Natalie Desjardins - 2008 Women's Golf - LIU Brooklyn


Natalie Desjardins
Natalie Desjardins
Natalie Desjardins

Position:
Height: 5-4
Class: Senior
Hometown: Haileybury, Ontario
Previous School: Ecole Secondaire Ste.- Marie

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As a Junior in 2007-08

: Won the Hartford Invitational with scores of 77-79… Finished second at the Lonnie Barton Invitational after posting scores of 77-79… Took second at the Mount St. Mary’s Fall Invitational with scores of 78-79… Recorded scores of 84-81-86 to finish 12th at the Northeast Conference Championship… Shot a final round 72 to finish ninth at the ECAC Championships… Named NEC Women’s Golfer of the Week on Oct. 7.

As a Sophomore in 2006-07: Participated in only five tournaments in the fall due to back injury... Led squad with 81.2 scoring average... Tallied her second career victory at the Mount St. Mary’s Fall Invitational, helping lead the Blackbirds to a team victory with a two-round total of 163 (10/28-29)... Posted a pair of runner-up finishes at the Rutgers Invitational (10/13-14) and the Lady Monarch Invitational (11/4-5), in which she shot a season-low round of 73 on the second day.

As a Freshman in 2005-06: All-Northeast Conference selection... Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year... Recorded her first collegiate win at the Fairfield Invitational, posting back-to-back rounds of 80 to win by four strokes over teammate Heather Pothier... Recorded three other top-ten finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the NEC Championships to earn all-conference accolades... Closed with a final-round 74 at NEC's, her best round of the season... Tied for eighth at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic (Mar. 5-7) and tied for sixth at the Monmouth tourney (Apr. 1-3)... Completed the fall season as the top Blackbird performer following team-best finishes in four of the squad’s five tournaments... Shot 83-79 at the ECAC Championships in Falmouth, Mass (10/22-23), finishing in a tie for 2nd... Was named Northeast Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week (10/26) for her efforts...Broke 80 four times, including twice (78-79) at the season-ending TPC Virginia Beach Women’s Invitational (11/7-8)... Placed in the top 15 at each of the final four tournaments... In addition to her second-place finish at the ECAC Tournament, she finished tied for 11th at the Tribe Classic (10/9) with teammate Rochelle Brown at 76, tied for eighth at the Sacred Heart Invitational (10/30-31) at 165 and tied for 13th at the TPC Virginia Beach.

High School/Personal: Posted a career-low two-day total of 76-72 at the 2006 TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Invitational in which she placed first...Participated in a pair of Women's CN Canadian Tour events in 2006...Enjoyed an established junior amateur career in Canada...Victorious in five tournaments in 2003, including Junior PGA Championship in Sudbury, Ontario and Northern Junior Championship at Sault Ste. Marie Golf & Country Club, where she won by 18 strokes (79-77)...Represented Team Canada East at the 2004 Canadian Junior Golf Association Canada Cup match play event in Ontario...Member of the 2005 Canadian team that competed in the Euro Cup in Scotland...Finished first at the Canadian Junior Golf Association Team Canada World Juniors Golf Cup Qualifier...Individual girls' winner of the Northeastern Ontario Athletics Association High School Fall Golf Championship, where she shot 75...Also an accomplished midget ice hockey player...Born October 23, 1986...Daughter of Guy and Aline Desjardins...Majoring in political science.

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