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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Katelyn Foster

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Highschool Baker High School
  • Hometown Mobile, Ala.

Biography

FRESHMAN SEASON (2024-25)
• Competed in one event as an individual at the Bama Beach Bash (3/16-18/25)
• Recorded nine birdies at the event

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Lettered five years in golf at Baker High School in Mobile, Ala.
• Finished third at the Alabama High School Athletic Association 7A state tournament as a junior and as a senior
• Earned four county titles (2019. ’21, ’23, ’24) and the 7A Substate Low Medalist honors in 2023
• Captured 20 first-place finishes over the course of her career
• Placed seventh at the Alabama Girls State Junior and second at the SJGT at Magnolia Grove
• Selected to represent the South team at the North-South All-Star event 
• Set several program records at Baker: lowest 18-hole score (69, at Gulf Shores Golf Club, 3/6/23); lowest; lowest season averages (9 holes: 37, and 18 holes, 74), and most rounds under par for a career
• Became the first female player at Baker to reach the State Finals, doing so three (2024, ‘23 and ’21)
• Received third-team junior girls all-state honors from the Alabama Golf Association (AGA) and AlabamaGolf.org
• Ranked eighth in the Junior Girls Rankings of the AGA and No. 74 nationally in the 2022-23 PGA Girls High School Golf National Player Rankings
• Carded a three-under 141 (70-71) at the 2023 state tournament, where she recorded eight birdies over the two-day event
• Finished seventh at the 2021 7A AHSAA state tournament
• Won the Jimmy Green Golf Tour’s Senior Bowl Winter Classic and recorded top 10 finishes at Kiva Dunes and Wynlakes as a junior
• Earned a place in the quarterfinals at the Alabama Women’s State Amateur and placed 10th at the Alabama Girls State Junior, as well as garnering a top-20 finish at the Alabama Women’s Stroke Play
Teaming with Tori Waters, the duo placed third with a two round 144 (69-75) at the 15th Alabama Women's State Four-Ball Championship held at Magnolia Grove (7/20-21/22)
• Teaming with Tori Waters, the duo placed third with a two round 144 (69-75) at the 15th Alabama Women's State Four-Ball Championship held at Magnolia Grove (7/20-21/22)
• Named 2020 Player of the Year (Ages 12-14) as she placed in the top 10 at seven events, recording three third-place finishes and medalist honors at the Grand National Junior Classic (1/8-9/20)

PERSONAL
• Full name is Katelyn McNeil Foster
• Born in Mobile, Ala.
• Daughter of Jason and Jennifer Foster
• Has a younger brother
• Majoring in biomedical sciences

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2025-26Redshirt Freshman

    5'3"