Suzie Hayes Class: Senior Hometown: Dublin, Ireland High School: Loreto College Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 04/27/1983 Experience: 2V

Three-time monogram winner ... a twotime co-captain along with fellow senior Katie Brophy ... a very committed studentathlete ... a silent leader who leads through her actions ... earned all-BIG EAST honors in 2002-03 by finishing fourth overall and third among the Irish at the first-ever BIG EAST Women's Golf Championship ... the fourth-place finish is a career-best ... member of the Notre Dame lineup in the second consecutive BIG EAST title in 2004 ... has career strokeaverage of 80.16 in 63 rounds of play in 23 tournaments ... her scoring average ranks her seventh all-time in program history ... has played in 49 rounds as a member of the Irish lineup with 33 rounds counting towards the team score ... the first native of Ireland to play on the Notre Dame women's golf team ... notched a careerbest 54-hole score of 230 in the fall 2004 season at the Shoot-Out at The Legends ... career-best round is a three-over par 75 ... has an outstanding short game and is adept at keeping the ball low and playing low run shots ... excellent chipper and putter ... played internationally with the Irish Junior golf team for two years prior to coming to Notre Dame ... a member of Debby King's first-ever recruiting class at Notre Dame.

AS A SENIOR (Fall of 2005): Played in three tournaments totaling nine rounds ... played one event as an individual entrant ... had two rounds count towards the team score ... registered a 80.67 stroke average for the semester ... top round was a five-over par 77, which was fired in the third round of the Notre Dame Invitational ... opened the season with a semester-best 238 (79-82-77) at the Notre Dame Invitational to tie for 19th overall and help the Irish to the team title ... carded a 245 (83-80-82) at the Shoot-Out at The Legends to tie for 65th ... played as an individual entrant at the Tyson/Embassy Suites Invitational and shot a 243 (81-79-83) ... will lead team as she looks to close out her Notre Dame career on a high note during the second semester.

AS A JUNIOR: Saw action in eight tournaments with all but one coming as part of the Irish lineup ... posted a personal semester-best 77.44 average in nine rounds during the fall ... ended the season with a 79.00 average in 20 total rounds ... began the fall campaign with rounds of 79, 79 and 76 for a total of 234 (+18), which was good for 22nd-place tie at the Notre Dame Invitational ... carded a career-best 54-hole score of a 14-over par 230 (76-78-76) to help the Irish win the Shoot-Out at The Legends and individually place in a tie for 14th ... completed the fall slate with a 233 after shooting two 79's and finishing with a career-low tying 75 in the third and final round of the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate to place tied for 50th ... opened the spring slate with 23-over par 239 (79-78-82) at the Central District Classic to tie for 58th ... as an individual entrant at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic, carded an 18-over par 234 (77-82-75) to finish sixth overall ... had to withdraw from the first round of the Indiana Invitational due to injury yet came back to post a sixover par 78 in the second and final round ... that score was used as part of the Fighting Irish victory ... sandwiched a round of 78 in between two rounds of 83 at the Lady Buckeye Invitational to finish tied for 57th with a 244 (+28) total ... final event of the season came at the BIG EAST Championship as she shot a 16-over par 88 in the only round of play.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in six of 12 tournaments, including the BIG EAST championship ... held an 80.67 average in 18 rounds of play ... had nine rounds count towards the team scoring... made first appearance of the fall at the Mary Fossum Invitational, finishing third among Irish golfers (48th overall) with a 54-hole total of 243 (82-80-81) ... tied for 30th at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 245 (77-88-80) ... turned in rounds of 83, 75 and 81 to finish with a 239 at the Shoot-Out at The Legends in Franklin, Ind. ... second-round 75 was a career-low round ... had top performance of the fall schedule by carding a (then) career-best 54-hole total at the adidas Fall Invitational in Palm Harbor, Fla., firing scores of 76, 83 and 75 for an 18-over par 234 (tying for 33rd place) ... first spring event came at the St. Croix Classic where she shot a 246 (80-83-83), while competing as an individual entrant ... concluded the spring by finishing 15th as part of the BIG EAST championship squad ... had rounds of 78, 84 and 83 for a total of 245 at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course.

AS A FRESHMAN: Earned all-BIG EAST honors as a freshman in 2002-03 ... played in six tournaments for the Irish, four as a member of the scoring five and two as an individual participant ... had eight of 11 rounds count toward team scoring ... finished fourth on the team with an 80.75 stroke average in 16 rounds of play ... played in four of Notre Dame's six spring tournaments ... had an 80.20 average at the end of the spring, the secondbest stroke average on the team for the semester ... was an individual entrant in first spring tourney, the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational ... carded rounds of 76 and 81 for a 36-hole total of 157 at the Orlando event ... tied for 28th place at the Snowbird Invitational with a 159 (81-78) ... shot 249 (81-83-85) at the Indiana Invitational ... concluded the spring by helping Notre Dame secure the first-ever BIG EAST Championship by taking fourth place with a (then) career-low 237 with scores of 78, 79 and 80 ... participated in two fall tournaments ... tied for 31st in first collegiate tournament with a 245 in the Notre Dame Invitational, playing as an individual entrant ... fired rounds of 85 and 82 on the first day and closed with a 78 for the final 18 holes ... tied for 40th as a member of the lineup at the adidas Fall Invitational in Port St. Lucie, Fla., turning in rounds of 81, 82 and 82 for a 245 total.

PREP & PERSONAL: Played golf at Loreto College St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, Ireland ... graduated in 2001 ... was team captain and most valuable player her junior and senior year ... played as an Irish International in 2001 and 2002 ... won the Munster Girls title in 2000 and 2001 ... winner of the Connaught Girls Championship in 2001 ... in 2001, finished second in the Irish Girls Order of Merit ... played for the Under-21 Irish golf team in the European Lady Junior Team Championships in Moscow, Russia, in July of 2002 ... returned to her native Ireland to compete in the Irish Ladies Stroke-play Championships in the summer of 2005 ... placed 12th with a 14-over par three-round total of 233 (79-76-78) at the par 73 course ... also competed in the Irish Ladies Close Championships, firing a 12-over par 162 (81-81) and was defeated in match play competition by Kent State's Martina Gillen ... born April 27, 1983, in Dublin, Ireland ... daughter of Tony and Rosemary Hayes ... father is known as one of the top amateur golfers in Ireland ... full name is Suzanne Elizabeth Hayes ... a 2004-05 BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... carries a 3.385 grade-point average as an accounting major in the Mendoza College of Business.