2010-11: Competed in seven events for A&M-Commerce in her final season ... Posted an 85.67 scoring average in 15 events on the year ... Shot a season-best 6-over 77 in her final round of collegiate golf at the Lone Star Conference Championships (Apr. 18-20), birdieing the final hole of her career ... Tied for 31st at the season-opening Northeastern State Golf Classic (Sept. 13-14), posting a season-best 166 ... Finished among the top-three A&M-Commerce competitors in three events.
2009-10: Played in 18 rounds, averaging 87.22 per round...fourth on the team in scoring average...shot a career-best 76 in the final round of the Cheddar’s UCO Classic (October 5-6, 2009) and went on to finish tied for 30th along with Kathleen May at the Cheddar’s UCO Classic...her 36-hole total of 157 at the Cheddar’s UCO Classic was a career-best...tied for 22nd at the Red River Intercollegiate (Mar. 8, 2010), shooting an 88.
2008-09: Played in 18 rounds, averaging 86.90 per round...posted a season-best round of 82 in the opening round of the Broncho Masters Fall Classic (Oct. 6-7, 2008)...second among her A&M-Commerce teammates at the Drury University Fall Shootout (Sept. 8-9, 2008) and the DBU Classic (Sept. 29-30, 2008)...posted a top-30 finish and season-best 36 hole total of 167 at the St. Edward’s Invitational (Mar. 2-3, 2009)...tied for 40th at the 2009 Lone Star Conference Championships, shooting a 173 (87-86).
2007-08: Played in 16 rounds, averaging 87.93 per round...shot a season-best 79 in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference Championships (April 21, 2008)...tied for 16th overall at the LSC Championships and third among her A&M-Commerce teammates with a season-best 36 hole total of 162 (79-83)...second among her A&M-Commerce teammates at the Grand Canyon Invitational (Mar. 24-25, 2008)...in her Lions’ debut, she tied for 24th at the Lion Fall Invitational (Oct. 1-2, 2007)...25th at the Red River Intercollegiate after shooting a 177 (88-89).
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Played four years at James Bowie High School in Austin, Texas...the No. 1 golfer as a junior and senior and as the No. 2 as freshman and sophomore...finished in the top eight at the district tournament for four years and a four-time academic all-district selection...a part of a successful James Bowie team that won a pair of tournament titles and was runner up on three occasions...also played guard on the basketball team as a senior.
Personal: Born February 21, 1989...daughter of John and Susan Benites...a business major.
