Whitney Simons

2008 SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll
2008 NGCA All-american Scholar
2007 SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll
2007 NGCA All-American Scholar
2006 SEC Women[apos]s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2006 SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll
2006 NGCA All-American Scholar
2005 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
2005 NGCA All-American Scholar

2007-08
Finished her career ranked eighth in school history with a 77.33 career average … earned the South Carolina President[apos]s Award for extraordinary talent in athletics, scholarship, leadership and service … was fourth on the team with a 78.10 average, playing in 11 of the team[apos]s 12 events … opened the NCAA Championship with a 77 … carded a 75 to kick off the SEC Championship … played in the No. 4 spot at the NGCA Match Play Championship … Finished 34th at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate behind a first-round 71 … opened the season with a career-best 70 in the first round of the Cougar Classic and went on to claim 35th place … was Carolina[apos]s nominee for the SEC[apos]s McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship … was a member of the SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-American Scholar.

2006-07
Posted a 77.80 average in seven tournaments … ranked eighth in the nation with a .520 sand-save percentage and 44th nationally with a .525 total short game percentage … carded a season-best 222 at the NCAA East Regional, the second-lowest 54-hole score of her career … finished a season-high 39th at the Bryan National Collegiate … opened the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with a season-low 73 en route to a 40th-place finish … member of the SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-American Scholar.

2005-06
Named SEC Women[apos]s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year … was second on the team with a 75.90 average, the 10th-best single-season mark in school history … Turned in five top-20 finishes, including two top-10 outings … tied for 16th at the SEC Championship … took 10th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate with steady rounds of 76, 75 and 74 … Finished in the top 20 at the Lady Gamecock Classic, highlighted by a second-round 72 … claimed a career-best sixth place at the Chrysler Challenge to lead the Gamecocks to the team title … matched her career low with a 71 in the second round of the event … set a career low at 71 in the final round of the Dick McGuire Invitational and finished 12th … member of the SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-American Scholar.

2004-05
Finished with a 77.81 average over seven tournaments … shot a season-best 224 to finish 28th at the NCAA East Regional, highlighted by a first-round hole-in-one on the 15th hole of the University of Florida Golf Course … was the Gamecocks[apos] top finisher in 12th at the SEC Championship … collected her first career top-20 finish by claiming 14th in the Lady Gamecock Classic … earned a spot on the President[apos]s List (4.0 grade point average) in both the fall and spring semesters … member of the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-American Scholar.

Prior to South Carolina
Was the 4A South Carolina State Champion and South Carolina Women[apos]s Coaches Association 4A Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003 … won the Regional Championship and was named All-Region and All-State in 2002 and 2003 … named AJGA Scholastic All-America in 2002 … helped team to state runner-up finishes and region titles in 2001 and 2002, adding a region title in 2003 … was a U.S. Girls[apos] Junior qualifier in 2002 and a U.S. Women[apos]s Amateur qualifier in 2003.