Christy Rittenhouse

Class: Senior Hometown: Pavilion, NY High School: Pavilion H.S.

Height: 5-5 Birthdate: 04/13/1980

Junior Season 2000-01

Carries a per-round average of 79.81 through 26 rounds, sixth among the Boilermaker regulars ... had Purdue’s best three-round total, 230, including a pair of 75’s, in the Midwest Classic as the team finished seventh among 18 teams ... best finish of the fall was at the Shoot-Out at the Legends, placing 14th with scores of 73-76-73=222 … lowest tournament total of her career is 222 at the Shoot-Out at the Legends … led the team in fairways, hitting with an 80% accuracy … had a fall stroke average of 78.3 … has been on the Dean’s List every semester while at Purdue … 1999, 2000 and 2001 Academic All-Big Ten selection and 2001 NCAA All-Scholar.

Sophomore Season 1999-2000

Finished tied for 26th at the Big Ten Championships (79-74-80-73=307) while helping the team to it’s first Big Ten title ever … gave Purdue consistent rounds at NCAA Championships with rounds of 79-76-74-80=309 … played on the Purdue team that had it’s most successful postseason play with a ninth-place finish at NCAA Championships ... participated in the Lady Buckeye Invitational and the Legends Shoot-Out during the fall ... finished the fall with an 81.2 stroke average ... played as an individual in the Legends Shoot-Out and tied for 40th with a three-round score of 234 ... recorded a season-low round of 77 during the final round of the Shoot-Out ... tied for 55th place at the Lady Buckeye.

Freshman Season (1998-99)

Played in 11 tournaments last year posting an 80.8 stroke average ... tied for fourth place with a two-round score of 154 at the Mad Hatter Spring Fling ... shot a season-low 74 in the first and third rounds of the Wildcat Intercollegiate ... played in all four tournaments for the Boilers as a rookie during the fall season ... posted a season-low 74 at the Shoot-out at the Legends, finishing tied for 24th ... also tied for 24th at the Wolverine Invitational.

High School

A four-year letterwinner in golf and three-year letterwinner in basketball ... three-time golf MVP ... selected first-team all-state those three seasons ... led team to league championships in 1996 and 1997 ... sophomore and junior year was N.Y. Junior Girls Champion ... member of National Honor Society ... an all-city and all-conference performer four straight seasons ... played for coach Jim Sattora.

Personal

Born Christy Lynn Rittenhouse on April 13, 1980, in Rochester, N.Y. ... mother is Rhonda Rittenhouse ... has a younger sister, Karyn ... majoring in communications.

RITTENHOUSE YEAR-BY-YEAR AT PURDUE

Season	Rounds	Strokes	Average	Low Round
1998-99	29	2,343	80.8		74
1999-00	19	1,515	79.7		73
2000-01	26	2,075	79.8		73
Totals	74	5,933	80.2		73

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