University of North Texas Athletics
Women's Golf Hires DeSerrano as New Assistant
7/2/2024 7:07:00 AM | Women's Golf
DENTON - UNT women's golf head coach Michael Akers on Monday announced the hiring of Kaeli DeSerrano as his new assistant coach, replacing Brenda Gonzalez, who stepped aside after two seasons with the Mean Green, which included the program's transition into the American Athletic Conference and two NCAA Regional appearances.
DeSerrano started her collegiate career at South Alabama, where she had six Top-15 finishes in six starts before transferring to UCF, where she won an AAC Championship in 2017 and played in the NCAA Regional before qualifying for the NCAA Regional as an individual in 2018. In 2018, she was named All-AAC and also earned conference Golfer of the Week honors and earned WGCA All-American Scholar status. In her time at UCF, she recorded two top-5 showings, two top-10s and three top-20s while breaking the school record for low round with a 65 at The Gator Invitational.
"I am thrilled to have Kaeli join us as our new assistant golf coach," UNT head coach Michael Akers said. "She has a tremendous playing resume and I really like the fact she was a member of an American Conference Championship team. One of our big goals will be to win conference this year. Kaeli is also from Florida and has played Southern Hills (the site of the AAC Championship) multiple times. Kaeli is well connected in the golf community and that will prove to be beneficial in recruiting and accessing various courses."
In five seasons as a professional on the Women's All Pro Tour, DeSerrano posted 10 top-25 finishes and two top-10 showings, including a win at the 2022 Wichita Falls Open, when she shot a course-record 64 in the final round. Since 2023, she's worked for the ANNIKA WAPT as manager of player services and amateur tournaments.
DeSerrano said she is excited to begin her coaching career with a quick-rising program that will face a lot of the teams she faced in her college career.
"I am super excited to begin this coaching journey," DeSerrano said. "I've always wanted to be a college coach and I love college athletics. I had an amazing head coach and assistant coach when I played at UCF. Watching them and how they coached, it made it look so fun. I've always wanted to help others improve and support them to get better. The program has grown and is doing great. They went to regionals this past season and that is huge for the program. They are also in the American Athletic Conference now and it will be awesome to be coaching in the same conference I played in when at UCF."
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DeSerrano started her collegiate career at South Alabama, where she had six Top-15 finishes in six starts before transferring to UCF, where she won an AAC Championship in 2017 and played in the NCAA Regional before qualifying for the NCAA Regional as an individual in 2018. In 2018, she was named All-AAC and also earned conference Golfer of the Week honors and earned WGCA All-American Scholar status. In her time at UCF, she recorded two top-5 showings, two top-10s and three top-20s while breaking the school record for low round with a 65 at The Gator Invitational.
"I am thrilled to have Kaeli join us as our new assistant golf coach," UNT head coach Michael Akers said. "She has a tremendous playing resume and I really like the fact she was a member of an American Conference Championship team. One of our big goals will be to win conference this year. Kaeli is also from Florida and has played Southern Hills (the site of the AAC Championship) multiple times. Kaeli is well connected in the golf community and that will prove to be beneficial in recruiting and accessing various courses."
In five seasons as a professional on the Women's All Pro Tour, DeSerrano posted 10 top-25 finishes and two top-10 showings, including a win at the 2022 Wichita Falls Open, when she shot a course-record 64 in the final round. Since 2023, she's worked for the ANNIKA WAPT as manager of player services and amateur tournaments.
DeSerrano said she is excited to begin her coaching career with a quick-rising program that will face a lot of the teams she faced in her college career.
"I am super excited to begin this coaching journey," DeSerrano said. "I've always wanted to be a college coach and I love college athletics. I had an amazing head coach and assistant coach when I played at UCF. Watching them and how they coached, it made it look so fun. I've always wanted to help others improve and support them to get better. The program has grown and is doing great. They went to regionals this past season and that is huge for the program. They are also in the American Athletic Conference now and it will be awesome to be coaching in the same conference I played in when at UCF."
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