Duke Coaching Honors -10-

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1 Duke women s golf head coach Dan Brooks knows what it takes to make it to the pinnacle of a collegiate sport. In 25 years as the coach of the Duke Blue Devils, he has helped guide his squads to fi ve NCAA National Championships, 15 ACC Championships and 108 team victories, which is the most of any women s golf coach in Division I history. In , all the hard work paid off as Duke secured the NCAA Championship, the fi rst title for any Blue Devil women s program in school history and the fourth overall. Duke withstood the high expectations of being ranked No. 1 in the country during the preseason, fought off the pressure of sporting the top ranking for most of the year and fi nished by holding the lead from start to fi nish at the NCAA Championship in Tulsa, Okla. It was one of the greatest seasons for any sport in school history. In , Brooks once again claimed the NCAA Championship in Auburn, Wash., as his Blue Devils fought off adversity in the fall without senior All-America and reigning NCAA Individual Champion Candy Hannemann. The Blue Devils struggled, winning only one of four tournaments, but rebounded in the spring with Hannemann back in the lineup to win all seven tournaments they played. Duke headed to the championship as the hottest team in golf. The Blue Devils hung in the top four during the entire tournament and made up nine strokes in the last three holes of the fi nal round to capture the title by six strokes. In , Brooks headed to his home state of Oregon for the second time as a head coach to lead the Blue Devils at the 2005 NCAA Championship. With approximately 30 family and friends in attendance, Brooks kept the Blue Devils at striking distance the fi rst two days and on the third day Duke came alive on the back nine sinking 15 birdies on its way to shooting 11-under-par over the fi nal nine holes. The back nine led Duke to a six-under-par score and an eight-stroke lead over Auburn, after going into the day with a nine-stroke defi cit to the Tigers. Leading the Duke charge was sophomore Anna Grzebien with a tournament-best round of 65 and Brittany Lang with a three-under-par 68. Grzebien catapulted to the individual lead by four strokes with 18 holes remaining. Grzebien and Duke hung on for a fi ve-stroke team victory and one-stroke individual win in the fi nal round. In 2006, the Blue Devils were once again ranked No. 1 in the preseason and went on to be atop the polls for the entire season, but when it came time for the NCAA Championship the Blue Devils were not considered the favorite by many in the media contingent. After the fi rst two days, Duke was in second place only three shots off the lead, but for the second straight year the third round was moving day for the Blue Devils. Duke went on to shoot a team-best one-under-par, 287, and went on to take a 13-stroke lead going into the fi nal day. The Blue Devils would go on to win the title by an amazing 10 strokes and earned back-to-back championships for the fi rst time in women s golf since 1997 and In 2007, Brooks guided Duke to an amazing fi fth NCAA title and its third straight NCAA crown. The Blue Devils became only the second team to win three straight titles since ASU accomplished it from Duke headed to the championship as the second ranked team in the nation and trailed by eight strokes after day one. The Blue Devils made their run in the second round fi ring a one-under-par total of 287 and led by seven strokes after 36 holes of play. Duke would never trail the rest of the way and won its fi fth NCAA Championship by an astonishing 15 strokes. After winning his third straight National Championship, Brooks was awarded the 2007 NGCA National Coach of the Year, marking the fi fth time he had received -8-

2 national recognition. Developing consistency has been a trademark for the Duke program, just as Brooks, a fi ve-time National Coach of the Year, has his own trademark of being an excellent teacher of the game. Looking to win their sixth title, the Blue Devils return three letterwinners off last year s squad, including two-time All-ACC selection Alison Whitaker, Kim Donovan and Yu Young Lee. Mix in another solid recruiting class with the addition of Rolex Junior All-America selections Lindy Duncan, Courtney Ellenbogen and Stacey Kim, and Brooks has once again put together a team capable of winning the NCAA crown. Coach Brooks realizes that golfers are individuals, each having her own special needs and talents. Through experience Brooks has learned to adapt his teaching and coaching abilities to the individual. These working relationships between coach and player have made Duke as lethal a unit as any in the country. What Brooks and the Blue Devils have accomplished is very impressive: fi ve NCAA Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007; a fi nal ranking of No. 1 seven years in a row ( ); a sixth place fi nish at the 2009 NCAA Championship; a third-place fi nish at the 2008 NCAA Championship and fi nal ranking of No. 3; a third-place fi nish at the 2004 NCAA Championship; a second-place fi nish at the 2001 NCAA Championship; a fi nal ranking of No. 2 in 2000; a No. 1 fi nal ranking in 1999; a fourth-place fi nish at the 1998 NCAA Championship; a fourth-place fi nish in the 1994 NCAA Championship; a No. 1 national ranking during the campaign; a fi fth-place fi nish at the NCAAs in 1988; a seventh-place NCAA spot in 1987; and a fi nal national ranking of No. 16 at the conclusion of the season, Brooks fi rst year at Duke. Over the last 11 years, Duke has established itself as the nation s top women s collegiate golf team with fi ve national titles, 82 event titles, 10 ACC titles, three NCAA individual champions and 47 individual medalist honors. The women s golf team won the fi rst fi ve national titles in women s athletics at Duke University, each coming during the Brooks era. The fi ve NCAA Championships are also the most by any team in school history. Duke has collected 15 ACC Championship titles during Brooks term with the Blue Devils, while 13 individuals have captured medalist honors at the ACC event under Brooks. He has coached 24 All-ACC selections and 12 Academic All-America choices. Brooks has also groomed 19 All-America players, including Virada Nirapathpongporn, Sarah LeBrun, Stephanie Sparks, Kathi Poppmeier, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Beth Bauer, Candy Hannemann, Brittany Lang, Anna Grzebien, Liz Janangelo, Jennie Lee and Amanda Blumenherst. On Oct. 23, 2005, Brooks won his 92nd career tournament, which broke Mark Gale of San Jose State s record of 91 victories to become the all-time wins leader for NCAA Division I. Altogether in Brooks 25 years, Duke has collected an incredible 108 tournament titles. His efforts with the nationally known Duke squad haven t gone unnoticed as Brooks was inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Hall of Fame in In addition to being tabbed ACC Coach of the Year in 1993, , 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007, Brooks has also picked up Region Coach of the Year accolades seven times and was the NGCA National Coach of the Year in 1999, 2001, 2005 and The 51-year-old Brooks received his B.S. degree in history from Oregon State in He was among OSU s top golfers during his collegiate career. In addition to his responsibilities with the women s golf program, he teaches his many students at the Duke Golf Club as a PGA Teaching Professional. He also directs a summer youth instructional program called the Duke Academy of Golf. -9-

3 AJGA All-America Recruits Under Dan Brooks NAME...YEARS Christine Casingal Lisa Brandetsas Kim Cayce Tonya Blosser Stephanie Sparks , 96 Jamie Koizumi Alicia Allison Jenny Chuasiriporn Anne Cardea Amie Lehman Beth Bauer Candy Hannemann Maria Garcia-Estrada Leigh Anne Hardin Virada Nirapathpongporn Liz Janangelo Anna Grzebien Brittany Lang Jennifer Pandolfi Amanda Blumenherst Jennie Lee Kim Donovan Mina Harigae Lindy Duncan Courtney Ellenbogen Stacey Kim Duke Coaching Honors National Coach of the Year Dan Brooks (NGCA) Dan Brooks (NGCA) Dan Brooks (Golfweek) Dan Brooks (NGCA) Dan Brooks (NGCA & Golfweek) District Coach of the Year Ron Schmid Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks ACC Coach of the Year Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Dan Brooks Duke Coaching History Jane Lloyd Ron Schmid Dan Brooks present -10-

4 Jan Dowling enters her second year as an assistant coach on the Duke women s golf staff, after spending two years as an assistant coach for Kent State. A 2002 graduate of Kent State, Dowling returned to her alma mater in 2006 as an assistant coach. Dowling led Kent State to back-to-back Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships in 2007 and 2008, while guiding Kira Meixner and Kirby Dreher to the 2007 and 2008 MAC Individual medalist honors, respectively. The Golden Flashes concluded the campaign 15th nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Dowling competed in the professional golf ranks from on the LPGA Tour, Futures Golf Tour and BMO Canadian Women s Tour prior to returning to Kent State. She registered fi ve top 10 fi nishes on the Canadian Women s Tour and another top 10 on the Futures Tour, while also qualifying for the LPGA Tour Canadian Open in While a student-athlete at Kent State, Dowling earned four varsity letters for the Golden Flashes, helping lead the team to four straight MAC championships and three NCAA Regional appearances. She was a four-time fi rst team All-MAC selection and was named the MAC Player of the Year in 2000 when she earned her second of two straight medalist honors at the MAC Championship. That same year she was selected to the Golfweek/Sagarin Midwest District Team. In her career, Dowling recorded fi ve career victories second most in school history and had a school-record 25 top-10 fi nishes. In 1999, Dowling was named the MAC Freshman of the Year after helping to lead the fl edgling program to a MAC title in its fi rst year of existence. Three times Dowling was named to the Academic All-MAC Team, the NGCA Division I All-Scholar Athlete Team and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV At-Large Team. She was also chosen as the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week in 2001 and was a two-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll. Additionally, in 2002 she was voted Woman of the Year at Kent State and also received the Janet Bachna Award as the KSU Female Athlete of the Year that same season. In the fall of 2007, it was Brooks Coaching Tree All fi ve former Blue Devil men s and women s golf assistant coaches have gone on to be head coaches over the last 10 years thanks to the direction of Dan Brooks and former Duke men s golf coach Rod Myers. Kalen Anderson was the fi rst full-time assistant women s golf coach Brooks had over his fi rst 25 years with the Blue Devils. Allen Terrell, Director of Golf/Head Men s Golf Coach Coastal Carolina, 2000-present Jason Widener, Head Men s Golf Coach UNC Wilmington, Jim Kubinski, Head Men s Golf Coach Notre Dame, 2005-present Brad Sparling, Associate Head Men s Golf Coach Ohio State, 2007-present Kalen Anderson, Head Women s Golf Coach South Carolina, 2008-present announced that Dowling would be part of the ninemember Varsity K Athletics Hall of Fame class that was inducted on Feb. 9, 2008 as part of the 30th annual ceremonies. She was the fi rst KSU women s golfer to be so honored. At the amateur level, Dowling was the Canadian Ladies Amateur Champion and Female Amateur Golfer of the Year in She competed for the Canadian Team at the World Amateur Golf Championships in 2002 and was a member of the Ontario Amateur Team in In addition to her competitive career, Dowling has conducted numerous pro-am events and golf instruction clinics throughout the United States and Canada. Since 2003 she has been a student under PGA Professional and Top 100 Teacher Dan Strimple. She is a PGA of America Apprentice, since June of 2007, working towards her Class A membership In October, 2005, Dowling participated in the hit reality golf series Big Break III: Ladies Only, on the Golf Channel. The Bradford, Ontario native earned her bachelor s degree in Leisure Studies from Kent State in

5 : Played in all 12 tournaments, including her fi rst NCAA Championship... totaled a stroke average in 35 rounds... tied for 38th at the Stanford Intercollegiate for her best fi nish of the season... kicked off the Stanford Intercollegiate with a collegiate-best round of : Played in three tournaments as an individual -- Arizona Wildcat Invitational, UCF Challenge and Liz Murphey Collegiate... posted an stroke average in nine rounds... registered her best 18-hole total of 75 in the fi rst round of the Wildcat Invite... collected back-to-back rounds of 76 in the UCF Challenge to close out the tournament Summer Action: Advanced to sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women s Open and advanced to the fi rst round of match play at the WAPL : Saw action in one tournament for the Blue Devils as a freshman... traveled to Stanford, Calif., for the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate and placed tied for 73rd with rounds of =244. Prep: Played in seven AJGA events in 2005, while posting fi ve top-10 and two top-fi ve placements had the best fi nish of her career, third, in the AJGA Richmond Junior with rounds of =217 was fourth at the Las Vegas Founders Junior Golf Championship ( =226) at the Hudson Junior, turned in a sixth place fi nish and was ninth at the Future Legends and CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner-Junior played for Dr. Phillips High School and posted a 36.0 stroke average over nine holes as a senior won six of 10 matches in her fi nal year collected Student-Athlete of the Week by the Orlando Sentinel after shooting 35 and 36 in one week, while winning both events placed fourth in the District Championship and fi fth in Regional Championship as a senior earned fi rst team All-Metro Conference as a junior and senior. Personal: Born December 31, 1987 in Seoul, South Korea daughter of Chung Koo and Jung Hee Lee has one sister, Jae Young (21) started playing golf at age member of Who s Who Among High School Students, Student Council, Science Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Principal s Honor Society and South Africa Mission Trip... majoring in international comparative studies. Lee By The Numbers Duramed Fall Prev. ( =247, 65, +31) Mason Rudolph ( =230, T60, +14) Stanford Int. ( =220, T38, +7)** NGCA Match Play (77-79=156, 65, +12) Central District ( =236, T49, +20) Wildcat Invite ( =235, T59, +19) UCF Challenge ( =228, T68, +12) Longhorn Invite ( =239, T66, +23) Lady Gator Inv. ( =236, T36, +26) ACC Championship (W-84-75=159, 42, ---) East Reg. ( =224, T59, +19) NCAA Ch. ( =324, T111, +36) Arizona Wildcat ( =242, T58, +24) ** UCF Challenge ( =237, 89, +21) ** Liz Murphey ( =248, T85, +32) ** Stanford ( =244, T73, +31) ** Played as an individual Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd Finish T T T73 Totals T38-12-

6 Career: Two-time All-ACC... owns four top fi ve and 11 top 20 fi nishes in three years... in 2009, added to the Golf Australia National Squad... won the 2007 and 2008 Victoria Golf Club Championship in Australia : Competed in all 12 tournaments, while totaling a stroke average... turned in one top fi ve and three top 20 fi nishes : Honorable Mention Golfweek All-America... played in all 11 tournaments... notched her fi rst career victory at the UCF Challenge with rounds of = Whitaker By The Numbers Fall Preview ( =235, T52, +19) Mason Rudolph ( =228, T53, +12) Stanford ( =222, T53, +9) NGCA Match Play (68-77=145, T16, +1) Central District (86-WD-WD=--, --, --) Wildcat Invitational (79-79-WD=--, --, --) UCF Challenge (A-77-81=--, --, --) Longhorn Invite ( =224, T21, +8) Lady Gator Inv. ( =226, T4, +16) ACC Championship ( =228, 20, +15) East Reg. ( =222, T46, +12) NCAA Ch. ( =304, T39, +16) Mason Rudolph ( =227, T54, +11) NCAA Fall Preview ( =220, 20, +1) Tar Heel ( =224, T31, +8) Stanford ( =215, T5, +2) Arizona Wildcat ( =227, T24, +14) UCF Challenge ( =208, 1, -8) Liz Murphey ( =239, T60, +23) Bryan National ( =230, T21, +14) ACC Championship ( =219, T6, +3) East Reg. ( =229, T43, +13) NCAA Ch. ( =307, T68, +19) Mason Rudolph ( =223, T33, +7) Daytona Beach ( =227, T40, +11) Tar Heel ( =233, -, +17) Stanford ( =215, 12, +2) Arizona ( =227, T32, +14) UCF ( =220, T5, +4) LSU ( =224, T21, +8) Bryan National ( =234, T47, +18) ACC Ch. ( =228, T11, +12) East Reg. ( =215, T18, -1) NCAA Ch. ( =305, T46, +17) Professional Events 2008 Ginn Tribute (73-75=148, MC) 2008 Australian Open ( =303, T55) 2007 Australian Open ( =302, T48) Medalist in Bold her round of 65 was a career best... posted a stroke average to go along with two top fi ve, three top 10 and four top 20 fi nishes... All-ACC... Golfweek and Golf World Player of the Week during the week of March fi nished the year ranked 42nd nationally : Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America... All-ACC... ACC Freshman of the Year... posted a stroke average, which was the ninth best freshman stroke average in school history... collected six rounds of even or under par... totaled one top-fi ve and four top 20 fi nishes... closed the season ranked 46th nationally... had her best fi nish of the season at the UCF Challenge as she tied for fi fth with rounds of = All-ACC Academic Team Summer Action: Won the Colorado Women s Golf Association Match Play Championship... advanced to the round of 16 at the Western Amateur... fi nished tied for third at the HealthONE Colorado Women s Open... advanced to the quarterfi nals of the U.S. Women s Amateur match play. Prep: Member of the Victorian Institute of Sport since 2003 since 2000, was the No. 1 golfer on the Victoria Golf Club pennant team played on the Victorian Senior State team since 2003 and was a two-time captain winner of the 2006 Presidents Cup and Point Nepean Championship runner-up at the Riversdale Cup and New Zealand Under-21 stroke play in 2006 member of the Australian squad advanced to the semifi nals at the U.S. Women s Amateur, before falling to runner-up Maria Martinez, 4&3 in 2005, fi nished third at the QLD Stroke Play Championships and was a semifi nalist at the Victorian Amateur in 2004, winner of the Victorian Senior Match Play Championship and winner of the Victorian Coronation Anointing Spoon was runner-up at the NSW Amateur and leading qualifi er at the VIC Amateur in 2004 member of 2004 state team for the Gladys Hay interstate series selected to the Victorian Junior State team in 2003 in 2002, posted three victories at the Port Phillip Amateur Championship, South Australian Schoolgirls Championship and the Audrey McClaren Trophy (South Australian Tournament) runner-up at the 2002 Australian Schoolgirls Championship member of the 2002 Australian Schoolgirls Team of the Year the 2000 Under-16 Victorian Junior Champion and 1999 Under-14 Victorian Junior Champion. Personal: Born November 23, 1985 in Melbourne, Australia daughter of George and Kerry Whitaker has one sister, Lauren (25) her father, George, played on the Under-23 Australian Soccer Team was on an academic scholarship at St. Leonard s College began playing golf at age majoring in psychology along with a minor in theatre studies. Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd Finish T st T5 Totals st -13-

7 : Competed in 11 tournaments and 33 rounds... totaled a stroke average... had her best round of the year, 71, at the Wildcat Invitational... registered her fi rst career hole in one at the Wildcat Invitational as she hit an 8-iron from 130 yards out : Saw action in all 11 tournaments... posted a stroke average in 34 rounds of golf... provided a key two-under-par, 70, in the fi rst round of the NCAA East Regional... fi red a one-under-par, 71, in the fi nal round of the NCAA Championship, which led Duke to a seven-under-par team ledger... had her best fi nish of the season, which was tied for 24th, at the Liz Murphey with rounds of = was tied for 28th at the ACC Championship ( =233)... notched fi ve rounds of even or under par... fi nished the season ranked 131st in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index Summer Action: Advanced to sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women s Open. Prep: A 2005 fi rst team Rolex Junior All-America... owns two career American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles since 2005, while registering 11 top 20 fi nishes U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team Canon Cup East Team member... ranked 28th in the Golfweek/ Titleist Performance Index for junior golfers and 46th in the Polo Golf Junior rankings... in February of 2007, fi nished second at the Verizon Junior Heritage with rounds of 70, in 2005, had the best year of her career on the AJGA tour as she collected a victory at the AJGA Mizuno Junior at Chateau Elan and won the 22nd Annual Scott Robertson Memorial... posted four top 10 fi nishes... last AJGA victory came at the 2006 AJGA Lessings s Junior Classic where she notched rounds of for a 208 score... won the Massachusetts State Girls Champions in 2006 with rounds of 68, qualifi ed for the 2005 Women s Amateur and advanced to the second round of match play... was ranked as high as sixth on the Junior Golf Scoreboard during the year... posted her lowest competitive round of 65 at the AJGA Lessings in attended Hopkinton High School and played for Head Coach Dick Bliss on the boys team... three-time team MVP of Hopkinton squad... led Hopkinton to back-to-back Division II State Championships as well being named two-time MVP of the Tri-Valley League... three-time Metrowest All-Star as a sophomore, junior and senior... Tri-Valley League MVP as a sophomore and junior... as a junior at the POLO Golf Classic, registered a 68 in the fi rst round to place third during the qualifying stroke play... Rookie of the Year for Hopkinton H.S. in won the New England High School Girls Championship as a freshman... medalist at the U.S. Junior Girls Local Qualifi er as a freshman... Boston Herald All-Scholastic Golf Team as a sophomore, junior and senior... Boston Globe All-Scholastic Golf Team as a freshman. Personal: Born July 14, 1989 in Stoughton, Mass. daughter of Stephen and Susan Donovan her grandfather, Robert Robinson, played basketball and football at Iowa... her uncle, Dan Donovan, played collegiate golf at SMU... received the academic achievement award in high school as she posted a 4.32 grade point average... began playing golf at age nine... majoring in psychology. Donovan By The Numbers Mason Rudolph ( =230, T60, +14) Stanford ( =224, T60, +11) NGCA Match Play (83-75=158, T70, +14) Central District ( =228, T22, +12) Wildcat Invitational ( =227, T30, +11) UCF Challenge ( =228, T68, +12) Longhorn Invite ( =231, T39, +15) Lady Gator Inv. ( =242, T57, +32) ACC Championship ( =246, 34, +33) East Reg. ( =224, T38, +14) NCAA Ch. ( =310, T66, +22) Mason Rudolph ( =223, T36, +7) NCAA Fall Preview ( =226, T45, +7) Tar Heel ( =237, T76, +21) Stanford ( =226, T33, +13) Arizona Wildcat ( =237, T58, +24) UCF Challenge ( =222, T41, +6) Liz Murphey ( =232, T24, +16) Bryan National ( =235, T45, +19) ACC Ch. ( =233, T28, +17) East Reg. ( =228, T36, +12) NCAA Ch. ( =301, T41, +13) Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd Finish T T28 Totals T22-14-

8 Prep: Qualifi ed for the 2009 U.S. Women s Open... earned 2008 AJGA Second Team Rolex Junior All-America and 2008 Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year. a 2007 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All- America and 2006 Second Team Rolex Junior All-America selection posted seven top-fi ve fi nishes in AJGA events, winning the 2006 First American Title Junior Classic with rounds of =215 played in four U.S. Girls Junior Championships... tied for sixth in stroke play qualifying at the 2008 U.S. Women s Amateur played in the 2008 LPGA Ginn Open and missed the cut with rounds of 79, 74 went on to advance to the second round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Amateur advanced tot he quarterfi nals of the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior... turned in a second place fi nish at the AJGA Mizuno Junior at Innisbrook to go along with two other top 20 fi nishes member of the East Team at the 2008 and 2007 Canon Cup in 2008, she led American Heritage to the 1A state championship, their third title in the last four years was the individual girls state champion fi nishing with a fi ve-under-par 67 at the Club at Eaglebrooke and was nine-under-par, 135, for the tournament qualifi ed for the 2007 U.S. Women s Amateur and advanced to the fi rst round of match play turned in three top 10 fi nishes during the 2007 AJGA season, including a tied for third place fi nish at the Orange Bowl International Golf Championship tied for ninth in stroke play qualifying at the 2006 U.S. Women s Amateur before falling in the semifi nals to eventual champion Kimberly Kim in fi ve AJGA Tournaments in 2006, posted four top nine fi nishes fi nished third, ninth and 33rd in three AJGA Tournaments in 2005 in 2005, named Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald High School Player of the Year placed sixth in the 2004 Nike Golf Junior at Lee County has registered two holes-in-one in her career at her home course of Fort Lauderdale Country Club had one from 135 yards out with a 9-iron and one from 170-yards with a 6-iron. Personal: Born January 16, 1991 in Plantation, Fla. daughter of David Duncan and Deborah Beckett has one sister, McKenzie (14) began playing golf at age nine. Up Close With Lindy Duncan... My Biggest thrill in sports was... Winning a playoff for a Ginn Open sponsors exemption and a semifi nal appearance in the 2006 U.S. Women s Amateur. My goal upon graduating from college is... Playing on the LPGA Tour. My favorite athletes are... Lorena Ochoa and Tiger Woods. My hobbies are... Golf, practicing my putting and sleeping. If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be... My dog, my other dog and the Florida weather. The most famous people I have met are... Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam. My dream job would be... An American Idol judge. If you turned my ipod on right now, Lil Wayne Make a Toast would be playing. -15-

9 Prep: A 2007 fi rst team Rolex Junior All-America and 2008 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-America two-time Women s U.S. Open qualifi er and three-time Women s U.S. Women s Amateur qualifi er (2007, 2006, 2005) owns three career American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles by winning the 2007 TomatoBank Northern California Classic, 2007 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2007 Mizuno Junior at Chateau Elan in 2007 since 2004, has recorded 23 top 10 fi nishes in AJGA events played in nine AJGA events in 2008, posting a best fi nish of third at the Horseshoe Bend Junior Classic with rounds of 75-71=146 participated in the 2008 U.S. Women s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 79, 79 notched fi ve top 10 fi nishes in 11 events played in the 2008 Canon Cup on the East Team tallied six top fi ve fi nishes and 10 top 20 fi nishes in 2007 notched back-to-back wins at the Rolex Tournament of Champions and the Tomato Bank Northern California Classic her lowest competitive score is 65, which she shot at the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial member of 2007 Junior Solheim Cup Team played in the 2007 U.S. Women s Amateur before falling in the fi rst round of match play qualifi ed for the 2007 U.S. Women s Open at Pine Needles and missed the cut with rounds of 74, 75 in 2006, posted fi ve top 10 fi nishes in 11 tournaments had her best fi nish in 2006 at the Bridgestone Golf Junior Classic and the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior totaled a second place (Nike Golf Junior at Jacksonville), third place (AJGA Andover Open) and third place (Lessing s AJGA Classic) to open the 2005 AJGA campaign in three AJGA Tournaments in 2004, placed eighth at the Nike Golf Junior at Jacksonville, fi fth at the Nike Golf Junior at Lee County and second at the Nike Golf Junior at Louisville lettered all four years on the boys golf team at Blacksburg High School led her team to two state championships as a sophomore and junior in the state championship, placed second as a sophomore, third as a junior, fourth as a senior and seventh as a freshman, individually she has had two holes-in-one -- one when she was 11 in a local tournament from 121 yards with a 7-iron and one at the sectional qualifying for the 2006 U.S. Women s Open from 180 yards with a 7-wood. Personal: Born December 28, 1990 in Blacksburg, Va. daughter of Bill and Janet Ellenbogen has one brother, Matt (19) her father, Bill, played college football at Virginia Tech and graduated in 1973 her father went on to play in the NFL from 1973 to 1980 with the New York Giants her grandmother, Wilma, graduated from Duke in 1941 plays the classical piano. Up Close With Courtney Ellenbogen... My Biggest thrill in sports has been... Winning the Rolex Tournament of Champions in 2007 and playing in several LPGA events. My goal upon graduating from college is... To play on the LPGA Tour or do something in the business world. My favorite athletes are... Dustin Pedroia because he plays like a big guy even though he is small. My hobbies are... exercising, running, hiking, skiing, reading and playing the piano. If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be... My piano, the mountain view outside my room and my dog Kodi. My dream job would be... Anything that let s me travel, make money and have enough infl uence/money to do something good in the world. My craziest ambition is to... Base jump in the Grand Canyon. -16-

10 Prep: A 2008 second team Rolex Junior All-America and 2007 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-America over her career on the AJGA, owns one victory and 21 top 20 fi nishes since totaled two tied for ninth fi nishes at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship the last two years advanced to the quarterfi nals at the 2008 U.S. Women s Amateur Public Links in 2008, notched fi ve top 16 fi nishes in eight tournaments notched a second place fi nish at the 2008 Horseshoe Bend Junior Classic with rounds of 73-71=144 played in the 2008 Canon Cup on the East squad posted seven top 20 fi nishes in 2007 out of 10 tournaments notched a second place fi nish at the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic with rounds of =208 played in eight AJGA tournaments in 2006 with her best fi nish coming at the Thunderbird International Junior with rounds of =226 qualifi ed for the U.S. Women s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 83, 78 advanced to the second round of match play at the 2006 U.S. Women s Amateur before falling to future teammate Lindy Duncan in 2006, named All-District and All-State while leading her Columbus H.S. squad to the state championship, including a round of 68 to earn state medalist honors her freshman H.S. team was also 2006 District Champions won the 2005 Dunlop Carolina Junior Championship with rounds of =213 in three straight AJGA Tournaments in 2005, fi nished fi rst, fourth and third at the Dunlop Carolina Junior Championship, Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior, respectively since 2004, has competed in 36 AJGA Tournaments, recording 20 top 20 fi nishes has notched two holes-in-one at Maple Ridge Golf Club in 2004 from 145 yards with a 7-iron and at the Horseshoe Bend Country Club in 2008 from 134 yards with an 8-iron. Personal: Born October 10, 1990 in Columbus, Ga. daughter of Kap and Kyong Kim has two sisters, Grace (23) and Patricia (21) began playing golf at age six. Up Close With Stacey Kim... My Biggest thrill in sports was... When I qualifi ed for the Women s Open and played against the best. My goal upon graduating from college is... To compete on the LPGA Tour. My favorite athlete is... Muhammad Ali. My hobbies are... Running, playing all different sports and reading. If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be... My bed, my recliner chair and my fi shing pole. My dream job would be... Traveling and playing around the world. My craziest ambition is to... Climb Mount Everest. Besides playing golf, my talent is... Making rhymes. The most famous people I have met are... Sara Bareilles and Paolo Nutini. -17-