EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville women’s golf coach Jim Hamilton has announced the signing of Maggie Camp and Kayla Katterhenry to National Letters of Intent to play for UE beginning in 2013.
 
“We are happy to welcome Kayla and Maggie to our program, both are outstanding golfers as well as students.  It is great for us to bring two local products to the University of Evansville; they are two of the best golfers in the state of Indiana,” head golf coach Jim Hamilton said.  “Both bring a competitive toughness that you look for as a coach and that attitude will be a benefit to everyone on the team.  I am thrilled to have the opportunity to coach these girls to successful careers at UE.”
 
Camp is a native of nearby Wadesville, Ind. where she attended North Posey High School where she has led her team to a 35-12 record.  By signing with the Purple Aces, she becomes the first female from her high school to sign with a Division I institution. 
 
She brings several accolades to UE, including a 2012 IHSAA Sectional Championship along with being a Quarterfinalist in this year’s Indiana State Junior Championship.  A 4-time All-PAC player, she had many other successful tournaments this season including a runner-up finish at the Pepsi Masters Tour and an 11^th place finish at the Indiana Section Jr PGA while taking medalist honors at the Wildcat Invitational the last two years.
 
Katterhenry is another local player who is from Newburgh and will graduate from Castle High School in the spring.  She has been extremely successful in her high school career, leading Castle to a pair of SIAC Championships along with two State Finalist finishes while being named her team MVP all four years.  She qualified for the State High School Championship all four years while finishing in the top 15 all four years while placing in the top four twice.  In 2011, Kayla won the Girl’s Indiana State Junior Championship, the only player ever from the Evansville area to accomplish that feat. 
 
While competing against all of the top women in the state of Indiana, she was runner-up in the 2012 Indiana Women’s State Amateur with a 3-round total of 220.  On the national scene, Kayla played in the prestigious North South Junior Amateur, finishing as the runner-up at Pinehurst, N.C.  Just as impressive was her career-low of 65 at the EJGA Master Series event at Rolling Hills.
 
A two-sport star at Castle, Katterhenry also played softball, winning MVP honors in 2012 while garnering a berth on the SIAC All-Conference 2^nd Team last season.  The tradition of the Purple Aces is nothing new to Katterhenry and her family as he grandfather Ed is a former basketball player at UE and was voted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.  Her uncle, Jimmy Fisher, was a soccer player for the Purple Aces in the early 1990’s.