Emily Flanigan
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Hometown: Celebration, Fla.
Previous School: Celebration HS
Eligibility: Sr. Major: Human Movement and Performance
As a sophomore (2008-09)… 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… Played in all but one of the Lady Mocs’ 12 tournaments, 10 of them as part of the regular lineup… Team counter in 15 of her 24 rounds… Lowered her average by nearly one stroke… Had three top-10 finishes, led by a 7th-place finish at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational… Shot a career-best even-par 73 in the second round of the Mountain Shootout, hosted by Northern Arizona on September 16… That score was the Lady Mocs’ second lowest of the day and helped them establish a new single round team scoring record of 1-under par 291… Placed 17th at the NCAA Division II South Regional (81-79-77=237) and 35th at the Division II National Finals (80-79-81-83=323)… Ranked 3rd in the country in fairways hit, 9th in greens in regulation, and 5th in total short game.
As a freshman (2007-08)… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and had a 4.00 GPA both semesters… Played in seven of the Moccasins’ 10 tournaments, four with the main team, two with the “B” team and one as an individual… Placed 10th in her first appearance with the varsity squad at the Saint Leo Invitational, her highest finish of the season (77-77-77=231)… Nearly broke the top-10 playing as an individual at the Nova Southeastern Spring Classic, shooting a 155 to finish 11th… Was the “B” team’s top golfer in the two tournaments she played with them… Shot a career-best two-over par 74 in the second round of the Lady Falcon Invitational (Sept. 23)… Had eight of her 12 rounds count toward the team score… Played in one postseason tournament as the Lady Mocs’ fifth golfer in the SSC Tournament (79-79-89=247).
In high school… 2007 graduate of Celebration High School, half an hour from Lakeland... Played her first two years for coach Dave York, and her final two for Bruce Taylor... Team co-captain or captain all four years... Played in the Class A state tournament as a freshman... Orange Belt Conference champion in 2006... Finished in the top-10 in four of her five tournaments on the Florida Junior Tour in 2006-07, including ninth at the FWSGA Girls Junior Championship... Had a 79.1 stroke average during those tournaments... Had five top-10 finishes on the Florida Junior Tour in 2005-06, with another ninth-place finish at the Girls Junior Championship... Graduated 10th in a senior class of 338... Named an Academic All-Star every year at Celebration.
Personal... Daughter of Dion and Jackie Flanigan... Has one older sister (Hilary, 24)... Physical Education major... Member of FCA… Born September 22, 1989.
FLANIGAN YEAR-BY-YEAR | |||||
| Year | Tourn. | Rnd. | Strokes | Avg. | Low |
| 2007-08 | 7 | 19 | 1502 | 79.05 | 74 (+2) |
| 2008-09 | 11 | 27 | 2116 | 78.37 | 73 (E) |
| CAREER | 18 | 46 | 3618 | 78.65 | 73 (E) |
