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Sarah Bassett |
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Two-time monogram winner ... talented player who made an immediate impact on the team as a freshman ... fierce competitor ... determined to regain the form that allowed her to have a successful rookie campaign ... strong off the tee and consistently hits greens in regulation ... one top-five finish and three top-10 finishes ... solid first half to her sophomore season as she posted a personal-best semester stoke average of 76.78, but has struggled since then ... member of the Irish lineup that captured the program's second straight BIG EAST title in 2004 ... currently fifth in program history with a 79.81 career stroke average in 62 career rounds spanning 22 tournaments ... top collegiate round fired at 2002 adidas Fall Invitational as she posted a 71, which is tied for the ninth-lowest round in Fighting Irish history ... three-time Dean's List selection ... was one of five golfers in head coach Debby King's first recruiting class at Notre Dame.
AS A JUNIOR: Competed in four events, with two of those coming as a member of the scoring team ... as an individual entrant, had to withdraw from the season-opening Notre Dame Invitational in the third round with an injury ... other fall appearance came at the Lady Razorback Invitational where she carded a 244 (78-89-77) to place tied for 71st as the Fighting Irish finished fifth among the 19-team field ... began the second semester with a 19-over par 235 (78-75-82) while playing as an individual entrant at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic ... final spring outing came at the Irish's victory at the Indiana Invitational as she placed tied for 87th after registering a 29-over par 173 (92-81) for the 36-hole event.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in eight of the team's 12 tournaments and was a member of the Irish lineup for seven of those events ... turned in a 79.92 average in 24 rounds of play with 14 of those rounds counting to the team score ... registered a fall stroke average of 76.78, which is a personal semester best, in nine rounds of play ... was Irish's top finisher in first appearance of the fall, helping the team win the Notre Dame Invitational by carding a 54-hole total of 14-over par 230 (75-78-77) ... finished third in a field of 93 golfers at the Notre Dame Invitational, her first top-five finish for the Irish ... carded a career-low 54-hole score of 226 (77-73-76) at the Shootout at the Legends of Indiana where she finished tied for 27th place ... recorded lowest round of the year and second-lowest round of her career with a 73 in the second round of the Shootout at the Legends ... in final fall appearance, shot scores of 78, 83 and 74 for a 235 at the adidas Fall Invitational ... opened the spring with a 54-hole total of 239 (81-80-78), which was second on the team, to place in a tie for 19th at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic ... struggled at the Baylor/Tapatio Shootout as she posted a 257 (86-88-83) ... knocked 10-shots off that total at the next event where she fired rounds of 81, 82 and 84 at the Indiana Women's Invitational ... fired a second round score of 79 at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational but it was sandwiched between scores of 85 and 87 to give her a total of 251 ... finished strong in her last event of the season as she carded a 17-over par 233 (74-76-83) to help the Irish to their second straight BIG EAST title.
AS A FRESHMAN: Concluded rookie season second on the Irish in stroke average with 79.29, which was then the third-lowest single-season average in school history ... played in 10 of the team's 12 tournaments, nine as a member of the starting five ... had 23 of 26 rounds count to team scoring ... was top Irish finisher in four events ... averaged 80.69 in 13 rounds of play and had 10 of 11 rounds count toward team scoring in the spring ... led the Irish in the first tournament of the spring schedule, shooting 246 (84-79-83) at the Edwin Watts/Carolinas Classic ... carded scores of 79 and 82 (161) at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational ... participating as an individual, earned first career top-10 finish by tying for seventh at the Snowbird Invitational with an eight-over par 152 (78-74) ... second-round 74 was low round for the spring ... shot a 245 (78-85-85) at the Baylor/Tapito Springs Shootout ... completed the spring season by shooting another 245 (82-83-80) at the Indiana Invitational ... turned in a 77.86 average in 15 rounds of play in the fall ... shot 79 or better in 12 of 15 rounds during the fall campaign ... was Notre Dame's top finisher at the Mary Fossum Invitational with a 19-over par 235 (80-76-79) ... tied for 18th at Notre Dame Invitational, helping Irish to team title in 18-team field ... shot a 54-hole total of 241 (78-78-85) ... was top Irish finisher (tie for 20th overall) at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational after turning in scores of 76, 74 and 81 for a 231 ... tied for 20th at the adidas Fall Invitational in Port St. Lucie, Fla. ... after shooting an opening-round 86, bounced back with a career-low 71 and a 74 for a 231 ... followed that performance with third consecutive 231 total (79-75-77) to tie for 13th at the Pine Needles Invitational.
PREP & PERSONAL: Lettered three seasons in basketball and four years in golf at Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Wash. ... played point guard for three years in basketball and at number one in golf all four seasons ... was an all-city selection in golf for four consecutive years ... served as team captain and was team MVP in golf for four seasons ... was medalist at the district championships after shooting rounds of 73 and 72 as a senior ... won the Washington State Junior Golf Association state title in July of 2000 with a 225 (78-73-74) ... hails from the same area as former Irish women golfers Katie King (`98) and Kassio Shea (`97) ... born July 25, 1983 ... daughter of Tom and Sandy Bassett ... has one sister ... full name is Sarah Timbridge Bassett ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a major in psychology.
