Career Honors
2018-19 Team MVP
3x PSAC Scholar-Athlete
2x WGCA All-American Scholar
5x Dean's List Honors
2x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
2018-19: Named team MVP...Finished the season with 10 top-10 finishes, including two first place finishes...Shot under 80 four times in her senior season...Had a career high average of 83.14 in 14 rounds...Shot a team-low and career-low score of 72 at the ESU Spring Invitational (4/14)...Shot a career-low score of 76 in round two of the PSAC Championships, finishing in a tie for 11th place overall (10/19-10/21)...Tied for seventh overall and second on KU with a 178 two-day overall score at the KU Fall Invitational (10/1)...Finished t-20th overall in her first tournament of the season at the Le Moyne Invitational (9/17).
2017-18: D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...WGCA All-American Scholar and PSAC Scholar-Athlete...Shot a career-best 83.2 across 21 rounds in her junior season, 11th in KU history. She had five top-10 performances, including a third-place finish at Alvernia's Fall Invitational. She shot under 80 four times, in four-straight rounds, with a season-best 76 at LeMoyne, and finished her season with a 58th-place finish at the NCAA East Super Regionals in Michigan. She enters her senior year with an 84.3 career average, fifth in school history...T-8th in helping KU win the ESU Spring Invitational (4/22)...Finished t-14th with a two-day total score of 168, helping KU win the Dr. Edwin B Cottrell Invitational (4/10)...Shot a round of 93 in helping KU to a second-place finish at the Kutztown Spring Invitational (4/8)...Helped lead Kutztown to first place at the PSAC Championships (10/22)...Tied for third overall at the Alvernia Women's Golf Invitational (10/10)...Posted a tie for the sixth best score (155) at the LeMoyne College Invite (9/17-18)...Tied for 10th with scores of 77 and 79 at Gannon's Michael Corbett Fall Classic (9/11).
2016-17: PSAC Scholar-Athlete, D2ADA Academic Achievement Award and WGCA All-American Scholar...Rachel Tarnopoll capped her sophomore season competing in 17 rounds for the Golden Bears. She shot an 83.4 – seventh-best in school history – and enters her junior season with an 84.9 career average for seventh in school history. After a 12th-place finish in the PSAC Championships in the fall, second on the team, Tarnopoll went on to make impressive contributions in the spring season. She shot a season-best 77 in round two of the ESU Invitational to close the season on a high note and assist the Golden Bears in a second-place finish. Tarnopoll closed the season with four top-10 finishes, with her most impressive being a fourth-place finish at the KU Spring Invite. Posted a seventh-place finish at the ESU Invitational (4/24)...Tallied an 11th place finish at the Alvernia Invitational (4/13)...Finished 34th at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invite (4/9-10)...Notched a team-best fourth place finish at the KU Spring Invitational (4/8)...Finished in 27th at the Battle of the Bay (3/27)...Recorded a tie for 12th place at the PSAC Championships (10/16)...Posted a 10th-place finish at the Kutztown Invitational (10/3)...Shot a career-best 74 and finished in the top-10 at the Michael Corbett Fall Classic, where she was part of the best round in program history for Kutztown (9/12)...Recorded a pair of 79s at the Evann Parker Memorial where KU finished second overall (9/10).
2015-16: PSAC Scholar-Athlete (6/29)...Competed in 18 rounds, ending the year with an 86.4 average in her freshman season. Tarnopoll's lowest score was an 80 at the Bucknell and ESU Invitationals. Her top finish of the year was at the ESU Invite as she placed 13th overall, when KU broke the school record for the lowest 36-hole score on a par-72 course...Tallied a 93 at the Kutztown Spring Invitational (4/16)...Posted an 88 while tying for sixth at Eastern University's Spring Invitational (3/29)...Came away with a 23rd-place finish at the PSAC Championships (10/18)...Finished in 13th place with a two-day score of 175 (90, 85) at the Kutztown Fall Invitational (10/5)...Shot a season-best 80 on Saturday at the Bucknell Invite (9/20)...Tied for 22nd with a score of 83 at the Evann Parker Memorial (9/11).
| Year |
Score |
Rounds |
Average |
| 2015-16 |
1,556 |
18 |
86.4 |
| 2016-17 |
1,417 |
17 |
83.4 |
| 2017-18 |
1,748 |
21 |
83.2 |
| 2018-19 |
1,164 |
14 |
83.1 |
| Totals |
5.885 |
70 |
84.0 |
The Tarnopoll File
Nickname: Rach
Why Kutztown: Good Golf team and business program
Favorite Place on Campus: The Cub
Place I’d Like to Visit: Italy
I spent the summer: Working
Greatest Non-Sports Accomplishment: Good grades
Favorite Show to Binge Watch: Family Guy
If I had $1 million, I would: Buy a 458 Ferrari Spider
If You Could Choose any Superpower, What Would it Be: Teleportation
Best Advice Ever Received: “Putt for dough, drive for show"
Goal for 2018-19: Good scores and good grades
