WOMEN S GOLF UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

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1 2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF Kellen Coleman, Student Assistant, Women s Golf Contact 180 W. Brooks, Norman, OK O: (405) C: (512) F: (405) kellencoleman@ou.edu SCHEDULE DATE TOURNAMENT RESULT Sept. 9-10, 2007 Badger Invitational 1st Oct. 1-2, 2007 Heather Farr Memorial 2nd Oct. 8-9, 2007 McHaney Invitational 4th Oct , 2007 Give Em Five Intercoll. 1st Feb , 2008 Central District Inv. T11th Feb , 2008 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T11th March 17-19, 2008 Betsy Rawls Invitational 9th March 29-30, 2008 Mountain View Collegiate T3rd April 6-7, 2008 Susie Maxwell Berning 1st April 25-27, 2008 May 8-10, 2008 May 20-23, 2008 Big 12 Championship NCAA Central Regionals NCAA Championships ROSTER Chelsey Collins So. Louisville, Colo. Kendall Dye Jr. Edmond, Okla. Ryanne Elmer So. (RS) Edmond, Okla. Kelly Jacques Sr. Longmont, Colo. Sydney Lee Jr. (RS) Corpus Christi, Texas Ellen Mueller Fr. Evansville, Ind. Andrea Sellmeyer So. McAlester, Okla. Staci Smoot Jr. (RS) Rochester, Minn. Heather Wright Sr. Houston, Texas BY THE NUMBERS 3 Oklahoma women s golf tournament victories this season 17 top-15 individual finishes by Oklahoma golfers this season 69 low round by an OU golfer this season (Heather Wright, MountainView Collegiate) 214 winning score (2-under-par) posted by Kendall Dye at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 215 total rounds played by seniors Kelly Jacques and Heather Wright during their OU careers OKLAHOMA HEADS TO KARSTEN CREEK IN STILLWATER; SOONERS AIM FOR SECOND BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP OKLAHOMA SOONERS RANKINGS 41 GolfWeek/Sagarin 41 Golfstat Ratings THE SOONER LINEUP Kendall Dye: Susie Maxwell win marked her first career individual championship. Kelly Jacques: finished in seventh place at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. Heather Wright: has played 101 career rounds as a Sooner with a average. Ellen Mueller: freshman has five top-25 finishes in nine events this season. Ryanne Elmer: playing in her third consecutive tournament. SETTING THE SCENE Date: April 25-27, 2008 Location: Stillwater, Okla. Start Time: 9 a.m. CDT each day Course: Karsten Creek Par/Yards: 72/6,210 Host: Oklahoma State University PLAYER TO WATCH Kendall Dye, the junior from Edmond, Okla., was co-medalist at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Norman (April 6-7). NORMAN, Okla. After wrapping up the regular season with a home victory at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, its third win of the season, the No. 41 University of Oklahoma women s golf team heads to Stillwater, Okla., to begin postseason play at the Big 12 Championship April The Sooners, ranked fourth in the Big 12, look to bring home the title at Karsten Creek, a par-72 course measuring 6,210 yards. We definitely expect to contend for the championship, OU head coach Carol Ludvigson said. Our goal is to put ourselves in that position. Playing under pressure at the end, our golfers have really stepped up and seen that they can do it. Their expectations are very high. Holding the No. 1 spot in the OU lineup is Susie Maxwell co-medalist Kendall Dye. The junior from Edmond, Okla., has 11 career top-20 finishes to go along with her first win. Dye s career stroke average of ranks fourth in school history. She hopes to lead her team to victory at Karsten Creek. We ve been working hard all season long and are prepared and ready for postseason, Dye said. It s just a matter of us believing in ourselves and executing the shots. The Big 12 Championship is up for grabs and we are going to put up a strong fight in Stillwater this weekend. Kelly Jacques is next in the lineup after finishing in seventh place at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. The senior from Longmont, Colo., is one of the most successful and most consistent players in OU history. Jacques has 19 career top-20 finishes and 10 top-10 outings as a Sooner. She is No. 2 in school history with a career stroke average. Senior Heather Wright, who made a courageous effort to play the final two rounds of the Susie Maxwell

2 2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES OKLAHOMA HIGHLIGHTS WINNING WAYS The Sooners have won three tournaments this season, including their home tournament, the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. The three tournament championships ties the school record for most victories in a single season. It has happened just three other times in school history (1981, 1986 and 2003). The team title at the Susie Maxwell was the Sooners first win at home since DYE ROLLS A W Junior Kendall Dye won co-medalist honors at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic with a 2-under-par score of 214, marking the first individual championship of her career. She joined elite company with the title, becoming just the 28th medalist in OU history and the first since Lisa Meldrum in SCHOOL RECORD The Sooners carded a team score of 287 in the first round of the MountainView Collegiate March in Tucson, Ariz., tying the school record for low 18 holes set in 1994 at the Chris Johnson Invitational. JACQUES AMONG SOONER GREATS Senior Kelly Jacques has already left her mark in the OU history books, and still has a couple tournaments left to add to her legacy. She ranks second in school history with a career stroke average, trailing only Lisa Meldrum (75.14). Jacques average of is also within range of Meldrum s single-season record (74.94). The First Team All-Big 12 selection from a year ago has 19 career top-20 finishes, 10 top-10 performances and three top fives. FRESHMAN PHENOM Not many freshmen can say they played in every single event their first year. But not many freshmen are as good as OU s Ellen Mueller. Not only has Mueller started in the lineup in each of OU s tournaments this season, but she has done so with five top- 25 performances, two top 10s and a tie for second. Her scoring average is one of the best in OU freshman history. WRIGHT ON TARGET Heather Wright, a senior from Houston, Texas, has had one of the most productive careers in program history. Wright boasts a career scoring average over 101 rounds, seventh all-time at OU. She posted the Sooners low round of the season at the MountainView Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., with a 69 on the opening 18. She went on to finish in third place in Tucson, a careerbest performance. Wright has eight career top-20 finishes, three top-10s and two top fives. with a wrist injury, is in the No. 3 spot for the Sooners this weekend. Wright has eight career top-20 finishes, including a career-best third-place showing at this year s MountainView Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz. She also carded the Sooners low round of the season with a 69 on the opening 18 in Tucson. Ellen Mueller is undoubtedly one of the best freshmen in Oklahoma women s golf history. She will be playing from the fourth spot in the lineup. Mueller has started all nine tournaments for the Sooners this season, accumulating five top-25 finishes. She has averaged over her 25 rounds, which would rank as the best OU career average if she met the minimum number of rounds played requirement. Sophomore Ryanne Elmer holds the fifth and final spot for OU this weekend. She has come on strong as of late, earning the right to play in the Sooners biggest tournament of the year. Ryanne has really stepped up and handled the pressure, Ludvigson said. She had a couple pressure points that she could have crumbled under, but she didn t. I feel really good about her being in the lineup. She s really good for our dynamic of our team. She relaxes everyone, and you need that. Especially at this time of year. The Big 12 Championship host, Oklahoma State, is rated as the top team in the conference. The Cowgirls are ranked ninth in the country in the GolfWeek/Sagarin performance index, followed by Texas (21), Texas A&M (22), OU (41), Texas Tech (47), Missouri (50), Nebraska (54), Iowa State (55), Kansas (60), Colorado (63), Kansas State (78) and Baylor (94). Anything can happen at the Big 12 Championship, and especially this time of year, Coach Ludvigson said. You get a little bit of momentum, and all five of our kids feel really good. So we expect to contend and walk away with a championship, and hopefully walk away with even an individual champion as well. Ludvigson described the postseason in golf as similar to March Madness in basketball, with any team having the ability to win. A lot of times at this time of the year, teams put more pressure on themselves because some of them are right on the bubble to get into regionals, Ludvigson said. We ve been in that situation, knowing that we had to play well, but we re not in that situation this time. They can go and just play the golf course. That s our mentality. We re competing with the golf course. We just want to be in the last group on the last day, getting a chance to walk away with the trophy. The Big 12 Championship begins Friday at 9 a.m. CDT. The Sooners will start on the back nine with Elmer teeing off at 9:50 a.m. Mueller will follow at 10:00, Wright at 10:10, Jacques at 10:20, and Dye at 10:30. All five of the girls feel really good about each other and very strong, Ludvigson said. They are all such hard workers. We just want to play one hole at a time. Our biggest goal is that when we walk on Karsten, we want to try to make that our own golf course. That s the biggest key. OU won the Big 12 Championship in 2000, and has finished in the top five in seven out of the 11 tournaments since the conference was formed in 1996.

3 TEAM SCHEDULE/RESULTS FALL st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par 9/9-10 Badger Invitational (Madison, Wis.) st /1-2 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational (Boulder, Colo.) nd /8-10/9 Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational (Lubbock, Texas) th /15-17 Price s Give Em Five Invitational (Las Cruces, N.M.) st SPRING st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par 2/18-19 Central District Invitational (Parrish, Fla.) T11th /24-26 Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) T11th /17-19 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (Austin, Texas) th /29-30 Mountainview Collegiate (Tucson, Ariz.) T3rd /6-7 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (Norman, Okla.) st /25-27 Big 12 Championship (Stillwater, Okla.) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS FALL 07/SPRING 08 BADGER FARR MEMORIAL MCHANEY GIVE EM FIVE CENTRAL DISTRICT Chelsey Collins (T61) 83-85=168 DNP (T14) =231 (T54) =237 (T64) =245 Kendall Dye (T2) 73-75=148 (T11) =221 (T34) =240 (T13) =225 (T18) =229 Ryanne Elmer (T38) 77-84=161 DNP DNP DNP DNP Kelly Jacques (T7) 71-78=149 (T11) =221 (12) =229 (T4) =222 (T41) =236 Sydney Lee (T53) 81-84=165 DNP DNP DNP DNP Ellen Mueller (T2) 75-73=148 (T24) =225 (13) =230 (T19) =228 (T50) =239 Andrea Sellmeyer DNP DNP (T54) =245 DNP DNP Staci Smoot DNP (T49) =233 (T34) =240 DNP DNP Joyce Trus DNP DNP (T31) =239 DNP DNP Heather Wright (T7) 74-75=149 (T20) =224 (T24) =236 (T38) =233 (T28) =232 SPRING 2008 PUERTO RICO BETSY RAWLS MOUNTAINVIEW SUSIE MAXWELL BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Chelsey Collins DNP DNP DNP (T52) =237 Kendall Dye (T74) =237 (T24) 77-83=160 (T20) =224 (T1) =214 Ryanne Elmer (T74) =237 DNP (T31) =226 (T34) =230 Kelly Jacques (T12) =221 (T51) 80-85=165 (T11) =221 (7) =219 Sydney Lee DNP DNP DNP (T80) =249 Ellen Mueller (T66) =233 (T57) 82-85=167 (T43) =228 (T10) =222 Andrea Sellmeyer DNP DNP DNP (T34) =230 Staci Smoot DNP (T47) 81-83=164 (T85) =241 (T43) =233 Heather Wright (T21) =223 (T47) 84-80=164 (3) =218 (WD) WD INDIVIDUAL TOTALS Golfer Rounds Low Strokes Average Chelsey Collins , Kendall Dye , Ryanne Elmer Kelly Jacques , Sydney Lee Ellen Mueller , Andrea Sellmeyer Staci Smoot , Joyce Trus Heather Wright , CAREER TOTALS Golfer Rounds Low Strokes Average Chelsey Collins , Kendall Dye , Ryanne Elmer , Kelly Jacques , Sydney Lee , Ellen Mueller , Andrea Sellmeyer , Staci Smoot , Joyce Trus Heather Wright , OKLAHOMA RECORDS Team 18 Holes: 287 (2008 MountainView Collegiate and 1994 Chris Johnson Invitational) 54 Holes: 874 (2000 UALR Invitational) Individual 18 Holes: 66, Kim O Connor (1994 Lady Paladin Invitational) 54 Holes: 211, Kendall Dye (2007 MountainView Collegiate) and Lisa Meldrum (2002 Dick McGee Invitational and 2002 Susie Maxwell Berning) Season Stroke Avg.: 74.94, Lisa Meldrum ( ) Career Stroke Average 1. Lisa Meldrum (75.14) 2. Kelly Jacques (76.86) 3. Allison Johnson (76.92) 4. Kendall Dye (76.93) 5. Kim O Connor (77.22) 6. Wendy Martin (77.44)

4 KENDALL DYE Junior Edmond, Okla. Edmond Santa Fe High School JUNIOR ( ) Badger Invitational T =148 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational T =221 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =240 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =225 Central District Invitational T =229 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =237 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =160 MountainView Collegiate T =224 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =214 SOPHOMORE ( ) Badger Invitational =232 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =225 Wolverine Invitational T =230 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =239 Kent Youel Invitational T =236 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =237 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =239 MountainView Collegiate T =211 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =223 Big 12 Championship T =241 FRESHMAN ( ) Badger Invitational T =237 Mary Fossum Invitational T =228 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =229 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =234 Mo Morial Invitational T =238 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =231 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic T =244 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =232 Big 12 Championship T =233 SINGLE ROUND...68 MountainView Collegiate, 2nd Round (2007) 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT Badger Invitational (2007) 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT MountainView Collegiate (2007) TOURNAMENT FINISH...T1st Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2008) CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES...11 CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES...4 CAREER TOP-FIVE FINISHES...3 CAREER WINS...1 DYE S CAREER STATS , , , Career ,

5 KELLY JACQUES Senior Longmont, Colo. Skyline High School SENIOR ( ) Badger Invitational T =149 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational T =221 Jeannine McHaney Invitational =229 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =222 Central District Invitational T =236 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =221 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =165 MountainView Collegiate T =221 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic =219 JUNIOR ( ) Badger Invitational T =229 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =218 Wolverine Invitational T =230 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =234 Kent Youel Invitational T =234 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =219 Mo Morial Invitational T =241 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =234 MountainView Collegiate T =220 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =225 Big 12 Championship T =229 SOPHOMORE ( ) Badger Invitational T =224 Mary Fossum Invitational T =221 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =238 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =224 Mo Morial Invitational T =230 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =236 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic T =245 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =230 Big 12 Championship T =233 FRESHMAN ( ) Lady Northern Invitational T =230 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =155 Mason Rudolph Championships T =224 Kent Youel Invitational T =223 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =237 Lady Gator Invitational T =249 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =241 BU-Tapatio Springs Shootout T =234 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =244 Big 12 Championship T =248 SINGLE ROUND...71 Kent Youel Invitational, 2nd Round (2004) Mary Fossum Invitational, 3rd Round (2005) Badger Invitational, 1st Round (2007) Heather Farr Memorial, 1st Round (2007) 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT Badger Invitational (2007) 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT Jeannine McHaney Invitational (2006) TOURNAMENT FINISH...T3rd Mary Fossum Invitational (2005) CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES...19 CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES...10 CAREER TOP-FIVE FINISHES...3 JACQUES CAREER STATS , , , , Career ,

6 HEATHER WRIGHT Senior Houston, Texas Clear Lake High School SENIOR ( ) Badger Invitational T =149 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational T =224 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =236 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =233 Central District Invitational T =232 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =223 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =164 MountainView Collegiate =218 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic WD WD JUNIOR ( ) Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =221 Mo Morial Invitational T =234 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =236 MountainView Collegiate T =223 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =218 Big 12 Championship T =234 SOPHOMORE ( ) Badger Invitational T =239 Mary Fossum Invitational T =239 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =236 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =232 Mo Morial Invitational T =237 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =237 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic T =235 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =227 Big 12 Championship T =235 FRESHMAN ( ) Lady Northern Invitational T =238 Jeannine McHaney Invitational T =154 Mason Rudolph Championships T =238 Kent Youel Invitational T =237 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =233 Lady Gator Invitational T =250 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =253 BU-Tapatio Springs Shootout =225 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =245 Big 12 Championship T =245 SINGLE ROUND...69 MountainView Collegiate, 1st Round (2008) 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT Badger Invitational (2007) 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2007) MountainView Collegiate (2008) TOURNAMENT FINISH...3rd MountainView Collegiate (2008) CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES...8 CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES...3 CAREER TOP-FIVE FINISHES...2 WRIGHT S CAREER STATS , , , , Career ,

7 ELLEN MUELLER Freshman Evansville, Ind. Reitz Memorial High School FRESHMAN ( ) Badger Invitational T =148 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational T =225 Jeannine McHaney Invitational =230 Price s Give Em Five Intercollegiate T =228 Central District Invitational T =239 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =233 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational T =167 MountainView Collegiate T =228 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =222 SINGLE ROUND...73 Badger Invitational, 2nd Round (2007) Heather Farr Memorial, 2nd Round (2007) Susie Maxwell Berning, 3rd Round (2008) 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT Badger Invitational (2007) 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2008) TOURNAMENT FINISH...T2 Badger Invitational (2007) CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES...4 CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES...2 CAREER TOP-FIVE FINISHES...1 MUELLER S CAREER STATS , Career ,

8 RYANNE ELMER Sophomore (RS) Edmond, Okla. Bishop McGuinness Catholic H.S. SOPHOMORE ( ) Badger Invitational T =161 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T =237 MountainView Collegiate T =226 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =230 FRESHMAN ( ) Wolverine Invitational =241 Mo Morial Invitational T =254 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T =242 SINGLE ROUND...72 MountainView Collegiate, 3rd Round (2008) 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT Badger Invitational (2007) 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT MountainView Collegiate (2008) TOURNAMENT FINISH...T31st MountainView Collegiate (2008) ELMER S CAREER STATS Career ,