| Rachel Smith |
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Cavalier Career:
Virginia and Amateur Notes
• Won her second consecutive Tennessee Women's Amateur Championship in 2005
• Qualified for match play at 2005 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the Women's North/South Amateur
• Junior medalist at `03 Tennessee Amateur
• Competed at the 2003 U.S. Amateur
• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences
• Has played in every UVa tournament
• First medalist in Cavalier history
2006 (Senior - Fall)
• Played in all four fall tournaments and was UVa's No. 3 scorer in all but one event
• Placed 14th at the Landfall Tradition in Cavaliers first tourney win
2005-06 (Junior)
• Appeared in 10 tournaments
• Had her best performance at the ACC Championships where she was 11th
and helped UVa to a runner-up finish
• Was 12th (217) at the NCAA East Regional, her best tourney score of the season
• Equaled her season best score with a 71 during the first round of the East Regional
• Was fourth on the team with a 76.37 stroke average
• Named to the ACC All-Academic squad
2004-05 (Sophomore)
• Academic All-ACC honoree
• Finished 68th at the NCAA Championships with a 304
• Shot 229 at the NCAA East Regional
• Finished 17th at the ACC Championship with a 238
• Tied for sixth with a 235 at the Lady Gamecock Classic
• Etched her name in the school record book as Virginia's first-ever medalist
with her first-place finish at the Cougar Classic
• Shot a career-best four-under 212, including a career-best 68 in the final round
2003-04 (Freshman)
• Academic All-ACC honoree
• One of four Cavaliers to play in every match
• Tied for 24th at the ACC Championship with a 227
• Led the Cavaliers with a 236 to tie for 59th at the Bryan National Collegiate
• Paced UVa with a 238 to tie for 43rd at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invite
• Fired a career low and 70 in the final round of the Landfall Tradition
Karns High School/Junior Golf
• Won second consecutive Signal Mountain Junior tourney in 2003
• 2002 AJGA Honorable Mention and a Scholastic Junior All-American
• A four-time AAA district champion and three-time AAA region champion
• Won the 2002 AJGA Clubcorp Junior at Homestead
• First first at the Signal Mountain Junior tourney
• Ranked No. 65 in the final 2002 Golfweek/Titleist national junior rankings
• Won the 2000 and 2001 Tennessee Girls Junior Amateur
• Individual champion at the 2001 CJGA Ontario Junior Golf tourney
Personal
• Born in Knoxville, Tenn.
• Parents are Patrice & Gary Smith
• Has two older sisters Ginger Saffles and Leslie Cross, who played soccer at Tennessee Tech
Rachel Smith's Career Statistics
Years Rounds Strokes Avg. Low
2003-2004 25 1926 77.04 70
2004-2005 34 2625 77.21 68
2005-2006 30 2291 76.37 71
Totals 89 6842 76.88 68
Career Best Tournament Finish: 1st, Cougar Fall Classic, Sept. 15-16, 2004
Career Top-10 Finishes: Three
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 212, Cougar Fall Classic, Sept. 15-16, 2004
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 68, Cougar Fall Classic, Sept. 16, 2004
Rachel Smith's Tournament Results
2003-04
UVa
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/7 vs. Richmond 75 +3 75 2 2
9/15-16 Cougar Fall Classic 72-76-76 +8 224 9 1
10/3-5 Kentucky Fall Invit. 78-80-80 +22 238 19 2
10/19-21 Mercedes Benz 79-75-73 +11 227 31 2
10/31-11/2Landfall Tradition 80-76-70 +10 226 15 2
3/7-9 SunTrust Lady Gator 78-81-79 +28 238 43 1
3/15-16 Anteater Invitational 80-79-76 +19 235 32 3
4/2-4 Bryan National 80-75-81 +20 236 59 1
4/16-18 ACC Championships 75-75-77 +14 227 24 2
2004-05
UVa
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/15-16 Cougar Fall Classic 74-70-68 -4 212 1 1
10/1-3 Mason Rudolph 75-78-81 +19 234 73 4
10/8-10 Mercedes-Benz 82-80-78 +27 240 73 4
10-29/31 ACC/SEC Challenge 72-80-78 +17 230 45 3
2/20-22 Papa John's Collegiate 76-77-79 +16 232 24 4
3/4-6 Lady Gator Invitational 79-82-74 +25 235 44 2
3/11-13 Lady Gamecock 83-77-75 +19 235 6 1
4/1-3 Bryan National 75-78-79 +16 232 29 2
4/15-17 ACC Championship 85-76-77 +22 238 17 2
5/5-7 NCAA East Regional 81-77-71 +19 229 51 4
5/17-20 NCAAs 77-81-74-72 +20 304 68 3
2005-06
UVa
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/12-13 Cougar Fall Classic 77-74-73 +8 224 25 3
10/7-9 Lady Tar Heel Invit. 83-76-78 +21 237 66 4
10/28-30 Landfall Tradition 78-75-80 +17 233 24 3
11/4-6 Derby Invitational 76-78-73 +11 227 24 3
2/19-21 Papa John's Collegiate79-79-72 +14 230 25 4
3/3-5 LSU Classic 78-76-74 +12 228 36 4
3/10-12 Lady Gamecock Classic 79-71-80 +14 230 28 4
3/31-4/2 Bryan National 82-77-79 +22 238 69 3
4/14-4/16 ACC Championship 75-77-75 +11 227 11 2
5/11-5/13 NCAA East Regional 71-72-74 +1 217 12 2
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