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2004-05: Earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors, the second all-league accolade of her career...was named to the 2005 NCAA All-Central Region team...was also an honorable-mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the second consecutive season...appeared in 11 tournaments...finished third on the team with a 75.00 stroke average...ranked 53rd in the nation in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index...turned in five top 10 finishes on the season, including three in the top five...led the team with a fourth-place finish at the Kent Youel Invitational in October with a one-under 215 (70-72-73)...carded a career-low, two-under 70 in the first round of that tournament...tied for 24th at the Fall Preview and for 23rd at the Price's Give 'Em Five Intercollegiate to start the season...won her first match at the Hooters Match Play Championship in November...finished in a tie for fourth at the NCAA Central Regional (72-76-74=222)...tied for 10th at the Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate in October with a three-day total of 214 (71-72-71)...also turned in a tie for 15th at February's Wildcat Invitational (72-75-73=221) and a tie for 17th at the Pac-10 Championships in April (77-74-75=226)...made the third NCAA Chanmpionships appearance of her career.TMTM
2003-04: Earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 honors...was also an honorable-mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection...appeared in 11 tournaments for the Sun Devils...led the squad with a 75.91 stroke average...turned in three top 20 finishes last season...was the team's top finisher at three tournaments and tied with Tiffany Tavee as the team's top finisher in two others...turned in her best showing of the year with a fourth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships with an eight-over 224 (76-73-75)...finished in a tie for 30th at the NCAA West Regional (76-75-75=225) and for 37th at the NCAA Championships (76-73-74-73=296)... she and Tavee tied for 37th at NCAAs, the top individual finishes for ASU...carded a season-low round of 71 during the second round of the Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate (79-71-73=223) and tied for 39th along with Tavee...tied for 11th at the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate (75-76-73=224) and for 12th at the Spartan Invitational (75-74-72)... was the team's top finisher at both events...competed in two matches at the Hooters Women's Collegiate Match Play Championship.
2002-03: Appeared in 11 tournaments with two top-10 and four top-25 performances...had the second best stroke average on the team at 77.03...finished with a six-over 222 (74-76-72) at the Landfall Tradition which earned her a seventh-place finish...turned in a second seventh-place finish at the Spartan Invitational where she carded a 221 (73-74-74)...tied for 29th at the NCAA West Regional (72-78-77=227) and tied for 106th at the NCAA Championships (93-78-79-76=326)...shot a season-best round of 72 three times.
High School: A 2002 graduate of Xavier College Preparatory Academy in Phoenix...helped her team to the 5A state titles in each of her four years (1998-01)...won back-to-back 5A individual state titles in '99 and '00...was the state runner-up in 1998 and finished third in 2001...four-time all-state honoree and team MVP...two-time Arizona Republic Arizona High School Player of the Year ('99 and '00)...won the 2000 AJGA Aspen tournament...three-time Arizona Junior Girls state champion and Arizona Junior Girls stroke champion (1998-00)... served on the Junior Golf Association of Arizona Board from '99-02...2000 & 2001 JGAA Player of the Year...2000 USGA Phoenix Qualifier medalist...won back-to-back Phoenix City Junior Championships...2002 AJGA Polo Golf Junior All-American...was also named to the Compaq Scholastic All-America team in 2000...two-sport standout who was an all-region and all-state selection on two 5A state championship soccer teams...lettered four times each in golf and soccer... team captain in golf in each of her last two years... was coached by Sister Lynn Windsor in golf and Dave Hedrick in soccer...attended the same high school as freshman Brooke Todare and numerous former Sun Devil greats, including Heather and Missy Farr, Grace Park and Keri Cornelius.
Personal: Majoring in kinesiology...the daughter of Kenneth (self-employed) and Christine (librarian) Kuczka...her sister, Kendy (28) played golf at SMU and served as the manager for the ASU women's golf team for three years...hobbies include dancing...born in March of 1984 in Valparaiso, Ind.... full name is Alissa Jill Kuczka.
Year | App. | Top 10 | Rds. | Strokes | Avg. | Low |
2004-05 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 2550 | 75.00 | 70 |
2003-04 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 2581 | 75.91 | 71 |
2002-03 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 2542 | 77.03 | 72 |
Totals | 33 | 6 | 101 | 7673 | 75.97 | 70 |
Top 10 Finishes (5)
4th: 2004 Kent Youel Invitational
2004 Pac-10 Championships
T4th: 2005 NCAA Central Regional
7th: 2002 Landfall Tradition
T7th: 2004 Spartan Invitational
T10th: 2004 Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate