Kailin Downs Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 4th Year Alma Mater: New Mexico, 2005

Kailin Downs enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Oregon State women's golf team.

Downs arrived at Oregon State in April 2008 after spending two years competing on the LPGA's developmental tour and the Cactus Tour after a very successful college career at the University of New Mexico where she was a two-time All-American, two-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and a four-time All-Mountain West Conference selection.

She also excelled in the classroom and received the Edith Cumming Munson Award given annually to the All-American with the highest GPA. She earned NGCA All-American Scholar honors three times, was named to the All-Mountain West Conference All-Academic team four times and was twice named the Female Athlete of the Year. She graduated from New Mexico in 2005 with a degree in Business-General Management.

Downs won the Women's Western Junior Amateur in 2001, the Oregon Women's Amateur, Oregon Women's Stroke Play and Pacific Northwest Women's Amateur in 2002 and the Women's Trans Amateur in 2003. She also advanced to the round of 16 at the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2005 U.S. Women's Public Links.

She won 24 tournaments at Mountain View High School in Bend, Ore., and was named to the All-State First Team two times.