2012-2013 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
2011-12
Named 2012 Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year ... Earned Oak Farms Academic Achievement Award (2011-2012) … Received Cream of the Crop Academic Award, 4.00 semester GPA ( fall 2011) ... Dean’s List ( fall 2011) … Named to All-Southland Conference Team – 1st team (2012) … Finished season as second ranked golfer in the conference according to Golfstat.com … Tied for individual title at Claude Jacobs Intercollegiate … Led the team with a stroke average of 74.23. Also had the most rounds of par or better with eight … Low round was a 69 in the second round of the Challenge at Onion Creek … Part of the Bobcats’ record setting season, capturing three team titles … Placed in the top 10 in six of her last seven tournaments following the Southland Conference Championship.
2010-11
Finished the season with 75.83 scoring average, just 4.03 strokes above par…Ranked 48th/603 in NCAA in Greens In Regulation ...Won her first career title at the 2011 Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate (2/14)...Named second-team All Southland Conference in 2011...Had five rounds of par or better, good for second best in Texas State recorded history...she also ended the 2010-11 campaign ranked 242nd in the country, the third highest rank of Texas State player in program history...for the season she had four top-ten finishes…Best round was a 71, done twice, most recently in the second round of the Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate...finished 10th at the tournament, her best finish of the fall.Tied 10th at the Southland Conference Championships, with a three-round score of 230 (+14), just seven shots back of the eventual winner...Earned the “Cream of the Crop” award for earning a 4.0 GPA during the fall 2010 semester…Member of the women’s golf team which earned the Emmett Shelton award for highest team GPA among females at Texas State. Played with her sister Mara in the World Amateur Championships in Buenos Aires...Lowest round during the championships was a 77 in the opening round.
2009-10
Competed in all 12 events and led Texas State with a 76.4 stroke average in her rookie campaign…named 2009 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and All-SLC First Team honors…recorded a top-30 finish at eight tournaments, including three top-five placings…fired a 147 (74-73) to finish eighth at the Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invitational…closed out the fall season at Texas State’s Challenge at Onion Creek with a one-under 209 that included a Bobcat record-low 67 in the opening round followed by a pair of 71s…recorded a bronze medal finish at Texas State’s Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate with a 227 (79-71-77)…tied for second at the Southland Conference Championship Tournament with a six-over 219 (74-75-70)...aided the Bobcats to a first-place finish and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA West Regionals.
Junior Golf
Latvian Amateur Champion in 2008...Latvian Juniors Champion in 2008 and 2009
Personal
Daughter of Aldis Puisite and Daiga Puisite...business administration major at Texas State...was also recruited by Central Florida, Texas and North Carolina...dancing is one of her favorite hobbies.
Historical Player Information
