Dec. 2, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
Katherine Perry, who will be a freshman on the University of North Carolina women's golf team this fall, was selected the 2009 Girls N.C. Junior Player of the Year by the Carolinas Golf Association and the Tar Heel Youth Golf Association. She was also named to the 2009 N.C. Girls' All-State Golf First Team.
Perry, a senior at Athens Drive High School, had a very successful year winning the N.C. Women's Amateur Championship and competing in the U.S. Women's Open. Perry, from Cary, won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A Girls' Championship while leading her team to a second straight state championship. She won the CGA's Vicki DiSantis Girls' Championship, the Precision Golf Girls' Championship and several others on her way to a very successful junior career. Of the 19 events used for the N.C. Junior Rankings, Perry finished in the top ten 16 times with eight first-place finishes.
The N.C. Junior Player of the Year award recognizes one girl and one boy who have had the most successful year in amateur and junior golf events at the local, state, regional and national levels. Logan Harrell of Huntersville was named the 2009 Boys N.C. Junior Player of the Year.
