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Meredith Swanson

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Roanoke, Va.
	High School: Hidden Valley

05/23/2012

Gamecocks Vault Up Leaderboard at NCAA Championship

Round of 281 (-7) moves Carolina into tie for fifth

05/22/2012

Gamecocks Tied for 18th After Opening Round of NCAA Championship

Burnett, Strang, Swanson lead the way with rounds of 74, 75, 76

05/21/2012

Gamecocks Open Play at NCAA Championship Tuesday

Play runs through Friday at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.

05/12/2012

Gamecocks Finish Strong to Win NCAA East Regional Title

Lee posts career-best 4-under 68 to lead the way

05/11/2012

Gamecocks Remain in Lead Through Two Rounds at NCAA East Regional

Burnett, Dreher move into tie for second

05/07/2012

Gamecock Golf Debuts The Coop

05/12/2012

2012 NCAA East Regional - State College, Pa.

Swanson's Career Bests
18-hole score	72
54-hole score	220
Tournament finish	T-17th
Top 10 finishes	0
Top 20 finishes	1

2010-11
Competed in five tournaments, one in the fall and four in the spring... Earned her best collegiate finish with a tie for 17th at the season-opening Cougar Classic, posting rounds of 72-73-75=220... Her opening-round 72 was a collegiate best... Total score of 220 was also her best 54-hole total as a Gamecock... Tied for 25th in a strong performance at the UCF Challenge with rounds of 75-73-75=223... Competed as an individual at the Bryan National Collegiate and Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.

2009-10
Competed in all four tournaments in the fall and one in the spring...Best finish was a tie for 46th in the season-opening NGCA Match Play Qualifier... Won her first match against Virginia's Nicole Agnello, 5 and 3...Best round was a 73 in the first round of the Lady Tar Heel Invitational; she tied for 53rd.

Prior to South Carolina
Graduated from Hidden Valley High School in 2009, where she lettered all four years...Was the only player in school history to qualify for the VHSL Boys' State Championship (2007, 2008)...Four-time all-district and all-region selection...Two-time first-team all-state...Team captain in 2007 and 2008...All honors in the boys' division as school did not sponsor a girls' team...Three-time winner of Roanoke Valley Hall of Fame Women's Championship; youngest winner ever at age 13...Holds women's course record at Roanoke Country Club with a 66 at the age of 15...Was No. 2-ranked junior golfer in Virginia...Won the AJGA Stars of Texas Junior in 2008; set AJGA record in winning by 14 strokes...Earned sponsor's exemption into LPGA Michelob Ultra Classic in Williamsburg, Va., in spring of 2009...Ranked 93rd overall junior by Golfweek...Named one of Golfweek's "Top 25 Upcoming College Freshmen" for the 2009-10 recruiting class.

Personal
Full name is Meredith J. Swanson...Born January 17, 1991...Parents are Stuart and Leslie Swanson...Major is business/finance.

Swanson's Career Stats
Year	Tourn.	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low 18	Best Finish
2009-10	5	12	942	78.50	73	T-46th
2010-11	5	15	1,172	78.13	72	T-17th
Career	10	27	2,114	78.30	72	T-17th

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