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2010-11 (Senior): Competed in four events, one as an individual competitor, and had a stroke average of 79.4 in eleven rounds of play...finished 87th at the Mason Rudolph Women's Women's Championships with rounds of 78, 77 and 85 (240, +24)...tied for 65th as an individual competitor at the Pac-10/SEC Challenge with rounds of 76, 78 and 77 (231, +18)...posted best finish of season at Peg Barnard Invitational with tie for 38th...carded rounds of 80 and 79 (159, +17).
2009-10 (Junior): Participated in two events and finished with a stroke average of 80.8...participated as an individual at the Stanford Intercollegiate and the Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford Golf Course...finished 76th at the Stanford Intercollegiate with a 239 on rounds of 79, 81 and 79...tied for 47th at the Peg Barnard Invitational with a 165 (+23) after shooting 80 and 85.
2008-09 (Sophomore): Played in three events during her rookie season...finished with a 79.6 stroke average (716 total)...made her collegiate debut at the Stanford Intercollegiate where she tied for 88th playing as an individual (78-83-78; 239)...also played as an individual at the Kent Youel Invitational, where she fired an opening round 72...ultimately finished tied for 38th with a 229 after closing with rounds of 77 and 80...was in the lineup for the Northrop Grumman Invitational where she finished 70th on rounds of 80, 84 and 84 (248)...honorable mention All-Pac-10 academic selection.
2007-08 (Freshman): Competed in seven tournaments (20 rounds) during her freshman campaign at Stanford ... posted a 79.1 scoring average with a low round of 73 for the season ... best finish came at the Peg Barnard Invitational where she finshed tied for 27th ... Stanford's fourth golfer at the Pac-10 Championships where she tied for 30th ... low three-round score (227) of the season came at the Franklin Rudolph Championships where she tied for 54th.
High School and Personal Data: Graduated from St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. ... four-year letterwinner ... two-time first team All-American ... four-time team MVP ... took first in CIF Southern Section Finals in 2006 ... finished fifth at the 2006 Callaway Junior World Golf Championship ... 2006 Orange County Register Player of the Year ... CIF qualifier all four years ... took first at Core Realty Holdings Junior (2007) ... tied for sixth at Mission Hills Desert Junior (2007) ... St. Margaret's Outstanding Athlete (2007) ... St. Margaret's Scholar-Athlete (2007)...parents are Richard and Gretchen...has one sister, Hayley ... hobbies include reading, writing and singing...majoring in psychology.
Career Statistics
Year | Events | Rounds | Avg. | Low/Low Trn. |
2007-08 | 7 | 20 | 79.1 | 73/227 |
2008-09 | 3 | 9 | 79.6 | 72/229 |
2009-10 | 2 | 5 | 80.8 | 79/239 |
2010-11 | 4 | 11 | 79.4 | 76/231 |
Totals | 16 | 45 | 79.7 | 72/227 |
Teeing It Up With Piper
The Best Thing about Stanford:
The enthusiasm of every student
My favorite place on campus:
The top of Hoover Tower
Favorite golf memory:
Winning the AJGA tournament before my freshman year.
Place I would most like to visit:
Anywhere in Europe: England, Italy, France
Earliest Sporting memory:
My dad teaching me how to hit a forehand
If I could bring something from my hometown to Stanford, it would be:
My sister
My advice to youngsters:
Enjoy every moment, it goes by so quickly.
A Stanford athlete that I enjoy watching compete:
Tiger Woods
I am most thankful for:
My family
Favorite actor/actress:
Reese Witherspoon