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Maria Donado

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bogota, Colombia
High School:
Auburn

JUNIOR SEASON (2017-18)
- One of three players to appear in all 10 tournaments
- Named Third-Team All-Conference USA
- Earned C-USA Golfer of the Week Honors for the week of March 21
- Team leader in stroke average with a 76.1 mark
- Led the team in 8-of-10 tournaments
- Set the program record for lowest 54-hole individual score with a 213 (-3) at the USA Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-18) en route to being named to the All-Tournament Team
- Shot a career-low 69 (-3) in the first round of the USA Intercollegiate (9/16)
- Finished the season with two top-five finishes, four top-10 and seven top-20
- 27-of-30 rounds were in the 70s or better

SOPHOMORE SEASON (Spring 2017)
- Appeared in five tournaments
- Shot a season low, 72, in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament
- Recorded two top-30 finished
- Finished the season with a 78.0 stroke average

AUBURN
- Appeared in two events
- Tied for 30th at the Lady Bulldog Invitational Tournament as a freshman

PRE-AUBURN
- Took first place at 2014 Colombia qualifier to earn spot in 2015 World Masters of Junior Golf
- Won 2014 XVI Open Club El Rancho on the Colombian Golf Tour
- Competed at 2014 U.S. Girls Junior Championship
- Won Hurricane Junior Golf Tour 2014 Colombia Junior Open
- Won 2014 Gira Interclubes de Golf (Bogota Golf Clubs Tour)
- Runner-up at AJGA Qualifier to 2014 TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook; finished 27th at the event
- Competed with the Colombian National Team on several occasions, helping team to third place finishes in Ecuador and Guatemala

PERSONAL
- Born June 19, 1997 in Colombia
- Daughter of Adriana Paez and Carlos Donado
- Has one brother, Sebastian, and one sister, Adriana
- Sebastian is a member of Colombia’s national bowling team
- Majoring in business