Academic Notes:Named to the 2008 National Golf Coaches Association All-AmericanScholar Team...Three-time Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete recipient(2007, 2008, 2009)...Named to 2008 Big Sky All-Academicteam...Majoring in psychology with minors in criminal justice andsociology...Recorded a 4.2 GPA and ranked 20th in aclass of 633 in high school...Earned scholar-athlete award in golfand basketball...Named Army's Female Scholar-Athleterecipient...Member of the National Honor Society, Interact serviceclub, Mustang Pals and the Literary Arts Magazine.
2008-09: GoldenEagle Scholar Athlete recipient...Saw action in six tournaments,posting an 80.6 stroke average...Finished second at the White WingInvitational with rounds of 78 and 76...Finished a season-best tiefor 19th at NAU Mountain Shootout.
2007-08: Named to 2008 Big Sky All-Academicteam...Saw action in eight tournaments, posting a 79.8 strokeaverage...Tied collegiate best (77) four times over first fourtournaments played...Set single-round mark twice during theseason...Fired back-to-back 74s at the NCAA West RegionalPreview...Recorded career and season-best 73 in the final round ofthe Big Sky Championships to finish with best three-round total(232).
2006-07: Saw action in three events...Posted a82.6 stroke average over nine competitive rounds...Carded asingle-round best of 77 in the LaQuinta Inn & Suites MountainShootout...Finished a season-best 36th overall at thetournament.
High School: A2006 graduate of Dobson High School...Played for BillEdelbrock...Southwest Section Player of the Year...Three-time EastValley all-region selection...Three-time state participant,finishing a career-best fifth in 2003 and earning all-statehonors...Also finished 19th in 2004 and 12thin 2005...Ranked second in JGAA Player of the Year...Played atRocky Mountain High School in 2002, finishing 29th atstate and earning all-conference second-team honors...Chosen torepresent Arizona in the Mary Cave Cup...Also considered PortlandState and UTEP.
Personal: BornLauren Elizabeth Halstead Dec. 25, 1987 in Landstuhl,Germany...Daughter of Kevin and Katherine Halstead...Played firstgolf on a military base in Okinawa, Japan.
CAREER-BEST: 73, 2008 Big Sky Championships
74, NCAA West Regional Preview (2)
TWO ROUNDS: 154,2009 White Wing Invitational
161, 2008 Cardinal Classic
THREE ROUNDS: 232,2008 Big Sky Championships
233, NCAA West Regional Preview
BEST FINISH: 2nd,2009 White Wing Invitational
T15th, 2008 Big Sky Championships
T15th, 2008 Big Sky Preview
