Mia Piccio

Senior

Bacolod City, Philippines (IMG Academy)

 

COLLEGIATE HONORS

SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2010)

SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012)

All-SEC Second Team (2011, 2012)

SEC Community Service Team (2011)

WGCA Central All-Region Team (2013)

 

2012-13 SEASON BESTS

Low Round: 69 x3 (Last: 2013 NCAA Central Regional, Third Round)

Low Tournament: 213 (2012 Cougar Classic)

Best Finish: 1st (2013 Lady Bulldog Individual Championship)

 

COLLEGIATE BESTS

Low Round: 69 x6 (Last: 2013 NCAA Central Regional, Third Round)

Low Tournament: 213 (2012 Cougar Classic)

Best Finish: 1st (2013 Lady Bulldog Individual Championship)

 

AT FLORIDA

AS A SENIOR (2012-13) – Named to WGCA Central All-Region Team…Had her second-best appearance in an NCAA Championship after carding the lowest tournament total (298) on the Gator team and finishing tied for 37^th…Completed two career-best rounds (69) at the 2013 NCAA Central Regional as part of a two-under (214) tournament score (4^th place) that helped send Florida to its third-straight NCAA Championship appearance…Finished the year with the third-best stroke average on the team (73.9), also good for seventh-lowest in Gator history for one season and best of her career…Finished UF career with a 74.2 average…Had nine top-25 finishes with four inside the top-ten...Best appearance was the one round, frost-shortened win at the 2013 Lady Bulldog Individual Championship in which she shot one of her three rounds of 69 for the season…Finished inside the top-50 in her last five tournaments…Third on team with nine even or under par rounds…Also third with two even or under par tournament totals…Closed out fall season with nothing worse than a 15^th place finish…Best three-round tournament finish was a tie for 6^th at the season-opening Cougar Classic after rounds of 73-70-70 for a 213 (-3)…Finished year ranked No. 47 by the GolfWeek/Sagarin rankings.

 

AS A JUNIOR (2011-12) – Named Second Team All-SEC for the second consecutive year…Second on the team with a 74.41 stroke average…Played in all 34 rounds and 11 tournaments…Recorded two top-10 finishes and six top-25 finishes…Finished the season ranked No. 53 on the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings…Set career lows in 36-hole (141) and tournament 214) scores at the Cougar Classic…Led the team in rounds counted (32-of-34) and pars (394)…Played No.1 in Florida’s lineup twice…Recorded her best finish of the season at the SEC/Pac-12 Challenge with a 217 (+1), good enough for a tie for third.

 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11) – Named Second Team All-SEC and a member of the SEC Golf Community Service Team…Listed as Honorable Mention in Golfweek’s All-American listing…Led the team with a 73.74 stroke average through a team-leading 35 rounds of golf…Her 54-hole tournament average of 221.00 ranked fifth all-time in UF history…Recorded two top-10’s and seven top-25 during her second season…Ranked the 41st best golfer in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings as of May 24, 2011 after entering the spring outside of the top 100…Finished first or tied for first among Florida golfers in six of UF’s 12 tournaments, including five of the seven spring events…Led the team with 13 even or under par rounds and two even or under par tournaments…Also paced the Gators with 84 birdies along with teammate Evan Jensen…91.9 percent of her rounds counted toward the team score…Her differential of 3.92 was tops on the team…Was at the top of Florida’s lineup on six occasions, including the NCAA East Regional and NCAA Championships…Had a stretch of 10 consecutive rounds without carding anything worse than a bogey…Tied for fifth at the Cougar Classic after registering a 215 (-1)…Finished 19th or higher in all seven of Florida’s spring events including the SEC Championship, NCAA East Regional and NCAA Championships…tied for seventh at the SunTrust Gator Women’s Golf Invitational, leading the team to the 2011 crown.

 

AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10) – Led the team with a stroke average of 74.7 through 24 rounds of play…Was a crucial member of UF’s lineup down the stretch, leading the team in its final three tournaments…Posted three top-10 finishes and two top-25 finishes…Finished first among Gators in the final four tournaments of the season…Made her NCAA post-season debut at the NCAA East Regional and carded a career low 69 (-3) in her first round…Finished in a tie for 26^th with a three-over 219 (69-76-74)…Tied for 24^th at the SEC Championship with a six-over 219 (73-76-70)…Posted a career-best finish at the Gator Women’s Golf Invitational when she tied for third with a four-over 214 (70-72-72)…Led the Gator golfers for the first time in her career at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic after carding a 231 (79-78-74, +15) and tying for 28^th…Shot a one-over 73 at the Auburn Invitational to tie for fifth…Tied teammate Isabelle Lendl for 20^th place with an eight-over 227 (73-80-74) at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge... Helped Florida earn their only tournament title of the season at the Central District Invitational when she tied for fourth place with a one-over 217 (72-73-72)…Rounded out UF’s lineup with a 238 (+25) to tie for 67^th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge…Carded an 18-over 234 (79-75-80) and tied for 66^th place at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship…Made her collegiate debut at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship, tying for 85^th with a 36-hole score of 156 (79-77, +12).

 

AMATEUR COMPETITION – Competed in the 16th Asian Games and finished 18th individually with a 72-hole score of 309 (+21) as the Philippines came in sixth…Selected to represent the Filipina national team at the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina and led the Philippines to an eighth-place finish…Won the Women’s Trans Amateur Championship in Lincoln, Neb. and was only the 13^th player in the 80-year history of the event to finish as a qualifying medalist in addition to winning the title…Qualified for the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship when she finished fourth in the qualifying event in Lexington, N.C., by shooting a 1-under 71…Collected five first-place finishes in the last three years, including back-to-back individual titles at the Future Collegians World Tour World Woods Rolling Oaks Open…Finished the 2007-08 season on the FCWT in sixth place…Took home top honors at the American Junior Golf Association’s Preseason Medicus at Callaway Garden and Burgett Money Jr. Rome Classic…According to the AJCA, Piccio was ranked 18^th in the Class of 2009.

 

PREP – Ranked No. 22 in the Class of 2009, according to GolfWeek, at the time she signed with UF.

 

PERSONAL – Enjoys photography, concerts and the Internet…Chose Florida because of its academics and athletics.

 

CAREER RESULTS

2012-13 (Senior Season)

Date                       Tournament                                                                         Finish     Score

9/9-11                    Cougar Classic (Charleston, S.C.)                                   T6           73-70-70-213 (-3)

9/17-18                  Dale McNamara Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)                    15           72-76-71-219 (+3)

10/28-30                Betsy Rawls Invitational (Austin, Texas)                         T11         73-71-73-217 (+1)

1/28                        Florida Challenge (Lecanto, Fla.)                                    T8           75-73-148 (+4)

2/11-13                  Northrop Grumman Regional (Palos Verdes, Calif.)   T25         71-78-76-225 (+12)

2/24-26                  Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (New Orleans, La.)T60        74-80-154 (+10)

3/15-17                  SunTrust Gator Women’s Invite (Gainesville, Fla.)       19           73-73-74-220 (+10)

3/29-31                  Bryan National Collegiate (Greensboro, N.C.)              T40         77-75-73-225 (+9)

4/19-21                  SEC Championship (Birmingham, Ala.)                        T47         82-79-76-237 (+21)

5/9-11                    NCAA Central Regional (Norman, Okla.)                       7              69-76-69-214 (-2)

5/21-24                  NCAA Championship (Athens, Ga.)                                T37         73-75-75-75-298 (+10)

 

Rounds: 33          Strokes: 2,439     Average: 73.9

 

2011-12 (Junior Season)

Date                       Tournament                                                         Finish     Score                   

9/11-13                  Cougar Classic (Charleston, SC)                                     T12         71-72-71-214 (-2)               

9/23-25                  Mason Rudolph (Franklin, TN)                                          T33         75-74-76-225 (+9)

10/21-23                SEC/Pac-12 Challenge (Knoxville, TN)                          T7           73-72-72-217 (+1)

10/31-11/2            Betsy Rawls Invitational (Austin, TX)                               10           71-70-80-221 (+5)

2/13-15                  Northrop Grumman (Palos Verdes, CA)                         T35         72-79-77-228 (15)

2/26-28                  Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)                          T30         74-76-75-225 (+9)

3/16-18                  SunTrust Gator Women’s Inv. (Gainesville, FL)            T15         71-72-76-219 (+9)

3/30-4/1                 Liz Murphey Classic (Athens, GA)                                   T33         73-78-72-223 (+7)

4/20-22                  SEC Championship (Fayetteville, AR)                            T17         79-74-79-232 (+16)

5/10-12                  NCAA Regionals (State College, Pa.)                             T14         74-75-71-220 (+4)

5/23-26                  NCAA Championships (Franklin, TN)                             T91         76-74-76-80-306 (+18)

                                               

Rounds: 34     Strokes: 2,530        Average: 74.41

 

2010-11 (Sophomore Season)

Date                       Tournament                                                                         Finish     Score

9/6                         Labor Day Shootout (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)              T12         77-43-120 (+12)

9/12-14                  Cougar Classic (Hanahan, SC)                                        T6           70-72-73-215 (-1)

9/24-26                  Mason Rudolph (Franklin, TN)                                          T62         73-71-81-225 (+9)

10/8-10                  Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, NC)                            T27         75-71-71-217 (+1)

11/5-7                    Pac-10/SEC Challenge (Palo Alto, CA)                          T79         80-78-76-234 (+21)

2/14-16                  Northrup Grumman (Palos Verdes, CA)                         T16         74-72-78-224 (+11)

2/27-3/1                 Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)                          T11         71-75-70-216 (E)

3/6-7                       SunTrust Gator Women’s Inv. (Gainesville, FL)            T7           72-73-72-217 (+7)

4/1-3                       Liz Murphey Classic (Athens, GA)                                   T11         79-75-69-223 (+7)

4/15-17                  SEC Championship (Auburn, AL)                                    T12         71-81-69-221 (+5)

5/5-7                       NCAA East Regional (Daytona Beach, FL)                    T11         75-74-69-218 (+2)

5/18-21                  NCAA Championships (Bryan, TX)                                 T19         72-70-76-76-294 (+6)

 

Rounds: 35      Strokes: 2,581      Average: 73.74

 

2009-10 (Freshman Season)

Date                       Tournament                                                                         Finish     Score

9/25-27                 Mason Rudolph W.C. (Nashville, TN)                              T85         79-77-156 (+12)

10/16-18                Mercedes-Benz W.C. (Knoxville, TN)                              T66         79-75-80-234 (+18)

2/8-10                    Northrop Grumman Regional (Palos Verdes, CA)       T67         77-81-80-238 (+25)

2/22-23                  Central District Invitational (Bradenton, FL)                   T4           72-73-72-217 (+1)

3/1-2                       Kinderlou Forest Challenge (Valdosta, GA)                   T20         73-77-77-227 (+8)

3/7                          Auburn Invitational (Auburn, AL)                                      T5           73 (+1)

3/26-28                  Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (Athens, GA)                T3           70-72-72-214 (+4)

4/10-11                  Gator Women’s Golf Invitational (Gainesville, FL)        10           76-72-70-218 (+8)

4/16-18                  SEC Championship (Tuscaloosa, AL)                            T24         73-76-70-219 (+6)

5/6-8                       NCAA East Regional (Greenville, NC)                            T26         69-76-74-219 (+3)

 

Rounds: 24      Strokes: 1,794      Average: 74.75