Chico State Athletics

2014-2015 HIGHLIGHTS:
Notched four-top 10 finishes during season...Averaged a team-best 76.6 strokes per round...Fired the program’s lowest-ever single-round score (69) and three-round tournament score (214) at theGolfWeek Division II Preview Oct. 4-5…Fired a 7-over 151 to earn share of fourth place at Otter Invitational.

2013-2014 HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaged 79.3 strokes a round, second best on the team…Placed in the top 25 in seven of her nine tournament events, including four top 10 finishes…Notched third place finishes in the Mar. 10-11 InterWest Insurance Wildcat Invitational (81-77-158) and Mar. 31-Apr. 1 at the Western New Mexico Spring Invitational (74-75-149)…Carded season-low 73 Feb. 18 during the final round of the St. Mary’s Lady Rattler Invitational…Enters 2014-15 season with a Chico State career average of 80.0 strokes per round.
 
2012-2013 HIGHLIGHTS:
Boasted a stroke average of 80.8...Represented the Wildcats in all nine events in 2012-13...Notched four top-25 finishes, including a pair of top-10s...Shot 76-79 to finish tied for 8th at the Grand Canyon Spring Invitational...Fired 81-75 to finish tied for 8th at the InterWest Wildcat Invitational in Chico.

PRE-CHICO HIGHLIGHTS:
Spent her redshirt freshman season at San Jose State before transferring to Chico State...Starred at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria, earning four letters…Three-time First Team All-Pac 7 League selection…Earned individual All-CIF honors as a junior and senior…Named team’s co-MVP in 2011 and Most Improved Player in 2010…Helped lead Warriors to four straight league titles…Co-medalist during the Pac-7 League finals as a senior…Named to the 2010 All-Santa Barbara County girl’s golf team by the Santa Barbara News-Press.

PERSONAL:
Born 12/6/92 in Oxnard…Daughter of Michael O’Keefe and Lisa True…Has one younger sister, Kortney…Sports hero is her dad, the head golf pro at Rancho Maria Golf Club in Santa Maria…Biggest sports thrills so far are breaking two Chico State records in 2014-15 and golfing in Scotland over the summer…Enjoys reggae concerts, hiking and going to L.A. Angels baseball games…Says the best things about Chico are the “social environment, beautiful campus and great food”…Hopes to some day play golf in Ireland…Best advice ever received: “never let anyone, not even yourself, get in the way of accomplishing your goals”…A member of the Bear Burger Club, having tried all 14 burgers at the Madison Bear Garden…Would most like to meet the band members of Pepper...Would take a long trip to see many countries in Europe if money were no object.…Majoring in criminal justice...Plans to have a career as a forensic scientist.