Senior (2013-14):
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Shot a season-low 69 in the final round of the Dale McNamara Invitational and in the second round of the NCAA West Regional.
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Earned All-Pac-12 Academic honors.
Junior (2012-13):
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Recorded six top-10 finishes, including fifth place finishes at the Spring Break Classic and the Pac-12 Championships.
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Shot a career-low 67 in the final round of the Spring Break Classic.
Sophomore (2011-12):
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Recorded a career-low 69 in the first round of the PING/ASU Invitational.
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Best finish of the season came at the Wildcat Invitational, where Blanco tied for 18th.
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Had the second-best overall round for the Sun Devils at the NCAA Championships, shooting 6-over to tie for 21st.
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Shot the second-lowest round of the season (70) at the NCAA East Regional to help the Sun Devils qualify for their 21st-straight NCAA Championships.
Freshman (2010-11):
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Recorded a 76.27 scoring average over 10 events.
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Shot a then career-low 73 in the second round of both the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and the 2011 NCAA Championships.
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Notched four top-25 finishes, with her best finish coming at the Paradise Desert Classic in Hawai'i
International:
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Member of the Colombian World Amateur Team (Argentina, 2010; Turkey, 2012).
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Won the Colombian Open with a tournament record score of -12 in 2010.
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Was the 2007 Canadian National Champion and the 2006 Junior National Champion.
Personal:
Laura was born in Bogota, Colombia. She attended The Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla. Laura earned a degree in communications from ASU in May 2014.
LAURA BLANCO 2013-2014 ROUND-BY-ROUND | |||||||
Tournament | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Score | Place |
Dale McNamara Fall Preview | 75 | 76 | 69 | - | 220 | +10 | T39 |
Mason Rudolph Invitational | 70 | 76 | 73 | - | 219 | +3 | T18 |
Schooner Fall Classic | 72 | 78 | 74 | - | 224 | +14 | T36 |
Betsy Rawls Invitational | 72 | 70 | 74 | - | 216 | E | T16 |
Pac-12 Preview at Nanea | 78 | 80 | 73 | - | 231 | +12 | T42 |
PING/ASU Invitational (I) | 70 | 72 | 74 | - | 216 | E | T12 |
Pac-12 Championships | 74 | 77 | 79 | - | 230 | +14 | T44 |
NCAA Regionals | 77 | 69 | 80 | - | 226 | +10 | T22 |
NCAA Finals | 75 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 293 | +13 | T50 |
9 appearances, 28 rounds, 2,075 strokes, 74.11 stroke average |
LAURA BLANCO 2012-2013 ROUND-BY-ROUND | |||||||
Tournament | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Score | Place |
Dale McNamara Invitational | 70 | 72 | 74 | - | 216 | E | T6 |
Stanford Intercollegiate | 75 | 70 | 77 | - | 222 | +9 | T36 |
Betsy Rawls Invitational | 72 | 70 | 73 | - | 215 | -1 | T7 |
Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge | 77 | 73 | 75 | - | 225 | +12 | T25 |
Cal Classic | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 | +2 | T6 |
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate | 76 | 75 | 78 | - | 229 | +16 | T39 |
Spring Break Classic | 73 | 73 | 67 | - | 213 | -3 | T5 |
PING/ASU | 71 | 70 | 72 | - | 213 | -3 | T10 |
Pac-12 Championships | 73 | 69 | 72 | - | 214 | -2 | 5 |
NCAA Central Regional | 76 | 74 | 74 | - | 224 | +7 | T50 |
10 appearances, 29 rounds, 2,117 strokes, 73.00 stroke average |
LAURA BLANCO 2011-2012 ROUND-BY-ROUND | |||||||
Tournament | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Score | Place |
Mason Rudolph Fall Preview | 74 | 77 | 74 | - | 225 | +9 | T33 |
Stanford Intercollegiate | 72 | 73 | 75 | - | 220 | +7 | T53 |
SEC/Pac-12 Challenge | 80 | W | 73 | - | 153 | - | - |
Wildcat Invitational | 71 | 82 | 73 | - | 226 | +10 | T18 |
Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge | 74 | 77 | 75 | - | 226 | +13 | T26 |
Battle of Rancho Bernardo | 74 | 77 | - | - | 148 | +7 | T22 |
PING/ASU Invitational | 69 | 75 | 75 | - | 219 | +6 | T19 |
Pac-12 Championships | 81 | 75 | 77 | - | 233 | +17 | T48 |
NCAA East Regional | 78 | 75 | 70 | - | 223 | +7 | T35 |
NCAA Championships | 73 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 294 | +6 | T21 |
10 appearances, 29 rounds, 2170 strokes, 74.83 stroke average |
LAURA BLANCO 2010-2011 ROUND-BY-ROUND | |||||||
Tournament | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Score | Place |
Wildcat Invitational | 73 | 75 | 78 | - | 226 | +10 | T17 |
Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship | 75 | 76 | 73 | - | 224 | +8 | T36 |
Triangular Meet with No. 10 Arizona | 74 | - | - | - | 74 | +2 | - |
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational | 76 | 76 | 76 | 228 | +12 | T14 | |
Paradise Desert Classic | 83 | - | - | - | 83 | +11 | T7 |
Aztec Invitational | 75 | 80 | 77 | - | 232 | +16 | T47 |
PING/ASU Invitational | 77 | 74 | 76 | - | 227 | +11 | T40 |
Pac-10 Championships | 81 | 78 | 79 | - | 238 | +22 | T44 |
PING/ASU Invitational | 77 | 74 | 76 | - | 227 | +11 | T40 |
NCAA East Regional | 77 | 76 | 74 | - | 227 | +11 | T52 |
NCAA Championship | 75 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 303 | +15 | T55 |
10 appearances, 30 rounds, 2,288 strokes, 76.27 stroke average |