PAOLA MORENO (A)

Birthdate: August 22, 1985

Birthplace: Cali, Colombia

Age: 22 Ht.: 5'6"

Home: Los Angeles, Calif. & Cali, Colombia

College: USC

PLAYER NOTES

Will be her second U.S. Women's Open as an amateur… Qualified with a 148 in sectionals at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif…2008 Pac-10 individual champion. . .  Helped the team to win USC's first team title in 19 years…Member of 2008 NCAA National Champion team, first USC team title in 19 years…2008-08 All Pac-10 first team…Tied for 20th at 2008 NCAA Individual Division I Women’s Championship after finishing runner-up in 2007. . . Won the 2007 Texas A&M Memorial Invitational…Won the 2002 Junior World Championship held at Torrey Pines, Calif…Represented Colombia at the World Amateur Championships held in Malaysia in 2002 and in Puerto Rico in 2004…Finished third at the 2003 Mexican Amateur behind former USC golfer Becky Lucidi and current Women of Troy golfer Tanya Dergal . . . A key contributor to seven Colombian team championships…Won the 2004 Colombian Open and Colombian National Championship.