GOLF TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS. This Week. Lady Vol Lineup

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1 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS GOLF Tennessee Lady Vol Media Relations -- Associate A.D. for Media Relations: Debby Jennings Assistant Directors: Eric Trainer and Brian Davis Graduate Assistants: Mark Brunner, Thomas LaRocca, Matt MacDonald and Rob Turner 117 Stokely Athletics Center, Knoxville, Tenn (865) Fax (865) Quick Facts UNIVERSITY Location... Knoxville, Tennessee Enrollment... 25,058 Founded as Blount College Nickname... Lady Volunteers (Lady Vols) Colors... Orange and White Conference... Southeastern (SEC) President... Dr. John Petersen (Cal State L.A.) Athletics Director... Joan Cronan (Louisiana State) MEDIA RLEATIONS Media Relations Golf Contact... Mark Brunner Media Relations Phone Golf Contact Direct Phone Media Relations Fax Brunner s Cell Phone Brunner s ... mbrunner@utk.edu Web Address... LADY VOL GOLF Head Coach... Judi Pavon (Alabama 89/5th) Assistant Coach... Carrie Cole (Tennessee 03/1st) Volunteer Coach... Ann Furrow (Tennessee /13th) Overall Record SEC Record SEC Championships Finish... 4th of NCAA Championship Finish... 11th of 24 RANKINGS Golfweek Golfworld Preseason 15th 12th Currently 12th 12th Lady Vol Lineup Team Violeta Retamoza Holly Cantwell Jessica Shepley Marci Turner Golda Johansson CL Jr So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Lady Vols Head To Landfall Tradition The No. 12-ranked Lady Volunteers are headed to Wilmington, N.C. to compete in the Landfall Tradition from Oct The tournament will be played at the Jack Nicklaus Course. It is a par-72 course with a length of 6,034 yards. UT will battle 11 other squads at the event, six of which are ranked. Scouting the Field UT enters the tournament with a combined alltime record of (.643 winning percentage) against the field. The Lady Vols hold winning records against nine of the 11 opponents in the field, including unblemished marks against North Carolina Wilmington and Penn State. Scouting the Field Part Two Of the 12 teams in the event, seven are ranked in Golfweek s top-25, including the defending Landfall Tradition Champion New Mexico (No. 14.) Individually, 11 of the participants in this year s field taking aim at the medalist honors enter the event with a top-50 Golfweek ranking. Last Time Out At the Mercedes-Benz Women s Collegiate Championships, UT finished in a tie for secondplace with a three-day total of 881, including a program-tying round of 282 on the final day. Individually, Violeta Retamoza won the event with a three-day total of 211. Pavon Moves Closer; Tops 500 Win Mark With the second-place tying finish at the Mercedes-Benz, Lady Vol Head Coach Judi Pavon increased her career head-to-head win total to 506 victories. That number trails only former Lady Vol Coach Lori Brock, who concluded her career with 533 wins. Over the past four years 117 Stokely Athletics Center Knoxville, TN PHONE: (865) FAX: (865) This Week LANDFALL TRADITION *all times local Friday, Oct. 29 8:44 a.m. Round One Begins Saturday, Oct. 30 8:44 a.m. Round Two Begins Sunday, Oct. 31 8:23 a.m. Final Round Begins COURSE INFORMATION Wilmington, N.C. Jack Nicklaus Course 6,034 Yards Par FIELD Furman New Mexico Ohio State Oklahoma State Penn State Purdue South Florida Tennessee Tulane Tulsa UNC Wilmington Vanderbilt

2 Tennessee Lady Vol Golf as head coach, Pavon has compiled victory totals of 97, 116, 101 and 115. Violeta Is Victorious Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) won the medalist honors at the Mercedes-Benz, shooting a three-day tournament-record total of 211 to bring home the award. The victory is the third of her career and marked the first time that a Lady Vol had ever won the event. Holly Bout That Holly Cantwell (Morristown, Tenn.) earned her first-career top-10 finish with a career-low score of 220 at the Mercedes-Benz. The Tennessee native finished in a tie for eighth place, shooting an opening-round score of 69 to propel her. What A Round Entering the final day of the Mercedes-Benz Women s Collegiate Championships, the Lady Vols sat in a tie for fourth place, ten strokes back of second-place Tulane. So what did the Big Orange do? They responded with a program-tying low round of 282 on the final day to make up the 10 shots and conclude the tournament in a tie for second place. Record Against the Field Record vs Mercedes-Benz Participants School Overall Furman New Mexico UNC Wilmington Ohio State Oklahoma State Penn State Pepperdine Purdue South Florida Tulane Tulsa Vanderbilt TOTAL: (.643) No Freshman Jitters Marci Turner (Tompkinsville, Ky.) continues to show no signs of nervousness in her first year as a Lady Volunteer. At the Mercedes-Bezn Turner finished in in a tie for 10th place with a career-low score of 222. For the year, she has a scoring average of 74.67, which ranks as the third-best on the squad, behind Retamoza and Golda Johansson (Lund, Sweden). Taking Aim At History Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) and Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) are taking aim at the all-time career averages in the Big Orange s golf history. Retamoza enters this weekend s tournament with a career scoring average of which is the lowest-career average in UT history. The captain Shepley, meanwhile, has a career scoring average of which gives her the third-best average in the Lady Vol annals Tennessee Lady Vols Name Class Ht Hometown Last School Teesha Ash Senior 5-3 Chattanooga, Tenn. Mississippi Sarah Bonner-Shanks Senior 5-9 Kingsport, Tenn. North Carolina State Holly Cantwell Sophomore 5-3 Morristown, Tenn. West H.S. Jennifer Davis Freshman 5-7 Seymour, Tenn. Seymour H.S. Golda Johansson Junior 5-6 Lund, Sweden Klippans Gymnasieskola Christie Reed Freshman 5-5 Coral Spring, Fla Westminster Academy Violeta Retamoza Junior 5-6 Aguascalientes, Mexico Hamilton (Ariz.) H.S. Jessica Shepley Senior 5-9 Oakville, Ontario Iroquois Ridge Marci Turner Freshman 5-8 Tompkinsville, Ky. Monroe County H.S. Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Volunteer Coach: Manager: Judi Pavon (Alabama 89, 5th season) Caroline Cole (Tennessee 03, 1st season) Ann Furrow (Tennessee, 13th season) Luke Coffey

3 1. Duke 2. UCLA 3. Washington 4. Arizona State 5. Oklahoma State 6. Ohio State 7. Georgia 8. Auburn 9. Pepperdine 10.Missouri 11. Tulane 12.Tennessee 13.Louisiana State 1. UCLA 2. Duke 3. Georgia 4. Auburn 5. Oklahoma State 6. Southern California 7. New Mexico 8. Ohio State 9. Washington 10.Texas 11. Wake Forest 12.Tennessee 13. Arizona State Golfweek 14.New Mexico 15.Furman 16.Texas 17.Arkansas 18.Stanford 19.Wake Forest 20.Michigan 21.Tulsa 22.Florida 23.Oklahoma 24.SMU 25.Southern California Golf World 14. Vanderbilt 15. California 16. Arizona 17.UNLV 18. Pepperdine 19. Stanford 20. Florida 21. Texas A&M 22. Furman 23. LSU 24. Michigan State 25. Missouri Season Fast Facts Low Team Total: Low Team Round Cougar Classic (1st) Cougar Classic Low Individual Total: Violeta Retamoza - Mercedes-Benz Low Individual Round: 68 - Violeta Retamoza(2nd) Mercedes-Benz Recordbook at a Glance Team Records Low Rounds: 282- (2) 2002 SEC Champ (3) 2004 Mercedes. Low Scores After 36: SEC Champ. Low Scores After 54: SEC Champ. Low Scores Round 1: 289- (Thee times), most recently 2004 Cougar Classic Low Scores Round 2: SEC Champ. Low Scores Round 3: Auburn Derby Mercedes-Benz Low Scores Round 4: 292- (Two times), most recently 2004 NCAA. Indvidual Records Low Round: 65- Young-A Yang (2) 2001 Bryan National Low Scores After 36: 137-Young-A Yang 2000 Golf World Invite Low Scores After 54: 209-Katharina Larsson Low Scores After 72: 1994 SEC Champs. 286-Jessica Shepley 2004 NCAA Champs. Low Scores Round 1: 68-Young-A Yang 2001 NCAA Champ. Low Scores Round 2: 65-Young-A Yang 2001 Bryan National Low Scores Round 3: 67-Violeta Retamoza 2002 Auburn Derby Low Scores Round 4: 67-Abby Pearson 1993 NCAA Champ Tennessee Lady Vol Golf What A Start Not only did the Lady Vols earn a second-place finish at the Cougar Classic, they did so in record-setting fashion. The team total of 289 matched the program record for lowest-score ever and also established the best-ever score in UT history in the initial event of the season. Nine Never Felt Better The Lady Vol golf team enters the year with nine on the roster, making it the largest squad in UT history. It is a talented group with anyone capable of cracking the starting five. Joining Retamoza and Shepley on the roster are seniors Ash and Sarah Bonner-Shanks (Kingsport, Tenn.), junior Johansson (Lund, Sweden), sophomore Holly Cantwell (Morristown, Tenn.) and freshmen Jennifer Davis (Seymour, Tenn.), Christie Reed (Coral Spring, Fla.) and Turner (Tompkinsville, Ky.). What a Bunch of Lady Volunteers Not only is this year s squad the largest in school history, but it also marks the most players who hail from the great state of Tennessee: Ash, Bonner- Shanks, Cantwell and Davis. Quoting Coach Pavon I feel we are sending a very strong team to compete this week at UNC Wilmington. We will be facing some good competition and will hope to get some wins against some very good teams. All five players in the lineup are coming off a good Mercedes-Benz Championships and two good weeks of practice Tennessee Lady Vol Schedule Date Tournament Finish/Site Sept , 2004 Cougar Classic 2nd/16th Sept , 2004 NCAA Fall Preview 11th/21st Oct. 8-10, 2004 Mercedes-Benz t2nd/17 Oct , 2004 The Landfall Tradition Wilmington, N.C. Nov , 2004 Hooters Match Play Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Feb , 2005 Arizona Wildcat Tucson, Ariz. March 14-16, 2005 UNLV Invitational Henderson, Nev. March 25-27, 2005 Liz Murphey Collegiate Athens, Ga. April 1-3, 2005 Bryan National Collegiate Greensboro, N.C. April 15-17, 2005 SEC Championships Tunica, Miss. May 5-7, 2005 NCAA Regionals Florida, New Mexico State or Texas Tech May 17-20, 2005 NCAA Championships Sunriver, Ore.

4 Lady Vol Individual Statistics Name Tourn. Rds. Stks. Avg. Best 18 Best 36 Best 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish Teesha Ash t-35th: Mercedes Sarah Bonner-Shanks t-55: Mercedes Holly Cantwell t-8th: Mercedes Jennifer Davis th: Mercedes Golda Johansson t-11th: Cougar Christie Reed t-84th: Mercedes Violeta Retamoza st: Mercedes Jessica Shepley t-9th: Cougar Marci Turner t-10th: Mercedes TEAM , t2nd:cougar/m.b Inside the Numbers Lady Vol Individual Results Teesha Ash Mercedes-Benz t35th =228 Low Round 70 (Mercedes-Benz, 3) Low Total 228 (Mercedes-Benz) Sarah Bonner-Shanks Mercedes-Benz t55th =234 Low Round 75 (Mercedes-Benz, 1) Low Total 234 (Mercedes-Benz) Holly Cantwell Cougar Classic t39th =229 Mercedes-Benz t8th =220 Low Round 69 (Mercedes-Benz, 1) Low Total 220 (Mercedes-Benz) Jennifer Davis Mercedes-Benz 95th =254 Low Round 83 (Mercedes-Benz, 2) Low Total 254 (Mercedes-Benz) Golda Johansson Cougar Classic t11th =219 Fall Preview t28th =220 Mercedes-Benz t43rd =231 Low Round 71 (Cougar Classic, 2) Low Total 219 (Cougar Classic) Christie Reed Fall Preview t101st =245 Mercedes-Benz t84th =244 Low Round 78 (Fall Preview, 1/M.B, 2) Low Total 244 (Mercedes-Benz) Violeta Retamoza Cougar Classic 2nd =213 Fall Preview t14th =217 Mercedes-Benz 1st =211 Low Round 68 (Mercedes-Benz, 2) Low Total 211 (Mercedes-Benz) Marci Turner Cougar Classic t =227 Fall Preview t40th =223 Mercedes-Benz t10th =222 Low Round 71 (Mercedes-Benz, 3) Low Total 222 (Mercedes-Benz) Jessica Shepley Cougar Classic t9th =218 Fall Preview t85th =233 Mercedes-Benz t10th =222 Low Round 70 (Mercedes-Benz, 3) Low Total 218 (Cougar Classic) Lady Vol Round-By-Round Averages Teesha Ash Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Sarah Bonner-Shanks Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Holly Cantwell Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Jennifer Davis Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Golda Johansson Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Christie Reed Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Violeta Retamoza Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Marci Turner Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average Jessica Shepley Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low Rounds Strokes Average

5 Tennessee Lady Vol Golf History 2004 NCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS Host: Auburn * Grand National * Opelika, Ala. 1. UCLA = Oklahoma State = Duke = California = Vanderbilt = Texas =1184 Washington = Ohio State = Georgia = Arizona State = TENNESSEE = Southern California =1195 Stanford = Wake Forest = New Mexico =1197 Arizona =1197 Furman =1197 North Carolina = Baylor =1198 Florida State = UNLV = Purdue = Texas A&M = Michigan State =1215 Top 20 Individuals 1. Sarah Huarte, California = Karin Sjodin, Oklahoma State = Susie Mathews, UCLA = Charlotte Mayorkas, UCLA = Jessica Shepley, TENNESSEE = Sofie Andersson, California =287 Sarah Jacobs, Vanderbilt =287 Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke =287 Mallory Underwood, Oklahoma State =287 Kristen White, Ohio State = Paige Macenzie, Washington = Allison Hanna, Ohio State = Ashley Gomes, San Jose State =290 Christine Hallstrom, Wake Forest =290 Brittany Lang, Duke = Allison Fouch, Michigan State =291 Elizabeth Janangelo, Duke =291 Annie Thurman, Oklahoma State =291 Gina Umeck, UCLA =291 ALL-TIME LADY VOL NCAA HONORS Team NCAA Championships Appearances Name Finish Score 1994 Tennessee 13th =1258 Katharina Larsson 15th =305 Abby Pearson t16th =306 Shelley Kinder t70th =321 Susan Conger 83rd =326 Sofi Stromgren 98th = Tennessee 6th =1197 Jessica Lindbergh 6th =291 Erin Kurczewski t11th =295 Malin Tveit t47th =305 Amy Livsey t69th =312 Skyli Yamada t76th = Tennessee 5th =1206 Young-A Yang t10th =297 Tina Schneeberger t18th =299 Erin Simmons t68th =309 Rosanna Zernatto t77th =311 Stacey Bergman t81th = Tennessee 11th =1193 Jessica Shepley 5th =286 Violeta Retamoza t49th =298 Teesha Ash t69th =303 Golda Johansson t88th =307 Holly Cantwell t118th =318 Individual NCAA Championships Appearances Name Finish Score 1993 Abby Pearson t21st = Jessica Lindbergh t67th = Young-A Yang 5th =288 NCAA Regional Appearances Host Finish Score 1993 Louisiana State (East) t8th = Michigan State (East) 5th = Memphis (East) 8th = Auburn (East) 9th = Illinois State (East) 2nd = Duke (East) 12th = South Carolina (East) t13th = Ohio State (East) 4th = Oregon State (West) 11th = Louisiana State (East) 10th = Nebraska (Central) 18th = Stetson (East) 7th =918 HISTORY OF THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Year Host Team Champion Score UT (Score) Individual Champion, School Score 1982 Stanford Tulsa Kathy Baker, Tulsa Georgia TCU Penny Hammel, Miami (Fla.) Georgia Miami (Fla.) Cindy Schreyer, Georgia 297* 1985 Amherst Florida Danielle Ammaccapane, Arizona State Ohio State Florida Page Dunlap, Florida New Mexico San Jose State Caroline Keggi, New Mexico 289* 1988 New Mexico State # # --- M. McNamera, Tulsa Stanford San Jose State Pat Hurst, San Jose State South Carolina Arizona State Susan Slaughter, Arizona 297* 1991 Ohio State UCLA 1197* --- Annika Sorenstam, Arizona Arizona State San Jose State Vicki Goetze, Georgia Georgia Arizona State Charlotta Sorenstam, Texas Oregon Arizona State th (1258) Emilee Klein, Arizona State UNC Wilmington Arizona State Kristel Mourgue d'algue, Arizona State UCLA Arizona 1240* --- Marisa Baena, Arizona Ohio State Arizona State th (1197) Heather Bowie, Texas Wisconsin Arizona State Jennifer Rosales, Southern California Tulsa Duke 895** --- Grace Park, Arizona State 212** 2000 Oregon State Arizona th (1206) Jenna Daniels, Arizona Stetson Georgia Candy Hannemann, Duke 285* 2002 Washington Duke Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke Purdue Southern California Mikaela Parmlid, Southern California 297* 2004 Auburn UCLA th (1193) Sarah Huarte, California 278 *Playoff winner # Champion received NCAA sanctions **54-hole medal play, all others 72-hole medal play NCAA titles: Arizona State (6); San Jose State (3); Florida (2); Arizona (2); Duke (2); UCLA (2); Georgia (1); Miami (Fla.) (1); Southern California (1); TCU (1); Tulsa (1);

6 Meet The Lady Vols Judi Pavon- Head Coach As the coach with the most team championships in Tennessee Lady Vol golf history, Judi Pavon brings a great deal of energy and enthusiasm into her fifth full season at the helm of the UT women s golf program. This marks Pavon s eighth year as a member of the Women s Athletics Department after serving as the team s assistant coach from Her extensive golf background also includes a professional career spanning from with two years on the LPGA Tour, where she was the Tour s second-ever left-handed player. In Pavon guided the Lady Vols back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2000 campaign. At the NCAA East Regional UT shot a team total of 918 to finish in seventh-place and advance to the national tournament. The appearance was the 12th straight-appearance in regional action for the Lady Vols. At the championships, the squad finished in 11th place with a four-day school-record total of 1193, topping the previous best of 1197 set in She also eclipsed the 400- win mark for head-to-head victories and ended the season with her total standing at 468, trailing only Lori Brock s mark of 533. Other highlights on the year included a second-place finish at the Las Vegas Founders Women s Collegiate Showdown, a final national ranking of 17th and fourth-place finish at the SEC Championships, only one shot behind Auburn and LSU for second place. Individuals continue to thrive under Pavon s tutelage, as captain Jessica Shepley earned honorable mention National Golf Coaches Association All-America laurels. Shepley paced UT at the NCAA Championships with the program s best mark in championship history, a 286 effort ( ) en route to a fifth-place finish. Shepley also had two other top ten finishes on the year. She tied for fifth-place at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational with a 220 and finished in a fourth-place tie with a 218 at the SEC Championships. Violeta Retamoza proved her freshman campaign was no fluke, as she finished in a tie for first place at the SEC Championships. In addition, Retamoza finished tied for eighth at the Las Vegas Shootout with a total of 220 and took a sixth-place tie at the Sun Trust Lady Gator Invitational with a 223. For her efforts all season, Retamoza was named to the first team All-SEC squad. Teesha Ash did very well in the Vegas Shootout as well, leading the Lady Vols with a sixth-place finish 219. The East Tennessee native also became the third golfer in UT history to notch a hole-in-one. Ash accomplished that feat by knocking in her drive on the 145-yard No. 17 hole at the NCAA Championships. The team also had a very strong year academically. The squad posted a 3.3 grade point average for the year. Ash, Golda Johansson, Retamoza and Shepley all were named to the SEC Academic honor role. On a national level, Ash and Retamoza earned NGCA Academic All-America laurels During the third season under Pavon s tenure, UT completed the school year ranked 12th in the nation in the Golfweek/Sagarin poll. The squad broke numerous program records, including lowest first-round score with matching 289s at the Lady Gator Invitational and Auburn Tiger Derby; lowest third-round score with a 285 at the Derby; and most titles in a campaign by tying the squad s record three crowns (Lady Kat Invitational, Derby and Lady Boilermaker). Pavon also eclipsed Lori Brock s coaching record of five career team championships with her sixth win at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational. Several Lady Vols were also successful individually during the season. Retamoza took the college scene by storm, becoming UT s initial rookie to achieve second-team All-America status and was the Big Orange s third SEC Freshman of the Year recipient. The Aguascalientes, Mexico, native took runner-up status at the conference championships with a oneover 217 to finish one shot off the lead and claim first-team All-SEC honors. Shepley joined Retamoza as a first-team member with a string of nine-straight top-15 finishes that fell just one tourney shy of former Lady Vol Abby Pearson s UT standard of 10. In her second year as head coach, Pavon maintained UT s national prominence, leading her golfers to an eighth-place Golfweek/Sagarin final ranking. The squad captured a tournament title for the second-straight season, as the Lady Vols won the Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate. The Big Orange also finished in the top five six times and placed in the top 10 in nine out of the 10 tournaments played. Additionally, UT set new squad standards at the SEC Championships when it fired its best 18-hole (282), 36-hole (577) and 54-hole (866) totals in school history, which signified the second-straight year the Lady Vols broke those records. Individually, the Lady Vols lit up the program s record books under Pavon s tutelage in UT recorded the second-, fourth- and ninth-lowest rounds in school history with the following scores: Mary Jan Fernandez s second-round 66 at the 2002 SEC Championships, Young-A Yang s first-round 68 at the 2002 Auburn Derby, Yang s first-round 69 at the 2002 SECs and Tina Schneeberger s first- and third-round 69s at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational. The squad also registered four top hole marks throughout the season. Schneeberger and Yang scored 212s at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational and SEC Championships, respectively. Fernandez and Schneeberger each fired 215s at the SEC Championships. Yang also became the initial Lady Vol to earn All-America status all four years of her career. Schneeberger captured second-team All- SEC honors, while Shepley achieved All-SEC honorable mention as a freshman. During her first year as head coach, Pavon enjoyed remarkable success. Her team achieved a final ranking of eighth in the MasterCard Coaches poll and 10th in the Golfweek/Sagarin poll. The Lady Vols finished outside the top five only three times during the season and claimed back-to-back events in the spring. The victories at the Green Wave Women s Golf Classic and the Betsy Rawls Intercollegiate were the program s first titles since Pavon s team recorded a season stroke average of 301, the best in Tennessee history by nearly five shots. Her peers acknowledged her efforts with a nomination for NGCA East Region Coach of the Year alongside Duke s Dan Brooks (NGCA Coach of the Year) and Auburn s Kim Evans (Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year). Tennessee golfers also enjoyed great individual success during the season under Pavon. Yang earned a fifthplace finish at the NCAA Championships with rounds of She ended the season as the nation s fourth-ranked golfer and earned first-team All-America honors. The Tae-Gu City, South Korea, native also recorded her first tournament win at the Betsy Rawls Intercollegiate. Schneeberger improved her stroke average by nearly two shots and also took home an individual title at the Green Wave Women s Golf Classic. In total, Pavon s players recorded 21 top-15 finishes throughout the

7 Meet The Lady Vols campaign. Four Lady Vols earned All-SEC honors, including Yang, Schneeberger, Caroline Cole and Erin Simmons. The LPGA tabbed Pavon as the 2000 Southeast Section Coach of the Year for her work throughout the season. With Pavon s guidance and professional experience, her student-athletes also reach the upper echelon of the women s golfing world. All Five of the players (Stacey Bergman, Cole, Schneeberger, Anna Umemura and Yang) who have graduated during her tenure have entered the professional ranks. In 2003, Yang also became the first golfer from Rocky Top to earn fullexempt status on the LPGA Tour and proved that she belonged among the elite with a sixth-place tie at the McDonald s LPGA Championships in Wilmington, Del., in The four-time All-American finished just seven shots off tournament champion Annika Sorenstam s six-under 278. In 2004 Yang has continued her success with two top ten finishes, including a secondplace finish at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. Pavon s team is not only successful on the course but also in the classroom. During the school year, Bergman, Schneeberger and Yang were Academic All-Americans, and in Schneeberger duplicated her success. Yang was also nominated to the second-team Verizon Academic All-District IV squad for the second-time. In , Schneeberger earned SEC Academic Honor Roll status for the third-straight year. In , Ash, Johannson, Retamoza and Shepley earned SEC Academic Roll status. In addition, Ash and Retamoza were NGCA Academic All-Americans. As a professional player, Pavon competed in five major championships during her time on the LPGA Tour. She participated in the LPGA Championships in 1992 and 1997, the U.S. Women s Open in 1991 and 1993, and in the 1992 dumaurier Championship. Pavon captured the LPGA Southeast Section Championship title in 1997 and vied for individual honors in 50 events as an LPGA Tour player. Pavon (formerly Schneider) graduated with honors from the University of Alabama in At The Capstone, she was an NGCA All-American as a senior and a three-time NGCA Academic All-American. The SEC also tabbed Pavon as a firstteam all-conference selection in She claimed two individual titles and was named the Paul Bear Bryant Student- Athlete of the Year as well as qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships in As a team, the Crimson Tide finished ninth at the 1987 NCAA Championship, which is the only time Alabama qualified its squad for the national tourney. She led the club in stroke average her junior and senior seasons. A native of Helena, Mont., Pavon was the 1986 and 1989 Women s State Amateur Champion and was inducted into the Montana State Women s Golf Hall of Fame in 1996 and to the Helena Sports Hall of Fame in Pavon also captured the 1984 and 1985 Montana State High School titles. She resides in Knoxville with her husband Luis, a former UA golfer, and their two daughters Alexa, eight, and Maya, six. Caroline Cole- Assistant Coach Caroline Cole is in her first year as the assistant coach for the Lady Vol golf team. Cole, a former Lady Vol golfer, returns to Tennessee after serving as an operations employee for the American Junior Golf Association. Cole is in a unique position at Rocky Top, as she is one a handful of full-time assistant coaches in women s collegiate golf. Her primary responsibilities include coordinating recruiting and making travel arrangements, along with other administrative duties. During her summer with the AJGA, Cole served as the assistant captain for the 2004 East Con Cup team, who went on to defeat the West Canon Cup team. In addition, Cole was involved with numerous other aspects of tournament operations. Rules officiating, photography, event coordination, video, tournament course set up and supplying tournament results to national media outlets were among her main duties. Prior to her employment with the AJGA, Cole played two seasons on the FUTURES Golf Tour, the official development tour of the LPGA. As a pro, she competed in 13 events and finished with a scoring average of One of her highlights was at the 2004 Futures Tour Qualifying School where she finished in the top 50 of 300 ( ). As an amateur, Cole won the 2000 San Antonio Collegiate Players Tour event and finished third at the 2000 Collegiate Players Tour Nationals ( ). Cole graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2003 with a bachelor of science in business with emphasis in marketing. She was a four-year letterwinner for the Lady Vols and earned honorable mention All-SEC honors during her junior campaign. For her career, she finished in the top 20 three times. Cole also had success in the classroom while at UT, earning a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a junior and senior. In high school, Cole was the 1997 PING Texas State Junior co-champion. She also earned three varsity letters in golf, was the three-time captain and three-time MVP of the Mansfield High School golf team. As a senior, Cole was honored with the school s 1998 Fighting Tiger Heart award. A native of Mansfield Texas, Cole enjoys the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Sports, snow skiing, water skiing and spending time with friends and family. Cole and her two sisters, Melissa, 28, and Emily, 17, are the daughters of Michael and Sandra Cole.

8 Meet The Lady Vols Jessica Shepley, Senior, Captain AT TENNESSEE: : At the NCAA Championships, Shepley put together Tennessee s best tournament score at the event in the program s history with a 286 ( ) to top former Lady Vol standout Young-A Yang s previous standard 288 ( ) Her fifth place finish matched Yang s standard for the top showing by a Lady Vol at the NCAA championships...earned NGCA Honorable Mention All-America status Finished in fourth at the SEC Championships by firing a career-low 218 ( )...Fired a career-best 68 in the second round on her way to a fifth-place showing at the Lady Tar Heel, where she totaled a 220 ( )...Named Lady Vol Athlete of the Week for her performance Finished in 21st place with a 225 ( ) at the Las Vegas Founders Women s Collegiate Showdown...Posted a 225 ( ) to tie for 31st at the Liz Murphey Also tied for 31st place with a 229 ( ) at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational...Notched a 30th-place 226 ( ) at the Mercedes-Benz...Fired a 32nd-place-tying 226 ( ) to lead the Lady Vols at the NCAA Fall Preview Finished in a 61st-place tie with a 239 ( ) at the NCAA East Regional...Broke her driver on the eighth hole of the first round en route to a 62nd-place-tying 237 ( ) at the Bryan National...Finished in a 55th-place tie with a 240 ( ) at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational...Served as team captain for the second-straight season and will serve as team captain again in Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll :Finished the season ranked 19th in the nation by Golfweek Tied for 47th place at the NCAA Central Regional with a String of top-15 finishes came to an end at nine, just one event shy of former Lady Vol Abby Pearson s school record, when Shepley tied for 16th at the SEC Championships with a Finished with a third-place 222 at the Lady Boilermaker...Carded a seventh-place-tying 145 at the Bryan National Collegiate...Notched an eighth-place career-low 220 at the Lady Gator Invitational...Kept her top-15 streak alive at the Arizona Wildcat with a 15th-place-tying Turned in a two-round 152 to tie for 13th place in the Regional Challenge...Fired a threeday 223 to tie for 15th place at the Auburn Tiger Derby...Recorded an 11th-place-tying 225 at the Mercedes-Benz...Carded a then-career-best three-round total of 222 to tie for fifth at the Mason Rudolph...Fired consecutive personal-record rounds at the Lady Kat with a three-under 69 in the first round, followed by a one-over 145 two-day total...tied for a career-high second place at the Lady Kat...Nominated for Lady Vol Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Regional Challenge...Named to the first-team All-SEC squad...owns a career shot average of 75.71, which ranks third in school history Put together a season shot average, fifth-best on the program s charts : Named honorable mention All-SEC...Played in all 10 tournaments for Tennessee Came up just one shot shy of tying her career-low 54-hole total with a 225 at the NCAA East Regional...After an uncharacteristic 82 on day one of the SEC Championships, she fired back-to-back 73s to help UT finish third...got her college career off to a great start when she carded a one-over 73 during the first round of the Fall Preview...Finished 18th at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships, including her first collegiate round of par or better (72) during the second round...notched a then-career-low 54-hole total of 224 during the Auburn Derby...Carded a then-career-low one-under 71 during the first day of the Lady Gamecock...Recorded a then-career-best finish at the Dr. Thompson Rainbow Tournament, where she placed third...her season shot average of tied Erin Simmons for 12th on UT s record charts. HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterwinner with the golf team at Iroquois High School Awarded the I.R.H.S. TRAILBLAZAR award which goes to the student who exemplifies leadership through academics and athletics Won the Most Improved Golfer award in 2000 Also a four-year letterwinner with the volleyball and basketball teams, while also picking up two letters with the track and field team In 1998, she was named Most Valuable Player of both the volleyball and basketball squads Named Junior Athlete of the Year in AMATEUR: Named to the initial Canadian Ladies Golf Association National Team Had a busy summer in 2004, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen at the North/South Amateur...Also competed in the Women s Western Amateur, bowing out in the quarterfinals Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in 2004 as well (tying for first). She also qualified for match play with rounds of 76, 74, falling in the first round...in 2002, she nabbed the Toronto Star Amateur tourney title, placed third in the Canadian Amateur event, finished sixth in the Ontario Amateur tourney and was a Women s Western tournament semifinalist Captured first at the 2001 Ontario Junior Ladies Golf Match Play Championships, the 2001 Ontario Ladies Amateur Golf Championships and the 2001 Ontario Ladies Junior Golf Championships Played in the 2001 British Amateur and made it to the round of 32 Tied for fifth at the 2001 Thunderbird Invitational Captured second at the 2001 Ontario Tournament of Champions Finished seventh at the 2001 Canadian Ladies Junior Golf Championships a year after finishing second in all three events Seized the title at the Ontario Secondary School Golf Championships Named to the honorable mention team of the 1999 Polo Junior All- America Team Finished first at the AJGA Music City Junior in Nashville, Tenn Finished fourth at the AJGA Windy City Junior in Winnetka, Ill. PERSONAL: Majoring in public relations Has two brothers, Joshua, 18; and Zachary, 16 Golf ambition is to play on the LPGA Tour Daughter of Bret and Lori Shepley Born Jessica Ashley Shepley on April 4, 1983, in Owen Sound, Ontario. SHEPLEY S SCORECARD YEAR RNDS STKS AVG LOW TOTALS

9 Meet The Lady Vols Teesha Ash, Senior AT TENNESSEE: : Had her best finish at the Las Vegas Founders Women s Collegiate Showdown, when she recorded a 219 ( ) to tie for sixth place Aced the 17th hole at the NCAA Championships, making her only the third golfer in Lady Vol history to record a hole-in-one...joined former standouts Tina Schneeberger and Skyli Yamada in accomplishing the feat...registered a 243 ( ) to finish in a 37th-place tie at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational...Had her fourth career even-par round while tying for 47th place at the Bryan National with a 232 ( )...Tied for 49th place with a 234 ( ) at the 2004 SEC Championships...Fired a 228 ( ) as an individual to tie for 36th place at the Mercedes-Benz...Tied for 69th place with a 303 ( ) at the NCAA Championships...Finished in a 74th-place tie with a 242 ( ) at the NCAA East Regional...As an individual, Ash posted a 229 ( ) to tie for 46th place at the Liz Murphey...Turned in a 242 ( ) to tie for 59th place at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational... Posted a 242 ( ) to tie for 78th at the NCAA Fall Preview...Named an NGCA Academic All-American Also named to the SEC Honor Roll : Redshirted in first season at UT. AT OLE MISS: : Third best on the team with a stroke average for 28 rounds of play Led the squad to the USF/ Beacon Woods Invitational tournament title with a third-place 217, which was the lowest 54-hole total in school history As a team, the Lady Rebels posted an 885 at the same event, setting a new 54-hole standard for the program Ash finished in the top 25 five times for Ole Miss, including the USF/Beacon Woods (3rd), Alabama Capstone (t11th), LSU Cleveland Classic (t14th), Greenwave Classic (20th) and the UCF Invitational (t23rd) Earned Academic All-American honors for excellence in the classroom : Played in four tourneys with an stroke average Fired a personal season-best 249 at the Mercedes-Benz Women s Collegiate Championships hosted by the Lady Vols Shot a 267 as an individual at the Lady Rebel Intercollegiate Tied for 59th at the Lady Gamecock Classic, her best finish of the season, with a 272. HIGH SCHOOL: Finished second in the Tennessee State High School Championships in 2000 Named an All-American in 1997 Captured Region III Player of the Year honors in 1997 and District VI Player of the Year kudos in 1996 Won the City Prep crown in 1997, 1998 and 2000 Claimed District and Regional titles in 1997 Garnered Best of the Preps accolades in 1997, 1998 and AMATEUR: Tied for sixth place with a 72 at the U.S. Women s Open Local Qualifier in Atlanta, Ga., to move on to the sectional qualifying round Captured Chattanooga Women s Amateur tourney in 2000, 2002 and 2003 Won Chattanooga Girls Junior tourney in 1998 Finished as the fourth amateur, eighth overall, at the 2000 Tennessee Women s Open Placed 11th in the 2001 Tennessee Women s Open Crowned the 1999 Maxfli State Champion and the 1999 Tennessee Girls State Champion Runner-up at the 1998 Tennessee Girls State Championship. PERSONAL: Majoring in business management Has one brother, Mark, 34; and one sister, Stephanie, 30 An excellent student, Ash has been named to the chancellor s list for three semesters, the Dean s list for five semesters Is a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta English Honor Society, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for collegiate schools of business and Gamma Beta Phi Society Is also a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Member, Golden Key International Honour Society and a Collegiate Academic All-American Plans to attend graduate school and earn an MBA after finishing her collegiate career Would like to play professional golf or teach as a golf course professional after graduate school Daughter of James and Doris Ash Born Teesha Lynn Ash on Jan. 16, 1982, in Florence, Ala. ASH S SCORECARD YEAR RNDS STKS AVG LOW TOTALS

10 Meet The Lady Vols Sarah Bonner-Shanks, Senior AT N.C. STATE: Fall 2003: Competed in one tournament at N.C. State, the Franklin StreetTrust Turned in a score of 251 ( ) to finish in 43rd place : Ranked third on squad with a 77.6 scoring average Fired a one-over 72 in the third round of the NCAA Regional Turned in a 226 ( ) to tie for 44th at the regional Finished in a season-best 10th-place stalemate with a one-over 72 ( =226) at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Tied for 22nd place at the Pine Needles Collegiate Made a hole-in-one on the par-three, 146-yard, 16th hole at the ACC/SEC Challenge : Ranked second on the team, averaging 77.0 strokes per round...notched three top-10 finishes in the first three outings of the spring...finished in a tie for eighth at the Lady Moc Classic with a three-round total of Notched another top-10 performance at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invite with matching rounds of 76 to end in a tie for ninth...had her best career finish at the Lady Seahawk Invitational when she tied for seventh Shot her lowest score of the season in the third round with an even par 72 Finished in ties for 18th and 41st, respectively, in the ACC Championships and the NCAA East Regional Led the team in the spring with a low stroke average of 78.8 after fall competition Fired the lowest round of the fall season with a 75 at the Hatter Fall Classic where she posted an eighth-place finish Tied for 23rd at the Tar Heel Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL: Twice earned all-state recognition Led squad to region and conference championships in 2000 Named to the all-region and all-conference first team in 1999 and 2000 Captured a Tennessee all-state medal in 1999 and 2000 Was a member of the Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Junior Classical League. AMATEUR: Tabbed as a Ruth Eller Junior Medallist by the Tennessee Women s Golf Association in 2000 Finished in sixth place at the 1998 AAU Junior Olympic Tournament Fired a 241 to take 12th place at the 2000 AJGA-Shell World Golf Village Junior Championship Captured five event medals at the state or regional level from 1998 to PERSONAL: Plans to pursue a bachelor of science degree with a major in chemistry Has two sisters, Suzanne, 18; and Janie, 14 Hopes to attend dental school after concluding her playing career...seven different family members have attended the University of Tennessee Golf ambition is to be a member of an NCAA Championship team Married David Shanks July 9, 2004 Daughter of Andy and Johnnie Bonner Born Sarah Elizabeth Bonner on Nov. 24, 1982, in Kingsport, Tenn. BONNER-SHANKS SCORECARD YEAR RNDS STKS AVG LOW TOTALS

11 Meet The Lady Vols Golda Johansson, Junior AT TENNESSEE: : Solidified Tennessee s bid to the NCAA Championship with a 226 ( ) at the NCAA East Regional to tie for 20th place...provided solid play at the 2004 SEC Championships with a 14th-place-tying 222 ( ) to bolster teammates Violeta Retamoza and Jessica Shepley...Had her best tournament in a year with a 28th-place-tying 224 ( ) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate...Shot career-best-tying two-under 70 in the final round of the NCAA Championship, in which she tied for 88th with a 307 ( )...Played solid golf with a 30th-place-tying 228 ( ) at the Bryan National...Finished 51st with a 237 ( ) at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational...Turned in a 231 ( ) to tie for 45th at the Mercedes-Benz...Playing as an individual, she shot a 239 ( ) to tie for 50th place at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll : Recorded a 248 to finish 88th at the NCAA Central Regional...Registered a 255 to tie for 54th at the SEC Championships...Carded a 235 to tie for 30th place at the Lady Boilermaker...Tied for 77th place with a 162 at the Bryan National Collegiate...Posted a 69th-place-tying 241 at the Lady Gator Invitational...Carded a 226 to capture 24th place at the Arizona Wildcat...Fired a 35th-place-tying two-round 157 in a rainsoaked Regional Challenge...Registered career-best round and three-day total at the Auburn Tiger Derby as the freshman carded a two-under 70 in her first round and recorded a 54-hole Fired a then career-best 74 during the opening round of a three-day 229 at the Mercedes-Benz...Recorded a 54-hole 226 to tie for 13th at the Mason Rudolph...Carded an 11-over 155 to place 20th in her initial collegiate tourney Currently holds a career shot average, which ranks 14th in UT history. AMATEUR: Participated in the third and fourth annual Mercedes-Benz Women s Collegiate Championships as a member of the Swedish Junior National Team Tied for 12th with a 228 in 1999 and 37th with a 236 in 2000 Led her team to the 2000 Girls European Championship crown in Stockholm, Sweden Fired a 4-under 68 to capture the 1999 Electrolux Cup Swedish final title Garnered runner-up status in the 2001 Swedish Championships in match play for professionals Her team notched a second-place finish in the 2001 European Championships in Oporto, Portugal Came in second in 2000 at the Swedish National Girls Under-21 match play tourney Placed third in the 1999 Teentour Finale match play invitational Member of the Swedish National Team since 1999 Shot a 3-under 67 at the Stockholm Golf Course Fired a personal-best-tying 4-under par in the British Girls Championship in 2002 Her team finished third in the European Junior Championships and Telia Tour in Gothenburg in 2002 Golda also won the qualifier for the Canon Junior Masters Invitational. PERSONAL: Majoring in speech communication Has six siblings, Helena, 42; Ruffa, 40; Dick, 36; Sofia, 32; Johan, 30, and Kim, 26 Golf ambition is to become the top-ranked player in the world while playing on the LPGA Tour Lists her father as her biggest sports influence because he has been by her side every step of the way Attended the same school as former Lady Vol golfer Jessica Lindbergh Daughter of Rune and Gilda Johansson Born Golda Petra Gilda Johansson on March 7, 1983, in Visby, Sweden. JOHANSSON S SCORECARD YEAR RNDS STKS AVG LOW TOTALS

12 Meet The Lady Vols Violeta Retamoza, Junior AT TENNESSEE: : Made a valiant two-shot comeback to track down Vanderbilt s May Wood on the final hole of the 2004 SEC Championships Despite a 213 ( ), Retamoza finished second after the playoff...earned Lady Vol Athlete of the Week honors for the effort and was a first team All-SEC honoree...named a preseason first-team All-American by Golfweek Tied former Lady Vol Young-A Yang s school record of six consecutive tournaments as UT s top scorer with a 15thplace-tying 224 ( ) at the NCAA East Regional Her efforts helped lead Tennessee into the NCAA Championships for the first time since Posted a 223 ( ) to tie for sixth place at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational...Fired her 11thcareer under-par round and paced UT for the fourth consecutive tournament with a 221 ( ) to tie for 16th place at the Bryan National...Shot her ninth under-par round with a 69 on the second day of the Las Vegas Founders Women s Collegiate Showdown en route to an eighth-place tie with a 220 ( )...Led UT with a 14th-place-tying 221 ( ) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate...Started off the spring season with a 20th-place tie at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational after posting a 226 ( )...Fought through injury to tie for 45th place at the Mercedes-Benz after carding a 231 ( )...Finished in a 49th-place tie with a 298 ( ) at the NCAA Championship...Fired a pair of even-par 72s after withdrawing from the first round of the Lady Tar Heel...Posted a 236 ( ) to tie for 68th at the NCAA Fall Preview...Earned NGCA Academic All- America status Also named to SEC Academic Honor Roll : Earned second-team All-America status by the National Golf Coaches Association, the first Lady Vol rookie to reach that level Named to the first-team All-SEC squad...garnered SEC Freshman of the Year honors Nominated for The Daily Beacon Female Athlete of the Year for the University of Tennessee and was golf s nominee for UT s Alpha Omicron Pi Athlete of the Year Award Finished the campaign rated 10th in the country by Golfweek Carded a team-low 231 to tie for 24th place at the NCAA Central Regional...Narrowly missed becoming just the second orange-clad SEC medallist by one shot with a second-place 217 at the SEC Championships...Two-round 140 at the conference championships ranks as the second-lowest two-day total in school history Turned in a seventh-place 225 at the Lady Boilermaker...Tied for 31st place with a 152 at the Bryan National Collegiate...Posted a second-place tying 217 at the Lady Gator Invitational to finish in the top five for the fourth time...climbed to fifth place at the Arizona Wildcat after being mired in 42nd place after round one...garnered SEC Golfer of the Week accolades for her performance at that meet...carded a twoday 157 to tie for 35th place in the Regional Challenge...Earned top spot in final fall-season SEC top-40 release due to her stroke average at the conclusion of the season...captured her initial Lady Vol Athlete of the Week accolade for her performance at the Auburn Tiger Derby...Became the first Lady Vol to win two tournament titles in a single season by knocking off Auburn s Celeste Troche in a three-hole playoff at the 2002 Auburn Tiger Derby when she fired a 54-hole 211, which included two straight under-par rounds of 70 and 67 Third-round 67 at the Auburn Tiger also tied for the third-lowest round in program history, while her 211 was the second-best three-day total for the Lady Vols...Fired a 230 to tie for 26th at the Mason Rudolph...Fought through stormy conditions to fire a two-day even-par 144, which tied for the 12th-best two-day total in UT history, clinching the Lady Kat tournament title as an individual competitor...medallist triumph at the Lady Kat was only the second time a Lady Vol newcomer captured a debut event, following Wendi Patterson s 1994 Memphis Women s Intercollegiate victory...final season shot average ranks as the lowest for a Lady Vol newcomer and is the second-lowest in program history Her season shot average also ranks as the lowest career total at UT and is only the second tally, in front of Young-A Yang s 74.37, in the 74s. HIGH SCHOOL: Tabbed Arizona Player of the Year during the 2001 season in which Hamilton claimed the region championship Also nabbed the Arizona individual state championship title Locked down Hamilton County Player of the Year honor. AMATEUR: Has played as an amateur in eight different countries, including her home of Mexico Finished tied for 13th as a member of the Mexican National Team at the 2002 World Amateur Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Participated in the Jeans and Jacket Championship in Bogota, Colombia; the International Foundation for Junior Golf Invitational in Aberdeen, Scotland; the World Team Amateur Espiritu Santo in Berlin, Germany; and the Invitational Championship in Guatemala Garnered honorable mention on the Polo Junior Golf All-America team Fired a personal-best 62 at the Mesa Invitational in Arizona Battled to the semifinals of the 2000 U.S. Girls tourney Claimed the Texas-Oklahoma Junior Golf Championship in 2001 Led her team to the Girls Americas Cup in 1999 and 2000 while capturing the individual championship Earned the 2000 Junior Mexican National Championship crown Secured the South Texas Junior Golf Classic championship in 1999 Ranked No. 2 in the Mexican Amateur Rankings from PERSONAL: Majoring in finance Has two brothers, Hector, an art teacher, 26, and Carlos, an oceanographer, 24 Golf ambition is to play on the LPGA Tour Hopes to continue with her education in graduate school Daughter of Carlos Retamoza and Violeta Leon Lara Born Violeta Retamoza on July 20, 1983, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. RETAMOZA S SCORECARD YEAR RNDS STKS AVG LOW TOTALS