Jennifer Kangas-Brody - Class of 2020

(L'Anse)

After a three-sport career at L’Anse High School, Kangas played golf at Michigan State University (team captain for two years) and professional golf for seven years (one on the LPGA Tour). She won the Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association tournament in 2003 and the Michigan Women’s Open in 1996. She was on the all-Big Ten team in 1996 after placing fourth in the league tournament. She played in the women’s U.S. Open in 1999 and 2001 and posted four victories on the LPGA Futures Tour (now the Symetra Tour) in 2003, her final pro season. Since 2005 she gives golf lessons and owns a retail golf operation at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club. She won 25 high school events and was second in the other one and was a three-time all-state selection. She was also an All-U.P. basketball selection and played volleyball.