Minhas Earns First Team All-ASC (Again) with Runner-Up Finish


For the second year in a row, sophomore Surraya Minhas saved her best play for the last tournament of the year and finished as the individual runner-up at the ASC Championships at Hurricane Creek Country Club in Anna, TX.  With her second place finish, she again earned first team All-American Southwest Conference.  Last year, as a freshman, Minhas finished fourth at the ASC Championships to earn her (and the fledgling program's) first, first-team All-ASC award.

Minhas was in third place after completion of the first round with a 78.  She trailed only Samantha Humphrey of UT-Tyler and Leslie Lee of LeTourneau (77).  In the second round, despite slipping slightly to an 84, she moved past Lee who stumbled with a 86.  Minhas improved two strokes over her 2007 scores of 79, 85=164.  Humphrey shot an 83 in the second round to win the individual title by four shots over Minhas.  Lee was tied with Ashley Luecke of Hardin-Simmons for third place, one behind Minhas at 163.

SU freshman Liz Calderon didn't fare as well.  Calderon was Schreiner's highest ranked player going into the championship, but she struggled with nerves and was only able to manage a 26th place finish - which was her lowest finish of the year.  Freshman Kattie Spencer also qualified for the championship tournament but couldn't participate due to an academic conflict.