Bertine Strauss

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Koster
Hometown:
Koster, South Africa

2015 Big 12 Player of the Year

2015 All-Big 12 First Team

2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2014 All-Big 12 First Team

2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2014 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar

2013 Big 12 All-Tournament Team

2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

PRONUNCIATION: STRAUS

SENIOR (2014-15)
• earned a bid to the NCAA Championship as an individual with her tie for sixth at the NCAA Regional

• anchored Texas as the No. 1 player in nine of 11 events this season

• medaled for the first time in her career at the Ping/ASU Invitational
• led the Longhorns in scoring average with 72.52 and a team-high 14 sub-par rounds
• recorded six top 10 finishes
• Texas' low player in eight events
• carded a career-low 66 in the final round of the Schooner Fall Classic, which is tied for the second lowest individual round in program history
• recorded a three-round total 207 at the Schooner Fall Classic, which is the lowest 54-hole total in program history. This also marked the first time that she broke par at a 54-hole event as a collegiate.

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Minnesota Invitational	70-76-74 = 220 (+4)	T-3
Schooner Fall Classic	69-72-66 = 207 (-3)	T-7
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	69-83-71 = 223 (+7)	T-11
Alamo Invitational	72-76-73 = 221 (+5)	T-37
UCF Challenge	76-73-75 = 220 (+5)	T-35
Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate	75-74-74 = 223 (+7)	T-12
UNF Collegiate	71-73-74 = 218 (+2)	T-2
Anuenue Spring Break Classic	71-74-71 = 216 (E)	T-4
Ping/ASU Invitational	71-68-71 = 210 (-6)	T-1
Big 12 Championship	74-77-71 = 222 (+6)	20
NCAA Regional – San Antonio	70-72-70 = 212 (-4)	T-6

JUNIOR (2013-14)
• played in all 10 tournaments during the season
• Texas’ low player in six events, including a season-best tie for 13th place at the Farms Collegiate Invitational (March 24-26)
• anchored the Texas lineup in the No. 1 position in eight events
• led the Longhorns with a season scoring average of 74.17
• recorded a season-low 69 in the third round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-25)
• 2014 Team Academic MVP
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Dale McNamara Invitational	71-75-73 = 219 (+9)	T-36
Mason Rudolph Invitational	74-73-75 = 222 (+6)	T-29
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	87-81-71 = 230 (+14)	T-69
Alamo Invitational	76-77-75 = 228 (+12)	T-66
Northrop Grumman Regional	73-74-72 = 219 (+6)	T-15
Allstate Sugar Bowl	75-72-69 = 216 (E)	T-17
SDSU Farms Collegiate	75-70-74 = 219 (+3)	T-13
PING/ASU Invitational	72-74-72 = 218 (+2)	T-20
Big 12 Championship	79-73-71 = 223 (+7)	T-15
NCAA Regional	79-72-80 = 228 (+15)	T-51

SOPHOMORE (2012-13)
• led the Longhorns with a 74.93 stroke average and a team-high six subpar rounds
• finished as Texas’ low player at four events, including a team-best tie for 58th place at the NCAA Championship (May 21-24)
• recorded first top-10 with a fifth place finish at the 2013 Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate (March 15-17)
• carded a season-low 69 on two occasions (Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational - second round, Big 12 Championship - second round)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Stanford Intercollegiate	80-79-74 = 233 (+19)	T-74
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	71-69-79 = 219 (+3)	T-15
Northrop Grumman Regional	77-71-80 = 228 (+15)	T-37
Allstate Sugar Bowl	71-75 = 146 (+2)	T-13
Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate	73-76-70 = 219 (+3)	5
SDSU Farms Collegiate	76-77-78 = 231 (+15)	T-26
PING/ASU Invitational	75-74-70 = 219 (+3)	T-31
Big 12 Championship	80-69-78 = 227 (+11)	T-7
NCAA East Regional	77-73-74 = 224 (+8)	T-51
NCAA Championship	73-77-74-78 = 302 (+14)	T-58

FRESHMAN (2011-12)
• competed in 11 of Texas’ 12 events
• made her NCAA Championship debut and finished tied for 33rd place as Texas’ low player
• recorded a season-best tie for eighth place at the 2012 Big 12 Championship
• 2012 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (T-8th)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2011, Spring 2012)

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Texas A&M "Mo"morial	77-74-74 = 225 (+9)	11
Windy City Collegiate Classic	77-78-73 = 228 (+12)	T-35
Stanford Intercollegiate	76-0-79 = 155 (+13)	--
UCF Challenge	76-79-78 = 233 (+17)	T-76
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	77-79 = 156 (+14)	T-49
Battle at Rancho Bernardo	76-78 = 154 (+10)	T-35
PING/ASU Invitational	72-69-81 = 222 (+9)	T-26
Vanderbilt/Texas Duel	75 (+3)	--
Big 12 Championship	77-78-71 = 226 (+16)	T-8
NCAA East Regional	73-78-70 = 221 (+5)	T-19
NCAA Championship	74-76-74-72 = 296 (+8)	T-33

INTERNATIONALLY
• currently 136th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
• finished 6th at the 2014 South African Women's Amateur
• won the 2013 Ekurhuleni Stroke Play Championship held at the Eboste Golf Club in South Africa
• finished in third at the 2013 Tennessee Open at the Stonehenge Golf Club
• In 2012, she won two events in South Africa (South African Women's Open and Gauteng North Championship), while also adding a second at the Ekurhuleni Open

PRIOR TO TEXAS
• ranked No. 9 among all South African Women Golfers in spring 2011
• finished second in the stroke play portion of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Golf Championship before falling in the semifinals of the match play event (April 2011)
• three-time South African Junior Champion
• 2010 Gauteng North Junior Championship runner-up
• medalist at the 2009 Nomads South African Girls’ Championship, WGSA Stroke Play Championship, Gauteng Stroke Play Championship, Western Province Match Play Championship and Eastern Cape Match Play Championship
• member of the South African National Team for the North West Province
• chosen to represent South Africa in The Astor Trophy 2011, a round robin event held every four years between Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa

PERSONAL
Daughter of Capri (father) and Suzette Strauss ... born on Jan. 5, 1992 in Koster, South Africa ... majoring in Psychology with a minor in Business Administration.

STRAUSS YEAR-BY-YEAR

YEAR	EVENT	ROUNDS	STROKES	SCORING AVG.	LOW ROUND	BEST FINISH
14-15	11	33	2,393	72.52	66	T-1
13-14	10	30	2,225	74.17	69	T-13
12-13	10	30	2,248	74.93	69	5
11-12	11	29	2,191	75.56	69	T-8
TOTAL	42	122	9,057	74.24	66	T-1