Newberry College Athletics

Honors and Awards

• 2015
  • SAC Player of the Year
  • All-SAC First Team
  • Second Team All-Tournament
• 2014
  • SAC Freshman of the Year
  • All-SAC First Team 
• Second Team All-Tournament

2015 - 
Posted a 77.1 stroke per round average as a sophomore, the sixth lowest average in a single season in the Newberry College record books... She competed in all 20 rounds for the year... Shot a career-low 70 in the second round of the Smokey Mountain Invitational... Carded a career-low 36-hole score of 148 at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate... She amassed eight top 20 finishes on the year with six coming in the top 10... She became just the sixth player ever in SAC history to be named the SAC Freshman of the Year and the SAC Player of the Year... She was first team All-SAC and second team All-Tournament for the second straight season... 

2014 - 
Had an 80.1 stroke average for the season in 19 rounds... Shot 10 rounds under 80 throughout the season, including a season low 18-hole score of 72 and a season best 36-hole score of 149 en route to winning the individual title at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational... She finished tied for seventh at the Benbow Invitational after shooting a 36-hole score of 161 (85 and 76)... Her stellar season landed her SAC Freshman of the Year, first team All-SAC and second team All-Tournament at the SAC Championship... 

Prior to Newberry
At Yonkers High School
Played golf on both the girls and boys teams at Yonkers High for Coach Joe Pazienza... On the boys team she was named All-League honorable mention... On the girls team she was a state finalist, All-Section and All-League honorable mention... She played four years of softball for Coach Joan McKee, earing All-Section and All-League honors... She was also a five-year member of the bowling team for Coach Maria Hadala and was a state finalist each year... She was All-Section and All-League each year and also was awarded the NYS Sportsmanship Award in 2012...  

Personal
Daughter of Nicholas and Valerie Monaco... favorite movie is Caddyshack... enjoys eating Italian and Mexican... likes to listen to Pitbull... her hobbies include golf, softball, bowling and training race horses... favorite athlete is Daniela Iacobelli... career ambition is to become a member of the LPGA and start a clothing line in honor of her cousin who lost her fight with brain cancer... best athletic moment was shooting an eight-under par in the NYC Junior Championship and playing with LPGA members in two US Open Qualifiers... favorite quote is "Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practive and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... Play for her" -Mia Hamm...