Player Bio: Scott Kral - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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Personal
Born February 27, 1978, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ... sociology major ... father, Mike a is woods foreman ... mother, Terry a municipal clerk/personnel officer in the town of Sidney ... has a sister, Stacy, and twin brothers Mike and Brent ... qualified for the quarterfinal of the PNGA Men's Amateur in 1997 ... Won the 1995 B.C. Provincial Junior Men's Championship 1995 ... Western Canadian Juvenile Low medalist in 1993 ... Western Canadian Juvenile second low medalist in 1994 ... placed fourth individually for Team Canada at the Junior Worlds in 1995 in Japan ... broke Fred Couples' scoring record in the B.C. Junior Provincial with a 205 (70-68-67) ... named Royal Canadian Golf Assoc., British Columbia Junior Player of the year in 1995 ... honored by the AJGA and Compaq for outstanding achievements on the golf course and in the classroom ... coached by Earl Davies, director of golf at Olympic View.
Washington
1999 (Senior): Team captain ... travelled to Japan and helped Washington capture the Topy Cup title ... had a two-round total of 150 (77-73) ... carded two rounds of even par golf (71-71-75) to tie for fifth place with teammate Troy Kelly at the Windon Memorial at Conway Farms in Chicago ... had a Fall season-low 68 and finished 17th at Nelson Invitational at Stanford.
1998-99 (Junior): Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection ... played on Washington's NCAA team that finished fourth at the championships at Hazeltine National ... consistently lowered his score each day at the NCAAs, finishing with a four-day total of 308 (82-77-75-74) ... posted three top-10 finishes throughout the year ... third at the Waikoloa Intercollegiate in Hawaii (70-74-79—223) and the Duck Invite in Eugene (74-75—149) ... fired a season-low 68 in the first round of the Pac-10 Championships ... ended up with a four-round total of 281 (68-71-76-77) to finish 26th.
1997-98 (Sophomore): Battled a torn left ACL suffered in January and still played in all but one of UW's spring tournaments ... struggled at the UTEP Invitational (2/27-28/98) and was forced to withdraw from the Pilot Spring Invitational (3/2-3/3/98) due to an aggravated left ACL ... recovered the next week to notch a sixth place finish, his best of the spring season, at the Duck Invitational (3/9-10/98) with a even-par 216 for the tournament, carded 4-under 68 in the final round of that tournament ... went on to play in all of UW's spring tournaments compiling a stroke average of 75.31 for the season ... ranked as Washngton's top player after playing well in the fall ... was 38th nationally in the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings after the fall season, 10th in district 8 ... finished three fall tournaments with an 18-hole stroke average of 73.88 ... tied for second at the Nike Northwest Invitational (10/6-7/97), firing a 214 (72-75-67) with a career-low 67 in the final round to start the season ... had six rounds under 76 to start the season ... during the summer, finished fifth at the B.C. Amateur adn eighth at the Pacific Coast Amateur.
1996-96 (Freshman): Played well in the spring after not participating in any of Washington's fall tournaments ... finished the season with a with a 74.9 stroke average after 26 rounds ... carded a 73 in his first collegiate round, going on to shoot a 36-hole total of 151 for a 20th place finish at the Duck Invitational (3/10-11/97) ... was second best Washington finisher in 29th place at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate after carding a 223 ... fired even-par 72 in the second round of the Anteater Invitational (3/31-4/1/97) en route to a 14th place finish with a 54-hole 225 ... recorded season-best one-under-par 70 in first round of the U.S. Intercollegiate (4/25-26/97) where he finished in a tie for 30th ... was second best Husky finisher at the Pac-10s, placing in a tie for 23rd overall ... matched season-best with a two-under-par 70 at the NCAA West Regional on the final day , placing in a tie for 58th overall ... became first freshman in UW history to play in the NCAA Championships ... carded a team-best two-round score of 150 at Conway Farms in his first NCAA Championships.
Belmont High school
Four-year letterwinner under coach Tom Hatcher ... took second place in the British Columbia High School Golf Provincial Championships in 1995 ... finished second at the Vancouver Island High School Tournament ... was on the Belmont honor roll for four years.
Kral's Career Statistics
| YEAR | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW |
| 1997 | 26 | 1948 | 74.9 | 70 |
| 1998 | 36 | 2711 | 75.3 | 67 |
| 1999 | 36 | 2656 | 73.8 | 68 |
| Totals | 98 | 7315 | 74.6 | 67 |
Career Best Finish: 2 (Nike Northwest Classic 10/6-7/97)
Career Top-10 Finishes: 5
Career Best 54-hole Score: 213 (Arizona Intercollegiate, Feb. 1-2, 1999)
