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| Nathalie Mansson |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Stockholm, Sweden
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| High School:
Farsta
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| Height:
5-4
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AWARDS & HONORS
All-America Honors
2011 Golfweek Honorable Mention
2010 NGCA Second Team
2010 Golfweek Second Team
2009 Golfweek Honorable Mention
All-SEC Honors
2011 All-SEC Second Team
2010 All-SEC First Team
2009 All-SEC Second Team
3-Time Individual Champion
2011 Rebel Intercollegiate
2009 Alamo Invitational
2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship
JUNIOR SEASON
• Played in all 11 tournaments for the Lady Vols
• Second on the team in stroke average (74.47) and strokes vs. par (2.56)
• Recorded seven rounds of par or better, three of which dipped into the sixties
• Won the Rebel Intercollegiate over teammate Erica Popson in the third playoff hole
• Finished first for Tennessee in three of four fall tournaments (Fall Preview, Golfweek Challenge and Pac-10/SEC Challenge)
• Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Golfweek
SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Captured Second Team All-America honors from Golfweek and the National Golf Coaches Association
• Earned All-SEC First Team accolades, as well as All-East Region laurels
• Finished the season with a 73.059 average to break Young- Yang's nine-year-old mark of 73.063 - set in 2000-01
• Tallied 16 par-or-better rounds to supplant Violeta Retamo za's 2004-05 record of 15
• Nabbed a pair of first-place finishes in the fall, capturing the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship and tying for first at the Alamo Invitational
• Nabbed eight top-10 finishes in 12 tournaments, one off the Tennessee record
• Career-best round of 67 came at the season opening Cougar Classic as she tied for 10th with a 215 (-1) total
• Grabbed Lady Vol Athlete of the Week honors on Oct. 19 and April 6 following her Mercedes-Benz and Bryan Na tional finishes, respectively
• Picked up SEC Spring Honor Roll accolades
FRESHMAN SEASON
• Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Golfweek
• Led the Lady Vols with a 73.79 stroke average and 10 rounds of par or better
• Named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team
• Garnered All-East Region accolades
• Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
• Posted a team-best finish in six different tournaments and never finished lower than third on the team
• Posted her season-low round of 1-under 69 at the NCAA East Regional, nabbing a tie for third place with a 212 (+2) total
• Tabbed as Lady Vol Athlete of the Week after her perfor mance at the regional
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
• Secured the European Ladies Team Championship for Sweden in the summer of 2010 in Caragena, Spain, by sinking a 12-foot putt for birdie on the first playoff hole in her match against Spain's Ane Urchegui
• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Ladies British Amateur Championship in 2009, compiling a 3-1 record
• Carded a 54-hole total of (+1) 217 to tie for 40th at the An nika Sorenstam-hosted Scandinavian TPC, a Ladies European Tour event in 2008
• Won the 2007 Swedish Srixon Junior Open
• Won the Swedish Junior Matchplay in 2007 and 2008
• Competed on the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team that defeated the U.S. in 2007
PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Majoring in criminal justice
• Highest ambition is to play in the LPGA
• Admires Annika Sorenstam
• Top thrill in golf was playing at the Scandinavian TPC
• Hobbies include cooking and baking.
• Enjoys amusement parks and rollercoasters
• Has a brother, Niklas, 17
• Nathalie Sofie Mansson, daughter of Goran and Jeanette Mansson, was born May 16, 1989, in Huddinge, Sweden
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