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Player Bio: Melanie Hunt



2002-03: Made six appearances this year with a 79.00 stroke average...shot a season-low 74 in the second round of the NCAA West Regional...her best finish of the year came at the NCAA West Regional where she tied for 25th at 10-over 226 (76-74-76)...was 50th at the Pac-10 Championships (77-87-79=243)...finished in a tie for 115th at the NCAA Championships.

2001-02: Made nine appearances with a 76.88 stroke average ... cracked the top 25 in five tournaments ... her best finish of the year came at the Arizona Invitational where she tied for 14th at six-over 222 (75-76-74) ... shot a season-low 70 in the second round of the NCAA Championships ... finished in a tie for 41st at the NCAA West Regional and a tie for 75th at the NCAA Championships ... tied for 34th at the Pac-10 Championships (84-74-78=236) ... did not see any action in the fall.

2000-01: Appeared in seven tournaments after transferring to Arizona State from Texas Tech in December of 2000 ... jumped to the No. 2 and 3 spots in the lineup last year with the second-best stroke average on the team at 76.18 ... finished the year ranked 95th by Golfweek and 100th in the MasterCard poll ... finished at one-under 215 to take fifth place at the San Jose State Spartan Invitational (73-71-71) ... tied for 53rd at the NCAA Championships (74-74-78-79=305) ... finished in a tie for 13th at the Pac-10 Championships (74-73-75=222), her third top-20 appearance of the year ... tied for 22nd at the PING/ASU Invitational at nine-over 225 (76-76-73) ... shot a career-low 69 in the second round of the Arizona Invitational.

At Texas Tech: Played in all five fall tournaments in 2000, averaging 76.47 strokes per round ... won the first tournament of her career at the Big 12 Fall Preview ... was named Golf World Collegiate Player of the Month for September ... cracked the top 25 in two other tournaments ... was a member of the Dean's List ... averaged 78.50 strokes per round in 10 tournaments in 1999-00 ... turned in her best finish of that season with a third-place showing at the Jeannine McHaney Memorial ... posted a season-low 72 in the second round of the Utah-Dixie Classic en route to a season-low 222 (73-72-77) and a tie for seventh place ... finished 18th at the 2000 Big 12 Championships (76-80-77=233).

High School: A 1999 graduate of Horizon High School in Phoenix ... helped Horizon to three state titles... finished second in the Arizona state tournament as a junior and a senior ... lettered all four years in golf and was a team captain as a junior and a senior ... posted two holes-in-one at the Junior Worlds.

Personal: Is majoring in communications ... the daughter of Ben and Muriel Hunt ... has a brother, Christopher (16), and a sister, Priscillia (23) ... her sister also played golf at Texas Tech ... is contemplating a career as a professional golfer ... born April 4, 1981 in Torrance, Calif.

  Melanie Hunt
Melanie Hunt
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.

High School:
Horizon HS

Last College:
Texas Tech

Height:
5-9

Year App. Top 10 Rds. Strokes Avg. Low
2002-03 6 0 19 1501 79.00 74
2001-02 9 0 26 1999 76.88 70
Spring of 2001 7 1 22 1676 76.18 69
Fall of 2000* 5 1 15 1147 76.47 71
1999-2000* 10 2 30 2355 78.50 72
Totals 39 4 112 8678 77.41 69

Top 10 Finishes

1st:	2000 Big 12 Fall Preview*
3rd:	1999-2000 Jeannine McHaney Memorial*
5th: 2001 SJSU Spartan Invitational
T7th:	1999-2000 Utah-Dixie Classic*
* at Texas Tech

Career Low Round: 69 (2001 Arizona Invitational)