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2001-02 Women's Golf Roster
Garcia-Estrada, Maria
Maria Garcia-Estrada
- Position:
- Player
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tenerife, Spain
Bio
Career Notes:
ACC Individual Champion as a freshman... had eight top 20 finishes in 11 tournaments as a freshman.
2001-02:
Played in all four fall tournaments as a junior ... posted a season-best tie for 27th place at Franklin Street Trust/Tar Heel Invitational.
2001 Summer Action:
Advanced to the first round of match play at the Western Golf Association Amateur and the second round of the North and South Amateur.
2000-01:
Saw action in six tournaments as a sophomore... notched two top 20 finishes in the six tournaments with a 76.88 stroke average for the season... posted a season-best round of 70 in the Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Intercollegiate as she went on to finish tied for 13th (70-76-73=219)... also fired a 70 at the Bryan National Collegiate... played as an individual in the Franklin Street Trust, Lady Gamecock Classic, Liz Murphy Classic, and the Bryan national Collegiate.
1999-00:
Selected All-ACC, second-team All-America, Golfweek/Sagarin All-District first-team, and Mid-Atlantic East Freshman of the Year... tallied a 75.29 stroke average, which ranked third on the team... picked up her first collegiate victory at the ACC Championships with a one-under-par total of 215 (76-67-72)... tallied a collegiate best five-under-par in the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic and the ACC Championship... named Golf World Collegiate women's Player of the Week for the April 21 issue... featured in the Sports Illustrated's GolfPlus section, after winning the ACC Championships... posted four top 10 and eight top 20 finishes... ranked second on the squad with eight even or under par rounds, third on the team in percentage of rounds counted (.765), and average strokes behind the leader (3.56)... went on a streak in the spring with three straight top five finishes... fired a season-best 54-hole total of 215 at the ACC Championship... concluded the season ranked No. 18 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings... other top finishes include fifth at the lady Gamecock Classic, third at the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic, tied for fourth at the Franklin Street Trust/Tar Heel Invitational, tied for 20th at the NCAA Fall preview, and tied for 13th at the Casa de Campo.
Prep:
Trained and played three years at the Ledbetter Academy... went to school at Bradenton Academy in Florida... earned AJGA first-team All-America honors... high school team won the state title and she was the individual state champion as a senior... a member of Spain's National Team... that squad won the under-18 and under-21 European Team Championship... finished second at Doral and Orange Bowl in 1997... was a Rolex semifinalist.
Personal:
Born February 13, 1981... daughter of Jose Luis Garcia-Estrada and Dulce Acevedo... was Valedictorian of her class... brother, Efren, was a golfer at Rhode Island.
ACC Individual Champion as a freshman... had eight top 20 finishes in 11 tournaments as a freshman.
2001-02:
Played in all four fall tournaments as a junior ... posted a season-best tie for 27th place at Franklin Street Trust/Tar Heel Invitational.
2001 Summer Action:
Advanced to the first round of match play at the Western Golf Association Amateur and the second round of the North and South Amateur.
2000-01:
Saw action in six tournaments as a sophomore... notched two top 20 finishes in the six tournaments with a 76.88 stroke average for the season... posted a season-best round of 70 in the Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Intercollegiate as she went on to finish tied for 13th (70-76-73=219)... also fired a 70 at the Bryan National Collegiate... played as an individual in the Franklin Street Trust, Lady Gamecock Classic, Liz Murphy Classic, and the Bryan national Collegiate.
1999-00:
Selected All-ACC, second-team All-America, Golfweek/Sagarin All-District first-team, and Mid-Atlantic East Freshman of the Year... tallied a 75.29 stroke average, which ranked third on the team... picked up her first collegiate victory at the ACC Championships with a one-under-par total of 215 (76-67-72)... tallied a collegiate best five-under-par in the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic and the ACC Championship... named Golf World Collegiate women's Player of the Week for the April 21 issue... featured in the Sports Illustrated's GolfPlus section, after winning the ACC Championships... posted four top 10 and eight top 20 finishes... ranked second on the squad with eight even or under par rounds, third on the team in percentage of rounds counted (.765), and average strokes behind the leader (3.56)... went on a streak in the spring with three straight top five finishes... fired a season-best 54-hole total of 215 at the ACC Championship... concluded the season ranked No. 18 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings... other top finishes include fifth at the lady Gamecock Classic, third at the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic, tied for fourth at the Franklin Street Trust/Tar Heel Invitational, tied for 20th at the NCAA Fall preview, and tied for 13th at the Casa de Campo.
Prep:
Trained and played three years at the Ledbetter Academy... went to school at Bradenton Academy in Florida... earned AJGA first-team All-America honors... high school team won the state title and she was the individual state champion as a senior... a member of Spain's National Team... that squad won the under-18 and under-21 European Team Championship... finished second at Doral and Orange Bowl in 1997... was a Rolex semifinalist.
Personal:
Born February 13, 1981... daughter of Jose Luis Garcia-Estrada and Dulce Acevedo... was Valedictorian of her class... brother, Efren, was a golfer at Rhode Island.
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