WOMEN’S GOLF
VICTORIA TOMKO SR. LONTZEN, BELGIUM Fall 2009: The team’s lone senior, played in all four events...Went 2-1 in the match play portion of the Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship, winning each of the final two holes of her match to give UCF a 3-2 team win over Colorado...Was UCF’s top finisher and tied for third overall at the Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invitational with a 145, including a career-low 72 in the opening round...It was her first career topfive finish and her first time topping the Knights since the 2007 UCF Challenge and she was named the Bright House UCF Student-Athlete of the Week. 2008-09: Played in seven tournaments for UCF including each of the last six...Helped UCF to a best-ever second-place finish at the C-USA Championship by finishing 10th overall and second for the Knights...Shot an opening-round 73 at the C-USAs...Was third from UCF at both the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational and the Ping ASU Women’s Golf Invitational.
2007-08: Played in four events for the Knights as a sophomore…Finished tied for 61st at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate after carding her season-best score of 74 (+2) in the second round…Also competed in the opening three events of the spring season for the team…Carded a 76 (+4) in the third round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic…During the summer, captured the Slovak International Amateur Championship by 10 strokes after carding an even-par round of 71 on the final day. 2006-07: Finished the Florida State Championship in a tie for 13th place...Competed in the Liz Murphy Invitational and tied for 40th place in the Gator Invitational...Played as an individual in the UCF Challenge finishing in a tie for 36th place, the top finish for UCF...Competed in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic finishing in a tie for 61st place…Was in UCF’s lineup during all four fall events, averaging 80.09 per round...Tied for 44th at the Wildcat Invitational and notched a one-over 73 in the opening round of the Lady Pirate Invitational en route to a tie for 24th... Placed in a tie for 80th at the Auburn Derby.
GETTING TO KNOW... VICTORIA Favorite movies: The Proposal, American Gangster Favorite musicians: DJ Tiesto, Jay Z, Kanye West The famous person I would most like to meet: Tyra Banks, she’s hilarious. My favorite quality about coach Trimble: Laid back, fun, straight forward and motivating Favorite food: Big salad with goat cheese & chocolate for dessert Favorite class at UCF: Sport Psychology Favorite dessert: Dark chocolate lava cake Favorite UCF course to play: RedTail The best thing about going to UCF: Definitely the huge amazing gym and my boyfriend Favorite quote: “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” -Michael Jordan Favorite thing to do in Orlando: No question: SHOPPING!! Biggest strength of my golf game: Short game Favorite tournament while at UCF: Kentucky because I finished second individually What I like best about UCF golf: Great weather, great facility, fun people to be around.
Prior to UCF: Tomko graduated from Bradenton Academy Prep in Bradenton, Fla., while training at the IMG Academy...An established junior player and was a member of the Belgian National Team...Finished runner-up at the 2006 Doral-Publix Championship and runner-up at the Teens of the Greens World Championship... Registered more than a dozen top-five tournament finishes during junior competition...At the age of 11, had the opportunity to play with Bernhard Langer and Seve Ballesteros as a result of winning a short game contest in Belgium. Personal: Tomko was born in Herrenberg, Germany, and is the daughter of Michal and Marianna Cmelik Tomko...Pursuing a degree in interpersonal-organizational communication.
TOMKO’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS 2006-07 10 29 2007-08 4 12 2008-09 7 21 2009-10 4 9 CAREER 25 71
STROKES 2297 952 1688 692 5629
AVG. 79.21 79.33 80.38 76.89 78.84
LOW 18 73 (+1) 74 (+3) 73 (+1) 72 (Ev.) 72 (Ev.)
LOW 54 PAR/BETTER 225 (+9) 0 235 (+22) 0 237 (+21) 0 227 (+11) 1 225 (+9) 1
TOP 10 0 0 1 1 2
TOP 20 1 0 1 1 3
BEST FINISH T13 (Florida State Chmp.) T61 (UA-Ann Rhoads) T10 (C-USA Champ.) T3 (Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invit.) T3 (Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invit.)
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