AZAHARA MUNOZ (a)

Birthdate: November 19, 1987

Birth Place: Malaga, Spain

Age: 21 - Ht.: 5’5"

Home: Malaga, Spain

College: Arizona State

Player Notes:

Earned full exemption with runner-up finish at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur. Won 2009 British Ladies Open Amateur. Tied for 40th at the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Tied for fourth at the 2009 NCAA Division I Championship, leading Arizona State University to its second consecutive NCAA title. Earned medalist honors at the 2008 NCAA Division I Championship. Competed for Spain in the 2006 and 2008 Women’s World Amateur Team Championships, placing third individually both times. Tied for second at the 2008 Derby Invitational. Captured titles at the 2008 Open de Laudes and the 2007 European Championship. Advanced to match play at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur. A two-time winner of the Spanish Amateur (2002 and 2005) and runner-up in 2008. Won the 2004 Girls’ British Open and the 2002 Spanish International Junior. Named the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award honoree, given to the All-America and Scholar All-America with the highest grade-point average in Division I women’s golf. Named the 2009 Pac-10 Scholar of the Year. A 2008 and 2009 ESPN The Magazine first-team Academic All-American. A four-time first-team All-Pac 10 and NGCA All-American selection. Graduated from Arizona State in May with a degree in psychology and a 3.98 cumulative grade point average.