Sherlyn Popelka Biography
Home-town: Zurich, Switzerland High School: Lake Mary Prep HS Experience: 2 Letters 2009-10 (Freshman): Winner of Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, first tournament win for Arizona since 2003 and first individual win since 2008 ... Had three top-10 finishes along with three top-20 finishes ... In nine events and 26 rounds, she was at or better than par in seven rounds ... In the NCAA West Regional, she posted a 71 in the third-round and finished with 223 (+10), which was enough to tie for 20th place ... At the Pac-10 Championships, she carded a 73 in the first two rounds and ended up with 223 (+7) for the match, tying for 14th place ... Competing in the PING/ASU Invitational she posted a 73 in the second-round, and finished with 224 (+ cool ... In the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, she finished tied for eighth after posting a 222 (+6) and a second-round 71 ... Participating in the Bruin Wave Invitational, she carded a 222 (+6) and shot a third-round 71 ... At the Wildcat Invitational she shot a 151 (+9) ... The Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown belonged to Popelka, posting a 69-69-71 = 209 (-7) and earning a first-place finish ... In the Stanford Women's Collegiate, she shot a 225 (+12) ... Competing in the Windy City Collegiate Championship, she earned a top-20 finish, tying for 15th place with a 220 (+4) score. High School: Prepped at Lake Mary Prep High School but trained at the Annika Academy in Reunion, Florida ... Won 2 out of three matches in August 2009 playing as the first ever Swiss national for the European team at the 2009 PING Junior Solheim Cup in Aurora, Illinois ... Member of the Swiss Junior National Team for 4 years including a 2nd place finish at the 2009 European Girls Championship in Kokkola, Finland... Earned a pair of second-place finishes at AJGA events in 2008 ... Quarterfinalist at the 2008 British Girls' Amateur Championship ... Has played internationally in Switzerland, Britain, Holland, France, Finland, Scotland and Wales. Personal: Born in Zurich, Switzerland Holds a dual bachelor's degree in International Business ... Speaks German and English fluently and has a basic knowledge of Spanish ... Interests include sports, literature and travelling.
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