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  Connor Atkinson

Connor Atkinson

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Charleston, S.C.

High School:
Porter Gaud

Height:
5-3

2004-05: Played in every event for the Lady Paladins recording a career-low 71 at the Cougar Classic and the Landfall Tradition... Furman's top finisher at the University of Georgia Liz Murphey Invitational... Posted a 76.65 season stroke average, and counted in 85.3% (29-of-34) of the team's tournament rounds this year... Shot par or better on four occasions... Recorded three top 20 finishes... Downed Brittany Givilancz of Texas 6 and 4 in the collegiate match play first round... Named second team All-Southern Conference... Top finish was a tie for sixth at the SoCon Championship... Recorded a 19th-place finish at the East Regional... Named to the National Golf Coaches Association All Scholar Team.

2003-04: Recorded a season-low 72 on two occasions, including the final round of the NCAA East Regional... Tallied a 78.11 season stroke average and was named All-Southern Conference second team... Finished in the top 10 once - a ninth-place showing at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C... Was a counter for Furman in 20 of 28 rounds (71.4%)... Fired par or better on two occasions... Earned valuable experience playing in the 2004 NCAA National Championships.

2002-03: Played in seven tournaments as a true freshman, averaging 78.89 strokes per round... Posted a season-best 72 in the third round of the Lady Paladin Invitational... Did not participate in the NCAA East Regional, due to a case of mono... Recorded a ninth-place showing in the Southern Conference Championships.

High School/Junior Golf: Helped her Porter-Gaud squad to the SCISA AAA State Championship as a senior... Team also won regular season championship and placed third in the state tournament in her junior season... Placed fourth at the 2001 AJGA Rome Junior Classic and won the 2001 Junior Azalea... Also played two years of varsity volleyball and led the team to a state runner-up finish as a junior... Named to the AJGA¹s 2001 Compaq Scholastic All-America Team and was a member of Porter-Gaud¹s Cum Laude Society... Team leader for the 2001 Race for the Cure.

Personal: Connor Snowden Atkinson was born August 15, 1984, in Charleston, South Carolina... Daughter of Bert and Stephanie Atkinson... Father was an NAIA All-American at Francis Marion... Majoring in business administration.

 
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