Natalie
Desjardins
Sophomore 5-4
Haileybury, Ontario Ecole Secondaire Ste.-Marie
As a Freshman in 2005: All-Northeast
Conference selection..Recorded her first collegiate win
at the Fairfield Invitational, posting back-to-back rounds of
80 to win by four strokes over teammate Heather Pothier...Recorded
three other top-ten finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the
NEC Championships to earn all-conference accolades...Closed with
a final-round 74 at NEC's, her best round of the season...Tied
for eighth at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic (Mar. 5-7) and
tied for sixth at the Monmouth tourney (Apr. 1-3)...Completed
the fall season as the top Blackbird performer following team-best
finishes in four of the
squad’s five tournaments...
Shot 83-79 at the ECAC Championships in Falmouth, Mass (10/22-23),
finishing in a tie for 2nd... Was named Northeast Conference Women’s
Golfer of the Week (10/26) for her efforts...Broke 80 four times,
including twice (78-79) at the season-ending TPC Virginia Beach
Women’s
Invitational (11/7-8)...Placed in the top 15 at each of the final
four tournaments...
In addition to her second-place finish at the ECAC Tournament,
she finished tied for 11th at the Tribe Classic (10/9) with teammate
Rochelle Brown at 76, tied for eighth at the Sacred Heart Invitational
(10/30-31) at 165 and tied for 13th at the TPC Virginia Beach.
High School/Personal: Posted
a career-low two-day total of 76-72 at the 2006 TaylorMade-Adidas
Golf Invitational in which she posted a first-place finish...Participated
in a pair of Women's CN Canadian Tour events in 2006...Enjoyed
an established junior amateur career in Canada...Victorious in
five tournaments in 2003, including Junior PGA Championship
in Sudbury, Ontario and Northern Junior Championship
at Sault Ste. Marie Golf & Country Club, where she won by 18
strokes (79-77)...Represented Team Canada
East at the 2004 Canadian Junior Golf Association Canada Cup
match play event in Ontario...Member
of the 2005 Canadian team that competed in the Euro Cup in
Scotland...Finished
first at the Canadian Junior Golf Association Team Canada
World Juniors Golf Cup Qualifier...Individual girls' winner
of the Northeastern
Ontario Athletics Association High School Fall Golf Championship,
where she
shot 75...Also an accomplished midget ice hockey player...Born
October 23, 1986...Daughter of Guy and Aline Desjardins...Majoring
in political science.
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