WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A trio of Boilermakers were named to the Big Ten Women's Golf Preseason Watch List, the conference office announced Thursday afternoon (Aug. 31). Kan Bunnabodee, Ashley Kozlowski and Momo Sugiyama received the recognition ahead of the 2023-24 season.
Bunnabodee, a 2022 First Team All-Big Ten honoree, enters her fifth season at Purdue and has appeared in 27 tournaments as a Boilermaker. She played in all eight spring tournaments last season after missing the fall due to injury. The senior cracked the Top 20 in four of those events. In her season debut, Bunnabodee helped Purdue win the Tulane Classic by tying for 17th on the individual leaderboard, following that with a 15-place finish at the FSU Match Up one month later. The Chonburi, Thailand, native made 14 birdies to lead the 87-player field at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on her way to tying for 14th with a season-best 217 (+1) before ending the year tied for 20th at the NCAA Raleigh Regional.
Kozlowski is another veteran, having played in 28 tournaments over her career to lead the 2023-24 squad. Last season, Kozlowski posted a 73.75 stroke average over 32 rounds (11 tournaments) to rank second on the team. Thirteen of those rounds were par-or-better, a team best, which included a season-low 68. She tallied three Top 10 finishes, highlighted by a runner-up performance at the Tulane Classic to earn Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors and help Purdue win its first tournament since 2018. Kozlowski ended the year by pacing the Boilermakers at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, tying for fourth with a season-low 213 (-3) over the 54-hole postseason tournament.
Suigyama is back after emerging as a leader in her first season as a Boilermaker. She earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades after leading Purdue in stroke average (73.31), team-low rounds (14), rounds in the 60 (6) and Top 5 finishes (3) throughout the 2022-23 campaign. Her six rounds in the 60s matched a single-season school record, and she fired a 2-under 142 (73-69) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic for the second-best 36-hole total in program history. Sugiyama also placed fourth at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Tying for fifth on the individual leaderboard, she helped the Boilermakers capture the team title at the Tulane Classic to begin the spring.
Purdue Women's Golf will open the 2023-24 campaign at home, hosting the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5) to highlight the team's upcoming season. Kicking off the second season under head coach Zack Byrd, Purdue will welcome 14 schools to West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Classic. The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
Bunnabodee, a 2022 First Team All-Big Ten honoree, enters her fifth season at Purdue and has appeared in 27 tournaments as a Boilermaker. She played in all eight spring tournaments last season after missing the fall due to injury. The senior cracked the Top 20 in four of those events. In her season debut, Bunnabodee helped Purdue win the Tulane Classic by tying for 17th on the individual leaderboard, following that with a 15-place finish at the FSU Match Up one month later. The Chonburi, Thailand, native made 14 birdies to lead the 87-player field at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on her way to tying for 14th with a season-best 217 (+1) before ending the year tied for 20th at the NCAA Raleigh Regional.
Kozlowski is another veteran, having played in 28 tournaments over her career to lead the 2023-24 squad. Last season, Kozlowski posted a 73.75 stroke average over 32 rounds (11 tournaments) to rank second on the team. Thirteen of those rounds were par-or-better, a team best, which included a season-low 68. She tallied three Top 10 finishes, highlighted by a runner-up performance at the Tulane Classic to earn Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors and help Purdue win its first tournament since 2018. Kozlowski ended the year by pacing the Boilermakers at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, tying for fourth with a season-low 213 (-3) over the 54-hole postseason tournament.
Suigyama is back after emerging as a leader in her first season as a Boilermaker. She earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades after leading Purdue in stroke average (73.31), team-low rounds (14), rounds in the 60 (6) and Top 5 finishes (3) throughout the 2022-23 campaign. Her six rounds in the 60s matched a single-season school record, and she fired a 2-under 142 (73-69) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic for the second-best 36-hole total in program history. Sugiyama also placed fourth at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Tying for fifth on the individual leaderboard, she helped the Boilermakers capture the team title at the Tulane Classic to begin the spring.
Purdue Women's Golf will open the 2023-24 campaign at home, hosting the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5) to highlight the team's upcoming season. Kicking off the second season under head coach Zack Byrd, Purdue will welcome 14 schools to West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Classic. The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.