Natalie Desjardins - 2009-10 Women's Golf - LIU Brooklyn


Natalie Desjardins
Natalie Desjardins

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

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2008-09: Named Northeast Conference Golfer of the Year… Earned First Team All-NEC honors… Named to NEC All-Tournament Team… Named NEC Golfer of the Week six times… Finished season with a career-best 76.86 scoring average… First LIU golfer to capture four individual titles in one season… Began three-tournament winning streak with a 78-75 performance at the FDU Invitational… Finished fall season by winning the Mount St. Mary’s Fall Invitational after posting scores of 73-81… Began spring campaign with comeback victory at the Lonnie Barton Invitational shooting scores of 80-78… Captured her fourth event of the year with rounds of 77-71-77 at the Mount St. Mary’s Spring Invitational… Used a final-round 71 to grab second place at the NEC Championship… Placed third at the Towson Invitational by posting scores of 72-75… Charged to a fifth-place performance at the Tina Barrett Invitational with rounds of 76-72 in the final two rounds… Posted a sixth-place finish at the ECAC Championships after rounds of 82-79… Finished tied for 16th at the Roar-EE Invitational. 

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 NEC Championship… Shot a final round 72 to finish ninth at the ECAC Championships… Named NEC Golfer of the Week on Oct. 7. 

2006-07: Participated in only five tournaments due to injury... Led squad with 81.2 scoring average... Won the Mount St. Mary’s Fall Invitational, helping lead the Blackbirds to a team victory with a two-round total of 163... Posted a pair of runner-up finishes at the Rutgers Invitational and the Lady Monarch Invitational, in which she shot a season-low round of 73 on the second day. 

2005-06: Named NEC Rookie of the Year... Was an All-NEC selection... Recorded her first collegiate win at the Fairfield Invitational, winning by four strokes... Recorded three other top-10 finishes, including a tie for third at the NEC Championship to earn all-conference accolades... Closed with a final-round 74 at the NEC Championship, her best round of the season... Tied for eighth at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic and tied for sixth at the Monmouth tourney... Completed the fall season as the top Blackbird performer following team-best finishes in four of the squad’s five tournaments... Was named NEC Golfer of the Week after shooting 83-79 at the ECAC Championships, finishing in a tie for second... Broke 80 four times, including twice (78-79) at the season-ending TPC Virginia Beach Women’s Invitational... 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, tied for eighth at the Sacred Heart Invitational at 165 and tied for 13th at the TPC Virginia Beach. 

Background: Won the 2006 TaylorMade-adidas Golf Invitational with a career-low two-day total of 76-72... Participated in a pair of Women’s CN Canadian Tour events in 2006... Enjoyed an accomplished 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... Was the individual girls winner of the Northeastern Ontario Athletics Association High School Fall Golf Championship, where she shot 75. 

Personal: Born on Oct. 23, 1986... Daughter of Guy and Aline Desjardins... Majoring in political science.

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