MELISSA OLSON Sophomore ~ 1L Marana, Ariz. (Mountain View) Academic Notes: Major is elementary education …Named to the 2012 National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team for Division I…2012 Big Sky AllAcademic and Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete selection…Graduated high school with a 3.6 grade point average. 2011-12: Saw action in 11 tournaments, posting an 83.6 stroke average…Finished 33rd at Big Sky Championship with rounds of 78-79-82…Posted a season-best 77 at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic…Opened the Circling Raven Collegiate and Big Sky Championship with rounds of 78. High School: A 2011 graduate of Tucson Mountain View High School…Played for Lynne Cote…Three-year letter winner and starter…Named All-Southern Arizona second team and Division I first-team by the Arizona Daily Sun…Team finished runner up in the 2008 State Championships her sophomore season…Played on the Arizona team at the 2010 Girls Junior America’s Cup Team in San Diego, Calif….Received the 2009 JGAA Player of the Year Award. Personal: Born Melissa Marie Olson Dec. 11, 1992 in Fridley, Minn.…Has one brother, Matthew…Enjoys reading, writing, and exercising…Also considered Savannah College of Art and Design and the University of Northern Colorado.
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OLSON’S CAREER STATS Rounds Strokes Average 18 1,489 82.7
Low 77
CAREER-BEST:
77, 2012 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (1st) 77, 2012, Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Classic (2nd)
TWO ROUNDS:
162, 2012 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational
THREE ROUNDS:
239, 2012 Big Sky Championships 244, 2012 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
BEST FINISH:
T12th, 2012 Montana State Triangular 33rd, 2012 Big Sky Championships
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