Rachel Newren
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Mountain West Conference Announces Women's Golfer of the Month

BYU's Rachel Newren earns the October honor

Nov. 2, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - BYU senior Rachel Newren has been selected the Mountain West Conference Women's Golfer of the Month for October.

Newren, a Salt Lake City native, paced the Cougars with a ninth-place finish out of 77 golfers at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational on Oct. 9-11. She posted a 54-hole total of eight-over-par 224 on the par 72, 6,130-yard Sahalee Golf and Country Club Course.

Newren's performance helped the Cougars to a ninth place finish in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, which featured five teams ranked in the top 25 by golfstat.com

The following week, Newren led the Cougars to a second place finish in the TaylorMade Aztec Fall Classic, carding a two-round score of five-over-par 149 on the 6,259-yard Salt Creek Golf Course on Oct. 17. Newren's score of 149 placed her in a tie for 15th in a field of 113 golfers.

On the season, Newren is second in the MWC with a 72.91 stroke average.