WACO, Texas – Baylor women's golf senior Laura Lonardi was named to the 2016 All-Big 12 Women's Golf Team, the conference office announced Wednesday. Lonardi is the fifth different player to earn All-Big 12 recognition during head coach Jay Goble’s five seasons at Baylor.
The 2016 All-Big 12 Team is comprised of the top 10-ranked golfers according to the GolfStat rankings following the Big 12 Championship. The Player and Freshman of the Year awards are automatically selected as the highest-ranked individuals.
Lonardi, who is ranked No. 34 nationally and third on this year’s All-Big 12 Team, leads Baylor with a 72.56 stroke average over 27 rounds entering NCAA Regional competition. She's shot par or better in 12 of 27 rounds and has five top-10 finishes on the season.
Lonardi’s best finish this season came in October at the Alamo Invitational, where she carded a 1-under-par 215 final score to tie for second place. Her lowest score of the season came in March at the Hurricane Invitational where she carded a career-best single round score of 5-under-par 65 to give her a 54-hole total score of 6-under-par 207 to place third individually and record her sixth career top-five finish.
Lonardi earned the No. 1 individual seed at the NCAA Bryan (Texas) Regional, which runs Thursday through Saturday at Traditions Golf Club.
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2016 ALL-BIG 12 WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM
Gabby Barker, Texas Tech (No. 18)
Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, Kansas (No. 20)
Laura Lonardi, Baylor (No. 29)
Maddie McCrary, Oklahoma State (No. 30)
Linnea Johansson, Oklahoma State (No. 33)
Sophia Schubert, Texas (No. 50)
Chih-Min Chen, Oklahoma State (No. 52)
Kenzie Neisen, Oklahoma State (No. 58)
Chayani Wangmahapron, Iowa State (No. 74)
Celia Barquin Arozamen, Iowa State (No. 81)
Player of the Year: Gabby Barker, Texas Tech
Freshman of the Year: Chih-Min Chen, Oklahoma State
Coach of the Year: Courtney Jones, Oklahoma State
BAYLOR'S ALL-TIME ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES
Ali Brewer, 1999
Ali Brewer, 2000
Melanie Hagewood, 2001
Melanie Hagewood, 2003
Josefin Svenningsson, 2004
Hannah Burke, 2007
Allison Martin, 2007
Hannah Burke, 2009
Hannah Burke, 2010
Chelsey Cothran, 2012
Hayley Davis, 2012
Hayley Davis, 2013
Lauren Taylor, 2013
Hayley Davis, 2015
Dylan Kim, 2015
Laura Lonardi, 2016
