.45 scoring average – the second-best, single-season scoring average in program history at the time, and best among first-year players
• Finished the season on a tear by concluding her final three tournaments in red figures
• Had a team-best 18 par-or-better rounds; finished in red figures in seven of her last 10 18-hole rounds
• Co-medalist at the Clemson Invitational, tallying a 5-under 211 (69-70-72)
• Recorded three top-10 showings
• Tied for eighth at the ACC Championship, carding a 3-under 213 (72-70-71)
• Tied for fourth at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, signing for a 3-under 213 (72-70-71)
• Competed in 10 events, logging 29 rounds
• All-ACC Academic Team
• VaSID All-State First Team

High School
• Four-year letterwinner at Ronald Wilson Reagan High School
• Conference champion her sophomore year
• Got first place at the 2021 regionals both in spring and fall
• 2021 State Champion in the fall, where she shot 65 in the final round coming back from an eight-stroke deficit after the first round
• Her team won states in 2018 and 2021 (spring) and 2021 (fall)
• Chose Tech over Notre Dame, UNC, Boston College, Furman, Charlotte, and UNC Wilmington

Junior/Amateur
• In 2019, got first in the CGA 15 and under Girls Championship, was second in PKBGT National Peggy Kirk at Pine Needles Lodge & GC
• In 2020, tied for second in the CGA Women's Amateur
• Was first in the N.C. Junior Girls Championship
• Second in the HJGT College Prep series at Vanderbilt
• First in the PKBGT National Peggy Kirk at Pine Needles Lodge & GC
• In 2021, tied for second in the SCJGA Beth Daniel Jr. Azalea
• Tied for second in the CGA Twin State Championship
• Won first in the PKBGT Open Championship at CC Salisbury
• Placed second at the PKBGT National Orange Whip Classic at Walker Course Clemson
• Tied for second in the South Carolina Women's Open
• Got fourth at the Doral Publix Junior
• Placed second at CGA Women's Amateur
• Won the 2022 Vicki DiSantis tournament
• Coached by Dianne Dailey and Brad Leubchow

Awards and Performances
• All-Conference honoree all four years
• In 2019 and 2021 (fall), she was Conference Player of the Year
• Named 2018 TYGA Third Team All-State
• Named 2019 TYGA First Team All-State
• Named 2020 TYGA First Team All-State
• Currently ranked first in the TYGA N.C. Junior Girls rankings as of 10/1/2021
• Won the NCHSAA Sportsmanship award in 2021 (spring)
• A two-time NCHSAA Female Athlete of the Week
• Ranked 132nd on Junior Golf Scoreboard and 982nd on WAGR

Personal
• Morgan Ketchum
• Born in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Daughter of Tim and Tina Ketchum
• Dad, Tim Ketchum, played baseball at Walsh University
• Has one sibling, Andrew Ketchum
• Wants to major in mathematics with an interest in doing actuarial work further down the line