2018-19 Merrimack College Women's Golf Roster

Jim Stankiewicz
Kennie Silvestri
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz

Krystal Knight

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Groveland, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Pentucket Regional
  • Major Biology

Biography

Career

  • WGCA All-America Honorable Mention selection, the first in program history (2018-19)
  • CoSIDA All-American (2018-19)
  • WGCA Scholar All-American (2018-19)
  • Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • Four-time NE10 All-Conference First Team selection, the only such honoree in school history
  • Three-time NE10 Academic All-Conference selection and two-time Sports Excellence Award winner
  • Three-time qualifier for the NCAA Super Regionals
  • Just the second student-athlete in school history to qualify individually for the NCAA National Championships, where she finished tied for 19th as a senior
  • Finished as back-to-back NE10 Medalist/individual champion as a junior and senior
  • Won 13 events over the course of her career, the most by any player in school history
  • Graduates with the lowest scoring average by any player ever (76.85) and owns the three lowest single-season scoring averages in school history, including her program-best 73.9 ledger during the 2018-19 campaign

2018-19

  • WGCA All-America Honorable Mention selection, the first in program history
  • CoSIDA All-American
  • WGCA Scholar All-American
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team selection, her fourth straight distinction and the only such honoree in school history
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference selection Sports Excellence Award winner
  • Became a three-time qualifier for the NCAA Super Regionals after the team's automatic berth in the tournament while becoming just the second student-athlete in school history to qualify individually for the NCAA National Championships, where she finished tied for 19th
  • NE10 Medalist/individual champion for the second straight season
  • Compiled the greatest statistical season in school history, averaging a program-record 73.92 scoring mark and a 2-over average for the year
  • Nine of her 25 rounds played were either at par or under par
  • Set a school record with seven individual event victories while placing in the top-five at eight of them and top-10 at 10 more
  • Recorded a program-record five-under 67, one of three sub-70 rounds on the year, at the Saint Rose Fall Invitational (10/7)
  • Won the NE10 Championship for the second year in a row with a 73-70--143 ledger, finishing one over for the tournament
  • Earned an at-large berth in the national championship after a furious rally at the super regional round, carding a 74 and 73, consecutively, to place in a tie for ninth place
  • Concluded her incredible career in a tie for 19th at the national championship and was very much in contention for the medalist title through the weekend before finishing with a three-day scoring mark of 73-76-83--232 (+13)

2017-18

  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • NE10 All-Academic Team and Sports Excellence Award Winner
  • Put together arguably the best individual campaign in the history of the program
  • NE10 Championship Medalist, earning her first league title in the process
  • Four-time NE10 Golfer of the Week
  • Was Merrimack's top statistical golfer all year, averaging a team-low 76.26 strokes per round over 19 rounds (nine events) of competition and was a four-over-par average for the year
  • Five of those 19 rounds were even par or lower, and of the nine events she competed in, she won five of them outright, placed in the top-five in six of them and was slotted in the top-10 of seven of them
  • Became the fourth straight Warrior to win the individual medalist honor at the 2017 NE10 Women's Golf Championship, winning the league title for the first time in her career in dramatic fashion by carding a two-under-par 142 for the tournament (9/24-25)
  • Tied the program's single-round record with a 70 on two occasions, first doing so at the Le Moyne Invitational (9/17-18) and then again at the NE10 Championship a week later (9/24-25)
  • Won the first two events she played in, starting with the Penmen Labor Day Classic (9/3) and then again at the Michael Corbett Fall Classic (9/10-11)
  • Ended the year with back-to-back titles in the spring, winning the Cottrell Invite (4/10) and then topping the field at the Saint Rose Spring Classic (4/20-21)

2016-17

  • Qualified for NCAA East Super Regionals as an individual for the second straight season
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference selection
  • NE10 Golfer of the Week
  • Competed in 22 rounds, averaging 79.7 strokes per round, the second-lowest average on the team
  • Fired 70s in 11 rounds, tied for the most on the team
  • Set a new career-low score of 72 at the UIndy Fall Invitational (9/12)
  • Placed second at the Southern NH Dual Match (9/3)
  • Tied for 12th at the Uindy Women’s Invitational (9/13)
  • Placed third at the NE10 Conference Championship (9/26)
  • Placed third at the Dr. Edwin Cottrell Invitational (4/10)
  • Tied for seventh at the St. Rose Women’s Spring Classic (4/22)
  • Finished in a tie for 17th at the NCAA Super Regionals (5/10)

2016: Spring: Earned all four NE-10 Rookie of the Week awards (3/22, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19) … One-time Golfer of the Week (4/12) … Named Corvias ECAC Women’s Golf Rookie of the Month for Division II during the month of March … Became the second-ever golfer in program history to qualify for the NCAA Division II East Super Regional … Competed in five events and 12 rounds … Placed in the top-15 overall in all five events … Carded 70s in five rounds … Averaged a team-low 79.0 strokes per round … Carded season-low rounds of 75 on two occasions … At the East Super Regional (5/2-4), carded a 77-76-81-234 ledger, finished 14th overall out of 66 golfers and second among individual qualifiers, and posted the lowest opening round among any of the individual qualifiers … Team’s top-finisher in three regular-season events and six specific rounds … Carded a 75-75-81-231 ledger and finished in a tie for 15th overall at the Perry Park Spring Fling (3/18-20) … Carded a season-low, two-round match score of 158 (78-80) and finished in a tie for 14th overall at the Cavalier Classic (4/16-17) … Finished third overall with a two-round total of 161 (81-80) at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational (4/10-11) … Finished in a tie for 14th overall at the NC4K Classic (4/3-4). 

2015: Fall: Named to the NE-10 All-Conference First Team … Two-time NE-10 Golfer of the Week (9/21, 10/13) … Collected all five NE-10 Rookie of the Week awards (9/9, 9/15, 9/21, 10/6, 10/13) … Earned Outstanding Rookie of the Championship honors at the NE-10 Championship (9/25-26) … Competed in all 11 rounds as a freshman … Finished in the top-10 overall in all six events … Fired 70s in nine rounds … Averaged a team-low 76.9 strokes per round … Team’s top-finisher in four events and six-specific rounds … At the Lady Penmen Invitational (9/19-20), earned medalist honors for the first time with a two-round total of 149, which was the lowest two-round match score on the team in the fall and is tied for the lowest in program history … Fired a career-low round of 73 on Day 2 of the Lady Penmen Invitational, which stood as the lowest round by any competitor in the tournament and is tied for the fourth-lowest single round in program history … At the NE-10 Championship, finished second overall with a 78-75-153 ledger, as the 75 stood as the lowest round by any competitor on Day 2 … Tallied a second-place finish with a 74 at the Southern N.H. Dual (9/5) … Finished in a tie for third overall with a 77-77-154 ledger at the William Bing-Beall Fall Classic (10/11-12) … Shot a 158 (78-80) and finished in a tie for eighth overall at the Dan Salisbury Memorial (10/3-4) … Fired an 84-74-158 and finished in a tie for 10th overall at the Michael Corbett Fall Classic (9/13-14).

Before Merrimack: Ranked as high as No. 944 in the country via Junior Golf Scoreboard and No. 505 via the AJGA ... Was the top player and captain at Pentucket Regional and placed fourth at the Northern Junior Championship, firing rounds of 75-76-15 ... Also won the Granite State Junior with a final score of 77-72= 149 ... Named Cape Ann League Player of the Year for 2014.

Personal: Born Feb. 15, 1997 ... Daughter of Mark and Vicki Knight ... Has one sibling, Victoria (22) ... Plans to major in Biology at Merrimack. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

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    2018-19Senior

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