Mary Klein Class: Senior Hometown: Kokomo, Indiana High School: Northwesternl

Veteran member of the Irish squad who will continue to be one of the team’s leaders as a senior in 2000-2001 ... will be counted on for consistent production as she closes out her successful career ... a steady performer off the tee who still is looking to improve her overall ballstriking ... also a solid putter with an improving iron game ... her ability to drive the ball–both with distance and direction–ranks among the best in women’s college golf ... the key to her low scores lies in her iron game and hitting greens with regularity ... capable of contending for medalist honors, as evidenced by her runner-up finish at the Butler Invitational in the fall of 1999 ... also placed fifth at the 15-team Indiana Invitational in the spring of ’98 and sixth in the 13-team Notre Dame Invitational in the fall of ’98 ... her 82.23 career stroke average ranks second in Irish women’s golf history ... has counted to the Notre Dame team score in 35 of her last 39 rounds (prior to the spring of 2000) ... follows in the footsteps of her sister Crissy, who played for the Irish from ’90-’94 ... one of three members of the ’97-’98 Notre Dame women’s golf team who had a sister who played previously for the Irish women’s golf program (the others were ’98 graduate Tracy Melby and Beth Cooper, who graduated in the fall of ‘99) ... her ’98 summer highlights included winning the Women’s Howard County Championship (74-74), an event previously won by all three of her sisters, and making the first flight of the Indiana Women’s State Amateur at Lafayette Battleground (77-79-81) ... shot 78-78 at ’98 Indiana Women’s State Open (at Prestwick Country Club) and 78 at Women’s U.S. Amateur qualifier in Cincinnati ... a member of the winning group at the Indiana Women’s Team Championship, where her 78 helped her team post a winning 68 at the Tippecanoe Country Club. IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOK: Heads into the 2000 spring with an 82.23 career stroke average that would rank second in Irish history, behind 1998 graduate Katie King’s 81.42 (Melby also averaged 82.23) ... her current 81.43 season stroke average would rank eighth all-time at Notre Dame ... her three-under, first-round 71 on April 4, 1998, at the Indiana Invitational tied King (-1) and Melby (-4) for the lowest round in Notre Dame women’s golf history (Melby’s four-under is the only round in the Irish record book with a better relation to par than Klein’s -3) ... joined King as only Irish women’s golfers ever to shoot 72 or better in two-plus career rounds, after opening play at the Butler invitational in the fall of 1999 with a one-over 72 ... her eight-over 150 at the 1999 Butler Invitational is tied for the second-best 36-hole tournament score ever by an Irish women’s golfer while her eight-over 152 (78-74) at the Notre Dame Invitational (in Bonita Springs, Fla.) in the fall of 1998 is tied for the fifth-best ... also owns the program’s fifth-best score in a 54-hole event, after totaling her eight-over 230 at the 1997-98 Indiana Invitational ... already ranks ninth in Irish history with 43 (of 53) career rounds counted to the team score ... tied for seventh in the Notre Dame record book with six career team-best finishes.

AS A JUNIOR (FALL OF ’99): Made steady improvements as the season progressed, after missing opening tournament (the Lady Northern Intercollegiate) due to a neck injury ... ranked third on team with an 81.43 stroke average while counting to the team score in six of her seven rounds played ... returned to action at the Michigan State Invitational, using a strong final round to post the team’s third-best finish with a 251 (87-87-77) ... also ranked third on the team two weeks later with a 169 at the Michigan Invitational (84-85) ... became ninth Irish women’s golfer ever to finish first or second in an intercollegiate event, claiming runner-up honors with a 150 at the Butler Invitational (72-78) ... her one-over 72 in that event equaled the fourth-best score in Irish women’s golf history ... opened school year by placing sixth at fall Campus Championship, with rounds of 86-83 (169) at South Bend’s Blackthorn Golf Club.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Surged in the final weeks to an 82.73 stroke average for 1998-99, tying Andrea Klee for the team lead (both had 1,820 strokes in 22 rounds) ... matched Klee by counting to the team score in 20 of 22 rounds ... shot 78 or lower in three rounds ... led the Irish in a team-best four events, including the final fall tournament and each of the final three spring events ... owned an 81.70 average in the four fall tournaments ... posted second-best Irish score in each of the first three fall tournaments ... helped Irish place fifth out of 13 teams at Michigan State Invitational, tying for 24th in 89-player field with a 240 (76-83-81) before shooting 251 at the Lady Northern Intercollegiate (at Purdue, 79-81-91) and 174 at the Michigan Invitational (89-85) ... counted to team score in 15 of final 16 rounds ... closed fall by tying for sixth in 76-player field at the Notre Dame Invitational, with rounds of 78-74 at the Bay Springs Cypress Course in Bonita Springs, Fla. ... had a frustrating start to the spring season, with rounds of 99-90 in the Midwest Classic, at the challenging Hyatt Bear Creek Golf Course ... went on to shoot 84-81 (165) at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate (at Pebblecreek Country Club in Tampa, Fla.) before leading team in next three events and counting to the team score in the final 11 rounds ... tied for 29th in 70-player field at the Indiana Invitational (79-80-84/243) before tying for 23rd at Iowa Invitational (82-82/164) ... closed season with a 242 at the Ohio State Invitational (79-81-82) ... tied for third at the 1998 fall Campus Championship, with rounds of 88-79 (167) at Blackthorn.

AS A FRESHMAN: Made solid contributions, particularly in the spring when she averaged 79.92 strokes ... ranked fourth on team with overall 1997-98 average of 82.00 while playing in all nine tournaments ... counted to team score in 17 of 24 rounds (nine of the final 10) ... opened her career by totaling a 251 in invitationals at both Michigan State (81-85-85) and Michigan (82-84-85) ... posted team-best score at Kentucky Invitational (84-81-84/249) before totaling 258 (87-86-85) at Notre Dame Invitational in Bonita Bay, Fla. ... posted team’s fourth-best score at spring Midwest Classic in Surprise, Ariz. (78-82/160) before closing with four impressive finishes ... placed 21st among 120-player field at NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate (83-76/159), at Pebblecreek ... opened at Indiana Invitational with her historic three-under 71 before adding rounds of 80-79 for a 230 total and a share of fifth among the 83-player field ... helped Irish finish second at Illinois Spring Classic, where her 163 tied for 13th among 89 golfers (77-86) ... closed season with a 247 at Ohio State Invitational (84-82-81) ... tied for fifth in fall of 1997 at the annual Campus Championship (84-87/171), held at Blackthorn.

PREP & PERSONAL: Key member of the Northwestern High School golf team, earning all-state honors as a junior and senior ... placed fourth in the state tournament as a senior (72-79), leading Northwestern to a state runner-up finish behind champion Martinsville (both teams posted the lowest 18-hole totals in state championship history) ... set school individual records for nine and 18-hole scores ... team captain and an all-conference as a senior ... a four-time team MVP ... led Northwestern to four conference titles and the regional title each of her last three years ... averaged 78.2 strokes per round as a senior ... served as a rightfielder on Northwestern softball team as a junior and senior ... named honorable mention all-state in softball as a senior, when she also served as team captain ... a member of the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... her former high school teammate Andrea Quandt is a member of the women’s golf team at Purdue ... father Joe Klein played golf at Purdue ... a former softball teammate of current Irish sophomore softball player Sarah Kirkman ... her sister Crissy (’94) and cousin Sara Ruzzo (’95) also played for the Notre Dame women’s golf team ... born June 20, 1979, in Kokomo, Ind. ... full name is Mary Lynn Klein ... son of Joe and Lynda Klein ... enrolled in the College of Science ... intends to major in biology.

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