The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2018-19 Women's Golf Roster
Tia Teiniketo
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Prev School:
- Dalton State
- Hometown:
- Vihti, Finland
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21)
Third Team All-Conference USA...Three time C-USA Golfer of the Week...In the fall, finished top 10 in three of four tournaments...won the Callway Gardens Invitational and shot a school record 66 in the final round...Also won the UAB Spring Invite on March 16...Placed 17th at C-USA Championship...Led the team in stroke average (74.5).
AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
Conference USA Most Improved Golfer of the Year...Had the lowest stroke average in school history at 72.9...Shot a school record 204 (-12) in the first tournament of the season and won the USA Intercollegiate...Placed top 10 in four of six tournaments...Was named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week on Sept. 18.
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
Played in every tournament and led UAB in stroke average (75.9)...Notched two top-10 finishes (T10 - Starmount Fall Classic, 10 - Bama Beach Bash)...Had her low round of 70 (-2) on the final day of the C-USA Championship...Finished 15th at Conference USA Championship.
Dalton State College - Sophomore Year:
- T1st at Roadrunner Women's Invitational
- 1st at Bellevue University Spring Break Classic
-1st at Redhawk Spring Invitational
- Received SSAC Player of the Week honors twice
- SSAC Conference Tournament Runner-Up
- SSAC All-Conference team 1st pick
- SSAC Player of the Year
- NAIA National Championship 4th place & All-Tournament team
- Finished 3rd in NAIA Head-to-Head ranking & 1st
- 1st Team NAIA All-American
Dalton State College - Freshman Year:
- Received SSAC Player of the Week honors
- SSAC All-Freshman & All-Conference team
- Selected as the SSAC Freshman of the Year
- SSAC Conference Tournament Champion
- NAIA National Championship 5th place & All-Tournament team
- Finished in NAIA Head-to-Head ranking & 9th in Scoring Avg. Ranking
- 1st Team NAIA All-American
High School:
- Played at Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN junior and senior years
- Helped the Red Raiders win two Region Championships and two runner-up finishes at State Championships
- Individually, placed second at the 2015 regionals and tied for second in the 2015 state championships, in 2016 she was third at regionals and sixth in the state
- Chattanooga Times Free Press 2nd team Best of Preps as a junior and 1st team as a senior
Junior/Amateur Golf:
- Competed in many Alue Tour, Finnish Junior Tour, and Finnish Tour tournaments as well as many Finnish Championship tournaments
- 2018 Finnish U21 Girls Matchplay Championship Medalist
- 2018 Finnish U21 Girls Strokeplay Championship 4th place
