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Wingate University Athletics

2020-21 Women's Golf Roster

Hugh Patton
Fran Ruchalski
Kristen Overton
Kristen Overton
Hugh Patton
Kristen Overton
Kristen Overton
Erin Thorne

Sam Fritzinger

  • Class Senior
  • High School Emmaus HS
  • Hometown Allentown, Pa.

Biography


2020-21 (SENIOR)

  • NCAA Woman of the Year nominee for Wingate University
  • Named a WGCA All-American Scholar for the fourth time in four years
  • Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District III at-large honors
  • Compiled a 79.30 scoring average, playing in four-of-five tournaments
  • Concluded WU career by tying for 19th in SAC championship (76-80-81=237)
  • Opened her final season with eighth-place finish in Spring Kickoff (72-80=152)
  • Bulldogs won the Spring Kickoff for the second year in a row
  • South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll student

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

  • Started junior year in a big way, winning SAC Preview as ’Dogs won team crown
  • Led wire-to-wire with career-low 70 in first round followed by 72 for first career title
  • Played in every tournament with a 77.19 strokes per round average
  • Tied for 13th at WU’s Low Country Invite with 152 (80-72)
  • Twelve of her 16 rounds were in the 70s
  • Bulldogs won two tourneys and finished second in two additional events
  • South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll student

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Played in 23 of 23 rounds as a Bulldog sophomore
  • Recorded two top 20 finishes
  • Finished 16th in the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate with a 153
  • Opened season with a tie for 17th place in the Battle at Old South (151)
  • Concluded SAC Championships with a season-best 73 to finish 21st at 235
  • Named an 18Birdies WGCA All-American Scholar
  • South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll student

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
  • Appeared in nine events during her first season at Wingate
  • Posted a 79.5 stroke average 
  • Had three top-20 finishes on the season
  • Carded rounds of 77 and 78 in her first collegiate event at the Battle at Old South
  • First top-20 came at the Newberry College Inv., a tie for 19th 
  • Notched a season-best 11th-place finish at the Low Country Invitational, shooting 74 in the opening round
  • Finished 12th at the SAC Championship, posting a final-round 78

PERSONAL
  • Born March 27 in Allentown, Pa.
  • Daughter of Joe and Donna Fritzinger
  • Is an only child
  • Majoring in Sports Management
  • Favorite athletes is Derek Jeter 
  • Favorite sports team is the New York Yankees
  • Favorite sport other than golf is basketball

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior