Tezira Abe

Class:
Senior
High School:
Angleton
Hometown:
Angleton, Texas

2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2016 Academic Excellence & Spirit Award

2016 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar

2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2014 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar

2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

PRONUNCIATION: TEZ-rah AW-bay

SENIOR (2015-16)

• finished a season-low 18^th at the Betsy Rawls

• posted three rounds shooting 70

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Minnesota Invitational*	76-74-80=230 (+14)	T-38
Jim West Challenge	80-75-77=232 (+16)	60
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	73-70-77=220 (+4)	18
Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown	70-70-74=214 (-2)	T-45
UCF Challenge	82-76-80=238 (+22)	T-83
Allstate Sugar Bowl	74-78-81=233 (+17)	76
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational*	76-74-76=226 (+10)	T-31
Big 12 Championship	76-77-74=227 (+11)	T-35
NCAA Bryan Regional	79-81-80=240 (+24)	T-81

JUNIOR (2014-15)
• competed in all 11 events for the Longhorns

• finished a season-best T-10 at the Big 12 Championships after shooting a third-round 69
• recorded a season-best finish at the Minnesota Invitational (T-21)
• carded two 70s in the Ping/ASU Invitational

• ranks fourth on the team in scoring average with a 75.85

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Minnesota Invitational	77-76-75 = 228 (+12)	T-21
Schooner Fall Classic	78-73-76 = 227 (+17)	T-81
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	74-78-76 = 229 (+13)	T-25
Alamo Invitational	72-76-73 = 221 (+5)	T-57
UCF Challenge	75-76-84 = 235 (+19)	92
Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate	74-81-82 = 237 (+21)	T-51
UNF Collegiate	76-78-80 = 234 (+18)	T-35
Anuenue Spring Break Classic	79-72-76 = 227 (+11)	T-30
Ping/ASU Invitational	70-70-80 = 220 (+4)	T-27
Big 12 Championship	77-74-69 = 220 (+4)	T-10
NCAA Regional – San Antonio	74-71-76 = 221 (+5)	T-51

SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
• competed in six events for the Longhorns and matched her career-low single round of 71 in the third round of the 2013 The Alamo Invitational (Oct. 27-29)
• recorded a season-best tie for 26th place at the 2014 Big 12 Championship (April 25-27)
• ranked fourth on the squad with a season scoring average of 76.17
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Dale McNamara Invitational	77-81-80 = 238 (+28)	73
Mason Rudolph Invitational	75-74-76 = 225 (+9)	T-38
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	78-75-74 = 227 (+11)	T-59
Alamo Invitational	72-81-71 = 224 (+8)	T-55
Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge	77-75-78 = 230 (+17)	T-60
Big 12 Championship	76-75-76 = 227 (+11)	T-26

FRESHMAN (2012-13)
• recorded a career-best tie for 10th place at the 2012 Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 21-23)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Spring 2012, Fall 2012)
• made collegiate debut at the Mason Rudolph Invitational

EVENT	SCORES	PLACE
Mason Rudolph Invitational	73-72-78 = 223 (+7)	T-10
Stanford Intercollegiate	80-83-72 = 235 (+22)	T-80
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational*	75-76-81 = 232 (+16)	T-60
Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate*	79-74-75 = 228 (+12)	T-28
Farms Invitational	78-84-75 = 237 (+21)	T-46
Big 12 Championship	81-81-78 = 240 (+24)	32

*-competed as individual

NATIONALLY
• currently ranked 876th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
• finished in a tie for 39th at the 2014 Women's TRANS Amateur
• qualified for match play at the 2013 North & South Amateur played at Pinehurst CC

PRIOR TO TEXAS
• enrolled at Texas in January 2012
• advanced to the 2012 Women’s Western Amateur Round of 64
• ranked No. 50 in the 2012 class by Golfweek and the No. 16 junior golfer in the state at time of her commitment to Texas
• earned three top 20 finishes in 2011 at the E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship (T-14th), Signsational Sign Junior at The Woodlands (15th) and Laredo Energy Junior at Traditions (17th)
• recorded a pair of runner-up finishes on the AJGA at the 2010 Houston Junior and 2010 Sarasota Junior
• 2010 AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll
• also considered Tulane and Wisconsin

PERSONAL
Daughter of Daudi and Fiora Abe ... has one younger sister, Lakareber and brother, Moni ... born on April 25, 1994 in Houston, Texas ... interested in public relations major.

ABE YEAR-BY-YEAR

YEAR	EVENTS	ROUNDS	STROKES	SCORING AVG.	LOW ROUND	BEST FINISH
15-16	9	27	2,060	76.30	70	18
14-15	11	33	2,503	75.85	69	T-10
13-14	6	18	1,371	76.17	71	T-26
12-13	6	18	1,395	77.50	72	T-10
TOTAL	32	96	7,329	76.34	69	T-10