Mary Fernandez

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Henderson, Nev.
High School:
Tulane

Mary Jan Fernandez

FERNANDEZ'S INFORMATION

AT TENNESSEE:

2002-03: Played in all 11 tournaments for the squad...Came out of nowhere to storm the SEC Championship field for a career-best-tying fifth-place effort of 223...Third-round 78, part of a 42nd-place 240 total, helped secure Tennessee's third title of the season at the Lady Boilermaker...Registered a 156 for a 52nd-place tie at the Bryan National Collegiate...Fired a 14th-place-tying 224 at the Lady Gator...Posted a 237 to tie for 57th place at the Arizona Wildcat...Shot a two-round 168 to tie for 75th in a weather-shortened Regional Challenge...Helped pace UT to its second tournament victory of the fall season with a third-day 67 at the Auburn Tiger Derby...Recorded a 237 to tie for 40th at the Mercedes-Benz...Tied for 33rd with a 232 at the Mason Rudolph...Fired a 10-over 154 to tie for 17th at the Lady Kat...Put together a 77.87 shot average, the second-lowest of her career...
2001-02: Participated in eight tournaments, seven as a member of the team and one as an individual...Registered a 230 54-hole total at the NCAA East Regional...Mary Jan came up just one shot shy of Young-A Yang's low round standard of 65 set in 2000 when she fired an eight-under 66 in the SEC Championships...Her SEC Championships performance also slotted her into seventh place after 36 holes with a 143 and eighth after 54 holes with a 215...In her first tournament as a member of the team, she finished a career-best sixth at the Capstone Intercollegiate...Recorded a then-career-low round with a one-over 73 at the Auburn Derby...Carded a then career-low 54-hole total of 230 twice...First as an individual at the Mercedes-Benz Championships and then again at the Auburn Derby...Possessed a season average of 77.46, the lowest in her career.

AT TULANE 2000-01: Played in nine tournaments for the Green Wave during the season...Missed the first event of the year due to a battle with an illness...In her collegiate debut, she recorded her then-career-best finish when she tied for ninth at the Memphis Intercollegiate...In that same event, she carded her career-low round of 75...Saw 24 of her 27 rounds count toward the team score...Finished in the top 25 four times during her freshman campaign, including placing 19th at the Conference USA Tournament...Stroke average stood at 79.48 after her first year of collegiate golf.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner with the golf team at Green Valley High School...Her team went undefeated in her four years, winning 107 consecutive matches en route to four zone and state championships...Named MVP of the golf team her sophomore year.

AMATEUR: Ranked as high as 14th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings...Named a second-team American Junior Golf Association All-American in 2000...Won the Nevada State Amateur by nine strokes as a junior in high school and followed that up defending her title the next year...Received the Newsmaker of the Year in Sports from the Philippine Press Club in December of 1994...Followed that up by being recognized as one of the Rising Star Athletes of the Year by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles in February 1995...Youngest contestant, at the age of 13, to participate in the Maxfli PGA Championships...Won the Western States Golf Association Championships every year she has played in it...Claimed victory at her first regional tournament and then went on to win the national title...Played in the Polo Golf Junior Classic and carded the lowest score in the second round...Quarterfinalist at the 1999 U.S. Junior Girls Tournament...Runner-up in the 2000 Texas-Oklahoma tournament while shooting the low round of 69...Captured seventh place at the invitation only AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions...Twice played in a fund-raising event of the LPGA Junior Golf Association, Los Angeles Chapter, which paired touring pros with business executives...Finished first over 30 times during her amateur career.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology...Born Mary Jan Fernandez on Jan. 15, 1982, in Los Angeles, Calif...Daughter of Mario and Consuelo Fernandez...Has one brother, Marvyn, 37, and two sisters, Bella, 35, and Christine, 19...Sister Christine is on the New Mexico golf team...Models herself after Tiger Woods because he opened the doors for youngsters and minorities...Cites her parents as her biggest influence.

FERNANDEZ'S SCORECARD

YEAR	RNDS	STKS	AVG	LOW
2000-01	27	2146	79.48	75
2001-02	24	1859	77.46	66
2002-03	30	2336	77.87	67
TOTAL	81	6341	78.28	66

2002-03

Lady Kat Invitational	t17th	73-81=154
Mason Rudolph	t33rd	75-79-78=232
Mercedes-Benz	t40th	83-77-77=237
Auburn Tiger Derby	14th	77-78-67=222
Regional Challenge	t75th	86-82=168
Arizona Wildcat	t57th	84-75-78=237
Lady Gator	t14th	75-76-73=224
Bryan National	t52nd	79-77=156
Lady Boilermaker	t42nd	83-79-78=240
SEC Championships	t5th	71-75-77=223
NCAA Central Regional	t72nd	84-81-78=243
Low Round	67 (3 -- Auburn Tiger Derby)
Low Total	222 (Auburn Tiger Derby)

2001-02

Mercedes-Benz	t23rd	78-75-77=230
Capstone Intercollegiate	6th	79-75-82=236
Auburn Tiger Derby	t29th	79-73-78=230
Arizona Intercollegiate	t55th	78-77-79=234
Lady Gamecock Classic	t54th	76-81-84=241
Dr. Thompson Tournament	t33rd	80-84-79=243
SEC Championships	t5th	77-66-72=215
NCAA East Regional	t66th	78-78-74=230
Low Round	66 (2 -- SEC Championships)
Low Total	215 (SEC Championships)

2000-01 (at Tulane)

Memphis Intercollegiate	t9th	83-75-78=236
Tar Heel Invitational	t44th	81-77-83=241
Lady Paladin Invitational	t63rd	80-80-77=237
Rainbow Wahine Classic	t25th	80-77-77=234
Green Wave Women's Classic	t24th	82-79-79=240
South Florida Invitational	t33rd	81-79-76=236
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic	t67th	85-82-80=247
LSU Golf Classic	t42nd	76-86-75=237
Conference USA Tournament	t19th	79-80-79=238
Low Round	75 (2 -- Memphis Intercollegiate)
Low Total	234 (Rainbow Wahine Classic)

italics indicate round of par or better

COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS

Rounds: 81
Strokes: 6,341
Average: 78.28
Rounds of Par or Under: Four
Low Round: 66; 2002 SEC Championships
Low Tournament (54 holes): 215; 2002 SEC Championships
Top-10 Finishes: Four
Best Finish: t5th; Twice