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2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Taylor Viquelia

  • Class Senior
  • Height 4-11
  • Highschool Kauai HS
  • Hometown Koloa, Hawai'i

Biography

2016-17 | Senior Season

  • Second Team All-Big Sky Performer
  • Won the Battle at Boulder Creek, shooting 74-70-72 at the event, and helped lead the T-Birds to a team victory at the same event 
  • Earned the Big Sky Women's Golfer of the Week award following her individual victory
  • Finished the season with a scoring average of 74.89 and a low round of 68, which she carded at the Bobcat Spring Invitational
  • Was the top finisher for the Thunderbirds at the 2017 Big Sky Conference Championships, finishing 11th 

2015-16 | Junior Season

  • Named Big Sky Conference Women's Player of the Year
  • Placed first at the Weber State Wildcat Invitational (9/04)
  • Tied for fifth place at the Big Sky Conference Championship (4/18-4/20)
  • Placed second at both the Red Rocks Invitational (3/05-3/06) and the BYU Entrada Classic (3/14-3/15)
  • Placed fourth at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (4/04-4/05)
  • Tied for fourth at both the Bison Boulder Creek Tournament (2/15-2/16) and SUU's own Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational (3/10-3/11)
  • Average season score of 73.59
  • Lowest round score of the season was a 69

2014-15 | Sophomore Season

  • Tied for 2nd place at the Big Sky Conference Championship
  • Big Sky All-Conference team honorable mention 
  • Tied for 7th place at the Spring Bobcat Invitational

2013-14 | Freshman Season

  • Second-team all-Big Sky Conference
  • Played in each of Southern Utah's tournaments during the year
  • Finished second on the team with a 78.1 stroke average
  • Recorded a runner-up finish at the Big Sky Conference tournament, shooting a 2-over-par 218
  • Finished the year with top-10 finishes in three of the final four tournaments
  • Opened the year with a fifth-place finish at the Wildcat Invitational

Prep:

  • Earned four varsity letters playing for Coach Glenn Tamagawa and Coach Donald Arrojo at Kaua'i High School in Lihue, Hawai'i
  • Finished eighth at the Junior Worlds and was the KIF Individual champion
  • Started playing golf when she was five, knocked in a hole-in-one when she was 11 years old

Personal:

  • Decided to pursue golf after watching her father play
  • Parents are Melanie Rosa and Robin Viquelia
  • Majoring in Hospitality and Rsort Management

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    5'0"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'0"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'0"
  • 2016-17Senior

    4'11"