Sara Kjellker Season 2021-22

Updated on July 12, 2022

Honors
* 2021 Golfweek Honorable-Mention All-American
* 2021 Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Year
* Four-time First-Team All-Mountain West Selection (2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22)
* Second-Team All-Mountain West Selection (2018-19)
* Three-time Mountain West All-Academic Team (2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22)
* Five-time Mountain West Women’s Golfer of the Week (March 1, 2018, April 5, 2018, Feb. 13, 2020, Feb. 11, 2021 & April 1, 2021)
* Mountain West Golfer of the Month (Sept. 2019)

Career Collegiate Low 18: 66 (Oct. 29, 2018, Feb. 8, 2021 & Sept. 13, 2021)
Career Collegiate Low 54: 209 (Sept. 24-25, 2019)

NCAA Regionals
2022: N/A at Albuquerque (71-75-WD--N/A)
2021: T-18th at Stanford (69-72-74--215)
2019: 14th at Cle Elum (70-73-73--216)
2018: 55th at San Francisco (75-77-71--223)

Mountain West Championships
2022: T-21st (76-74-77--227)
2021: 1st (69-73-75--217)
2019: T-2nd (78-69-72--219)
2018: T-35th (78-78-80--236)

2021-22 Season
Used the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to COVID-19… Made the All-Mountain West First Team for the fourth time after leading the Aztecs with a 73.7 scoring average… Qualified for the NCAA Regionals as an individual where she shot a 71 and 75 in her first two rounds before withdrawing due to illness… Led the Aztecs in count percentage (.960, 24-25) and rounds in the 60s (3)… Tied for the team-lead with seven rounds below par… Had five top 20 finishes, three top in the top ten and tied for fifth at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational (March 7-8) after shooting a 213 (-3, 69-76-68)… Tied for sixth at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational with a 214 (-2, 74-66-74). Her 66 in the second round tied her career-best 18-hole score… Tied for 10^th at the Valspar Augusta Invitational (March 12-13) with a 36-hole score of 148 (+4, 77-71)… Tied for 21^st at the Mountain West Championships (227, +11, 76-74-77).
 
2020-21 Season (As A Senior)
Had a great senior season, ultimately ending as a Golfweek Honorable-Mention All-American ... Also was named the Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Year, becoming the third Aztec to win the award, joining Christine Wong (2012) and Emma Henrikson (2016) ... Also garnered all-league honors for a fourth consecutive season (first team in 2018, 2020 and 2021, and second team in 2019), becoming just the fourth Aztec to ever earn four all-league honors (Sirene Blair (2014-17), Henrikson (2013-16) and Wong (2010-13) ... Led the Aztecs in scoring average (73.19), rounds in the 60s (3), rounds below par (7), even-par rounds (2, tied) and team count percentage (.984) ... Finished the season ranked 49th in the Sagarin/Golfweek ratings, despite SDSU only competing in the spring ... Was San Diego State's top finisher in six of the seven tournament ... Had one win, two runner-up finishes, three top-5 finishes, four top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes in SDSU's seven events ... Tied for second at the Lamkin Invitational in SDSU's first tournament of the season at 1-under 215 ... Shot a 6-under 66 in the second round, tied for the lowest round of her career ... For her efforts, was named the MW Women's Golfer of the Week ... Finished 16th at the Bruin Wave Invitational at 17-over 233 ... Tied for ninth at 5-over 221 at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational at 5-over 221, highlighted by a 2-under 70 in the opening round ... Tied for second at The Bruzzy at 3-under 213 with rounds of 70, 71 and 72 on the par-72 Lantana Golf Club ... Was named the MW Women's Golfer of the Week once again for her efforts ... Tied for 20th at the Silverado Showdown at 7-over 223 ... Earned medalist honors at the Mountain West Championship, defeating New Mexico's Lauren Lehigh on a third playoff hole at the Mission Hills Country Club ... It was the third time in the last four MW championships that an Aztec has took home the individual crown (also Fernanda Escauriza in 2017 and Mila Chavez in 2018) ... Kjellker and Lehigh went to a playoff after each finished the three rounds at 1-over-par 217 with Kjellker going 69, 73 and 75 on the par-72 course ... Ended the season with a tie for 18th at the NCAA Stanford Regional at 15-over 228.
 
2019-20 Season (As A Junior)
Earned all-Mountain West first-team honors for a second time of her career (also 2017-18) after being a season-team pick in 2018-19 ... Competed in six tournaments on the season, including three in the fall and three in the spring ... Led the team with a 72.73 scoring average, as well as rounds in the 60s (3) and rounds below par (8) ... In fact, she had eight of SDSU's 11 rounds below par ... Competed in three tournaments in the fall, finishing in the top 10 in all three events and leading the team with a 71.44 average ... Opened with at 3-under 213 at the Branch/McGuire Invitational, thanks to a pair of 69s ... Tied for fourth at the Golfweek Conference Challenge with a 7-under 209, taking advantage of three under-par rounds of 71, 68 and 70 ... Then tied for seventh at the Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate at 5-over 221 ... Was named the Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Month for September ... In the spring, participated in three events ... Had a 74.67 scoring average in two stroke play events, which ranked second on the team ... Had both of the team's rounds below par in the spring ... Opened her spring by going 3-0 at the Lamkin Invitational, helping the Aztecs to a team title ... Won her first two matches by 7&6 results and never trailed over the three matches en route to being named the MW Women's Golfer of the Week ... Tied for 28th at the Bruin Wave Invitational (+13) and tied for 13th at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at 3-over 219.
 
2018-19 Season (As A Sophomore)
Garnered her second all-Mountain West accolade after finishing second on the team with a 73.71 scoring average, which ranked ninth in the league, according to Golfstat ... Led the Aztecs with four rounds in the 60s and was the team's No. 1 finisher in four tournaments ... Logged seven top-20 placements, including two in the top five ... Was SDSU's top golfer at the highly competitive Windy City Collegiate Classic, where she tied for 15th at 3-over 219 (Oct. 1-2) ... Helped the Aztecs to a respectable eighth-place standing at the prestigious Stanford Intercollegiate, tying for 20th at 2-over 215 with teammate Gioia Carpinelli (Oct. 19-21) ... Competed as an individual at the UC Irvine Invitational to wrap up the fall slate, landing in the fifth position with a 3-under 213 (Oct. 29-30) ... Fired a career-best 66 in the opening round, which is tied for the third-lowest 18-hole score in program history ... Was the only SDSU player to win all three of her match-play encounters at the Lamkin Invitational, propelling the Aztecs to a third-place finish (March 25-27) ... Recorded her highest career placement at the Mountain West Championship, where she tied for the runner-up spot at 3-over 219 to lead the Scarlet and Black to its second conference title in the last five years (April 15-17) ... Finished a solo 14th at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional with an even-par 216, which ranks third on the school's all-time charts for lowest 54-hole score in a regional event (May 6-8) ... Merited MW all-academic recognition for the second straight year.

2017-18 Season (As A Freshman)
Made a tremendous impact in her first season on The Mesa, earning first-team all-Mountain West honors ... Ranked sixth among all conference golfers in head-to-head individual metrics ... Led the Aztecs with a 75.18 scoring average and four top-10 placements ... Was also the team’s top finisher in five events, highlighted by a third-place effort in the stroke-play phase of the SDSU March Mayhem, where she fired a 71 to tie a season-best (March 26) ... Tied for sixth at the highly competitive Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational after recording a 2-over 218 in a field where only three players broke par for the tournament (Oct. 9-10) ... Carded a 71 during the second round of the aforementioned event ... Garnered MW Women’s Golfer of the Week accolades after tying for seventh in adverse conditions at the Bruin Wave Invitational, where she logged a 10-over 226 (Feb. 26-27) ... Registered the Aztecs’ lone victory in match play vs. Texas in round two of the SDSU March Mayhem with a 3&1 decision over the Longhorns’ Agathe Laisne (March 26) ... Collected her second weekly conference certificate after tying for eighth at the Bruzzy Challenge with a 10-over 226 (April 2-3) ... Ended the year with appearances in the MW Championship (April 16-18) and NCAA San Francisco Regional (May 7-9) ... Helped the Aztecs to their highest regional team finish in program history with a seventh-place tie after a solo 55th individual placement at 7-over 223 ... Shot a final-round 71, highlighted by a team-high four birdies, including three on her first five holes ... Landed a spot on the MW all-academic team following the season.

Prior to San Diego State
Emerged victorious at the JSM Match Play event in July 2017 at Ringenas Golf Club in Halmstad, Sweden, where she defeated Sofia Lundell, 3&2 ... Was the second-highest placing amateur at the Ulricehamn Ladies Open last June, finishing ninth on the overall leaderboard ... Took fourth at the Skandia Tour Elit No. 1 tournament in May after finishing in the runner-up spot at the same event in 2016 ... Has competed in several additional international events over the past four years, including a trio of appearances in the ANNIKA Invitational Europe, as well of a pair of starts in both the Girls' British Open Qualifying Championships and the Irish Open ... Also gained valuable experience playing in the Spanish Ladies' Amateur, the Finnish Open and the Doral-Publix Junior Championships in the United States ... Finished fourth at the 2015 Skandia Junior Open.

As A Prep
Attended Sundsgymnasiet in Vellinge, Sweden, the alma mater of former Aztec All-American Emma Henrikson ... Won the individual title at the Swedish school championship, helping her squad capture the gold medal.

Personal
Daughter of Tomas and Annika Kjellker ... Her brother Emil was a midfielder on the Aztec men's soccer team ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies at SDSU.

KJELLKER'S SDSU SCORECARD

Spring 2022Lamkin Invitational........73-73-77--223 (15th)Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational........69-76-68--213 (T-5th)Valspar Augusta Invitational........ 77-71--148 (T-10th)PING/ASU Invitational........75-77-74--226 (T-53rd)Silverado Showdown........75-76-75--226 (T-38th)Mountain West Championships........76-74-77--227 (T-21st)NCAA Albuquerque Regional^........(71-75-WD)Fall 2021Branch/McGuire Invitational........74-66-74--214 (T-6th)Golfweek Conference Challenge........75-79--154 (T-75th)Illini Invitational at Medinah........71-73-70--214 (T-18th)Spring 2021 Lamkin Invitational.................74-66-75--215 (T-2nd)Bruin Wave Invitational..............80-77-76--233 (16th)J. Inkster at Meadow Club Invite....70-79-72--221 (T-9th)The Bruzzy..........................70-71-72--213 (T-2nd) Silverado Showdown.................73-79-71--223 (T-20th)Mountain West Championship............69-73-75--217 (1st)NCAA Stanford Regional.............69-72-74--215 (T-18th)Spring 2020 Lamkin Invitational (Medal)............3-0-0 (Match Play)  Bruin Wave Invitational............79-79-71--229 (T-28th)Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational...74-74-74--219 (T-13th)  Fall 2019 Branch/McGuire Invitational.........69-75-69--213 (T-8th) Golfweek Conference Challenge.......71-68-70--209 (T-4th)Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate.....77-71-73--221 (T-7th)Spring 2019 Bruin Wave Invitational............75-77-80--232 (T-39th)  Arizona Wildcat Invitational.......77-76-72--225 (T-16th) Lamkin Invitational (Medal)...................83 (T-50th)  Silverado Showdown.................73-78-72--223 (T-19th) MW Championship.....................78-69-72--219 (T-2nd) NCAA Cle Elum Regional...............70-73-73--216 (14th) Fall 2018 Branch/McGuire Invitational........69-75-75--219 (T-23rd) Golfweek Conference Challenge........74-74-73--221 (27th) Windy City Classic.................75-69-75--219 (T-15th)Stanford Intercollegiate...........72-71-72--215 (T-20th)UC Irvine Invitational^.............66-73-74--213 (T-5th)Spring 2018 Northrop Grumman Challenge.........74-72-78--224 (T-34th)Bruin Wave Invitational.............76-73-77--226 (T-7th) Hawkeye-El Tigre Invitational.......5-76-75--226 (T-27th)SDSU March Mayhem (Medal)......................71 (T-3rd) The Bruzzy Challenge................76-74-76--226 (T-8th) MW Championship....................78-78-80--236 (T-35th)NCAA San Francisco Regional..........75-77-71--223 (55th) Fall 2017 Branch/McGuire Invitational........72-74-74--220 (T-25th)Golfweek Conference Challenge......87-77-71--235 (T-77th) Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational...75-71-72--218 (T-6th)^ - Competed as an individual