| Natalie Sheary |
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Spring 2008
Competed in all eight events... Led the team in scoring with a 74.2 average for the season... Won the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and became the first Wake Forest freshman to win an event since Marta Prieto won the ACC Championship in 1998... Was the top finisher for the Demon Deacons in six tournaments... Named All-America Honorable Mention by the National Golf Coaches Association... Named All-America Honorable Mention by Golfweek magazine... Named ACC Freshman of the Year...Selected to the All-ACC team... Named Female College Golfer of the Week by GolfWorld following her win at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge... Recorded the lowest 54-hole score for the Deacons on the season, a 214 at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational... Low round of the season was a 69 in the third round of the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational, which tied for the fourth-lowest round of the season for Wake Forest... Posted four top five finishes, four top 10 finishes and seven top 20 finishes on the season... Recorded 12 rounds at or under par for the season, a team best... Shot 72-71-72=215 (+2) to win the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge... Finished in a tie for fourth at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational after carding a 72-73-69=214 (+4)... Posted a fifth-place finish at the ACC Championship after posting a 71-77-70=218 (+2)... Led the team in rounds played for 2007-08 with 37.
Fall 2007
Competed in all four events... Led the team in scoring with a 73.8 average... Led the team in top 20 finishes with three... Led the team in rounds at or under par with six... Shot 76-82-72=230 (+14) to finish tied for 66th at the Mason Rudolph Championship... Shot 70-74-72=216 (-3) to finish tied for 13th at the NCAA Fall Preview... Tied for fifth at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational after shooting 71-71-74=216 (E)... Shot 79-71-73=223 (+7) to finish 12th at the Landfall Tradition.
Background
Finished 5th at the Rolex Tournament of Champions... Was the Women's Eastern Amateur Champion in 2007... Qualified for the USGA Women's Amateur earlier this year... Competed in the Duramed Futures Tour CIGNA Golf Classic, a professional event, tying for 19th... In 2006, won the Connecticut State Women's Amateur Champion and was selected for the East Canon Cup Team... Joined the AJGA in 2003... Recorded 13 top 10 finishes, including four first-place finishes... Daughter of Michael and Linda Sheary... Born May 30, 1989... Chose Wake Forest because of the women's golf program and the strong academics.
