| Madison Pressel |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Boca Raton, Fla.
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| High School:
Spanish River
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| Height:
5-4
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| Birthdate:
07/11/1991
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| Experience:
Sr.-3L
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2011 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year
2011 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship medalist
2011 Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention
AS A JUNIOR (2011-12)
• recorded a season-best runner-up finish at the 2011 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (Oct. 31-Nov. 2)
• 2012 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• did not compete in the 2012 postseason due to a right shoulder injury
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11)
• dominated the 2011 Big 12 Championship (April 22-24) with an impressive first place finish at eight under par, five strokes ahead of the runner-up
• set the Big 12 Championship records for lowest single-round score for her 66 in the second round, lowest 36-hole score at 137, and lowest 54-hole score at 208 (71-66-71)
• earned honorable mention All-America accolades in the 2011 Golfweek NCAA Division I Women's All-America team
• named to the 2011 All-Big 12 Team and 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2011 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and April Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Month
• finished in the top 10 four times and completed six rounds under par
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2010, Spring 2011)
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10)
• fired a Texas single-round record of 6-under-par 65 on the first say of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16, 2009)
• UT's low or co-low player in a team-best five events
• led UT with a 74.57 scoring average
• recorded a season-best tie for 13th place at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (March 26-28)
• one of three players to compete in all 12 events during the season
• recorded five Top 25 finishes
• recorded nine rounds of par or better, including five sub-par rounds and two in the 60s
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2009, Spring 2010)
NATIONALLY
• competed in the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship at Charlotte Country Club in North Carolina
• advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2010 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina before falling 2 UP to eventual runner-up Lisa McCloskey
• advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2010 Women's Western Golf Association (WWGA) National Amateur Championship at Rochester Golf and Country Club in Minnesota
• ranked 40th in the nation according to Golfweek prior to enrolling at Texas
• earned medalist honors at the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Sectional Qualifier in Wellington, Fla.
• competed in the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur World Championship in St. Louis, Mo.
• member of the 2009 AJGA Canon Cup and competed on the East Team with teammate Haley Stephens
• finished third in the stroke-play portion of the 2008 U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur Championship with rounds of 69-71
• advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2008 Polo Golf Junior Classic
• qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship
• nine career top-10 finishes in AJGA competition
HIGH SCHOOL
• won the 2008 Florida Class 2A State Tournament after placing third as a sophomore and fourth as a junior
• back-to-back South Florida Sun-Sentinel Girls' Golfer of the Year
• awarded all-county honors all four years
• three-time Palm Beach County Player of the Year (2006, 2007 and 2008)
• four-time Spanish River MVP
• member of the Breast Cancer Walks community service club
Personal
Daughter of Michael Pressel and the late Kathryn Pressel ... full name is Madison Taylor Pressel ... has one sister, Morgan, and one brother, Mitchell ... born on July 11, 1991 in Tampa, Fla. ... sister Morgan plays on the LPGA ... uncle Aaron Krickstein was a professional tennis player and competed on the ATP from 1983-96 ... mother Kathy played collegiate tennis at the Michigan, and aunt Renee Krickstein played collegiate tennis at Tulane.
