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Nicole Sakamoto

Career Highlights

2010 NCAA East Regional qualifier as an individual
2010 First-Team All-CAA selection, 2011 Second Team selection and two-time CAA All-Tournament Team honoree
Four-time CAA Player of the Week
Two-time tournament medalist with 13 career top-10 and 18 career top-20 finishes
Played in every possible career round and tournament and h olds the top single-season scoring average (74.97) and enters the spring with the top career scoring average (76.4) since records were started in 1993-94.
Career lows of 69 (single round), 151 (36 holes) and 211 (54 holes)

Fall 2011 (senior):

Led the Dukes with a 74.5 scoring average in 15 fall rounds played
Finished in the top 13 in four of the five tournaments played, with three coming in the top three
Top placing was a runner-up finish at the season-opening Golfweek Division I Challenge, where she shot a school-record 2-under 211 in the tournament and led the team to a second-place finish, while earning CAA Women's Golfer of the Week honors
Also tied her single-round career low with a 2-under 69 in the opening round at the Golfweek Challenge, tying for the fourth-best round in school history
All 15 rounds in the fall were 80 or better, with three of them under par

2010-11 (junior):

The only Duke to play in all 10 tournaments, averaging 76.8 strokes in 28 rounsd played to rank second on the team
Had three top-10 and four top-20 finishes while garnering Second Team All-CAA honors
Best finish of the season was a runner-up at the CAA Women's Golf Championships, earning her CAA All-Tournament Team honors
Also tied for seventh at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate and tied for 11th at the UNC Lady Seahawk Classic in the spring
Posted her best finish in the fall finale, tying for eighth at the Lady Paladin Invitational

2009-10 (sophomore):

First-Team All-CAA
Averaged a team-best 75.0 strokes in 30 rounds played, the best scoring average for the squad since 1993-94, including three rounds of par or better
Earned individual bid to play in the NCAA East Regional, tying for 54th
Earned CAA All-Tournament team honors after a runner-up finish at the CAA Championships
Three-time CAA Player of the Week (Sept. 17, March 14, April 7)
Posted six top-10 finishes, including tournament champion honors at the Mary Fossum Invitational and the Tina Barrett Invitational
Shot a career-best 2-under 214 (the second best 54-hole total in school history) at the Mary Fossum Invitational, including a personal-best 3-under 69 in the second round followed by a 2-under 70 in the final round
Tied for third at the Low Country Intercollegiate
Tied for sixth at the Lady Paladin Invitational
Finished ninth at the UNCG Starmount Invitational
Won the 2010 Hawaii Women's Stroke Play title following her sophomore season

2008-09 (freshman):

Played in 10 events and 30 rounds of competition of JMU
Had one top-10 and four top-25 finishes on the year
Finished third on the team with a 78.3 stroke average
Tied for the team lead with five rounds under 75, including twice shooting a 72
Poster her top finish of the year, tying for eighth at the Stono Cup
Tied for 20th at the CAA Championships, her top placing of the year
Also tied for 22nd at the John Kirk/Panther Invitational and tied for 25th at the EKU El Diablo Invitational for her two other top-25 finishes of the year.

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