Maria Ronderos Earns All-ACC Honors
May 2, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. –University of Miami senior Maria Ronderos has been named to the 2011 All-ACC Women’s Golf team, as announced by the league office on Monday. The team is selected by a vote among the league’s nine head coaches. Ronderos becomes the first Miami player to earn the honor since Tina Miller and Josie Shinn in 2005.
Ronderos posted the eighth-best stroke average (74.00) in the conference during the year, qualifying for the NCAA East Regional in Daytona Beach, Fla. as an individual. The regional will take place from May 5-7 at LPGA International.
The senior’s season stroke average also is the fourth-lowest in school history, and her round of 67 at the Eagle Landing Invitational in Jacksonville ties for the second-lowest in program history. Ronderos posted seven top-10 finishes this year.
The Colombia native proved to be durable once again, starting all 10 tournaments in 2010-11, making it 39 consecutive events she has played in since stepping on campus as a freshman.
2011 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team
(alphabetical by school)
Name……………………………………… School…………………………… Yr……………………. Hometown
Laetitia Beck…………………………….. Duke……………………………… Fr……………………. Caesarea, Israel
Lindy Duncan……………………………. Duke……………………………… So…………………… Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Maria Salinas……………………………. Florida State……………………. Jr…………………….. Lima, Peru
Jessica Hollandsworth………………… Maryland………………………… Jr…………………….. Floyd, Va.
Maria Ronderos………………………… Miami…………………………….. Sr……………………. Bogota, Columbia
Catherine O’Donnell…………………… North Carolina………………… Jr…………………….. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Allie White……………………………….. North Carolina………………… Jr……………………… Lancaster, Ohio
Brittany Altomare………………………. Virginia………………………….. So…………………….. Shrewsbury, Mass.
Calle Nielson……………………………. Virginia………………………….. Sr……………………… Nashville, Tenn.
Natalie Sheary………………………….. Wake Forest…………………… Sr…………………….. West Hartford, Conn.
Michelle Shin……………………………. Wake Forest…………………… So…………………….. Cape Coral, Fla.
Cheyenne Woods……………………… Wake Forest…………………… Jr………………………. Phoenix, Ariz.
ACC Player of the Year
Lindy Duncan, Duke (So., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
ACC Freshman of the Year
Laetitia Beck, Duke (Fr., Caesarea, Israel)
ACC Coach of the Year
Jan Mann, North Carolina
