2009-10 LSU Women's Golf Media Guide

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LSU INTRO

Amalie

Coaches TIGERS review

valle

History LSU

Junior • Fredrikstad, Norway • Norges Toppidrettsgymnas

2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2008 Freshman SEC Academic Honor Roll Sophomore Season (2008-09) • Played in nine events, including all the spring events as part of the lineup that led LSU back to the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship, where the Lady Tigers finished 12th. • Averaged 75.2 strokes per round, an improvement of four-tenths of a stroke from her freshman season. • Had three top 15 finishes - tie for 13th in the NCAA West Regional at even par 216 (74-72-70) and tie for 14th at both the UCF Challenge at one-under 215 (6974-72) and the LSU Golf Classic at even par 216 (72-74-70). • Seven rounds of par or under including a three-under 69 in the first round of the UCF Challenge. • Represented Norway in Oct. 2008 in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships at Adelaide, Australia, a 48-team event.

Freshman Season (2007-08) • Played in 34 rounds for the Lady Tigers and averaged 75.62 strokes per round. • Shot two rounds of par or under. • Her low round of the year was posted in her first round in purple and gold at the Cougar Classic where she shot 69.

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• Had success in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where she recorded her two top 15 finishes at the UA-Ann Rhodes Intercollegiate (t13) and the Crimson Tide Classic (t15). • Participated in the European Ladies Championship as a part of the Norwegian team. • Second in the 2008 Norwegian Ladies Championship for the second straight year.

Prior to LSU • Finished second in the 2007 Norwegian Championships. • Finished third in the Norwegian Championships in 2006. • First in the Order of Merit P4-tour in 2004-05.

Personal • Born on April 24, 1988 • Right handed • Parents are Arild and Yvonne Valle … One sister Line Valle (23) and one brother Oskar Valle (18). • Favorite foods are pasta and ribs. • Said things that influenced her to come to LSU were the “practice facilities, the girls on the team and the coaches.”

2009-2010 LSU Women’s golf Media Guide


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