ALISON WALSHE (A)

Birthdate: September 27, 1985

Birthplace: Galway, Ireland

Age: 22

Home: Westford, Mass.

College: Arizona

PLAYER NOTES

Qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at Woodmont Country Club/Manor Country Club in Rockville, Md. by shooting a 145…Helped the U.S. A team defeat GB&I in the 2008 Curtis Cup … went undefeated for the USA at the Match, which was played on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland … won the 2008 Harder Hall Invitational … won the 2004 Big East Conference title while attending Boston College … was the 2003-04 Big East Conference Player of the Year … also attended Tulane University, where she won the 2005 Conference USA Championship and was named the 2005 Conference USA Player of the Year and the Louisiana Player of the Year … transferred to Arizona in the fall of 2006 after Tulane shut down its golf program following Hurricane Katrina … also won the 2007 North and South Women's Amateur Championship … collegiate victories include the 2008 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational … co-medalist at the 2007 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational and the 2008 NCAA West Regional … counts among her collegiate victories the 2007 BYU Dixie Classic, 2006 Stanford Invitational, 2006 Mason Rudolph Championship 2004 Hartford Womens Invitational and 2003 Rutgers Invitational … earned first-team NCGA All-America honors in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and was a second-team selection in 2005-06 …has earned first-team honors in three different conferences (Pac-10 in 2006-07 and 2007-08, Conference USA in 2004-05 and Big East in 2003-04) … has a career-low round of 66, shot at the 2007 Harder Hall…has two holes-in-one…big Boston sports fan.