BIO
Dana
von Louda
Junior (RS)
Gainesville, Fla.
Buchholz HS
Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS
Rounds: 17
Strokes: 1396
Average: 82.12
Low Round: 73 (1998 Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate)
Low Tournament: 235 (1998 Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate)
Best Finish: t18th (1998 Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate)
1999 SUMMER RESULTS - Won second consecutive Alachua County Amateur Golf Championship in Gainesville, shooting 74-78—152, besting her closest competitor by 14 full strokes ... Won Champion “B” Flight at the First Coast Women’s Championship in St. Augustine with a 77-78-74--219 ... Her third day total was the low round of the day ... Finished fourth at the State Farm Collegiate Players Tour Event. AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (1998-99) – Member of UF’s playing five for four stroke play tournaments and the Rolex Match Play Team Championships ... Participated in the SunTrust Lady Gator as an individual ... Halved match against Duke All-American and ’98 U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur runner-up Jenny Chuasiriporn at the first round of the Rolex Match Play Championships on October 31 ... Won singles match over Furman’s Leigh Turner 2 UP in final round of Rolex Match Play on November 2nd ... Carded her low round of the year of 74 on two occasions (second rounds of both the Auburn Tiger Invitational and the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational) ... Placed 24th in the Lady Gator Fall Classic (255) and shared the 32nd position at the Auburn Tiger Invite (155) ... Selected to SEC Academic Honor Roll. 1998 SUMMER RESULTS - Won the Alachua County Amateur Golf Championship held in Gainesville, shooting a 115 in the rain-shortened 27-hole event ... Also was victorious at Collegiate Players Tour event in Columbia, S.C., posting a 54-hole total of 237 ... Shared top honors in the Florida Women’s State Golf Association (FWSGA) District 3 two-partner scramble, best-ball tournament ... Tied place for second at the Collegiate Players Tour event in Lakeland, Fla. AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (1997-98) - Member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in two tournaments as an individual ... Turned in collegiate-best individual finish by tying for 18th at the Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate ... Carded a collegiate-best round of one-over par 73 in the middle round of the Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate ... AS A FRESHMAN (1996-97) - Redshirted. PRIOR TO FLORIDA - Member of the 1996 Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 5A third-place team ... Runner-up at the 1996 district championship ... 1996 The Gainesville Sun's All-Area Player of the Year - also earned a spot on The Gainesville Sun's All-Area team as a junior ... Shot a hole-in-one with a nine-iron on No. 2 at the Haile Plantation Golf Course in Gainesville in March of 1996 during a high school tournament ... High school team finished seventh at 1994 FHSAA State Championship and won three district titles (1993-94, '96) ... Finished fifth in the 1995 district tournament ... Prep team's most valuable player as a senior and most improved as a junior ... Four-year letter winner at Buchholz High School ... Member of International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) in 1995-96, competing in four tournaments. PERSONAL - Born May 5, 1978 in Gunnison, Colo. ... Graduated from Buchholz High School in 1996 ... National Honor Society member ... Member of Beta Eta Sigma (business) and Mu Alpha Theta (math) honor societies ... Also competed in gymnastics ... Certified gymnastics instructor for two years ... Recipient of 1995 Gainesville Junior Golf Tour's Summer Scholarship and the 1996 Gold Seal Florida Scholarship ... Pursuing a degree in Public Relations.
Career Results
1998-99
Auburn Tiger Invitational 81-74—155 t32
Rolex Match Play Team Championships H/L/W
Lady Gator Fall Classic 88-88-79—255 24
UCF Women’s Golf Invitational 78-86—164 30
SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational 90-74—164 t59^
LSU Fairwood Invitational 87-89—176 t85
1997-98
SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational 84 -80 -83B247 t85th^
Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate 81-73-81B235 t18th^
^ - competed as an individual
