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2012-13 Women's Golf

Sara Diaz

  • Height:
    0-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    San Antonio, Texas
  • High School:
    MacArthur H.S.

Summary

Biography

2012-13: Had her most productive season as a Lion, competing in all 11 events and ranking second on the team with a 78.86 scoring average ... All Lone Star Conference honorable mention selection ... Posted one top-10 and four top-20 finishes on the season and one of the top-two Lion finishers in eight tournaments ... 2013 Lone Star Conference Academic Women's Golfer of the Year ... Named the Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week on March 14 ... Placed fifth at the Texoma Chevy Dealers Lion Intercollegiate (Mar. 11-12, 2013) with a 14-over 158, being named to the All-Tournament team ... Tied for 11th at the 2013 World Golf Invitational (Feb. 10-11, 2013) in St. Augustine, Fla. ... Tied for 13th at both the Midwestern State Mustang Invitational (March 18-19, 2013) and the Dallas Baptist Spring Invitational (April 1-2, 2013) ... Placed 15th at the Doc Housewright Invitational (April 8-9, 2013) ... Shot a season-low round of 75 at the Dallas Baptist Fall Classic (Oct. 15-16, 2012) ... Shot a 153 at the Central Oklahoma RCB Bank Classic (Oct. 1-2, 2012), tying her career-low for a 36-hole tournament ... Named A&M-Commerce's Charles Goodall Community Engagement Award winner ... Earned the 2013 Dr. Margo Harbison Most Outstanding Women's Golfer Award along with teammate Chantry McMahan.

2011-12: Continued to emerge as one of the Lions top golfers, competing in all 10 events and ranking second on the team with an 80.95 scoring average ... Was one of the top two Lion finishers in seven of the 10 tournaments on the season ... Tallied five top-20 finishes on the year, highlighted by a tie for 11th at the UCO Broncho Classic (Oct. 3-4, 2011) with an 8-over 148, including a season-low 73 in round one ... Tied for 13th at the Dallas Baptist Classic (Oct. 17-18, 2011) with a 10-over 154, matching her season-low with a 73 in round one ... Placed 15th at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 24-25, 2011) with a 9-over 153 ... Tied for 17th at the Lone Star Conference Championships (Apr. 16-17, 2012), shooting a pair of 79s to post a 14-over 158 ... Opened the season with a 15-over 159 at the Southwest Classic (Sept. 12-13, 2011), tying for 17th overall ... Lone Star Conference All-Academic Team selection.

2010-11: Competed in all 10 events for A&M-Commerce as a true freshman ... Ranked third on the team with an 84.10 scoring average ... Shot a career-low 164 at the UCO Broncho Classic (Oct. 4-5), including a 78 over the final round ... Followed that up with a 165 two weeks later at the DBU Golf Classic (Oct. 18-19) ... Shot a career-low 3-over 74 in the final round of the Lone Star Conference Championships (Apr. 18-20) ... Finished in the top-three of A&M-Commerce competitors in six events on the year.

Prior to A&M-Commerce: A four-year letterwinner, where they advanced to the state tournament and won a district title as a senior ... Team finished eighth at the state tournament ... As a junior, led team to a runner-up finish at the regional tournament and at the districts ...  Earned multiple academic honors including the Principal’s Award, President’s Education Award as a senior and a summa cum laude graduate ... Featured in a commercial promoting The First Tee program along with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. 

Personal: Born June 26, 1992 ... Daughter of Adolfo and Maria Diaz.

Diaz's A&M-Commerce Career Statistics

YearEventsRoundsStrokesAverageLow Rd.Top 10/20
2010-1110211,76684.10740/0
2011-1210191,53880.95730/5
2012-1311211,65678.86751/4
CAREER31614,96081.31731/9


Best Finish:
5th - Texoma Chevy Dealers Lion Intercollegiate (March 11-12, 2013)
Lowest 36-Hole Tournament: 153 - Two times, last at Central Oklahoma RCB Bank Classic (Oct. 1-2, 2012)

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