Pettersson Garners American All-Conference Honors
April 28, 2017 | Women's Golf
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – East Carolina junior Lisa Pettersson has been named to the American Athletic Conference First-Team for the second-straight year the league announced Friday afternoon. She is the second Pirate to earn multiple all-conference honors following Frida Gustafsson Spang, who was a unanimous first-teamer in 2015 and 2016.
Pettersson, who was selected Thursday, April 27 to play in the Athens Regional as an individual, has recorded six Top-15 finishes with two coming during the spring portion of the Pirates' schedule. The Sweden native, who won individual medalist honors at the Pinehurst Challenge in October, claimed a share of 13th place at 2017 American Women's Golf Championships with a 4-over par 220 (73-75-72).
On the season she owns a team-best 73.30 season stroke average that ranks as the second-lowest single-season stroke average in the Pirate annals, trailing only Spang's 72.25 during the 2015-16 campaign. As a freshman she posted a 76.57 average with one Top-10 finish, in her first collegiate event at the Minnesota Invitational (224/8-over). Last year she stood second on the squad with a 74.67 stroke average and recorded six Top-15 placements (four Top 5's) on her way to unanimous first-team all-conference honors.
During her three years as a member of the golf team, Pettersson owns a 74.79 career average in 33 events, which is the second lowest in program history. She has posted one career win to go along with eight Top-5's, 11 Top-10's and 14 Top-20 finishes.
The American Individual Awards
Player-of-the-Year: Ashley Holder, UCF, Sr. *
Freshman-of-the-Year: Maria Balcazar, UCF, Fr. *
Coach-of-the-Year: Emily Marron, UCF *
All-Conference Team
Maria Balcazar, UCF, Fr.
Ashley Holder, UCF, Sr.
Ayaka Nakayama, UCF, Sr.
Lisa Pettersson, East Carolina, Jr.
Leonie Harm, Houston, So.
Michaela Fletcher, Memphis, So.
Brigitte Dunne, SMU, So.
Lindsey McCurdy, SMU, Sr.
Kenzie Wright, SMU, Fr.
Greta Bruner, Tulsa, Fr.
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*denotes unanimous selection
Pettersson, who was selected Thursday, April 27 to play in the Athens Regional as an individual, has recorded six Top-15 finishes with two coming during the spring portion of the Pirates' schedule. The Sweden native, who won individual medalist honors at the Pinehurst Challenge in October, claimed a share of 13th place at 2017 American Women's Golf Championships with a 4-over par 220 (73-75-72).
On the season she owns a team-best 73.30 season stroke average that ranks as the second-lowest single-season stroke average in the Pirate annals, trailing only Spang's 72.25 during the 2015-16 campaign. As a freshman she posted a 76.57 average with one Top-10 finish, in her first collegiate event at the Minnesota Invitational (224/8-over). Last year she stood second on the squad with a 74.67 stroke average and recorded six Top-15 placements (four Top 5's) on her way to unanimous first-team all-conference honors.
During her three years as a member of the golf team, Pettersson owns a 74.79 career average in 33 events, which is the second lowest in program history. She has posted one career win to go along with eight Top-5's, 11 Top-10's and 14 Top-20 finishes.
The American Individual Awards
Player-of-the-Year: Ashley Holder, UCF, Sr. *
Freshman-of-the-Year: Maria Balcazar, UCF, Fr. *
Coach-of-the-Year: Emily Marron, UCF *
All-Conference Team
Maria Balcazar, UCF, Fr.
Ashley Holder, UCF, Sr.
Ayaka Nakayama, UCF, Sr.
Lisa Pettersson, East Carolina, Jr.
Leonie Harm, Houston, So.
Michaela Fletcher, Memphis, So.
Brigitte Dunne, SMU, So.
Lindsey McCurdy, SMU, Sr.
Kenzie Wright, SMU, Fr.
Greta Bruner, Tulsa, Fr.
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*denotes unanimous selection
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