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Kelsey Chugg to join Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Kelsey Chugg was a two-time All-Big Sky performer with the Weber State women’s golf team from 2011-13, and has since gone on to unprecedented success as an amateur golfer.
A native of Phoenix, Chugg played two seasons at Redlands Community College before coming to Weber State to join coach Jeff Smith and the Wildcat women’s golf team. She was a part of the Wildcats for two seasons from 2011-13. She earned All-Big Sky honors in each of her two seasons, including first-team all-conference honors as a senior in 2013.
Kelsey Chugg played for Weber State University from 2011-2013. (Fairways Media file photo)
During her junior season of 2011-12, she finished ninth at the Big Sky Championships and earned second-team honors, and followed that up with first-team honors the following year.
During her Wildcat career, she was an individual medalist at three tournaments. She also recorded 13 top-20 finishes, with nine top-10s and six top-five finishes.
She was named the Big Sky Golfer of the Week four times in her career. She was also recognized for her academic success, earning all-conference academic honors twice and being named to the WGCA Scholar-Athlete team.
Kelsey Chugg’s first of six Utah Women’s State Amateur titles came in 2012 at Logan Country Club. (Fairways Media file photo)
Following her Wildcat career, Chugg has gone on to a stellar amateur golf career. She is a six-time champion of the Utah Women’s State Amateur Championship, the second most in history.
Kelsey Chugg won the 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, her first of three championship match appearances. (Photo copyright USGA/Darren Carroll)
She has been named the Utah Golf Association’s Women’s Player of the Year seven times and has competed in three final matches of the US Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, winning in the national championship in 2017.
Click here to read the complete Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame press release.