Virginia
2012-13 (Junior - Fall)
• Finished second on the team with 74.17 stroke average
• Posted her first top-10 finish, placing sixth at Mason Rudolph to lead Cavaliers
• Equaled her low round of 70 at three of four fall tournaments
• Was UVa's No. 2 scorer at Cougar Classic, Fall Preview and Tar Heel Invitational
2011-12 (Sophomore)
• Made first appearance in NCAA Championships
• Had rounds of 72, 74, 75 and 72 but first-round score did not count after being disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard
• Placed 26th at NCAA Central Regional (+12, 228)
• Only player besides Brittany Altomare to play in all 10 tournaments
• Presented the team's William C. Eacho Memorial Award at All-Sports Banquet that is given to the team member who exemplifies the highest qualities of leadership, cooperative spirit and unselfish service
•Named to the NGCA All-American Scholar Team
• Chosen to ACC All-Academic Team for Women's Golf
• Best finish was 12th-place showing at ACC Championships
• Notched her best career tournament score (218) and single-round (71) at Stanford
• Shared the lead in scoring with freshman Briana Mao at LSU Classic
• Was UVa's No. 2 scorer at Stanford Intercollegiate, Bryan National and ACC Championships
• Reached finals of 2012 VSGA Women's Amateur Championship in July
2010-11 (RS Freshman)
• Made her debut at Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, finishing 85th as an individual
• Placed 60th at Bryan National Collegiate as an individual competitor
• Represented UVa at Collegiate Team Championship in summer of 2010
2009-10 (Freshman)
• Redshirted the 2009-10 season
Junior / Amateur Notes
• Stroke play medalist at 2011 Virginia Women's Amateur
• Reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Southern Amateur
• Finished fifth at the 2011 Women's Eastern Amateur
• Co-Medalist at the 2010 Women's Southern Amateur played at Lookout Mountain, Ga.
• Advanced to match play at the 2010 North & South Amateur
• Champion of the 2009 Reines Jewelers Ladies' Charlottesville City Championship
• Named to the Virginias team for the 2009 VSGA Women's Virginia-Carolinas Matches and helped Virginia to victory by winning all three of her matches
• Won the AJGA's Northwestern Mutual Financial Junior Classic in 2008 and claimed the Low Junior Award at the 2008 Virginia State Women's Amateur
• Was fourth at the 2008 North & South Junior Championship
• Claimed medalist honors at the 2005 Bobby Bowers Memorial in Springfield, Va.
• Tied for first at 2007 Charlottesville City Championship
• Won five state junior tournaments in 2005
• Named to the Virginia team for the Virginia-Maryland team matches in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Selected to represent Virginia 2007, 2008 and 2009 Mid-AtlanticVSGA-MGA Junior Girls' Team
• Selected by Women in Sports as the WinStar for April 2009 and honored with the 2009 Women in Sports President's Award
• Posted a total of 10 top-10 finishes at AJGA tournaments, including the 2009 McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship that featured 70 of the world's best junior players
St. Anne's - Belfield / Personal
• Earned All-State Honors in 2009
• 2009 VISAA Division 1 Player of the Year
• Co-Medaled at the 2009 State Championship of the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association
• Only girl to compete on St. Anne's-Belfield golf team from 2006-08
• Parents are Jim Brightwell and Laurie Keenan
• Mother is a 1983 graduate of the University of Virginia Law School
• Nominated to represent St. Anne's-Belfield at the 2008 46th Annual United States Senate Youth Program
• Class president as a sophomore and junior
Career Best Tournament Finish: 12, ACC Championships, April 13-15, 2012
Career Top-10 Finishes: 1
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 218, Stanford Intercollegiate, Oct. 14-16, 2011
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 70, Tar Heel Invitational, Oct. 12, 2012, Cougar Classic, Sept. 9, 2012 & Mason Rudolph Championship, Sept. 22, 2012
Elizabeth Brightwell's Tournament Results
2010-2011
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. UVa Pl.
3/11-13 LSU Classic* 79-79-79 +21 237 85 na
3/25-27 Bryan National* 80-81-79 +24 240 60 na
* Played as individual
2011-12
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. UVa Pl.
9/13-15 Fall Preview 77-79-74 +14 230 57 4
10/7-9 Tar Heel Invitational 77-74-75 +10 226 64 4
10/14-16 Stanford Intercol. 73-71-74 +5 218 39 2
10/28-30 Landmark Tradition 81-83-76 +24 240 62 3
3/2-4 Rucker Intercollegiate 80-78 +16 158 60 5
3/9-11 LSU Golf Classic 76-77-79 +16 232 36 1
3/30-4/1 Liz Murphey Collegiate 73-76-72 +5 221 23 3
4/6-8 Bryan National 76-73-76 +9 225 25 2
4/13-15 ACC Championships 76-73-76 +12 225 12 2
5/10-12 NCAA Regional 78-74-76 +12 228 26 3
5/22-25 NCAA Championships DQ-74-75-72 na na na na
2011-12
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. UVa Pl.
9/8-10 Cougar Classic 73-70-77 +4 220 36 2
9/21-23 Mason Rudolph 78-70-74 +6 222 6 1
10/5-7 Fall Preview 76-72-77 +9 225 38 2
10/12-14 Tar Heel Invitational 70-78-75 +7 223 25 2
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