Quinnipiac Women s Golf Fact Sheet

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2 Quinnipiac Women s Golf Fact Sheet Currently in its seventh year of existence, Quinnipiac women s golf was first sponsored as a varsity sport in and 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champions Since joining the MAAC for competition in , Quinnipiac has captured three MAAC Rookie of the Year Awards: Nicole Scola (2014), Luciana Tobia-Palza (2016) and Alexandra Sazhin (2017) Luciana Tobia-Palza was also the first Quinnipiac women s golfer to win a MAAC Player of the Year honor after placing first in the 2016 MAAC Championship; Alexandra Sazhin also accomplished the same feat in 2017 Six Quinnipiac student-athletes have earned 10 MAAC First Team awards in four seasons in the conference: Nicole Scola (2014, 2015), Taylor Lambrou (2015, 2016), Julia Kemmling (2016, 2017) and Luciana Tobia-Palza (2016, 2017), Alexandra Sazhin (2017), Estefania Morales (2017) Quinnipiac s 933 at the 2016 MAAC Championship was a MAAC Tournament record, set by Albany in Quinnipiac has won three MAAC Golfer of the Week awards this season: Luciana Tobia-Palza on Mar. 22, 2017 and Apr. 19, 2007; and Alexandra Sazhin on Apr. 5, Quinnipiac s ranking of 209 is the highest in the MAAC and the highest ranking in program history. Head coach John O Connor won the 2017 and 2016 MAAC Coach of the Year award. This year was his fourth award all-time after also earning the Northeast Conference honor in Participant in 2016 NCAA Bryan Regional in College Station, Texas nd (1,005) th (958) st (933) st (939) Quinnipiac All-Time MAAC Tournament results

3 2017 NCAA REGIONAL MAY 8-10 uga golf course athens, georgia THE BOBCATS LINEUP LUCIANA TOBIA-PALZA So. La Paz, Bolivia IMG Academy ROUNDS AVG. LOW TOP 10'S /10 ALEXANDRA SAZHIN Fr. New Fairfield, Connecticut Greenwich HS ROUNDS AVG. LOW TOP 10'S /10 JULIA KEMMLING So. Captain Berlin, Connecticut Berlin HS ROUNDS AVG. LOW TOP 10'S / All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team Four-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week for her career 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year 2016 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (225, 1st/80) 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Medalist Three career wins are the most in Quinnipiac history average in 2016 was the second-best single-season average in program history 44 birdies in 2016 were a single-season program record 2016 MAAC Championship 225 is a program 54-hole record 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year 2017 MAAC McLeod Trophy Winner after finishing 1st at MAAC Championship Second on the team with a average Posted a record of (.689) against the field for the year In nine events, she finished in the Top 10 four times with two Top 5 finish, including a first-place finish at MAAC Championship Has shot 80 or lower in 10 of her last hole rounds Her season-best round of 73 came in the second round of the MAAC Championship Her top 54-hole score of 231 came at the MAAC Championship 2017 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll Averaged per 18 holes for third on the Bobcats roster 2016 All-MAAC (229, 5th/80) 30 rounds played in are a program record 42 birdies in 2016 were the second-most in program history Her 2016 MAAC Championship 229 were the second-best 54- hole score in program history ESTEFANIA MORALES Jr. Caracas, Venezuela IMG Academy 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team Shot a career-best Shot a 238 ( ) for ninth place at the 2017 MAAC Championship Her 74 on the second round of the Dartmouth Invitational was a season-best score Shot a season-best 155 at the Seahawk Invitational Finished 5th at the St. John s Invitational for her top placing of the season ROUNDS AVG. LOW TOP 10'S /10 nicole scola Sr. westerly, rhode island the prout ROUNDS AVG. LOW All-MAAC 2014 MAAC Rookie of the Year, All-MAAC average is sixth best in the Bobcats line-up Her in is the top single-season average in program history Has one of two sub-par rounds in program history Owns three of the top five 18 hole scores in program history Owns four of the top five 36-hole scores in program history Owns the top four-year average (79.68) in program history Second all-time in career rounds played (79) All-time leader in birdies (88)

4 (L-R): Asst. Coach Kerry Brown, Nicole Scola, Luciana Tobia-Palza, Julia Kemmling, Abby Chase, Emily Ribbins, Devan McCarrie, Hannah Slocum, Estefania Morales, Alexandra Sazhin, Head Coach John O Connor Quinnipiac Women s Golf Roster Player Ht Cl Hometown/H.S./Previous School Abby Chase 5-7 So. Beaver Dam, WI / Beaver Dam Julia Kemmling 5-7 So. Berlin, CT / Berlin Devan McCarrie 5-8 Jr. Yardley, PA / MMI Preparatory School Estefania Morales 5-7 Jr. Caracas, Venezuela / IMG Academy Emily Ribbins 5-8 Sr. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands / IMG Academy Alexandra Sazhin 5-2 Fr. New Fairfield, Connecticut / Greenwich Nicole Scola 5-4 Sr. Westerly, RI / The Prout School Hannah Slocum 5-5 Fr. Norwich, Connecticut / Norwich Free Acad. Luciana Tobia-Palza 5-6 So. La Paz, Bolivia / IMG Academy Head Coach: John O Connor Assistant Coach: Kerry Brown Assistant Coach: Suzy Whaley

5 JOHN O CONNOR Head Coach Seventh Season O Connor is currently in his seventh season as Quinnipiac s women s golf head coach in As of Apr. 21, 2017, O Connor has guided Quinnipiac to back-to-back Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships and will lead Quinnipiac to its second-consecutive NCAA Tournament Regional on May 8-10, 2017 in Athens, Georgia. A three-time Conference Coach of the Year, John O Connor has been at the helm of the Bobcats women s golf program from its inception. O Connor previously coached the Quinnipiac men s golf team for three years. After O Connor was named the 2013 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year, he was presented with a move to the MAAC Conference. In four seasons, O Connor s Bobcats have won two of the last four championships, posted a second-place finish in their first season and have never finished lowered than fourth. In addition, O Connor has recruited three of the last four MAAC Rookies of the Year in Nicole Scola (2014, Luciana Tobia-Palza (2016) and Alexandra Sazhin (2017), as well as the last two MAAC Players of the Year in Tobia-Palza and Sazhin also saw Quinnipiac place four golfers in the Top 10 to earn All-MAAC accolades in Tobia-Palza, Sazhin, Julia Kemmling and Estefania Morales. In the classroom, the team earned APR Public Recognition Awards From NCAA for the last five years, have featured more than 30 MAAC Academics Honor Roll selections in four seasons and have committed hundreds of hours to community service. Prior to two-straight MAAC Championships, O Connor s campaign that saw the Bobcats finish second in their first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship in program history. In addition, O Connor s Bobcats featured the program s first Rookie of the Year in Scola. In , Quinnipiac finished seventh out of 11 teams, while two student-athletes finished in the top 20 out of the 55 NEC student-athlete field. The Bobcats also won their first QU Classic Championship in the tournament s third annual competition. O Connor completed his second season as head coach in 2011 with a pair of upsets at the NEC Championship at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. O Connor guided the Bobcats, who were tabbed to finish last in the NEC Coaches Preseason Poll, to upset wins against Mount St. Mary s and St. Francis (N.Y.), finishing six strokes ahead of the Mount and 152 strokes better than the Terriers. During his tenure as men s golf head coach, O Connor was part of the governing Northeast Conference coaches committee and also served as a representative on behalf of the NEC to the NCAA.

6 SEASON STATS To Player Rounds Strokes 54-holes 36-holes Low Rd. Events Top 1 Top 5 Top 10 W-L Pct. Par Average Luciana Tobia-Palza Alexandra Sazhin Julia Kemmling Estefania Morales Emily Ribbins Nicola Scola Abby Chase Caitlan Blydenburgh Devan McCarrie Hannah Slocum FOUR-PLAYER TEAM TEAM RESULTS Tournament Dates Rounds Place Teams Players Par Score W-L Navy Fall Invitational 9/10-11/ Tignanelli Towson Invitational 09/18-19/ Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ Quinnipiac Classic 10/10-11/ St. John s Invitational 10/24-24/ Spring Break Shootout 3/13-3/14/ Low Country Intercollegiate 3/18-19/ Seahawk Invitational 4/2-4/3/ MAAC Championship 4/21-23/ TEAM LOW ROUNDS (+19) Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (2nd round) 307 (+19) MAAC Championship, 4/21-23/2017 (2nd round) (+22) Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (2nd round) (+23) Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (1st round) (+24) MAAC Championship, 4/21-23/2017 (3rd round) (+28) Spring Break Shootout, 3/13-3/14/17 (3rd round) (+29) Tignanelli Towson Invitational, 09/18-19/2016 (1st round) 317 (+29) Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (1st round) (+31) Tignanelli Towson Invitational, 09/18-19/2016 (2nd round) times PLAYER LOW ROUNDS (E) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Spring Break Shootout, 3/13-3/14/17 (3rd round) (+1) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Hartford Women s Invitational, 4/14-15/2017 (1st round) 73 (+1) Alexandra Sazhin, MAAC Championship, 4/21-23/2017 (2nd round) (+2) Estefania Morales, Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (2nd round) 74 (+2) Nicola Scola, Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (2nd round) (+3) Alexandra Sazhin, Navy Fall Invitational, 9/10-11/2016 (1st round) 75 (+3) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (1st round) (+4) Julia Kemmling, Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (1st round) 76 (+4) Alexandra Sazhin, Spring Break Shootout, 3/13-3/14/17 (1st round) 76 (+4) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Low Country Intercollegiate, 3/18-19/2017 (1st round) 76 (+4) Alexandra Sazhin, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (1st round) 76 (+4) Estefania Morales, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (1st round) 76 (+4) Luciana Tobia-Palza, MAAC Championship, 4/21-23/2017 (2nd round) (+5) Alexandra Sazhin, Tignanelli Towson Invitational, 09/18-19/2016 (1st round) 77 (+5) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Tignanelli Towson Invitational, 09/18-19/2016 (1st round) 77 (+5) Luciana Tobia-Palza, Dartmouth Invitational, 09/24-25/2016 (1st round) 77 (+5) Emily Ribbins, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (1st round) 77 (+5) Abby Chase, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (2nd round) 77 (+5) Alexandra Sazhin, Seahawk Invitational, 4/2-4/3/2017 (2nd round) 77 (+5) Estefania Morales, MAAC Championship, 4/21-23/2017 (3rd round)

7 Quinnipiac Women s Golf Season Recap Second-Straight MAAC Championship Highest Ranking in Program History (208) Quinnipiac Women s Golf Awards and Honors MAAC Coach of the Year John O Connor MAAC Player of the Year Alexandra Sazhin MAAC Rookie of the Year Alexandra Sazhin All-MAAC Alexandra Sazhin Luciana Tobia-Palza Julia Kemmling Estefania Morales All-MAAC All-Academic Abby Chase Julia Kemmling Estefania Morales Emily Ribbins Nicole Scola Luciana Tobia-Palza MAAC Golfer of the Week Luciana Tobia (2) (Mar. 22 & Apr. 19, 2017) Alexandra Sazhin (Apr. 5, 2017)

8 LUCIANA TOBIA-PALZA (So., La Paz, Boliva/IMG Academy) As a Sophomore in : 2017 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week Posted a team-high average Posted a record of (.687) against the field for the year In 10 events, she posted five Top 10 finishes with five Top 5 results including a tie for 5th place at MAAC Championships Shot a season-best 72 for the third round of the Spring Break Shoot-out, where she also tallied a season-best 54-hole score of 238 Shot 80 or lower in six of her last eight rounds Her second-place finish at the Hartford Women s Invitational was her top finish of the season As a Freshman in : 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year 2016 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week ECAC Women s Golf Rookie of the Month for March Led the team with a average in 29 rounds in 12 tournaments good for the second-best season average in program history Was one of two players to play in all 12 of Quinnipiac tournaments Her 29 rounds played are the second-most in a single-season in program history Was one of two golfers last season to have 100% of her scores in a single-season count Broke the program single-season and freshman record with 44 birdies Three tournaments wins (DSU Hornets Invitational, Hartford Invitational, MAAC Championship) in a single-season were a program record Broke the program single-round record with a 70 (-2) on the second day of the Dartmouth Invitational Led the team in first round average (79.18), last round average (79.50), Par 3 scoring (3.37) and Par 4 scoring (4.43) Averaged a team-high 9.52 pars per round Posted a team-leading.793 fairways hit percentage, good for 75th nationally Posted the third-best national scoring rating (939) in program history Her 74 for the second round of the MAAC Championship is the 11th best 18-hole round in program history Her 150 (+6) at the MAAC Championship was the sixth-best round in program history, while her 152 (+8) at the Navy Fall Invitational and her 153 (+9) at the Hartford Invitational ranked ninth and 10th all-time, respectively Her 225 (+9) at the MAAC Championship broke the program record for the best 54-hole score in program history Before Quinnipiac: Attended IMG Academcy Ranked as the No. 1 girl s golfer in Bolivia, and 180th in her class of 800 and 284th out of 2,588 female scholastic golfers after posting a perround average as s junior in 2014 Had four top-10 finishes as a junior in 2014, highlighted by a third place finish at Marriott s Grand Pine Golf Tournament Before Quinnipiac: Attended IMG Academcy Ranked as the No. 1 girl s golfer in Bolivia, and 180th in her class of 800 and 284th out of 2,588 female scholastic golfers after posting a perround average as s junior in 2014 Had four top-10 finishes as a junior in 2014, highlighted by a third place finish at Marriott s Grand Pine Golf Tournament Personal: Daughter of Ana and Jose Tobia Has one brother, Mateo Undecided major Born in La Paz, Bolivia Scores Tournament Date(s) Rounds Scores Par Rank W-L Navy Fall Invitational 9/10-11/ = t-54th/ Tignanelli Towson Invitational 09/18-19/ = t-26th/ Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ = t-30th/ Quinnipiac Classic 10/10-11/ = t-4th/ St. John s Invitational 10/24-24/ = th/ Spring Break Shootout 3/13-3/14/ = t-45th/ Low Country Intercollegiate 3/18-19/ = th/ Seahawk Invitational 4/2-4/3/ = th/ Hartford Women s Invitational 4/14-15/ = nd/ MAAC Championship 4/21-23/ = t-5th/ SEASON TOTALS Avg Career Scores Year Tournamets Rounds Average Low CAREER TOTALS

9 JULIA KEMMLING (So., Berlin, Connecticut/Berlin HS) As a Sophmore in : 2017 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll Averaged per 18 holes for third on the Bobcats roster Shot a 79 for each of the three rounds at the MAAC Championship to finished tied for 7th Posted a win-loss record of against the field for the year Her top 18-hole score of 76 came on the first round of the Dartmouth Invitational She also tallied a season-best 36-hole score of 157 at the Dartmouth Invitaitonal As a Freshman in : 2016 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll Second on the team with a average Was one of two players to compete in all 12 tournaments in and was the only player to compete in all 30 rounds Her 74 (+2) for the first round at the MAAC Championship was a season- and career-best and ranked as the third-best score of the season for the Bobcats Eight of her 30 rounds were in the 70 s, second among all Quinnipiac golfers in Shot a 229 at the MAAC Championship, good for 5th place and All-MAAC honors Her 229 at the MAAC Championship was also the second-best 54-hole score in program history Her 149 over the first two rounds of the 2016 MAAC Championship broke the program s postseason 36-hole record Shot a 244 (+28) at the 2016 NCAA Bryan Regional, leading the team with a 79 for the first round Her 42 birdies were the second-most for a freshman in program history and the second-most in a single season by any Quinnipiac athlete Set a Quinnipiac record for single-season Par 5 scoring (5.2478) Before Quinnipiac: Led Berlin (Conn.) High School to four consecutive state title, finishing third overall as an individual Won three-consecutive individual CCC Tournament Championships Second in the state in scoring differential 14-time medalist as a senior Finished her high school career with three state titles and four CCC Championships Won the individual state championship as a sophomore in 2013 Personal: Daughter of Bridget and Edward Kemmling Majoring in business Born in Berlin, Connecticut Scores Tournament Date(s) Rounds Scores Par Rank W-L Navy Fall Invitational 9/10-11/ = t-64th/ Tignanelli Towson Invitational 09/18-19/ = th/ Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ = t-37th/ Quinnipiac Classic 10/10-11/ = t-15th/ St. John s Invitational 10/24-24/ = t-8th/ Spring Break Shootout 3/13-3/14/ = t-59th/ Low Country Intercollegiate 3/18-19/ = t-55th/ Seahawk Invitational 4/2-4/3/ = t-21st/ MAAC Championship 4/21-23/ = t-7th/ SEASON TOTALS Avg Career Scores Year Tournamets Rounds Average Low CAREER TOTALS

10 ALEXANDRA SAHZIN (Fr., New Fairfield, Conn./Greenwich) As a Freshman in : 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year 2017 MAAC McLeod Trophy Winner after finishing 1st at MAAC Championship Second on the team with a average Posted a record of (.689) against the field for the year In nine events, she finished in the Top 10 four times with two Top 5 finish, including a first-place finish at MAAC Championship Has shot 80 or lower in 10 of her last hole rounds Her season-best round of 73 came in the second round of the MAAC Championship Her top 54-hole score of 231 came at the MAAC Championship Before Quinnipiac: Three-time All-State Selection at Greenwich (Conn.) High School Three-time New England qualifier Won the 2016 WMGA/MGA Women s Public Links Championship Finished second at the 2016 Major Championship at Mohegan Sun Won the 2015 Future Collegians Women s Tour Open Tied for second at the FCWT Junior Golf Open Won Medalist honors in leading Greenwhich (Conn.) High School to the 2014 FCIAC Girl s Golf Championship as a junior Helped Greenwich to three FCIAC Championships in four years Before her senior year, she broke the tournament and course record at Griffith E. Harris Golf Course to win the Townwide flight of the Ladies Town Golf Tournament with a 70 (-3) Personal: Born in St. Petersburg, Russia Daughter of Irina and Eugene Sazhin Majoring engineering Tournament Date(s) Rounds Scores Par Rank W-L Navy Fall Invitational 9/10-11/ = t-8th/ Tignanelli Towson Invitational 09/18-19/ = t-20th/ Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ = t-45th/ Quinnipiac Classic 10/10-11/ = t-34th/ St. John s Invitational 10/24-24/ = th/ Spring Break Shootout 3/13-3/14/ = t-43rd/ Low Country Intercollegiate 3/18-19/ = t-13th/ Seahawk Invitational 4/2-4/3/ = t-5th/ MAAC Championship 4/21-23/ = st/ SEASON TOTALS Avg Career Scores Year Tournamets Rounds Average Low CAREER TOTALS

11 nicole scola (Sr., westerly rhode island/the prout school) As a Senior in : average is sixth best in the Bobcats line-up Shot a season-best 74 for the second round of the Dartmouth Invitational Shot a 158 at the Dartmouth Invitational for her top 36-hole in program history Finished tied for 16th at the Hartford Women s Invitational for her top finish of the season As a Junior in : Ranked third in the Bobcats line-up with a average in 12 rounds across nine tournaments Her average is the fifth-best single-season average in program history Led Quinnipiac with five sub-par holes, which ranked 450th out of 5,359 NCAA Division I women s golfers Her 19 counting scores in 22 rounds (86.4%) ranked 15th all-time at Quinnipiac Her 28 birdies rank fourth in a single-season in Quinnipiac history Her 154 (+14) at the Quinnipiac Classic on Oct , 2015 ranks as the 15th best 36-hole score in program history, while her 231 (+21) for the tournament ranks as the seventh best 54-hole score in program history Broke the program record for career birdies (88) As a Sophomore in : 2015 All-MAAC Led the team with a average through 28 rounds in 12 tournaments Shot a team, season-best 72 for the final round at the Yale Women s Fall Invitational on Sept. 28 and the first round of the Brown Bear Invitational on Apr. 12 Tallied a career-best 36-hole score of 145 at the Brown Bear Invitational Became the second Quinnipiac player in program history to win a tournament with a first place finish at the Quinnipiac Classic on Oct , with a 146, which was also her career-best up to that point of the season Shot a 154 at the Quinnipiac Tri-Match against Delaware State and Fairfield to take first place out of 15 golfers Finished fourth or higher in five of her final seven tournaments of the year Led the MAAC Tournament through the first two rounds before finishing fourth overall Her fourth place finish at the MAAC Championship was the highest finish for a Quinnipiac Women s Golf student-athlete in conference championship history Led the team in Par 3 (3.34), Par 4 (4.39) and Par 5 (5.33) scoring Shattered the program s single-season birdies record with 36 in (*Previous record of 21 was set by Jenn Whaley in Her 25 counting scores (100%) in were a single-season record As a Freshman in : Finished fifth at the 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship - the highest finish for a Quinnipiac golfer at a conference championship in program history Named the MAAC Rookie of the Year as the top freshman finisher Earned All-MAAC honors after finishing in the Top MAAC All-Academic Selection Broke the program record with the Bobcats top single-season 18-hole average (78.95) Her 21.0 scoring rounds are the second most for a Quinnipiac freshman in program history Her 19 birdies were the second most for a freshman in program history Quinnipiac all-time leader in Par 3 (3.37), Par 4 (4.45) and Par 5 (5.31) scoring Owns eight of the top hole rounds in program history Broke the Quinnipiac single-round record with a 70 on the second day of the Dartmouth Invitational Her 73 at the Yale Invitational is the second-lowest 18-hole round in school history Owns four of the top six 36-hole finishes in school history Shot a 147 at the Dartmouth Invitational for the school record Her 149 through the first two rounds at the Yale Invitational ranks second all-time Her 229 at the Yale Invitation broke the Quinnipiac record for a 36-hole tournament. Before Quinnipiac: Played scholastically at The Prout School (R.I.) In 2013, she became the second golfer in Rhode Island scholastic history to win four consecutive Rhode Island Women s High School Championship Four-time all-state honoree Two-time Rhode Island Women s Golf Association Amateur Champion Two-time Rhode Island Interscholastic League Champion. Personal: Native of Westerly, R.I. Daughter of Jill and Nicholas Scola. Tournament Date(s) Rounds Scores Par Rank W-L Navy Fall Invitational 9/10-11/ = t-54th/ Tignanelli Towson Invitational 09/18-19/ = t-55th/ Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ = t-33rd/ Hartford Women s Invitational 4/14-15/ = t-16th/ SEASON TOTALS Avg Career Scores Year Tournamets Rounds Average Low CAREER TOTALS

12 ESTEFANIA MORALES (Jr., Caracas, Venezuala/IMG Academy) As a Junior in : 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team Shot a career-best Shot a 238 ( ) for ninth place at the 2017 MAAC Championship Her 74 on the second round of the Dartmouth Invitational was a season-best score Shot a season-best 155 at the Seahawk Invitational Finished 5th at the St. John s Invitational for her top placing of the season As a Sophomore in : Competed in one tournament, shooting a 166 (+20) across 36 holes at the Lady EagleCat Invitational on Mar Her 79 on the first day of the Lady EagleCat Invitational led the Bobcats through the first round of the tournament As A Freshman In : Tied Jenn Whaley s freshman record for birdies with 20 in her first year as a Bobcat Ranked sixth among all NCAA Division I Women s Golf student-athletes with a.887 Fairways Hit percentage; also a Quinnipiac single-season record Third in the Bobcats line-up with a average in 27 rounds Seventh-best single-season scoring average in program history, and the second best freshman average in program history Second on the team with three sub-par holes Second on the team in Par 3 Scoring (3.55) Her 76 at the Quinnipiac Tri-Match is the 13th best 18-hole score in program history Her 241 at the Yale Women s Invitational is the fifth-best 54-hole score in program history, while her 245 at the Hoya Invitational ranks ninth all-time Before Quinnipiac: Attended IMG Academy from 2012 to 2014 In 2011, shot a 71 at the BGC Open at the Venezuala Golf Club for the women s course record In 2013, she finished fifth out of 16 competitors at the HJGT Southwest Florida Junior Championship when she carded a 157 for the two-day event. Morales opened with an 83 on the first day, before shedding nine strokes to turn in a season-best 74 on the second day She shot a career best 153 (76-77) to finish ninth out of 52 competitors at the HJGT Tour Championship at Champions Gate Golf Course Personal: Daughter of Ivonne and Julio Morales Born in Caracas, Venezuela Majoring in politial science Tournament Date(s) Rounds Scores Par Rank W-L Dartmouth Invitational 09/24-25/ = t-25th/ Quinnipiac Classic 10/10-11/ = t-20th/ St. John s Invitational 10/24-24/ = t-5th/ Spring Break Shootout 3/13-3/14/ = t-68th/ Low Country Intercollegiate 3/18-19/ = t-72nd/ Seahawk Invitational 4/2-4/3/ = t-8th/ MAAC Championship 4/21-23/ = th/ SEASON TOTALS Avg Career Scores Year Tournamets Rounds Average Low CAREER TOTALS

13 University of georgia Golf Course The University of Georgia Golf Course opened in 1968 with the purpose of supporting the university community and a collegiate golf program. Over the years the course has become an important recreation facility not only for the University, but for the state of Georgia as a whole. Avid golfer Dr. Omer C. Aderhold served as the University of Georgia's President from and was a driving force behind the creation of the UGA Golf Course. "Dr. Aderhold loved the game of golf," said Liz Murphey, UGA's legendary women's coach and athletics administrator, during the 1993 NCAA Championships. "He was the reason the course was built." The University already owned the land and Dr. Aderhold was a personal friend of Robert Trent Jones Sr., the golf course's architect. In addition, UGA students were so interested in having a golf course that they agreed to pay for it in their student activity fees over a fiveyear period during the 1960s. Over its history, the golf course hosted a number of different tournaments including the annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, the PGA Junior Championship, the Men's and Women's SEC Championships, Men's and Women's NCAA Regionals, as well as the women's collegiate national championships five times â the 1971 Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) Intercollegiate Championships, the 1981 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championships and the 1983, 1993 and 2013 NCAA Championships. By 1990, the course needed heavy renovation and Dave Cousart, the golf course manager, worked to rebuild the greens and irrigation system, as well as integrate a number of Jones' features that had been left out because of the limited budget back in the 1960s. In May 2006, the greens and the greens complex were completely renovated by Love Golf Design of St. Simons Island. The new green design brought the course up to the championship standards of today's top professional and collegiate players. The greens are very characteristic of a Jones course and the renovation included 21 new tees, making the course more versatile for both amateurs and professionals. In 2009, the golf course was named one of the top-10 public courses in Georgia by Golfweek Magazine as well as one of the best 25 best university courses in the nation by Links Magazine. That same year, the University of Georgia and the PGA Tour announced that the Nationwide Tour's "Athens Classic at UGA" would be played at the UGA Golf Course. The UGA layout joined only a handful of universities to ever host a Nationwide Tour event since the tour's first tournament in The course remains the home of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, one of the nation's longest running women's intercollegiate competitions in any sport. The 45th annual edition of the event was contested in April of The list of golfers who have competed in the LMCC reads like a "Who's Who" of women's golf, including LPGA Hall of Famers Beth Daniel, Betsy King and Julie Inkster as well as current standouts Stacy Lewis and Caroline Hedwall.

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