Kathy was born and raised in Colorado and played in the
Colorado Women’s Golf Association junior program. She was
the 1986 Colorado State Stroke Play and Match Play Junior
Champion and the 1988 Colorado State Amateur Champion.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in teaching from
the University of Wyoming while competing on the UW Women’s
Golf Team. Her collegiate golf accomplishments include two-first
place finishes, 3 top ten conference finishes and one year
as an Academic All-American.
Kathy was a Physical Education and Health teacher and golf
instructor in Northern Colorado prior to moving to Phoenix
in 1995. She has served as Director of the LPGA-USGA Girls
Golf of Phoenix program since 1997, Secretary of the Junior
Golf Association Board of Directors since 1999, has achieved
Class A status as a PGA Golf Professional and Class A status
as an LPGA Teaching Professional. She is the current developmental
programs director for the JGAA.