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Academic Notes: Graduated with a degree in parks and recreation in May 2011…Four-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…2010 Big Sky All-Academic selection.
Career Notes: Helped program win the Big Sky Championship in 2009, place second in 2008 and 2011 and third overall in 2010…The Lumberjacks won 12 team titles over her tenure and broke numerous school records team records…Played in 38 events with 97 rounds…Shot a career-best 70 at the Grand Canyon Fall Invitational.
2010-11: Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…Saw action in 11 tournaments, playing in 30 rounds…Posted a 78.3 stroke average, the fifth-best on the team…Carded a season-low one-over par 73 at both the Red Rocks Invitational and Riop Verde Invitational…Tied for sixth overall at Rio Verde after rounds of 78-73-73, recording a career-best 224 for three rounds.
2009-10: Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete recipient…All-Big Sky second-team selection…Saw action in nine tournaments, playing in 23 rounds with a career-best 77.5 stroke average, the fourth-best total on the team…Tied for second at the Grand Canyon Fall Invitational, posting a collegiate-best 143 for 36 holes…Carded a single-round low of one-under par 70 in the second round...Finished eighth at the Red Rocks Invitational with back-to-back round of 77…Tied for 20th at the Big Sky Championships…Recorded best 54-hole total at the Mountain View Collegiate at 228.
2007-08: Named to All-Big Sky second team…Saw action in all 10 tournaments, playing in 24 rounds with a 79.6 stroke average, the third-best total on the team…Recorded a season-best one-under par 71 en route to finishing tied for second at the Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invitational…Named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week for her performance…Also posted a 71 in the second round of the NCAA West Regional Preview…Tied for seventh at the Red Rocks Invitational with rounds of 79-76…Finished 33rd at the Big Sky Championships with rounds of 81-84-79.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Yuma High School…Played for coach Craig Meyer…Earned the Southwest Section of the PGA Player of the Year honor in 2006…Finished fourth in the Arizona State 5A State Championship shooting 71-70 (-3)….Finished first at regionals in 2006…Won two SWPGA events in 2006…Placed fourth at the Junior World Qualifier, carding rounds of 75 and 79…Finished fourth at the JGAA Junior State Championship at Grayhawk G.C., posting rounds of 81 and 78…Placed seventh at the Arizona State 5A Championship in 2005…Named Yuma Player of the Year…Won three events in 2005: Westfield Qualifier, Cave Creek Invitational and the Yuma City Championships…Also captured individual title at eight of 12 high school matches.
Personal: Born Dakin M. Banta Whitmer May 2, 1989 in Albany, Ore…Daughter of Jeffrey and Lauri Banta…Has one sister, Torrey…Also considered Colorado State and Southern California.
CAREER-BEST:
70, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational (2nd)
71, 2007 Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invite
71, 2008 NCAA West Regional Preview
TWO ROUNDS:
145, 2007 Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invite
THREE ROUNDS:
228, 2010 Mountain View Collegiate
230, 2009 Duramed Collegiate
230, 2010 Rio Verde Invitational
BEST FINISH:
T2nd, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational
T2nd, 2007 Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invite
