St. John's University Athletics
2009-10 Women's Golf Roster
Renee Cloutier
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Niceville Senior
- Hometown:
- Niceville, Fla.
2009-10: Recognized by the 6th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup committee as one of the nation's outstanding role-model student-athletes... named to All-BIG EAST Women's Golf Team... received BIG EAST Golfer Of The Week Honors for the week of March 15-22... named St. John's Women's Golf MVP... competed in all eight of St. John's events and led the team with a 78.44 round average and tied for team high with four top-10 showings... tied for fourth place after shooting 79-75-75--229 (+13) at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational (Sept. 28-29)... helped lead STJ to second place team finish at the Rutgers Invitational (Oct. 9-10), finishing tied for 12th after carding a 76-82--158 (+14)... led the Red Storm to a team victory in the Sacred Heart Fall Classic (Oct. 18-19), taking second individually with an 82-75--156 (+12)... tied for sixth place with a 73-77--150 (+6) in the C&F Bank Intercollegiate (March 20-21)... first-round 73 in the C&F Bank Intercollegiate was a team low for the season... led STJ to a team second-place showing in the Hartford Invitational (April 11-13), shooting 79-82--161 (+17) and tying for 11th... at the BIG EAST Championship (April 18-20), closed out STJ golf career with a 79-81-74--234 (+21) and tied for seventh.
2008-09: Received All-BIG EAST Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence Award in summer of 2009... named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team... named to first-ever All-BIG EAST Women's Golf Team... named St. John's Women's Golf MVP ... named BIG EAST Academic All-Star... played in all eight of St. John's tournaments... paced the team with a 77.84 scoring average and three top-10 finishes... opened the season with a bang at the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 20-21), shooting 71-76--147 (+3) to finish second after a playoff... tied for seventh place at the ECAC Division I Championship with a 79-74--153 (+9)... took 15th at the North/South Women's Collegiate (March 9-10) after carding 78-79--157 (+17)... finished fourth at the EKU El Diablo Intercollegiate (March 12-13) after carding 74-82-69--225 (+9)... third-round 69 (-3) at EKU El Diablo Intercollegiate tied for STJ record for lowest round... led the team with 84-78-82--244 (+28) effort at the Hoya Invitational (March 30-31), tying for 23rd... closed out the season with team-best 77-76-72--225 (+9) at the BIG EAST Championship.
2007-08: Named to the BIG EAST All-Conference team... named BIG EAST Academic All-Star... tabbed a BIG EAST Academic All-Star... played in every tournament for the Red Storm ... her 81.63 scoring average ranked third on the team ... tallied a top-10, two top-20 and one top-30 finish on the year ... carded a season low and team low 73 in the final round of the BIG EAST Championship ... finished 10th overall with a 15-over 231 at the BIG EAST Championship, helping the team to a fourth place finish.
2006-07: Received BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors... tied St. John[apos]s team record for the lowest round ever with a 3-under 69 at the Legends Shootout... was second on team with a 78.73 scoring average ... posted five top-15 finishes ... finished sixth at the Treasure Coast Women[apos]s Classic with a 11-over 224 ... shot 79 or better in 14 of 22 rounds ... third-place finish at the Collegiate Players Tour (CPT) Pelican Point Classic, including a final-round 69 ... finished in 11th place at Florida State Amateur Championship.
Before St. John[apos]s: Two-sport standout for the Niceville Senior Eagles ... captained the golf team her senior season ... earned first team all-area honors all four years as a member of the golf team ... named Northwest Florida Daily News Player of the Year in 2003 and 2005 ... was undefeated as freshman, sophomore and junior ... took first place at the district tournament all four seasons ... was regional tournament champion her first three seasons and took second as a senior ... finished second at the state tournament in 2004 and third in 2002 and 2003 ... had only one loss during senior campaign ... Eagles were district champions all four years Cloutier competed ... team took regional championship crown in 2002, 2003 and 2004 ... competed in the 2006 State Amateur Stroke Play Championship and finished 25th.
Personal: Born in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. ... parents are Jim and Joan Cloutier ... has two older sisters, Sharla and Christa, and one younger brother, Chase ... both Sharla and Christa played golf collegiately at Princeton and St. Louis respectively ... earned the President[apos]s Award for Educational Excellence and Anne T. Mitchell Academic Award all four years of high school ... majoring in speech pathology.
Cloutier Up Close:
Favorite golf course: Kelly Plantation in Destin, Fla.
Most reliable golf club: My 7-iron never lets me down.
Age when you first played golf: Five.
Favorite part of being on the team: They[apos]re my second family. Whether we[apos]re driving in the van or playing on the course, we always have a good time.
Favorite Golfer: Tiger.