UNCP Athletics

AS A SENIOR (2015-16)
All-PBC Selection … PBC All-Academic Team ... Named PBC Golfer of the Week (April 7) … Compiled a 77.8 stroke average (second-best on the team) over 10 events and 25 rounds ... Registered seven top-20 finishes, including five in the top 10 and three in the top five ... Tied for fourth in both the Armstrong Pirate Women's Invitational (75-75-79--229) and the UWG Wolf Invitational (79-73-75--227) ... Tied for fifth in the season-opening Cutter Creek Invitational (78-76--154) ... Carded a season-best 72 in the first round of the Patsy Rendleman Invitational en route to a tie for seventh (72-78--150) ... Tied for 10th in the Peach Belt Conference Championship (77-80-80--237) ... Placed 14th in the SAC Preview (82-78--160) and tied for 19th in the Lady Bearcat Invitational (74-75--149) with a season-low two-round score ... Helped the team to a win at the Cutter Creek Invitational.

AS A JUNIOR (2014-15)
All-PBC … Named PBC Golfer of the Week (March 12) … Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Compiled a team-best 76.9 stroke average over 10 events and 20 rounds (20 countable rounds) of golf … Registered eight top 20 finishes, including six top 10 and four top five finishes … Had three par or below-par rounds …  Had a season-best round with a 70 in the opening round of the Hilton Head Lakes Invitational en route to finishing second  with a season-best 145 (70-75) to finish just 1-over par … Logged a 73 on the second round of the PBC Championships for a 149 and a tie for third … Captured a tied for sixth at the Wingate Intercollegiate Challenge (83-73) as she shot 156 … Placed second at the Tusculum Fall Classic (75-72) with 147 two-round total and followed it up with a tie for fifth at the Lady Flames Shootout (77) two weeks later … Placed in a tie for eighth at the Lady Cougar Classic powered by TSYS (81-80) and tie for 20th at the Armstrong Pirate Women’s Invitational (74-79) … Helped the Braves win the Tusculum Fall Classic, Lady Flames Shootout and Hilton Head Lakes Invitational along with five finishes as a team at the Lady Cougar Classic powered by TSYS (4th), the Wingate Intercollegiate Challenge (4th) and the Peach Belt Conference Championships (5th).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
Garnered the D2 Academic Achievement Award … A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Compiled an 80.6 stroke average over 10 events and 18 rounds (16 countable rounds) of golf … Registered a pair of top 20 finishes, including two top 5 finishes … Matched a season-best round with a 73 in the opening round of the Tusculum Fall Classic en route to finishing in a tie for fifth place with a season-best 152 (73-79) … Matched her season-best with a 73 in the opening round of the Lander Bearcat Invitational … Logged a 74 to tie for first at the Peach Belt Conference Championships, but lost on the opening hole of an eventual two-hole playoff (three players).

AS A FRESHMAN (2012-13)
A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Compiled an 86.0 stroke average over four events and eight rounds of golf … Competed as an individual competitor in all four events … Turned in two top 20 finishes … Registered two of her three best rounds of the season (74-83/157) en route to finishing in a tie for 11th at the Tusculum Fall Classic … Logged her second-best round of the season with a 78-92/170 and finished in a tie for 15th at the West Georgia (UWG) Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Purnell Swett High School for coach Jamie Locklear … Qualified for state tournament as a senior after finishing third at the conference championships … Carded a career-best 83 en route to qualifying for the region tournament as well … Finished 37th among the state’s female prep golfers … A member of Purnell Swett’s inaugural girls golf team as a junior … Was also an all-conference and all-county basketball player for the Rams, as well as a standout on the volleyball team.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Shannon and James Bird … Has one older sister, Olivia, and two younger sisters, Jamee and Leanna … Father is a former baseball standout for UNCP … Maintained a 4.01 cumulative grade point average at Purnell Swett High School and graduated in the top four percent of her 376-member senior class … A biology major at UNCP.