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Player Bio: Blair O'Neal



2002-03: Earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 Conference honors for the third time in her career... appeared in all 11 tournaments this season with one top five finish, three top 10 finishes and five top 25 performances... had the best stroke average on the team at 76.24... opened the season with a tie for 18th at the NCAA Fall Preview... tied for 36th at the NCAA Championships (76-75-76-79=306) and tied for 43rd at the NCAA West Regional (75-79-76=230)... matched her career low with a 69 in the second round of the Pac-10 Championships... carded her best finish of the year at the Pac-10 Championships placing 4th with a four-over 220 (73-69-78)... led the field at the Pac-10 Championships heading into the final round and ended up fourth... was ranked 90th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin poll of the year... played in all 45 tournaments in her four-year career at ASU... one of the longest hitters in college golf.

2001-02: Earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 Conference honors ... was also named to the Academic All-Pac-10 honorable-mention team ... appeared in all 12 tournaments with three top 10 finishes and five top 25 showings ... had the third-best stroke average on the team at 75.97 (73.38 in the fall) ... tied for 31st at the NCAA Championships (72-72-74-78=296) ... was 29th in the NCAA West Regionals (78-75-74=227) ... finished in the top 10 in each of her first tournaments of the year, tying for ninth at the NCAA Fall Preview (73-73=146) and for sixth at the New Mexico State Intercollegiate (76-73-69=218) ... carded a career-low 69 in the final round of the NMSU Intercollegiate ... best spring finish came at the Mountain View Collegiate with a tie for 10th (73-80=153) ... tied for 39th at the Pac-10 Championships (77-80-80=237) ... finished the year ranked 86th in the country and was ranked 37th in the nation in the final fall Golfweek/Sagarin poll.

2000-01: Appeared in all 11 tournaments, averaging 78.45 strokes per round ... carded her best effort of the season at the PING/ASU Invitational, finishing in a tie for seventh at four-over 220 (74-72-74) ... finished 119th at the NCAA Championships (85-87-80-81=333) and tied for 80th at the NCAA West Regional (80-78-86=244) ... turned in her second top 25 finish of the year at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for 25th (76-76-75=227) ... her best finish of the fall came at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational with a tie for 32nd ... carded a season-low 71 in the second round of that tournament.

1999-00: An honorable-mention All-Pac-10 Conference selection ... cracked the ASU lineup immediately as a true freshman ... averaged 76.21 strokes per round in 11 tournaments ... turned in three top 15 finishes on the season ... tied for 97th at the NCAA Championships (83-79-75-80=317) and for 46th at the NCAA West Regional (75-77-75=227) ... turned in her best finish of the year with a third-place showing at the PING/ASU Invitational (71-74-71=217) ... was ninth at the San Jose State Spartan Invitational ... also finished in a tie for 13th at the Arizona Invitational (74-70-73=217) ... climbed as high as 44th in the national rankings during the season and finished at 61st.

High School: A 1999 graduate of Tempe's Corona del Sol High School... the 1998-99 5A Arizona state champion ... three-time medalist at the 5A Central Region championship (1998, 1997, 1996) ... four-time team MVP for Corona del Sol, in (1995-98) ... chosen as the Arizona Republic East Valley Golfer of the Year as a junior and a senior ... named the 1998-99 Corona del Sol Athlete of the Year ... four-time all-city selection and two-time Tempe City Champion ('96 & '97) ... compiled the Tempe City Junior Golf Foundation's lowest scoring average for a high school career ... placed third at the 1999 AJGA Ashworth/Golf Design Junior Championship ... was one of six members of the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team at the 1997 matches in Valderrama, Spain ... one of 10 members of the AJGA West Cannon Cup Team in 1997 ... three-time qualifier for the U.S. Junior Girls Championship (1996-98) ... 1997 Rolex Junior All-American ... 1997 AJGA PING Phoenix Junior Champion ... runner-up at the 1997 Women's Western in Bluefield, Va. ... was a member of the 1995 Junior America Cup Team in Albuquerque, N.M. ... carded a top-10 state finish as a freshman ... a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.5 grade-point-average ... coached by Karen Thelander.

Personal: Is majoring in communications and has a minor in sociology ... the daughter of Robert O'Neal and Londa Cunningham ... has two brothers, Tyler (17) and Bryce (6), and a sister, Brooke (11) ... hobbies are traveling, working out and being with family and friends ... born May 14, 1981, in Illinois ... full name is Blair Alana O'Neal.

  Blair O'Neal
Blair O'Neal
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Tempe, Ariz.

High School:
Corona del Sol HS

Height:
5-9

Year App. Top 10 Rds. Strokes Avg. Low
2002-03 11 3 33 2516 76.24 69
2001-02 12 3 34 2575 75.74 69
2000-01 11 1 33 2589 78.45 71
1999-00 11 2 34 2591 76.21 70
Totals 45 9 134 10271 76.66 69

Top 10 Finishes

T3rd:	2000 PING/ASU Invitational
4th: 2003 Pac-10 Championships
T6th:	2001 New Mexico State Intercollegiate
T7th:	2001 PING/ASU Invitational
T8th:	2002 Landfall Tradition
T9th:	2000 San Jose State Spartan Invitational
	2001 NCAA Fall Preview
 2003 PING/ASU Invitational
T10th:	2002 Mountain View Collegiate

Career Low Round: 69 twice (2003 Pac-10 Championships & 2001 New Mexico State Intercollegiate)