Marianna Monaco

AWARDS
Senior season (2016-17)
· SEC Community Service Team
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

Junior season (2015-16)
· SEC Community Service Team
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

2016-17
Appeared in two tournaments in her final year at Carolina, competing as an individual at the 2017 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and 2017 Bryan National Collegiate…Broke par once, firing a final-round 70 (-2) at the Bryan National to finish in a tie for 44th (227, +11) at the 54-hole event…Placed in a tie for 61st (231, +18) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.

2015-16
Joined South Carolina at the start of the spring semester and appeared in two tournaments…Finished with a 77.17 scoring average…Posted a 234 (+21) in her debut for the Gamecocks at the 2016 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate to finish in a tie for 80th…Saw her best showing of the season at the 2016 Wildcat Invitational, placing in a tie for 52nd with a three-round total of 229 (+13)…Fired a career-low 73 (+1) in the second round of the Wildcat Invitational.

Prior to South Carolina

Played two seasons at Newberry College in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC)… earned SAC Player of the Year accolades and a spot on the All-SAC First Team as a sophomore following eight top-20 and six top-10 finishes… her 77.1 18-hole scoring average during the 2014-15 season was the sixth-lowest in program history… named the SAC Freshman of the Year and was an All-SAC First Team honoree after firing 10 rounds under 80 in her first season… played on both the girl’s and boy’s golf teams while at Yonkers High School… was an All-League honorable mention for the boy’s team and a state finalist as a member of the girl’s team… also played softball and was a member of the bowling team.

Personal

Chose to transfer to South Carolina because of the chance to learn and develop her game under coaches Kalen Anderson and Puggy Blackmon…. daughter of Nicholas and Valerie Monaco.