Purdue Women Ranked #7

NCAA Women's: Division I Teams

Division II - Division III

                                   Adjusted   Avg.            Rank 
                        Division   Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 Duke University       233-  0    72.45   77.25    20- 0     2     3
 2 UCLA                  232-  1    72.99   77.68    20- 1    13     3
 3 Southern California   230-  3    73.23   78.02    18- 3    14     1
 4 Arizona State         230-  3    73.52   80.26    16- 3     8     1
 5 Florida, U. of        230-  3    73.48   78.00    20- 3    19     2
 6 Arizona, U. of        227-  6    74.50   79.73    15- 6    11     0
 7 Purdue University     227-  6    73.52   81.31    15- 6     6     0
 8 Auburn University     225-  8    74.25   79.26    16- 8     5     0
 9 Wake Forest Univ.     223- 10    74.35   79.67    10-10    12     1
10 Arkansas, U. of       223- 10    74.33   79.71    13- 9    24     1
11 Alabama, U. of        222- 11    74.08   79.46    11- 9    26     2
12 Denver, Univ. of      222- 11    74.84   80.53     9-10    35     2
13 Kent State            221- 12    74.97   79.89     9- 7    39     1
14 Georgia, U. of        221- 12    74.03   78.33    10-11     7     0
15 Oklahoma State Univ.  221- 12    74.23   79.28    11-12     3     1
16 California, U. of     217- 16    74.86   80.21     3- 9    42     2
17 Pepperdine            217- 16    75.10   80.56     6-16     9     0
18 Tennessee, U. of      216- 17    73.98   79.93     6-15    16     0
19 Louisiana State U.    215- 18    74.66   79.83     6-17    15     0
20 Vanderbilt Univ.      213- 20    75.45   82.78     2-18     1     0
21 Michigan State U.     213- 20    75.47   80.98     3-17    36     3
22 Notre Dame, U. of     212- 21    74.84   79.11     3- 6    53     4
23 Stanford University   211- 22    76.00   80.99     3-16     4     0
24 Virginia, Univ. of    209- 24    75.05   80.08     2-14    21     0
25 Texas A&M University  208- 25    75.84   81.63     0-21    32     0 

Gulyanamitta Earns Golfer Of The Week

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.- At the UCF Challenge in Sorrento, Fla., Purdue freshman Junthima Gulyanamitta placed second with a six-under par 210 (72-66-72) ‎to lead the Boilermakers to a second place team finish. Her low round of 66 on Monday is a personal-best, and is ‎the second lowest single round in school history. Gulyanamitta's three round total set a school ‎record for a 54-hole tournament, eclipsing teammate Christel Boeljon's 212 at the Landfall Tradition in the fall of 2005.

This is Gulyanamitta's first Golfer of the Week honor and the second of the season for Purdue. Freshman Maude-Aimee Leblanc earned the award for the week of Feb. 27.

French Lick Resort Set to Start First Full Season

The Donald Ross Course at French Lick (Ind.) is open to resort guests and visitors for its first full season. The course, recently named a finalist for Golf Inc. magazine's 2007 Renovation of the Year, is accompanied by a new 60,000-square-foot Sports Center, which offers a 10-station indoor driving range and indoor putting green, video swing analysis and five resurfaced tennis courts. The Sports Center is open seven days a week from noon to 8 p.m.

The 18-hole Donald Ross Course at French Lick (formerly the Hill Course) officially re-opened in September 2006 after a $4.6 million remodel. Management worked closely with the Donald Ross Society to preserve the historical integrity of the course every step of the way. The work returned the course to Donald Ross' original design. The project included restoring greens and bunkers to their original shapes and creating native grass areas that emulate Scottish links. With wider cart paths, a computerized irrigation system and golf carts equipped with GPS, players enjoy a blend of the traditional playing experience with modern technologies.

The nine-hole, par-36 Tom Bendelow Course, adjacent to the French Lick Springs Hotel, is on schedule for a summer 2007 opening. "This will truly be an enjoyable course and incredible practice facility for players of all skill levels," said Dave Harner, director of golf. The course measure 3,490 yards from the tips and is augmented by a 400-yard-long driving range, a chipping area and practice bunkers.

By spring 2008, golfers can look forward to the opening of the Pete Dye Course at French Lick. The layout is moving closer to its final shaping and seeding. Located on the rolling bluffs behind the historic French Lick Springs Hotel, the Pete Dye Course is being carved some 50 feet into the hillsides. Although Dye aims to make this a "walkable" course, golfers are sure to feel Dye's signature challenge.

For more details about French Lick Resort and Casino, visit http://www.frenchlick.com.

Ellen Mueller IWGA Player of the year

The title for the Indiana Women’s Golf Association Player of the Year was a close race, but Ellen Mueller of Evansville edged out Julia Potter of Granger for the Player of the Year after finishing second to Potter at the IWGA State Am Championship.

Though unable to attend due to college classes, Ellen was recognized at the 2007 Indiana Golf Hall of Fame dinner held at Meridian Hills Country Club.

Ellen began the season by finishing runner-up to Kristi Piepenbrink in the IWGA Match Play Championship at Rock Hollow Golf Club. She fired a 1 over par total at The Legends of Indiana to place third in the Indiana PGA Women’s Open, a event that was won by Future’s Tour member Danah Ford. She capped off her IWGA season with a runner-up performance in the Indiana Women’s Amateur Championship, losing in a playoff to Potter.

On the National scene, Mueller qualified for the 2007 US Women's Amateur held at Crooked Stick and played in the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links in Lexington. Ky. and in 2006 she was a quarter Finalist of the USGA Girls' Jr. Championship.

A freshman at University of Oklahoma, Ellen is a “graduate” of the Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program where she earned the 2004 Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program Mountain Dew Junior Tour Girls Player of the Year honor. She made her college career debut this past September at the Badger Women's Golf Invitational, where she fired rounds of 75 and 73 to tie for second place.

2007 Evans Scholars Announced

In 1930, the WGA became the sponsor of the Evans Scholars Program, which was established by and named for Chicago golf great Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. The Foundation has awarded full tuition and housing scholarships to 15 caddies from the state of Indiana for the 2007-2008 school year.

Chick wanted to give something back to the game of golf, and his dream became a reality in 1930 when the first two caddies attended Northwestern University. Today, the Evans Scholars Foundation administers the nation’s largest privately funded college scholarship program. Each grant consists of full tuition and housing and is renewable for up to four years. Most Evans Scholars also live in a campus Scholarship House with other Evans Scholars attending that university. The Foundation owns and maintains Evans Scholarship Houses at 14 universities.

The Foundation has awarded full tuition and housing scholarships to 15 caddies from the state of Indiana for the 2007-2008 school year. To apply for an Evans Scholarship, caddies must fulfill four requirements:
1.) strong caddie record; 2.) excellent academics; 3.) demonstrated financial need; 4.) outstanding character.

These are the 15 outstanding caddies from Indiana receiving this scholarship award for the 2007-2008 school year:

Name	Hometown	High School	Sponsoring Club	University
Matthew Eckhart	BeechGrove	Roncalli	Highland	Purdue
Michael Conway	Carmel	Carmel	Crooked Stick	Purdue
Jason Burke	Fort Wayne	Bishop Dwenger	Orchard Ridge	Indiana
Angela Schafer	Fort Wayne	Bishop Dwenger	Fort Wayne	Purdue
Alex Steenman	Fort Wayne	South Side	Orchard Ridge	Purdue
Nathan Buuck	Hoagland	Heritage	Fort Wayne	Purdue
Darrin Overby	Indianapolis	North Central	Meridian Hills	Purdue
Amy Stone	Indianapolis	Pike	Highland	Purdue
Ellen Stuerzenberger	Monroeville	New Haven	Fort Wayne	Purdue
Matthew Byers	South Bend	Adams	South Bend	Indiana
Kimberly Fisher	South Bend	Washington	South Bend	Purdue
Kyle Lindeman	South Bend	Riley	South bend	Purdue
Pary Huckleberry	Thorntown	Western Boone	Highland	Indiana
Sarah Freiburger	Yoder	Bishop Luers	Fort Wayne	Purdue

Purdue Claims Golfer of the Week

Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue
Fr., Sherbrooke, Quebec / LaRuche
LeBlanc captured runner up individual honors at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic this past week scoring 212 (-4). Her final-round score of 68 helped her Boilermaker squad tie for fifth in the event with No. 6 Arkansas. LeBlanc's second-place finish is the best for a Purdue individual this season. The freshman picks up her first career weekly honor.