HIGH SCHOOL: Played Junior Golf for Valle Alto A.C.
AMATEUR: Joined the Mexican Junior Golf Association at age six and the Mexican National team in 2005...Placed first on the Mexican Junior Tour four out of five years, taking runner-up honors in 2004... Won the Mexican Junior Masters in 2001...Finished 12th in the Junior World Championship at age 15...Received top-honors in the 2004 Mexican Amateur, tying for the youngest player to win, 17...Claimed the Mexican National Championship twelve times in her lifetime, most recently in 2001 and 2003, finished second in 2002...Placed second in the 2005 Mexican Amateur...Participated in four Texas Junior Golf Tour tournaments from 2001-05, placing in the top-seven each time...Situated herself in the top-5 in five Junior National Interzones, winning the competition once in each of the 14-15 and 16-18 divisions.
PERSONAL: Plans to major in business...Has an older brother, Raul, 21, and an nine-year-old sister, Ana...Admires LPGA golfer Juli Inkster...Received awards from the presidents of the MJGA and Female Association of the North of Mexico for contributions she made to the game in Mexico...Mexican National teammate of former Lady Vol All-American Violeta Retamoza...Admires Mexican professional player Lorena Ochoa...Diana is left-handed, but plays as a righty...The daughter of Norma Chapa Zambrano and Raúl Cantú Garza, Diana Cecilia Cantú was born on Dec. 29, 1987 in Monterrey, Mexico.
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