Sara Chaves

Class:
Senior
High School:
Abraham Lincoln High School
Hometown:
Bogota, Colombia

Season	Events	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	Low Rd.	Top-25
Spring 2013	7	16	1,290	80.63	74	1
Fall 2012	5	14	1,117	79.79	73	0
Spring 2012	4	11	875	79.55	74	2
Fall 2011	4	10	840	84.00	78	0
Spring 2011	4	9	723	80.33	76	0
Fall 2010	5	13	1,036	79.69	79	1
Career	29	73	5,881	80.56	73	4

as a Junior (Spring 2013): Earned her second-consecutive Women's Golf Coaches Association (GCAA) All-American Scholar honor ... also named Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC ... appeared in all seven events, including one as an individual ... finished the spring campaign with an 80.63 scoring average over 16 rounds (1,290 strokes) ... posted one top-five and four top-35 finishes ... best finish of the spring came at the weather-shortened Angola Shootout (April 20), where she posted a round of 76 (+4) to finish tied for fourth ... finished tied for 29th place at the Mid-American Conference Championship (April 26-28) with a three-round tally of 245 (+29) ... also posted top-35 finishes at the Low Country Intercollegiate (t-30th) and Colonel Classic (t-31st).

as a Junior (Fall 2012): Appeared in all five events, posting a 79.79 average over 14 rounds (1,117 strokes) ... posted one top-30 finish ... recorded a career-low round of 1-over 73 during the final round of the Nittany Lion Invitational (Sept. 30) ... opened the season with a tie for 29th place at the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 8-9) with a score of 237 (+21) ... finished inside the top-50 at all but one event in the fall.

as a Sophomore (Spring 2012): Named a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division I All-American Scholar … finished the 2011-12 season with an 81.67 scoring average in eight events … carded a career-best round of 2-over 74 during the third round of the EKU Colonel Classic (April 6-7) … had two top-20 finishes … made four starts in the three, including one as an individual … averaged 79.54 strokes over 11 rounds … posted the first top-10 finish of her career, a tie for seventh place at the EKU Colonel Classic to help Akron to its second team title of the season … her score of 229 (+13) at the EKU event was the lowest three-round score of her career and the sixth-lowest on the team … recorded a tie for 16^th place playing as an individual at the Bison Challenge at Paiute (March 16-17) with a score of 159 (+15).

as a Sophomore (Fall 2011): Made four starts in the fall … her best finish came at the season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational (Sept. 12-13) where she finished tied for 49^th place with a score of 247 … also had finishes of tied for 68^th (2011 MAC Preview, Oct. 10-11), tied for 69^th (Wild Eggs Cardinal Cup, Sept. 19-20) and tied for 82^nd (Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, Sept. 30-Oct. 2).

as a Freshman (Spring 2011): Competed in four of six events - one as an individual - in the spring, posting an average of 80.33 (nine rounds) ... carded a career-best round of 76 during the first round of the Lumberjack Shootout at Wigwam (March 14) ... tied for 28th at the weather-shortened BGSU Falcon Invitational (April 16-17) with a round of 85 (+13) ... finished tied for 31st place in her first MAC Championship event (April 22-24), carding a three-round score of 247 (+31) ... posted a two-round score of 16-over 160 to finish tied for 36th at the Indiana Invitational (April 4-5) ... carded a score of 231 (+15) to conclude the Lumberjack Shootout at Wigwam (March 14-16) tied for 40th while playing as an individual.

as a Freshman (Fall 2010): Appeared in all five events to open her Akron career, recording a scoring average of 82.08 in 13 rounds of play ... posted a then-career-best round of 79 on three occasions, including the third round of the Cincinnati Fall Classic (Sept. 21) and the second and third rounds of the Nittany Lion Invitational (Oct. 2-3) ... earned the first top-25 finish of her career at the Third-Annual Zippy Invitational (Oct. 11-12) after posting a three-round score of 246 (80-82-84).

Prior to Akron: Finished ninth at the 2009 El Tiempo Cup National in Bogota, Columbia ... was the champion at the Enrique Santos International in Ecuador in 2008 ... placed second at the Military CC Columbian National Junior Tournament in 2007 ... also took third at the San Andres International Junior Tournament of Colombia ... finished 16th at the 2009 Teens on the Green World Championship at the PGA National.

Personal: Parents are Carlos Julio Chaves and Evelin Jaimes ... was born in Bogota, Colombia ... has one younger brother, David (16) ... attended Abraham Lincoln High School ... first language is Spanish ... was a member of the soccer team at Abraham Lincoln and finished in the top-five of her class academically ... majoring in business.