Katie Brungardt dropped fifteen strokes off her golf game from freshman year to senior year and has decided to take the next step and compete on the collegiate level. On Thursday Brungardt signed her National Letter of Intent to golf with the hometown Fort Hays State University Tigers.

Katie Brungardt

Brungardt took home medals in 31 of 40 career high school tournaments. Among those medals included three medals at the state level, 12th in 2014, 2nd in 2015 and 4th in 2016, all of which garnered her All-State honors. Brungardt was also a 1st team Western Athletic Conference team golfer all four years and won eight tournaments individually and finished in the top three at 18 out of 40 tournaments.

Coach Mark Watts

Brungardt also saw success on the team level. The Lady Indians qualified for the state tournament all four years of her career and took home 1st place in 2014 and 3rd in 2015. She will leave Hays High as one of the elite golfers in the program’s history. Her junior year stroke average of 83.6 ranks 9th best in a single season and her senior average of 81.6 ranks 6th.