| Lauren Fuchs |
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Will look to be in the mix for a spot on the Irish travel squad during the 2001 spring season ...looking to become more consistent with her game ... has the skills to shoot low scores and contribute to the scoring in her final year ... continues to show marked improvement in her overall games ... goes into her final season of play with a career average of 85.02 in 15 career tournaments ... has participated in 36 rounds of play, 19 as an individual entrant and 17 that contributed to team scoring ... outstanding student who has been a Dean’s List student in her each of the first seven semesters of her Notre Dame career ... had four consecutive 4.0 semesters during her sophomore and junior years ... has a 3.85 cumulative grade point average for her first seven semesters ... was the winner of Notre Dame’s Rockne Student Athlete Award for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons ... home course is Audobon Country Club and her local pro is Eric Gilliland.
AS A SENIOR (fall of 2001):
Played in three of the team’s four fall tournaments ... averaged 83.89 in nine rounds ... started the fall with a 41st-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational ... shot a 257 (86-86-85) playing as an individual entrant ... had the best single round and 54-hole total of her career at the Legends of Indiana Tournament ... shot a 29-over par 245 with rounds of 78, 86 and 81 ... had all three rounds count to team scoring and was fourth among Irish golfers while tying for 90th in the tournament ... closed the fall by tying for 39th at the Islander Fall Classic at Corpus Christi, Texas with a 253 total (83-84-86) ... started the fall with a ninth-place finish at the fall Campus Championship with a 339 total (89-80-84-86) for 72 holes at the Warren Golf Course.
AS A JUNIOR:
Participated in three tournaments on the year, two in the fall and one in the spring ... finished the season with an 84.00 average in six rounds played ... tied for 39th with a 21-over par 165 (80-85) playing as an individual entrant at the Snowbird Invitational at the Pebblecreek Golf Course in Tampa, Fla. ... opened the fall by finishing in a 28th-place tie at the Notre Dame Invitational with rounds of 77-90-85, good for a 252 total ... first round 77 was her best single round of the fall...tied for 88th at the rain-shortened Michigan State Invitational where she fired an 87 in the only round completed...tied for eighth in the Campus Championship held at the Warren Golf Course with a 170 (79-81).
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Earned her first monogram as she played in eight of nine tournaments on the season and finished the year with an 85.74 average in 19 rounds ... contributed to the team scoring in all three rounds at the Ohio State Invitational where she fired rounds of 83-84-86 (253), good for a 54th place tie at OSU’s Scarlet Course ... was 42nd at the Iowa Invitational with a 258 (86-81-91) ... struggled at the Indiana Invitational with a 188 (97-91)...tied for 42nd at the William and Mary Invitational with rounds of 79-89 (168) ... had her best finish of the spring with a 28th-place tie at the Northern Illinois Snowbird Intercollegiate where she shot rounds of 81-77 (158) as an individual entrant ... during the fall averaged 86.29 in three tournaments ... failed to count in the team scoring at the Michigan State Invitational where she shot a 54-hole mark of 271 (94-90-87) ...posted solid rounds as individual entrant at the Michigan Invitational with 87-91 (178) and the Butler Invitational where she had rounds of 78-82 (160) ... opened school year by shooting a 190 (93-97) in the annual fall Campus Championship, at South Bend’s Blackthorn Golf Club.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Saw action in just one event, playing at the Iowa Invitational as an individual entrant ... shot a 173 (87-86) in the second-to-last event of the spring ... placed seventh at annual fall Campus Championship with a 176 (86-90) at Blackthorn.
PREP & PERSONAL:
Served as team captain of the women’s golf team at Assumption High School as a senior, when she earned team MVP honors ... set school record by firing a round of one-under par ... earned varsity letters with the Assumption volleyball team as a freshman and sophomore before lettering with the golf team her final two years ... won 1997 Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational ... member of the National Honor Society, student council and National Beta Club ... serves as president of her local branch of Big Sisters/Big Brothers of America ... father Bob Fuchs played baseball and football at Wabash College ... born Sept. 15, 1980, in Louisville, Ky. ... daughter of Bob and Martha Fuchs ... full name is Lauren Ann Fuchs ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in mathematics and management information systems.
Fuchs' Career Statistics
| Year | Tourn. | Rds/Tm Rds (Count) | Strokes | Avg. | Top Rd | Top 36 | Top 54 | Top Finish (Field) – Event (Score) |
| 1998-99 | 1 | 2/0 (0) | 173 | 86.50 | 86 (+13) | 173 (+27) | N.A. | T-45th (54) – Iowa Invitational (173) |
| 1999-00 | 8 | 19/11 (7) | 1,629 | 85.74 | 77 (+5) | 158 (+14) | 253 (+37) | T-6th (59) – Butler Invitational (160) |
| 2000-01 | 3 | 6/0 (0) | 504 | 84.00 | 77 (+5) | 165 (+21) | 252 (+36) | T-28th (67) – Notre Dame Invitational (252) |
| Fall of 2001 | 3 | 9/6 (5) | 755 | 83.89 | 78 (+6) | N.A. | 245 (+29) | T-39th (71) – Islander Fall Classic (253) |
| Career | 15 | 36/17 (12) | 3,061 | 85.02 | 77 (+5) | 158 (+14) | 245 (+29) | T-6th (59) – Butler Invitational (160) | |
Fuchs' Career Bests
Top College Tournament Rounds
| 77/+5 | 2nd round |
| NIU Intercollegiate (spring '00) |
| 77/+5 | 1st round |
| Notre Dame Invitational (fall '00) |
| Top 36-Hole College Tournament |
| 158/+14 | Northern Illinois Intercoll. (spring '00) |
| Top 54-Hole College Tournament |
| 245/+29 | Legends of Indiana (fall '01) |
| Top Career Finishes (Field) |
| T-6th (59) | Butler Invitational (fall '99) |
