2022-23 Women's Golf Roster
Lauren Thibodeau
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Pinkerton Academy
- Hometown:
- Hampstead, N.H.
- 2022 Honda Inspiration Award
- WGCA Kim Moore Spirit Award (2022)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-20)
- ACC Academic Honors (2019-20)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2018-19)
- ACC Honor Roll (2018-19)
Graduate Season (2022-23):
Appeared in four events... Carded a season-best single round score of 71 in the Schooner Classic and at Blessings Collegiate... Finished a season-best ninth place at the Olde Stone Intercollegiate.
Senior Season (2021-22):
Appeared in ten events, including the ACC Championship and the NCAA Albuquerque Regional… Recorded a scoring average of 76.77… Shot a career-best 6-under-par in the Illini Invitational to finish in a tie for third… Finished the NCAA Albuquerque Regional in a tie for 25th, shooting 6-over-par 222… Named WGCA All-American Scholar… Named 2022 Honda Inspiration Award winner at the CWSA presented by Honda.
Junior Season (2020-21):
Did not play during the 2020-21 season.
Sophomore Season (2019-20):
Finished fourth on the team with a 73.79 stroke average... Appeared in five events... Opened the season by shooting a 1-under 143 to tie for seventh at the Minnesota Invitational... Finished in a tie for 29th at the Cardinal Cup... Tied for 12th at the Moon Golf Invitational by carding an even-par 216.
Freshman Season (2018-19):
WGCA All-American Scholar... Named to the ACC Honor Roll... Played in eight tournaments on the year, completing 23 rounds... Season average of 74.91, fourth lowest all-time by a freshman... Defeated Kentucky’s Rikke Svejgård Nielsen 5 & 3 at the Battle of the Bluegrass State... Tied for 13th at the Cardinal Cup... Carded a 67 during the first round of the Moon Golf Invitational, the lowest round ever by a UofL freshman... Shot a 68 during the first round of the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, which is tied for second all-time by a freshman... Her three rounds in the 60’s is tied for the most all-time by a freshman in team history.
Prior to Louisville:
Four-time New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association girls state champion at Pinkerton Academy High under coach Jeff Sojka, becoming the first girl in state history to achieve the feat... Unanimous all-state first-team selection all four years of high school... Won the New Hampshire Women’s Golf Association Girls Junior State Championship seven years in a row; was the first to win three-consecutive titles and also the first to win more than three titles... Was the youngest winner of the NHWGA girls junior state championship at 11 years old... Named to the 2016-17 All-Future Collegians World Tour National Team... Played in three USGA national events: U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship; U.S. Girls Junior Championship; and, U.S. Women’s State Team Championship... Competed in the Girls Junior PGA Championship twice... Was a member of the National Honor Society and the National Foreign Language Honor Society.
Personal:
Daughter of David and Kristen Thibodeau; has one brother... Born on Nov. 26, 1999... Majoring in mathematics.
