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Kansas Student-Athlete Spotlight: Meghan Gockel

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

BY John Krenger, Big12Sports.com

"There are more than 380,000 student-athletes and most of them go pro in something other than sports." - National Collegiate Athletics Association

Kansas junior Meghan Gockel is one of the Big 12's student-athletes that exemplifies that phrase.

A two-time National Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar, Gockel recently had success on the green after winning the Duramed Collegiate Invitational in Rio Verde, Ariz.

Gockel is one of the top golfers for an improving Jayhawk team and she was recently named GolfWorld magazine's College Player of the Week (March 2-8). During that week, Gockel finished with the top individual score of 218 at the Duramed Collegiate Invitational to lead Kansas to the team tournament championship.

"It was a great honor," said Gockel in response to receiving the GolfWorld award. "I wasn't expecting it. I won the previous tournament and I was still excited about that and to get player of the week was just a bonus on top of that."

Gockel's scores have consistently improved thanks to an exceptional drive that has been noticed by Kansas head coach Erin O'Neil.

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