2021-22 USC Women's Golf Roster
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Morard, Michaela
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Michaela Morard
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
- High School:
- Randolph School
Bio
JUNIOR/2022-23
• Played in one tournament for the Trojans, as she finished tied for 49th at the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea Golf Club in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
• Started her 2022-23 season ranked 264th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
SOPHOMORE/2021-22
• Played and started in USC’s final 11 tournaments as a first-year sophomore transfer, finishing with a stroke average of 74.24 and 11 rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s.
• Posted a trio of top 11 finishes, including a season-best sixth at the NCAA Stanford Regional at 3-under 210 (70-71-69). She also tied for 8th at The Gold Rush and tied for 11th at the Icon Invitational at a season-best 4-under 212 (69-72-71).
• She had eight finishes inside the top 31, including a tie for 31st at the NCAA Championships at 8-over 296 (76-75-72-73).
• She reached the Round of 16 of the 2022 North & South Amateur Championship.
• Won her third straight Alabama Women’s Stroke Play title in June, earning medalist honors by 12 strokes at 4-under 212. It was her 10th Alabama Golf Association title overall.
ALABAMA/2020-21
• Morard played in two fall events as a 2020-21 true freshman at Alabama, including a top-30 finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Competed at the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. In the 2021 Summer, she tied for third at the Alabama Stroke Play Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Morard, who graduated from Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., was a five-time Rolex All-American.
• She represented the U.S. at the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup (where she teamed with fellow Trojans Brianna Navarrosa and Christine Wang in a winning effort), the 2019 Toyota Junior World Cup and at the 2018 World Junior Girls. She is also a two-time AJGA Wyndham Cup team member.
• Morard, who qualified for and made the cut in seven USGA events, won her first professional event (as an amateur) in 2020 at the Tennessee Women’s Open. Also in 2020, she advanced to match play in both the North & South Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur.
• Morard is a three-time AJGA Junior All-Star Team pick and a six-time AJGA champion with wins at the 2017 Justin Rose Invitational and the 2018 AJGA Girls Championship.
• She is a five-time Alabama State Girls Junior champion and a two-time Alabama Women’s Amateur Stroke Play champion, setting the all-time scoring record of 21-under 195 (63-66-66) in 2018.
• Morard has nine career Alabama Golf Association State titles: Alabama Girls State Junior Championship (2015, 2017-2020), Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship (2019), Alabama Women’s Stroke Play Championship (2016, 20s18) and the Alabama Women’s Four-Ball Championship (2015 with Michaela Williams).
• She was the 2020 Alabama Girls State Junior Player of the Year and was a three-time AGA Girl Junior Player of the Year (2017-19).
PERSONAL
• She is a communication major ... Represents the women's golf team on the Trojan Athletic Senate as a 2022-23 junior.
CAREER NOTES
Lowest 54-Hole Score: 4-under 212 (2022 Icon Invitational)
Lowest Round: 68 (2022 The Gold Rush)
Highest Finish: 6th (2022 NCAA Stanford Regional)
Top 10s: 2
Rounds in the 60s: 3
• Played in one tournament for the Trojans, as she finished tied for 49th at the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea Golf Club in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
• Started her 2022-23 season ranked 264th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
SOPHOMORE/2021-22
• Played and started in USC’s final 11 tournaments as a first-year sophomore transfer, finishing with a stroke average of 74.24 and 11 rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s.
• Posted a trio of top 11 finishes, including a season-best sixth at the NCAA Stanford Regional at 3-under 210 (70-71-69). She also tied for 8th at The Gold Rush and tied for 11th at the Icon Invitational at a season-best 4-under 212 (69-72-71).
• She had eight finishes inside the top 31, including a tie for 31st at the NCAA Championships at 8-over 296 (76-75-72-73).
• She reached the Round of 16 of the 2022 North & South Amateur Championship.
• Won her third straight Alabama Women’s Stroke Play title in June, earning medalist honors by 12 strokes at 4-under 212. It was her 10th Alabama Golf Association title overall.
ALABAMA/2020-21
• Morard played in two fall events as a 2020-21 true freshman at Alabama, including a top-30 finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Competed at the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. In the 2021 Summer, she tied for third at the Alabama Stroke Play Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Morard, who graduated from Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., was a five-time Rolex All-American.
• She represented the U.S. at the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup (where she teamed with fellow Trojans Brianna Navarrosa and Christine Wang in a winning effort), the 2019 Toyota Junior World Cup and at the 2018 World Junior Girls. She is also a two-time AJGA Wyndham Cup team member.
• Morard, who qualified for and made the cut in seven USGA events, won her first professional event (as an amateur) in 2020 at the Tennessee Women’s Open. Also in 2020, she advanced to match play in both the North & South Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur.
• Morard is a three-time AJGA Junior All-Star Team pick and a six-time AJGA champion with wins at the 2017 Justin Rose Invitational and the 2018 AJGA Girls Championship.
• She is a five-time Alabama State Girls Junior champion and a two-time Alabama Women’s Amateur Stroke Play champion, setting the all-time scoring record of 21-under 195 (63-66-66) in 2018.
• Morard has nine career Alabama Golf Association State titles: Alabama Girls State Junior Championship (2015, 2017-2020), Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship (2019), Alabama Women’s Stroke Play Championship (2016, 20s18) and the Alabama Women’s Four-Ball Championship (2015 with Michaela Williams).
• She was the 2020 Alabama Girls State Junior Player of the Year and was a three-time AGA Girl Junior Player of the Year (2017-19).
PERSONAL
• She is a communication major ... Represents the women's golf team on the Trojan Athletic Senate as a 2022-23 junior.
CAREER NOTES
Lowest 54-Hole Score: 4-under 212 (2022 Icon Invitational)
Lowest Round: 68 (2022 The Gold Rush)
Highest Finish: 6th (2022 NCAA Stanford Regional)
Top 10s: 2
Rounds in the 60s: 3
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