University of Missouri Athletics

CAREER HONORS

• 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar
• 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 WGCA All-American Scholar
• 2018 WGCA All-American Scholar
• 2018 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016-17 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR (SPRING 2020)

• Competed in each of Mizzou’s two events during the shortened spring season...
• Recorded two rounds of 1-over-73 at the Westbrook Invitational...
• Finished Top-30 at the Florida State Match-Up...
• Posted a 75.5 season scoring average, the best of her career (min. 10 rounds)...

SENIOR (FALL 2019)

• Returned from wrist ailment dating to her junior season, and worked her way back into the starting lineup, playing in 4-of-5 fall tournaments for the Tigers...
• Averaged 75.17 for her fall stroke average in 12 rounds, which was third-best on the team...
• After knocking off the rust in her first fall tournament, settled in nicely and averaged 74.22 strokes per round in her final three appearances...
• Set a career best when she shot a 54-hole 213 at the Johnie Imes Invitational (71-69-73) while tying for 4th place overall (the finish represented a personal collegiate best)...
• Finished just four shots off the individual pace at the Imes, and her play was crucial in helping the Tigers secure their sixth-straight Imes team title...
• Her second-round 69 at the Imes tied her Mizzou best, as well...
• Fired three under par rounds in the fall, including her first (71) and second (69) rounds at the Imes, followed by a one-under par 71 in the second round in the fall finale at the Battle at the Beach...

JUNIOR (SPRING 2019)

• Wrist issues limited her to just one spring tournament...
• Saw action in the Bruzzy Challenge and tied for 69th overall with a 231 total (74-80-77), and did not play the remainder of the season...

JUNIOR (FALL 2018)

• Battled through a wrist injury that kept her from being 100 percent healthy, making all five starts and averaging 75.43 strokes per round...
• Posted a pair of top-25 finishes, including a career-best T-6 at the 2018 Johnie Imes Invitational...
• At the Imes, shot rounds of 73-69-75 for a three-day total of 217 that was one-over par for the tournament...
• The second-round 69 at the Imes tied her collegiate career-best...
• Continued her outstanding play the next week at the Jim West Challenge where she was second on the team with a T-23 thanks to a 218 total for 54 holes (70-76-72)...

SOPHOMORE (SPRING 2018)

• Played in four spring events overall, including two in the Tiger starting five
• Earned a spot in the lineup for the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, and turned in a solid outing, finishing third on the team with a spring-best 54-hole total of 228, including rounds of 76-75-77 (T-71 overall)
• Best spring finish was a T-45 at the MountainView Collegiate where she played as an individual, shooting a 54-hole 229 total, including a final round of one-under par 71
• Posted a T-15 showing in July at the 2018 Missouri Women's Amateur Championship, with a three-round total of 232 - shot rounds of 79-74-79...

SOPHOMORE (FALL 2017)

• Competed in four-of-five tournaments during the fall campaign (two as individual, two in starting five)
• Collected the first top-10 finish of her career by claiming T-8^th at the Johnie Imes Invitational (Oct. 2-3)
• Also, recorded her first under-par event at Johnie Imes by shooting 1-under (215: 69-73-73)
• Carded four consecutive rounds of 73 or lower at one point

FRESHMAN (SPRING 2017)

• Also competed once as an individual competitor in Mizzou's Spring campaign
• Shot 9-over (225: 81-74-70) at the MountainView Collegiate (March 10-12) and finished T-39th in the individual rankings
• Showed consistent improvement over the weekend in Tucson, Ariz., highlighted by a 70 final round

FRESHMAN (FALL 2016)

• Made her Mizzou and NCAA debut as an individual competitor at the Johnie Imes Invitational (Oct. 3-4)
• Opened her two-day stretch at The Club at Old Hawthorne with a blistering 69 opening round
• Competed well throughout the tournament in Columbia, Mo., finishing with a 4-over (220: 69-72-79)
• Placed T-21st overall at the Johnie

HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH)

• No. 1 ranked golfer in the state of Indiana coming out of high school, according to National Junior Golf Scoreboard...
• 2014 Indiana State Champion and a 2015 State Runner-Up...
• Her 2014 state title was by an impressive seven strokes, the largest margin of victory by a prep golfer at the ISHAA State Championships since 1999...
• Set the all-time record low round at the Indiana Conference Championship, firing a 66, six strokes lower than the previous record...
• Four-time member of the Indiana Girls All-State Golf Team...
• Earned the 2015 Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame Athlete Award...
• One of three Indiana players selected to play in the USGA Women's State Team Championship in 2015...
• Took home the IHSAA's top girls golf award with the Girls Golf Mental Attitude Award...
• Standout with the Bloomington South girl's basketball team and was heavily involved in extracurricular activities...
• Senior executive chair for the Riley Dance Marathon, raising the second-most money among any group at Bloomington South...
• Dedicated her time to her high school's student council, the Panther activity council and the student leadership council...
• Compiled a 3.80 grade-point-average in her four years at Bloomington South...

Cherise Otter Career Statistics

2019-20 Season Results (Senior)

2018-19 Season Results (Junior)

2017-18 Season Results (Sophomore)

2016-17 Season Results (Freshman)