The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2008-09 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Nicole Vandermade
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Assumption College
- Hometown:
- Brantford, Ontario
As a Freshman (2008-09)
•led Texas with a 75.26 stroke average while competing in all 12 events
•recorded four top-individual finishes for UT, including a career-best tie for fourth place at the season-opening Dick McGuire Classic
•fired a career-low 3-under-par 69 in the first round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
•notched four top-10 finishes and seven top-25 finishes
•finished tied for 10th place in her Big 12 Women[apos]s Golf Championship debut to earn Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors
•named to the 2009 All-Big 12 Women[apos]s Golf Team, as she was one of the top-10 highest-ranked student-athletes according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings following the Big 12 Championship
•competed in the NCAA Championship and finished tied for 70th at 23-over 311
High School
•was a three-sport athlete in golf, basketball and track and field
•named MVP of the Assumption College HS golf team following freshman, sophomore and junior campaigns (did not play senior year)
•also earned MVP honors in basketball (freshman-sophomore-junior) and track (freshman)
•aided the Lions to their Provincial Championship in 2004; also won city and regional championships from 2004-06
•played power forward for Assumption College HS in basketball and participated in high jump, long jump, shot put, 100m, 200m, discus and javelin in track and field
•four-year honor roll recipient
Nationally
•earned an exemption in the 2009 LPGA CN Canadian Women[apos]s Open by finishing as the low Canadian at the Women[apos]s British Amateur Championship
•advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2009 Women[apos]s British Amateur Championship
•selected to the 2008 and 2009 RCGA National Women[apos]s Development Team
•finished third at the 2009 Ontario Women[apos]s Amateur Championship and sixth at the 2009 Royale Canadian Women[apos]s Amateur Championship
•tied for third at the 2008 Royal Canadian Junior Girls Championship
•tied for fifth at the 2008 CN Canadian Women[apos]s Tour event in London, Ontario
•won the 2008 Ontario Ladies Amateur Championship, 2007 Marlene Streit International Championship, 2007 Ontario Tournament of Champions and 2006 AJGA Smithfield Junior Tournament
•earned a sponsor exemption in the Nationwide Tour[apos]s 2008 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Presented by Samsung
•member of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) National Junior Team (2007)
•tied for third at the 2007 RCGA[apos]s Junior Girls National Championship after placing fourth in the event in 2006
•selected to represent Canada in the 2007 Duke of York Championship in Scotland and the 2006 Junior British Open in England
Personal
Born May 30, 1990 ... full name is Nicole Adriana Vandermade ... is the daughter of Herb and Karen Vandermade ... has an older brother, Chadd (20).
