Meet the Norse
- Katelyn Barton
- Junior
- Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- Rosemount High School
- Two-year letter winner…played in six rounds last season posting a stroke average of 92.7…most improved recipient…multiple letter winner in golf and figure skating while at Rosemount High School…twice crowned national skating champion and was also a member of three national championship synchronized skating teams…four times named academic all-state…member of the National Honor Society…daughter of Robert and Jacqui Barton.
- Jenessa Bonikowske
- Senior
- Stevens Point, Wis.
- Stevens Point High School
- Played all 13 rounds last season posting a stroke average of 90.0…placed 29th at the IIAC Championships…received the team spirit award…two-time academic all-conference honoree…2005 National Golf Coaches Association Scholar All-American…participated on the boys golf team at Stevens Point High School earning two letters…member of the National Honor Society…valedictorian…daughter of Dennis and Mary Lou Bonikowske.
- Amy Ekland
- Junior
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Washington High School
- Two-year letter winner…played all 13 rounds last season averaging 87.9 strokes per round, third lowest on the team…finished among the top 20 in five events last season…named MVP along with Emily Looft and Lindsay Theis…four-year letter winner who earned first-team all-metro honors twice while at Washington High School…played on three Mississippi Valley Conference championship teams as well as the state championship team in 2002 and state runner-up squad in 2004…Washington High School also placed sixth at the state tournament her senior year…individually placed 11th and 12th in consecutive years…daughter of Dave and Julie Ekland.
- Ellen Miller
- Junior
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Mt. Vernon High School
- Two year letter winner for the Norse…played in six rounds averaging 96.5 strokes per round…four-year letter winner in golf while at Mount Vernon High School…twice earned all-region honors and four times was named all-district…three-times earned academic all-conference honors…member of the National Honor Society…daughter of Steven and Wendy Miller.
- Lindsay Thies
- Junior
- Owatonna, Minn.
- Owatonna High School
- Two year letter winner…posted the lowest stroke average on the team at 87.1…individual champion at the Wartburg Invite carding a 73…placed 27th overall at the IIAC Championships…named MVP along with Amy Ekland and Emily Looft…multiple letter winner in golf, basketball and swimming while at Owatonna High School…three-times earned all-conference honors in golf…named team’s most valuable golfer and Big 9 Golfer of the Year after posting the lowest stroke average in the league…twice earned a trip to the state golf tournament…member of the National Honor Society…daughter of Lyle and Joyce Thies.
- Emily Looft
- Sophomore
- Southlake, Texas
- Carroll Senior High School
- Played in all 13 rounds last season en route to her first collegiate letter…posted the second lowest stroke average on the team at 87.7…placed 21st at the IIAC Championships…named MVP along with Amy Ekland and Lindsay Thies…lettered in golf, basketball, and volleyball while at Carroll Senior High School…named all-district in golf…daughter of Jim and Martha Looft.
- Andrea Pagh
- Sophomore
- Apple Valley, Minn.
- Eastview High School
- Three-year letter winner in golf while at Eastview High School…all-conference performer and twice named honorable mention all-conference…named team Player of the year…daughter of Darlene Shelton.
- Krista Solie
- Sophomore
- Rochester, Minn.
- Mayo High School
- Played in 10 rounds this last season en route to her first varsity letter…posted a stroke average of 94.7…multiple letter winner in soccer and golf while at Mayo High School…named Big 9 scholar athlete in both soccer and golf…recorded a 4.0 all four years in high school…member of the National Honor Society…daughter of Beth and Darryl Solie.
