Marianne Andersson

As a sophomore (2008-09)… Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference… Named to all-tournament team at the Kiawah Island Invitational… NGCA All-American Scholar… NCAA Division II Academic Achievement Award winner… Florida Southern Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete award winner for women’s golf… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Third on the team with a 76.97 stroke average… Played in all 12 tournaments and was a team counter in 23 of her 30 rounds… Had five under-par rounds, one behind team leader Heather Burgner… Also had one round of even par… Led the team in scoring five times… Had five top-10 finishes, all of them also in the top five… Tournament runner-up at both the Saint Leo Invitational (shooting a 2-over par 146) and the Kiawah Island/Tusculum Intercollegiate (shooting a 1-under par 143)… Second-place finish at Saint Leo came behind teammate Heather Burgner… Finished second at Tusculum’s tournament for the second year in a row… Has a total of five, first- or second-place finishes in her career… Also had a third-place finish at the Pat Bradley Invitational when she had a score of 70-74-71=215… Placed 20th at the NCAA Division II South Regional (78-86-75=239) and 21st at the Division II National Finals (82-75-80-78=315)… Florida Southern’s #2 golfer at nationals… Shot a career-best 4-under par 69 in her first round of the season at the Mountain Shootout (hosted by Northern Arizona) on September 15… That 4-under par score tied the school record, but was broken the next day by Heather Burgner’s 6-under par 67… Ranked 10th in the nation in par-3 scoring, 10th in fairways hit… Ranked third in greens in regulation, the second year in a row she ranked in the top three of that category.

As a freshman (2007-08)… Second Team All-SSC… SSC Golfer-of-the-Week on March 3… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Averaged 79.0 strokes per round in the fall, but dropped that to 75.69 in the spring, which was second on the team to Heather Burgner… Played in a total of nine tournaments, including the final seven as a member of the main squad… Florida Southern’s top finisher in the first two spring tournaments, placing second at the Tusculum Intercollegiate (71-77=148) and winning the Lady Moc Classic (77-73-72=222)… Also finished second after a one-hole playoff at the Nova SE Spring Classic (76-73=149)… Had five straight top-10 finishes to start the spring semester, including 7th place at the SSC Tournament (74-74-80=228)… Also had five top-10 finishes overall, and three in the top-five… Placed 19th at the NCAA Division II South Regional with a 237 (80-81-76)… Season-best round of one-under par 71 came in the opening round of the Tusculum Intercollegiate on February 9…  Team counter in all 17 rounds she played during the spring, and in 18 overall… Led the team in scoring in seven rounds… Ranked third in the nation in fairways hit, first in greens in regulation, fifth in putting and seventh in total short game.

Prior to Florida Southern… Graduated from the Tycho Brahe School in Helsingborg in 2005, located near her hometown in southern Sweden… Played for the club team at Soderasens Golf Club in 2006, and Barseback Golf & Country Club in 2007… Played for coach Patrik Brorsson with both of those teams… Member of the 2007 national championship team with Barseback and had a stroke average just over 76… Team also won the national championship in 2008… Won the Schyberg Junior Open in 2007 and had four top-10 finishes in eight tournaments… Had five rounds of 71 or lower, including a 69 at the Skandia Tour Elit Flickor #4… Played in 17 tournaments in 2006, winning the Skandia Tour Riks #2, and owning four top-10 finishes.

Personal… Daughter of Per and Birgitta Andersson… Has one younger sister (Ann-Louise, 19)… Finance major… Born November 5, 1986.