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Freshman Patty Tavatanakit finished inside the Top 20 in all 10 events this season.
Tavatanakit Named WGCA Freshman of the Year
May 23, 2018 | Women's Golf
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STILLWATER, Okla. - Freshman Patty Tavatanakit was named the WGCA Freshman of the Year, as announced on Wednesday.
The WGCA Freshman of the Year Award is given annually to the top freshman in Division I women's golf. Freshman must have competed in a minimum of 15 competitive rounds to be considered. Other criteria include: adjusted scoring average for the year, place finishes in regular-season events, conference tournaments, the NCAA Regional and the NCAA Championship, head-to-head comparisons against the Top 60 in the Golfstat Rankings, comparison of common opponents and strength of schedule.
Tavatanakit won four times in her freshman campaign to tie the UCLA single-season record for victories and set a new freshman mark for one season at UCLA. She didn't finish outside the Top 20 in any of her 10 events, posting six Top 10s. Of her 18 under-par rounds, 10 were in the 60s, as her 70.79 stroke average was the third-lowest, full-season scoring average in program history. Tavatanakit entered the NCAA Championships with three wins in a row at the Silverado Showdown, the Pac-12 Championships and the NCAA San Francisco Regional. She also won in her second-career event, the Stanford Intercollegiate, while finishing second at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate and third at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview. Tavatanakit tied for 19th at the NCAA Championships.
A WGCA First Team All-American, an All-Pac-12 Conference First Team honoree and the Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for April, Tavatanakit becomes the third Bruin to be named WGCA Freshman of the Year, joining Alison Lee (2014) and Erynne Lee (2012).
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