| Alex Richards |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Austin, Texas
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| High School:
Lake Travis
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| Height:
5-7
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| Experience:
Sr.-3L
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As a Junior (2008-09)
•saw action in three team events; vs. Texas State, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational and Indiana Invitational
•shot a season-low 78 (+6) during the second round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
As a Sophomore (2007-08)
•played in one event, the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, where she tied for 74th place with a 27-over par 171
As a Freshman (2006-07)
•tied for the team lead by competing in eight of Texas' nine events
•posted a season-best tie for 26th place at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at 19-over par
•posted a season-low round of 76 eight times
•led Texas with a tie for 39th place at 12-over par at the Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational
•helped Texas to a sixth-place finish at the Aloha Purdue Collegiate by tying for 28th place at 22-over par
•helped the Longhorns to a tie for fifth place at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational by tying for 26th place at 19-over par
High School
•2005 and 2006 district medalist
•three-time All-State honoree (2003-05) while starring at Lake Travis HS
•four-time all-district and all-region honoree
•named Lake Travis Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2006
•four-year letterwinner at Lake Travis High School
•2005 team MVP as a junior
•Lake Travis team co-captain as a junior and senior
•named Lake Travis Student of the Month in April of 2006
Nationally
•posted a top-10 finish at 2005 Lubbock AJGA Junior Championships at the Rawls Course in Lubbock
•tied for 10th at 2005 AJGA Abilene Reporter-News/Lawrence Hall Abilene Junior at the Fairway Oaks Country Club in Abilene
•tied for ninth at the PING Harvey Penick Junior AJGA at The Hills Country Club in Flintrock Falls
•placed sixth at the 2004 AJGA Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout, played at the Dominion Country Club in San Antonio
Personal
Daughter of George and Regina Richards ... has an older sister, Helen, who played golf at Vanderbilt University for Martha Richards ... born July 25, 1987 in Wausau, Wisconsin ... double majoring in Spanish and Public Relations ... recipient of the 2007 UT Women's Athletics Whitworth/Holloway Endowed Scholarship ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009).
