Courtesy: UGA Sports Communications
Release: 07/12/2006
2005, 2006 All-American 2004, 2005, 2006 first-team All-SEC 2003 U.S. Women’s Open Participant
2005-06 Season
Named second-team All-America by both the NGCA and Golfweek.
A first-team All-SEC selection for the third straight year.
In the lineup for every event for the third consecutive season and contributed counting scores in 31 of 34 rounds (91.18 percent).
Finished the season with a 73.71 stroke average, a tally which ranks seventh all-time in Bulldog annals.
Her stellar stroke average included an even more impressive 73.00 in final rounds.
A top-10 finisher and the Bulldogs’ top individual performer at each event during the fall including a runner-up effort at the Cougar Classic and a third-place showing at the Mercdes-Benz Collegiate.
Finished the season on a tear at the NCAA Championships, playing the final two rounds at a combined 1-under to help the Bulldogs vault from 18th to sixth on the team leaderboard.
2004-05 Season
Named honorable mention All-America by the NGCA and also tabbed first-team All-SEC for a second consecutive year.
Led the Bulldogs in top-10s (4), top-20s (7) and percentage of counting rounds (90.0) and was Georgia’s top individual finisher at the final three events – the Bryan National, SECs and NCAA West Regional.
Equaled her career-low with a 68 in the final round of the SECs to vault from 23rd to fourth in the individual field.
Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship.
2003-04 Season
Became the first Georgia freshman to earn first-team All-SEC honors since LPGA Tour member Angela Jerman in 1999.
The only Georgia golfer to play in all 12 events, leading the team in average (74.24), counters (.940), par-or-better rounds (11), team-low rounds (13) and top-10s (4).
The only Bulldog to go undefeated at the Hooters National Match Play where Georgia was the runner-up.
Hit a four-foot birdie putt on No. 18 of her first-round match at the Match Play secure the win for UGA. Said Todd McCorkle: “If she makes it, we win. If she misses, we lose. It was one of the most exciting things I’ve ever seen in team golf.”
During the post-season, led Georgia at the NCAA West Regional and the SECs.
Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship.
Prep/Amateur
Named first-team AJGA Polo Golf All-America in 2002 after being a second-team selection in 2001 and an honorable mention choice in 2000 and 1999.
Participated in the 2003 U.S. Open, making the field by firing 145 to finish third in a sectional qualifying.
Competed in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 U.S. Women’s Amateurs.
Participated in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 U.S. Girls’ Juniors, including reaching the quarterfinals in 2001.
Posted eight wins and eight more top-10 finishes in 23 AJGA and national level events between 1999-2003.
Represented the U.S. in the 2002 PING Junior Solheim Cup and a member of the East team at the 2001 and 2002 Canon Cups.
Made national headlines when – as a nine-year-old fourth-grader at Happy Valley Elementary – she was a member of Glasgow High’s team at the 1994 Kentucky State Championships.
While actually in high school, led Glasgow to four straight team titles and captured medalist honors as a sophomore and junior. Also finished as runner-up in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades and placed third as a senior.
Personal
Born August 14, 1985, Whitney is the daughter of Mark and Vickie Wade.
Courtesy: Georgia Sports Communications
