Fort Hays State head women’s golf coach Rich Guffey announced four signings for the 2015-16 season. Joining the women’s golf team next year will be Hannah Perkins, Hannah Karasiuk, Kelsey McCarthy, and Kylie McCarthy.
Perkins, currently a senior at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School in Wichita, Kan., was the Kansas Class 5A State Champion individually in 2014 and helped her team to a second-straight state title. She shot a 5-over par 75 in the state championship, held at the Salina Municipal Golf Course. Perkins was a four-time qualifier for the state tournament and finished fourth individually with an 82 in 2013 to lead her team to a state championship at Tex Consolver Golf Course in Wichita. As a sophomore, she finished 11th individually at state and helped her team to a runner-up finish in Class 5A.
Karasiuk, currently a senior at Andover High School in Andover, Kan., led her team to a fourth-place finish at state in Class 5A for 2014. She finished 10th overall by shooting 84. She gives FHSU a pair of top-10 individual finishers from Class 5A in 2014. Karasiuk moved from Victoria, Texas to Andover prior to her senior year, but she was also a standout player in high school in Texas. A left-hander, Karasiuk is well traveled as she moved from Canada to the United States prior to high school and transitioned from playing hockey in her native country to golf.
Kelsey and Kylie McCarthy are twin sisters from Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kan. Each are four-time state qualifiers in Kansas Class 6A. In 2014, the sisters tied for 10th overall, each shooting 86 at the Topeka Country Club. They led Manhattan to a fifth-place finish as a team. In 2013, Kylie finished ninth at state and Kelsey was 33rd, but in 2012, Kelsey tied for 16th overall and Kylie finished 40th. Both finished in the top 40 at state as freshmen.