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Hazel Martin

  • Position Player
  • Hometown Brisbane, Australia
  • High School Kelvin Grove State HS
  • Class Senior

Biography

2020-21 (Senior): Opted out of the fall semester due to COVID and travel issues with returning to the United States … Rejoined the team for the start of the spring semester … Competed in five of the team’s seven seasonal events, posting a scoring average of 79.14 over 14 rounds to finish third on the team in stroke average … Carded seven rounds in the 70s on the semester … Recorded a season-best finish at the Pinehurst Women’s Intercollegiate, coming home in a tie for 18th with her best 54-hole score of the year at 231 ... Selected as a 2020-21 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and was named Academic All-Southern Conference 

2019-20 (Junior): Competed in all seven events, four times as a member of the scoring five and three times as an individual … Twice posted a season-low round of 2-over par, 74 – bookending her season with the first round at the Judaculla Cup and the final round of the Kiawah Island Classic … Six of her 18 rounds were shot in the 70s, finishing the season with a 80.11 scoring average … Posted her career-best finish at the 2019 Judaculla Cup, finishing tied for 10th ... Named 2020 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference and to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … Selected as a 2019-20 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed in eight of the team’s nine seasonal events, finishing second on the team in scoring average at 80.86 … Led the team in the Palmetto Intercollegiate … Carded her season-best, 54-hole score of 231 that included her season-best round of 75 at the Kiawah Island Spring Classic … Closed the season with a pair of top 40 finishes including a 38th-place showing at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate and finished in a season-best tie for 37th at the 2019 Southern Conference Women’s Golf Championship ... Named to the 2019 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference team and to the 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Selected as a 2018-19 WGCA All-American Scholar.

2017-18 (Freshman): Played in seven of the team's nine events, though was in the official lineup for eight, withdrawing from the Southern Conference Championship due to injury ... Paced the squad in scoring three times during the year, finishing with a team-leading seasonal stroke average of 79.11 ... Made her collegiate debut at the Lady Paladin Invitational ... Posted a career-best finish (17th-t) at the Starmount Fall Classic hosted by UNCG where she also carded her career-low round (73) ... Selected to the 2017-18 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Selected as a 2017-18 WGCA All-American Scholar.

Prior to Western Carolina: Was a highly touted golfer as a young amateur in Australia, finishing 25th in the under-15 girls section in the Greg Norman Junior Masters back in 2012 as a non-qualifier.

Personal: Is the son of Faith and John Martin ... She has two sisters, Nerry and Grace ... Made the move to Australia from Lae in Papua New Guinea.

Historical Player Information

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