Player Bio: Juliana Murcia

SUN DEVIL 101: Juliana Murcia Golfer & Artist

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2010-09
• Graduated from Arizona State with a 3.83 in Art
• Earned the prestigious Edith Cummings Munson Award, given to the All-American with the highest GPA
• Named Pac-10 Scholar of the Year for Women's Golf
• Capped her Sun Devil career as a First-Team NGCA All-American
• Also received First-Team All-American honors from Golfweek
• Selected to the All-Pac-10 First-Team
• Recognized as an NGCA All-American Scholar for the fourth consecutive season
• Earned ESPN The Magazine Second-Team District VIII All-Academic honors
• Named First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic
• Had four top three, six top 10 and eight top 20 finishes in her senior season
• Placed second at the Pac-10 Championship after falling to teammate Carlota Ciganda in a playoff
• Tied for second at the Wildcat Invitational
• Placed second at the TOPY Cup in Japan, carding a 4-under 212
• Tied for third at the Stanford Intercollegiate, shooting a 4-under 209
• Finished season with a 72.6 stroke average
• Ranked eighth in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and is 15th in the Golf Stat Cup
2008-09
• Member of the 2009 NCAA Championship team
• Earned her first career win at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
• Battled through rain, near-freezing temperatures and wind to take the Northrop Grumman by eight strokes
• Earned Second-Team All-American honors by both the NGCA and Golfweek
• Named to the First-Team All-Pac-10
• Garnered First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic accolades for the second straight year
• Recorded five top 20 finishes and four top 10
• Tied for third at the NCAA West Regional, after shooting a career-best 8-under 208
• Shot a career-low 67 during the first round of the Wildcat Invitational
• Tied for seventh at the Wildcat Invitational and placed sixth at the PING/ASU Invitational
• Shot an average of 73.29
• Named to the NGCA West Regional Team

2007-08
• Tallied a stroke average of 75 in her successful sophomore season
• Earned one top-10 finish, placing ninth at the Pac-10 Championships
• Had three top-20 finishes in 11 tournament appearances
• Shot a season-low of 71 in the first round of the Fall Preview
• Placed 11th at the Thompson Invitational and tied for 16th at the Wildcat Invitational
• Named an NGCA Academic All-American
• Earned First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic honors

Juliana Murcia Hometown: Bogota, Colombia Height: 5-3 Experience: 4V Career Average: 74.16

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2006-07
• 2007 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

• 2007 All-West Regional Team

• 2007 NCGA Academic All-American

• Competed in eleven tournaments on the season

• Finished in fourth place at the 2007 Pac-10 Championships after shooting a 4-over 220 (76-73-71)

• Shot a career-low 70 in the second round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.

• Carded a 75.05 stroke average in her eleven appearances

Amateur
• Member of the 2008 Colombian World Amateur Team
• Won the 2008 Colombian Open

International
• Earned second team in the AJGA awards in 2005

• Named Golfer of the Year by Federacion Colombiana de Golf in 2005

• Earned honorable mention honors by the AJGA in 2004

• Won the 100th Argentinean Amateur Match Tournament in 2003

• Won the Junior South American Championship in 2005

• Semifinalist at US Girls Championship in 2005

High School
• A 2006 graduate of the English School in Bogotá, Colombia

Personal
• Majoring in Art

• Parents are Rafael Murcia (Architect) and Nancy Ortiz (Architect) of Bogotá, Colombia

• Has one brother, Alejandro Mendez (27)

• Born November 6, 1987 in Bogotá, Colombia

• Full name is Juliana Beatriz Murcia Ortiz

JULIANA MURCIA 2009-2010 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament	1	2	3	4	Total	Score	Place
TOPY Cup	71	67	74		212	-4	2
Mason Rudolph	70	71			141	-3	T15
Stanford Intercollegiate	70	68	71		209	-4	T3
Landfall Tradition	78	-	-		DNF	DNF	DNF
Northrop Grumman Reg.	76	71	74		221	+8	T7
Wildcat Invite	74	67			141	-1	T2
UCLA/Pepperdine Invite	77	75	76		228	+12	T43
PING/ASU Invitational	71	72	71		214	-2	T11
Pac-10 Championships	68	77	69	-	214	-2	T1
NCAA Regional Championships	71	79	77		227	+11	7th
NCAA Championships	73	74	73	76	296	+8	T43
11 appearances, 30 rounds, 2,178 strokes, 72.6 stroke average, 6 Top 10 Finishes, 8 Top 20 Finish

JULIANA MURCIA 2008-2009 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament	1	2	3	4	Total	Score	Place
NCAA Fall Preview	76	76	72		224	+8	25
Mason Rudolph	72	74	74		220	+2	T21
The Derby	80	74	73		227	+11	T21
Northrop Grumman Reg.	70	71	73		214	+1	1
Wildcat Invitational Reg.	67	75	75		217	+1	T7
UCF Challenge	70	76	72		218	+2	T23
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational	71	75	80		226	+10	T26
PING/ASU Invitational	73	71	74		222	+9	19
PAC-10 Championships	80	73	69		218	+2	6
NCAA West Regional Championships	68	70	70		208	-8	3
NCAA Championships	77	77	76	72	302	+14	32
11 appearance, 34 rounds, 2,492 strokes, 73.29 stroke average, 4 Top 10 Finishes, 5 Top 20 Finish

JULIANA MURCIA 2007-2008 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament	1	2	3	4	Total	Score	Place
Mason Rudolph	73	77	77		227	+11	T57
NCAA Fall Preview	71	73	77		221	+2	T21
Edean Ihlanfeldt	78	77	74		229	+13	T28
Stanford Intercollegiate	75	74	73		222	+9	T21
Northrop Grumman	75	76	75		226	+13	T21
Wildcat Invitational	70	79	75		224	+11	T16
Thompson Invitational	74	79	73		236	+10	11
ASU/PING Invitational	73	77	76		226	+10	T42
Pac-10 Championships	74	74	74		222	+9	9
NCAA West Regional	78	72	73		223	+7	T35
NCAA Championships	73	79	75	77	304	+16	T54
11 appearances, 34 rounds, 2550 strokes, 75.00 stroke average, 3 Top 20 finishes, 1 Top 10 finish