| Kevin Tucker |
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WSU CAREER:
JUNIOR (Fall 2008): Grabbed the first win of his WSU career at the Desert Intercollegiate...fired a three-round total of 213 (-3) to finish in a tie for first place...competed in all six events...led the Cougars with two top 10 and four top 25 finishes...ninth player in WSU history to have 14 career top 25 finishes and the 10th player to earn six top 10 finishes...recorded the second-lowest score of his career with a 67 (-5) at the Falcon Invitational and at the Sycuan Invitational...recorded lowest career scoring average and the lowest scoring average for the fall season at 72.06 for the Cougars which placed him third on the all-time list.
SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Competed in 13 events for the Cougars...consecutive top 25 finishes at the Mean Green Classic (T-14th) and at the Giustina Memorial (T-23rd)...ended the fall with four career top 25 finishes...fired a low score of 70 in second round of Giustina Memorial...started the spring season with five consecutive top 25 finishes...finished in a tie for sixth at the Cuthbert Cup...shot a three-round total of 221 at the Border Olympics...recorded his third and fourth top 10 finishes consecutively when he finished second at the Inland Cup and in a tie for 10th at the Stevinson Ranch Invite...was second on the team in scoring average (73.55)...improved the average by 1.8 strokes from the previous season...finished 23rd at Pac-10 Championships.
FRESHMAN (2006-07): Recorded one top 10 finish and two top 25 finishes in his debut season with the Cougars...scoring average of 75.4 over eight tournaments ranks tied for seventh on the all-time freshmen list...finished tied for 19th at the Thunderbird Invitational and followed it up with his best finish of the season, a tie for seventh, at the Inland Cup...fired a season-low 68 in the second round of the Thunderbird.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity letters under coach Don Meneely...as a FRESHMAN was named All-Big 9...freshman member of the Hogan Cup team...SOPHOMORE season was once again named All-Big 9...named to the all-tournament team at the Palmetto High School National Championship...tallied top 10 finishes in the AJGA and high school State tournaments...named Kennewick High School's most outstanding golfer three consecutive years (2003-05)...JUNIOR season placed fifth at State...posted a scoring average of 71...member of the Hogan Cup team for the second time in his career...as a SENIOR was named first-team all conference... posted a 70 scoring average...placed 10th at State...named to the all-conference academic team.
PERSONAL: Kevin Gene Tucker...born in Richland, Wash...father Robert is a senior CAD engineer...mother Penny is a para-educator...sister Karly...first WSU student in his family...plans to study sport management at WSU.
CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR EVENTS ROUNDS STROKES AVG LOW TOP 10 TOP25
2005-06 Redshirt
2006-07 8 23 1,733 75.35 68 1 2
2007-08 13 36 2,648 73.55 66 3 8
2008-09 6 18 1,297 72.06 67 2 4
Totals 27 77 5,678 73.65 66 6 14
