UNLV:
The most experienced player on the Rebel roster ... A three-time All-MWC performer who has been in the UNLV lineup since the first tournament of her career ... An honors candidate heading into her senior season ... Has international experience, including playing in the 2008 World Amateur Team Championships, representing her native New Zealand ... A complete player with a strong all-around golf game ... Among the school[apos]s all-time leaders in career scoring average (74.78) and rounds played (65) ... Last name is pronounced 'KRISH-na.'
2008-09:
Established herself as one of the top players in the MWC ... Finished the year with a scoring average of 74.17, which was second on the team and third in the league ... Named to the All-MWC team for the third straight season ... Won her second career tournament and posted three top-five and two top-20 finishes overall ... Shot six sub-par rounds and three rounds of par ...Opened the year by finishing second at the Dick McGuire Invitational with a 5-under 214, which included rounds of 3-under 70 on day two and three of the tournament ... The five-under was the (get it) lowest tournament in school history ... Went back to her homeland and played in the 2008 World Amateur Team Championship, which was held in Adelaide, Australia ... Representing New Zealand, she finished 72nd ... Carded a three-round total of 216 (E) to finish fourth at the 2009 UNLV Spring Invitational ... Earned medalist honors for the second time in her career, closing out the regular season by winning the Indiana Invitational with a 9-over 225 ... .Finished tied for 16th at the Mountain West Conference Championships.
2007-08:
Turned in a solid sophomore season ... Named to the All-Mountain West Conference team for the second consecutive time ... Was steady all season long, posting two top-20s, one top-10 and one top-five finish ... Had a 74.9 scoring average, which was second on the team and fifth in the league ... Rolled in three sub-par and three even-par rounds on the season ... Tied for 18th at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational with a three-round total of 226 (+10) ... Turned in her best performance of the season at the NCAA Western Preview, finishing fifth with a 54-hole score of 219 (+3), which included an even-par 72 in the second round ... Followed that by tying for 11th at the Indiana Invitational with a score of 222 (+6) that included a two-under 70 in the second round ... Tied for 10th at the MWC Championships with a 229 (+10) ... Played in the NCAA Championships for the first time in career and finished tied for 54th with a four-round total of 304 (+16).
2006-07:
Made an immediate impact as a freshman ... Earned All-Mountain West Conference honors ... The only Rebel to win a tournament, taking home medalist honors at the Aloha Purdue Collegiate Invitational ... Led the team with a 74.62 scoring average, which was sixth overall in the league ... Recorded two top-five finishes, one top-10 and two top-20s ... One of two Rebels to play all 32 rounds during season ... Started career by tying for 11th at the Dick McGuire Invitational, shooting even-par 219 over the three rounds ... Ended the fall season by winning the Aloha Purdue Collegiate Invitational in Hawaii, shooting a final-round, one-under 69 for a three-round total of 212 (+2) ... The 69 set a career-low round and the total of 212 was the fourth-lowest score for a three-round tournament in Rebel history ... Named the MWC Golfer of the Month for November and Golfweek[apos]s Golfer of the Week following her win on the islands ... Closed season on a strong note, finishing tied for ninth at the Indiana Invitational, tied for fourth at the MWC Championships and then tied for 28th at the NCAA West Regional ... Earned Academic All-MWC honors ... Competed for New Zealand internationally as well, playing in the 29th Annual Queen Sirikit Cup in the Phillipines, where she helped New Zealand to a fourth-place finish ... Played in the 2007 We Love Kobe Suntory Open, an event on the Japan LPGA tour.
HIGH SCHOOL:
A member of the New Zealand International Team ... Recorded three tournament victories in her junior career ... Won the 2006 Greg Norman Junior Masters, becoming the first Kiwi to win the event since 1993 ... Took the title in the 2006 New Zealand Secondary School Girls Golf Championship ... Was victorious in the New Zealand under-21 Championships.
PERSONAL:
Natasha Krishna was born on July 12, 1988, in Auckland, New Zealand ... The daughter of Krish and Veena Krishna ... Has a younger sister, Camille ... Enjoys shopping, playing sports, watching movies and eating ice cream ... Majoring in journalism and media studies.
