ESPNU Lady Vol Golf Interview

Check out the video that was done about the Lady Vol golf team at the SEC Championship. It was cool to have cameras all over the place, but made the first round even more unnerving! It's a great story about the international flair of our awesome golf team!

http://vimeo.com/11316664

Nathalie's 21st and the NCAA

Today is Nathalie's 21st birthday and she was surpised to have the NCAA Championship field sing Happy Birthday at our welcome dinner. She also cozied up to this "sailor" for fun. I also had to include the photo of Andrew and Diana dancing!

NCAA Championship!

We have arrived at the NCAA Championship for the 6th time in 7 years! We are in Wilmington, NC and are playing at the Country Club of Landfall on the Pete Dye course. Today we played our first practice round, then had a welcome banquet on the U.S.S North Carolina Battleship, that was cool! We explored the ship and you can see in the photos had some fun along the way. Tomorrow is another practice round, then the real fun starts Tuesday!

NCAA Bound!

After and AWSOME 2nd place performance at the NCAA East Regional, we are headed to the NCAA Championship next week in Wilmington, NC. We had 3 players earn All-Region honors by finishing in the top 10 at the tourney - Erica, Diana and Nathalie. Congratulations to them! A tradition at Tennessee and on the golf team is to paint "The Rock" after good finishes, so I've included a photo of the team's handiwork!

Golf Team Awards Banquet

We had our annual awards banquet Sunday night at Cherokee C.C. to end the season. The following awards were presented:

Player of the Year - Nathalie Mansson
Carrie Cole Effort Award - Sara Monberg
Team Before Self - Diana Cantu, Lauren Spurlock
Weight Room Award - Lauren Spurlock
Senior Gifts - Diana Cantu, Ginny Brown

We said our goodbye to our seniors, which was emotional as always. They have made a huge impact on our program and we will miss them!

Regional Champs!

The Sacred Heart girls team won Regionals yesterday to advance to the State Tournament this Thursday. Alexa won individually with a 42, Francis was 5th with a 53 and Maya shot 57 for 10th. Hopefully the Lady Vols will be as successful at their Regional this week!

Time to Brag about my own Kids!

Yesterday was the middle school golf district tournament and the Sacred Heart Girls team WON the title and will advance to Regionals next Monday. Alexa and Maya are both on the team along with their friend Francis, and Luis is the coach. Alexa WON the individual title as well! Congratulations to my family!

SEC Awards

Southeastern Conference (SEC) Awards were announced today and I'm proud to say three Lady Vols received awards. Nathalie Mansson was named First Team All-SEC, Diana Cantu was named to the Second Team and Erica Popson made the Freshman Team. We didn't have a good Conference Championship, but Erica shot 5 under par, to finish in a tie for first. She ended up losing on the 2nd play off hole which was a heartbreaker. But it was an awesome finish anyway!

SEC Championship Photos

VOLSCARS

Last night was our annual awards banquet called the VOLSCARS. It's a fun evening to honor Lady Vol and Vol teams, staff and athletes. Athletes present the awards Oscar style, they also sing, dance and last night even swallowed fire! The women's golf team had several nominations:

Best Supporting Role - Diana Cantu
Best Supporting Staff Member - Fernandez West, w.golf academic counselor
Rookie of the Year - Nathalie Mansson
Rocky Top Moment - Golf team wins Mercedez Benz by a record 19 strokes
Big Orange Heart Award - Ginny Brown
Volunteer Award - Lauren Spurlock
VOLSCARS Athlete of the Year - Nathalie Mansson

CONGATULATIONS!!!!

You can see more photos of the event at www.utsports.com