JordanChael

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2016-17 (Senior): Appeared in eight of the team’s 11 events … One of three Wildcats to play in all four fall tournaments … Tied for the team high with three top-10 finishes, matching her career high for a season … Fired the then-second-best round in school history (with records dating back to 1987) when she carded a 7-under 65 in the final round of the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colorado … Opened the Southeastern Conference Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, with a first-round 73 … Scored a 75 in the opening round of the PING ASU Invitational in Tempe, Arizona, after missing UK’s previous two tournaments … Recorded back-to-back rounds on the first and second days of the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Florida … Placed sixth in the Battle of the Bluegrass vs. Louisville … Thanks to a 71 in the first round and a 73 in the third round, notched a fourth-place finish at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, for her best finish as a Wildcat … Recorded seven birdies in the final round of the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate for a 65, behind only Liz Breed’s 64 at the Schooner Fall Classic in October 2013 at the time … The 65 was the best round of any player in the 102-player field … Tied for seventh place with a career-low 215 (1-under), which tied for the best 54-hole tournament of the fall season on the team … Finished in a tie for eighth place in the stroke-play portion of the East & West Match Play Challenge with the help of a second-round 72 … Went 1-1 in the match-play portion of the tournament … Tied for 30th in the season opener at Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis … SEC Academic Honor Roll member.

Summer 2016: Finished in second place behind fellow Wildcat Grace Rose at the Marion Miley in Lexington … Tied for 12th at the Tennessee Women’s Open.

2015-16 (Junior): One of two Wildcats to compete in all 10 events for the Wildcats in 2015-16 … Posted one of the Wildcats’ two top-10 individual finishes, finishing in a tie for 10th place at the season-opening Minnesota Invitational, the best fall finish of any Wildcat … Third on the team in scoring average with a 77.5 … Fired a season-low 71 at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee … Produced three top-40 finishes … Recorded 54-hole rounds of 223 and 224 in the first two events of the fall at the Minnesota Invitational and Mercedes-Benz Championship … Finished in sixth place in a dual match vs. Louisville to open the spring season … Tied for 26th at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 226 … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.

Summer 2015: Won the Missouri Women’s Golf Association Amateur Championship … Shot even par in the opening round of the MWGA Championship, 1-under par in the second round and a tournament-best 68 (4-under par) in the final 18 holes to pull away from the field … Finished at 5-under par overall at the MWGA Championship, the only player in red numbers. 

2014-15 (Sophomore at Nebraska): Led Nebraska with a 75.30 stroke average, a 2.37 stroke per round improvement from her first season … Tied for 32nd to end the year at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis … Produced the second-best career stroke average in school history (76.48) … Notched three top-10 finishes … Tied for fifth place at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, on March 20-21 … Her second-round 70 at the Longbow Golf Club marked the second-best round of her career and her tie for fifth marked the third top-five finish of her career … Fired a career-best 69 in the first round of the Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 22 … Finished with a career-best 217 to finish in a tie for 16th at the Westbrook Invitational … Tied for ninth place at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, on Oct. 10-12 … Recorded the best finish of her career by taking third (71-75-74-220) at Nebraska’s season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational in early September, her best tournament score of her career at that time. 

2014-15 (Freshman at Nebraska): Finished with a 77.67 stroke average on the year, which ranked as the fourth-best freshman stroke average in school history … Helped the Huskers to a team title at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tuscon, Arizona … Fired a season-best 71 in her final round at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Mesa, Arizona … Carded a hole-in-one at the Hoosier Fall Invite in Greenwood, Indiana … Tied for 18th at the Minnesota Invitational with all three of her rounds counting toward Nebraska’s team score … Earned a lineup spot in Nebraska’s season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational and claimed a top-10 finish to help the Huskers to a team title … Fired a three-round total of 224 that included a 1-under par 71 in the first round of her collegiate career to help her to a ninth-place finish.

High School: As a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, won the Kansas Class 5A individual state championship in October of 2012, while leading St. Thomas Aquinas to the state team title … During her final three seasons at Aquinas, won or tied for first in 21 of 27 tournaments … Four-time Kansas City Star All-Metro selection, earning first-team honors in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Three-time Class 5A Regional champion, while leading St. Thomas Aquinas to three straight Class 5A state team titles … Finished third individually at the state tournament in 2010 and 2011 … Finished fourth individually in Class 6A as a freshman in 2009 … Missouri Women’s Golf Association State Junior champion in 2012, before adding a runner-up finish in 2013 … Took second at the AJGA Coca-Cola Junior Championship in Harbor Springs, Michigan, and posted top-five finishes at AJGA events in Springfield, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri … Earned individual medalist honors while leading Missouri to the 2013 Four State championship … Finished second as an individual at the Four State Team Championship in both 2011 (Beatrice, Nebraska) and 2012 (Sedalia, Missouri). … Placed third at the PGA Junior Series Tournament at ArborLinks in Nebraska City in June of 2012 … Competed at the Callaway Junior World Championships in July at Torrey Pines in California. … Finished fifth at the Future Collegiate World Tour Tournament held at The Classic Club in Palm Desert, California, before taking seventh at the Future Collegiate World Tour Championship held at PGA National.

Personal: Transferred from Nebraska following her sophomore season … Born March 3, 1995 … Daughter of Ted and Brenda Chael …  Has one older brother, Andrew … Earned academic All-Big Ten accolades as a sophomore in 2015 … Four-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll … Major is psychology.

Why she chose UK: “I chose Kentucky because of the commitment to women’s golf here. I knew early on that, as a Wildcat, I would be pushed in many different ways to become the best golfer and person I can be. From the coaching staff to the facilities to the girls, it’s a program that I cannot wait to be a part of.”