2006-07 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Amanda Mathis
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Picayune, MS
Played in all four tournaments during the fall... Led State in stroke average with a 76.73 ... In the second tournament of the fall, shot a 225 and captured the individual crown at the Wildcat Fall Invitational in Lexington, Ky. ... Low round of 72 came in the second round of the Cougar Classic ... Finished tied for 20th to open the season at the Cougar Classic ... Finished tied for 34th at the Lady Paladin Invitational and concluded the fall at The Derby Invitational finishing in a tie for 64th ... Best 54-hole score came at the Cougar Classic where she fired a 222.
2005-06 (Junior)
Played in all 10 events for MSU during her junior season ... Recorded seven top-10 finishes and five top-five finishes ... Set a school record for lowest stroke average in a season, finishing with an average of 74.20 ... Tied a career best score of 218 at the Wildcat Fall Invitational ... Finished sixth at the UA/Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate ... Tied for second at the Wildcat Fall Invitational ... Tied for third at the Lady Paladin Invitational ... Finished fifth at the Papa Johns Collegiate and fifth at the Pinehurst Challenge during the spring ... Matched her season low-round score of 71 at the Pinehurst Challenge and the SEC Championship ... Also Won the 2005 Mississippi State State Amateur Golf Championship during the summer ... Named to the all-SEC second team and the National Golf Coaches Associaton All-American Scholar Team.
2004-2005 (Sophomore)
Played in all 10 tournaments leading MSU with a 75.28 stroke average ... Named to the all-SEC second team at the completion of the season ... Led State in three events during the spring including a 19th place finish at the NCAA East Regional ... Won her first collegiate tournament at the Wildcat Fall Invitational, shooting a 73-71-75 in the event, finishing three-over par ... Recorded five top 10 finishes and six top 20 finishes ... Shot a 68 in the final round of the UA/Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, the lowest round recorded at the tournament ... Finished in a tie for fourth at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, tying a school record 67 in the second round ... Won the 2004 College Player’s Tour in Houston, Texas.
2003-2004 (Freshman)
One of three players to compete in all nine of tournaments ... Finished runner-up, a career best, at the UA/Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate and the Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate ... Recorded the third lowest stroke average on the squad for the season ... Had three top 10 finishes and four top 20 ... Paced the Lady Bulldogs in five of the nine tournaments ... Fired a career-best 71 in MSU’s first tournament win since the 1999-00 season in the Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate ... Led State in the fall with a 74.7 stroke average ... Paced the Maroon and White in all four fall tournaments with three top five finishes ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to MSU
Considered one of Mississippi's best golfers, winning the 2002 Mississippi Women’s Amateur Championship by defeating nine-time champion Cissye Gallagher in the tournament's final match ... Claimed the title at the 2002 Mississippi Girls Junior Amateur Championship, carding an 11-under par 137 in the two-day event ... Only the second female to win medalist honors at the Co-ed 4A State High School Championship, shooting a 67 and 72 ... Finished runner-up at the 2003 4A State High School Championship ... Won the 2001 Exxon BFI Future Tour Championship and placed second in the Bubba Conlee National Junior ... Took eighth at the 2001 AJGA Nationals in Mobile, Ala.
Personal
Born September 12, 1984 ... Daughter of Jim and Helen Mathis ... Majoring in communication ... Lettered two years on the Picayune High School tennis team ... Finished third in class at PHS ... Named to Picayune Memorial Hall of Fame ... Honored as a Wendy’s High School Heisman Nominee.
