AMANDA BLUMENHERST (A)

Birthdate: November 4, 1986

Birthplace: Scottsdale, AZ.riz.

Age: 21 Ht.: 5'9"

Home: Scottsdale, Ariz.

College: Duke

PLAYER NOTES

Runner-up to Maria Jose Uribe at 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur at Crooked Stick…Also qualified for Women's Amateur in 2005 and '06…Member of 2008 USA Curtis Cup team that won on the Old Course at St. Andrews…Also a member of the victorious 2006 USA Curtis Cup team, the '06 USA World Amateur Team and the 2007 USA Spirit International team…First-ever three-time National Golf Coaches Association Player of the Year (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08)…National collegiate Freshman of the Year and Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year for the 2005-06 season…Three-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year …Helped lead Duke to the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I team title…Won 2006, 2007 and 2008 ACC individual titles…Runner-up at the 2006 NCAA Division I Central Regional and the 2007 and 2008 NCAA East Regionals…Shared low-amateur honors with Jane Park at the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, tying for 10th, and made the cut at the 2007 Women's Open … Qualified for match play in all four of her U.S. Girls' Junior appearances from 2001-04… Earned low-amateur honors at the 2008 LPGA Tour Kraft Nabisco Championship…… Also made the cut at the 2006 LPGA Wegman's, finishing 17th…Earned the 2006 NCAA Academic All-America and received the Edith Cummings Award, which is the highest GPA among All-Americans…Won the Nancy Lopez Award, which recognizes the top amateur female golfer, in 2007 and 2008 to become the first two-time recipient in the award's history… Arizona golfer of the year in 2003 and '04… As a junior, Blumenherst won 10 American Junior Golf Association events…Once played 18 holes of golf with legendary NBA star Michael Jordan…Serves on the executive board of the Duke Student-Athlete Advisory Board.