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Player Biography

ALLISON HANNA

Birthdate: March 1, 1982

Birthplace: Portland, Ore.

Age: 24 Ht: 5'9"

Home: Portland, Ore.

College: Ohio State

Turned Professional: 2004

Joined LPGA Tour: 2005

Player Notes: Professional

2005 highlights

� Recorded a career-best tie for 28th at the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi, where she carded a career- low 71 in both the first and second rounds.

� Competed in 12 events on the Futures Tour, where her best finish was a tie for third at the Northwest Indiana FUTURES Golf Classic.

� Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines, where she tied for 14th to earn exempt status for the 2006 season.

Career

� In 2004, turned professional in May and began competing on the Futures Tour, where she posted three top- three finishes, placed 13th on the season-ending money list and won the OSTOP Award for the best overall statistics; tied for 32nd at the U.S. Women�s Open conducted by the USGA and Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi (as a sponsor�s exemption); tied for 65th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines to earn non-exempt status for the 2005 season.

Amateur

Hanna�s decorated amateur career includes back-to-back wins at the Oregon High School State Championship (1999, 2000) and three victories in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events in 1999. In 2003, she won both the Oregon Amateur Stroke and Match Play Championships and was runner-up at the Women�s Trans-National Championship. At The Ohio State University, Hanna won the 2003 Big Ten Championship and the Mercedes Championship, was runner-up at the 2004 Big Ten Championship and finished 12th at the 2004 NCAA Women�s Championship. She was a three-time All-Big Ten selection (2001, 2003-04) and an NCAA First-Team All-American selection in 2004. That same year, Hanna was named Big Ten Player of the Year and ranked fifth in the nation by Golfweek.

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 4...Credits Conan Elliot, the golf instructor who got her seriously interested in the game and "made it fun," as the individual most influencing her career... Hobbies include basketball, music, dancing, reading, movies and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)...Has her own Web site, www.AllisonHanna.com...Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.


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