Ashley Armstrong is tied for fourth with a 72 and Becca Huffer's 73 ties her for eighth after the opening round of play.
AS A FRESHMAN: Joined the Irish squad this fall and made an immediate impact ... finished fall schedule with 77.33 stroke average ... carded 12 rounds in the fall ... in her first round donning the blue and gold she fired opening round 73 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 19-21) ... finished the Challenge with a three-day total, 231 (+15), to tie for 34th ... at the Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 7-9) recorded her first tournament with three rounds in the 70's (78-74-73) ... her +9 (225) performance in Chapel Hill, N.C., at the Finley Golf Course placed her 55th in a field of 100 ... teed it up at the legendary Crooked Stick Golf Course in Carmel, Ind., in the Hoosier Invitational (Oct. 17-18) ... led tournament after two rounds after firing rounds of 75-71 before running into some trouble on the final day to finish in a tie for 23rd (233/+17) ... in final event on the fall docket in Wilmington, N.C., finished in a tie for 62nd after a +24 (240) showing at the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall ... helped team set academic record for highest-team grade-point average in Notre Dame history (3.655 GPA).
PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill. ... selected team MVP all four years ... ranked among the top-50 junior's entering Notre Dame (Jr. Golf Scoreboard Ranking) ... won 2011 Women's Western Golf Association National Junior Championship ... two-time Hewlett-Packard American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American honoree ... earned eight top-10 finishes in AJGA events ... victorious at 2011 AJGA Boyne Championship ... including second-place finishes in 2010 Randy Wise Junior Open, 2009 Flossmoor Junior Open and 2008 Future Legends tournament ... three-time Illinois Junior Golf Association Player of the Year (2006-08) ... led high school to 2009 Illinois State Championship ... Illinois state runners-up in 2008 and 2010 ... accumulated 22 match victories and five rounds under par in her prep career at Homewood-Flossmoor ... ranked fourth out of 707 students in high school graduating class with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... daughter of Dean and Carolyn Armstrong ... enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dame.
