Erica Popson

Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Davenport, Fla.

CAREER SCORECARD (Through May 25, 2013)

Year	Trns.	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	High	Par or Better	T10	T25
2009-10	10	28	2,085	74.46	67	86	10	2	6
2010-11	10	31	2,238	72.19	66	78	16	6	9
2011-12	11	30	2,223	74.10	66	83	10	4	6
2012-13	11	34	2,482	73.00	67	81	15	6	9
Totals	42	123	9,028	73.40	66	86	51	18	30

CAREER EVENTS
Freshman (2009-10)
Cougar Classic	75-72-72--219	21t
Tar Heel Invitational	71-78-72--221	21t
Mercedes-Benz Championship	74-78-75--227	29t
The Alamo Invitational	75	19t
Tiger/Wave Golf Classic	78-WD-79--WD	WD
Liz Murphey Collegiate	86-77-76--239	69t
Bryan National Collegiate	81-79-76--236	75t
SEC Championship	73-67-68--208	1t
NCAA East Regional	72-68-73--213	4t
NCAA Championship	72-73-72-73--290	18t
Sophomore (2010-11)
Golfweek Challenge	76-73-74--223	8t
Mercedes-Benz Championship	67-69-71--207	1t
Pac-10/SEC Challenge	71-78-74--223	27t
Sugar Bowl Championship	74-71-75--220	22t
LSU Tiger Golf Classic	77-74-71--222	7t
Bryan National Collegiate	70-77-73--220	1
Rebel Intercollegiate	71-69-73--213	1t
SEC Championship	66-74-70--210	1
NCAA West Regional	68-69-71--208	1
NCAA Championship	76-73-72-71--292	14t
Junior (2011-12)
Cougar Classic	66-69-72--207	2
Mason Rudolph Fall Preview	75-WD-WD--WD	WD
Tar Heel Invitational	71-70-71--212	8t
SEC/Pac-12 Challenge	78-WD-79--WD	WD
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	77-76--153	33t
LSU Tiger Golf Classic	75-70-69--214	1t
Anuenue Spring Break Classic	75-75-76--226	15t
Bryan National Collegiate	71-70-75--216	3t
SEC Championship	83-75-75--233	21t
NCAA Central Regional	81-78-70--229	34t
NCAA Championship	77-76-76-72--301	63t
Senior (2012-13)
Cougar Classic	73-70-68--211	3t
Liz Murphey Fall Preview	73-72-77--222	26t
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate	70-71-73--214	4t
Alamo Invitational	72-74-71--217	18t
Seminole Match Up	70-73-71--214	1t
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	74-71-72--217	7
LSU Classic	71-73-81--225	7t
Bryan National Collegiate	74-72-76--222	23t
SEC Championship	78-78-76--232	23t
NCAA East Regional	67-75-71--213	8t
NCAA Championship	72-75-73-75--295	29t

CAREER HONORS

All-America Honors
2011 NGCA First Team
2011 Golfweek First Team
2013 WGCA Second Team

All-SEC Honors
2011 All-SEC First Team
2010 All-SEC Freshman Team

5x Individual Champion
2010 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship
2011 Bryan National Collegiate
2011 SEC Championship
2011 NCAA West Regional
2013 FSU Match-Up

SENIOR SEASON

• Finished in a tie for third at the Cougar Classic, being one of four golfers at the tournament to fire 4-under par 68 in the final round
• Earned her second top-5 finish of the season at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships where she placed in a tie for fourth, shooting 2-under par 214
• Had a team-best stroke average of 72.00 through the fall season
• Started the spring season off tying for first at the FSU Match-Up with a 3-under par 214 card
• Placed seventh at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, posting her fourth top-10 finish on the year
• Followed up the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with another top-10 finish as she tied for seventh at 9-over par 225
• Tied for 23rd at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 222 (+6) card
• Tied for eighth at the NCAA East Regional and defeated teammate Chessey Thomas and North Carolina[apos]s Jackie Chang in a playoff to advance to the NCAA Championship
• Finished her stellar career at UT in a tie for 29th at the NCAA Championship

JUNIOR SEASON

• Played in all nine tournaments for the Big Orange
• Led the team in stroke average (73.61) and strokes vs. par (1.70)
• Had three rounds in the 60s, including two at the Cougar Classic
• Finished par or better in ten rounds
•Had the team[apos]s best score to date with a 66 at the Cougar Classic
• Had four top-10 finishes
• Her -9 at the Cougar Classic tied the Tennessee record for lowest round
• Won the LSU Tiger Golf Classic with a score of 214 (-2), including a round of 69
• Her score of 216 at the Bryan National Collegiate was good for a tie for 3rd
• Fired a 212 (-4) at the Tar Heel Invitational to finish in the top 10 at 8th

SOPHOMORE SEASON

• Played in 10 of 11 tournament for the Big Orange, missing only the Fall Preview
• Led the team in stroke average (72.19) and strokes vs. par (0.29)
• Posted a career-best round of 66 in the first round of the SEC Championship
• Finished par or better in over half of the rounds she played (16 of 31), tying the UT single-season mark
• Led the nation in par five scoring (4.67)
• Finished at No. 3 in the Golfstat Cup individual rankings.
• Nabbed four-consecutive first-place finishes in the spring
• Medaled at the SEC Championship and NCAA West Regional
• Finished 14th at the NCAA Championships
• Earned first-team All-America honors from the NGCA and Golfweek
• Also earned first-team All-SEC laurels

FRESHMAN SEASON

• Rebounded from a wrist injury to have one of the fin- est postseason[apos]s in Lady Vol history, leading UT at all three championship-level tournaments
• Nabbed SEC All-Freshman honors, as well as All-East Re - gion laurels
• Nearly captured the individual SEC Championship, tying for first through 54 holes
• Finished with runner-up honors to Vanderbilt[apos]s Martina Alex on the second hole of a sudden death playoff
• Her three-day total of 71-67-68=208 (-5) at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa, Ala., set a new Lady Vol 54-hole record
• Snagged Lady Vol Athlete of the Week award on April 19 following the conference tourney
• Showed no letdown at her next competition, the NCAA East Regional, leading three Lady Vols in the top ten individually by tying for fourth
• Fired a 72-68-73=213 (-3) to help Tennessee finish second and return to the NCAA Championships
• At the national tournament in Wilmington, N.C., she tied for 18th with a score of 72-73-72-73=290 (+2)
• Averaged an incredible 71.10 in the final three tournaments of the season
• Carded par or below tallies in four of the first six rounds of her collegiate career
• Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and SEC All-Freshman Team

AMATEUR

• Captured the title at the 2013 Harder Hall Invitational, finishing the tournament at 6-under par 282
• Won 13 times on the Florida Junior Tour and was named 2008 Florida Junior Tour Player of the Year as well as Florida State Women[apos]s Golf Association Junior Player of the Year
• Also named the 2009 Florida Junior Tour 16-18 Girls Points Champion
• Captured the 2008 Florida Junior Tour Major after firing a 4-under-par 212
• Won three consecutive Florida Junior Match Play Champion- ships from 2006-08
• Competed for the North Team in the Florida Junior Cup from 2007-09, serving as co-captain two years
• Finished in the top three at both American Junior Golf As- sociation events she participated in.

HIGH SCHOOL

• Earned four varsity letters at Ridge Community High School, where she was a four-time individual state qualifier
• Twice received Polk County Player of the Year honors
• Tied for third in the Florida Class 1A state golf championship with a 71-71=142 (-2) total
• Low round entering UT was 66

PERSONAL

• Majoring in sport management
• Highest ambitions are to play in the LPGA and win a na- tional championship at Tennessee
• Enjoys spending time with family and friends off the course
• Admires PGA golfer Hunter Mahan
• Loves attending Lady Vol basketball games
• Only wears black socks during tournaments
• Was a Principal[apos]s Scholar in high school
• Erica Megan Popson, daughter of Diana and Fred Popson, was born April 18, 1991, in Orlando, Fla.