2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
Martin, Mairead
Mairead Martin
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Scoil Mhuire
- Hometown:
- Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
Bio
Awards & Honors:
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2020-21)
- ACC Academic Honors (2019-20)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-20)
- ACC Academic Honors (2018-19)
Graduate Season (2022-23):
Appeared in 10 events… Tied for 39th overall at the ACC Championship… Finished second on the team with a 73.42 scoring average… Recorded five rounds of par or below… Finished a season-best seventh overall at the Olde Stone Intercollegiate, carding a 3-over-par 219.
Senior Season (2021-22):
Appeared in nine events… Recorded a season scoring average of 75.81… Tied for 14th in the Wolverine Invitational... Appeared in the ACC Championship, tying for 39th… Appeared in the NCAA Albuquerque Regional shooting 4-over-par to finish in a tie for 17th… Carded a season-best single round score of 69 in the second round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional... 2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar.
Junior Season (2020-21):
Appeared in four events... Posted a 79.58 stroke average... Shot a 1-under-par to finish in a tie for 13th at the Moon Golf Invitational.
Sophomore Season (2019-20):
Appeared in all five events, finishing third on the team with a 73.29 stroke average... Recorded four rounds under par... Registered one top five and one top 10 finish... Finished a personal best second at the Cardinal Cup, by shooting a 6-under-par 210... Tied for 13th at the Illini Women's Invitational after firing a 2-under-par 214... Recorded two rounds of 68 during the season.
Freshman Season (2018-19):
Played in the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship... Named to the ACC Honor Roll... Played in all 11 tournaments and all 30 rounds... Finished the year with a 74.47 average, second lowest all-time by a freshman... Two top-10 finishes and three top-20 finishes... Tied for 23rd at the ACC Championship and 71st at the NCAA East Lansing Regional... Carded a 69 during the third round of the Moon Golf Invitational, tied for fifth lowest all-time by a freshman.
Prior to Louisville:
Was the highest-rated recruit from Ireland in the class of 2018; ranked as the No. 9 amateur in the country... Three-time selection to the Ireland Ladies Golf Union High Performance Panel, an honor for golfers that consistently achieve podium finishes at international events... Member of the Irish Girls U-18 Team from 2014-17; played for the world championship in 2017 in Canada... Played for the Irish Ladies Team since 2017... Sank the winning putt for the Irish Ladies Team at the 2017 Home International matches in England, the first Irish team to win since 2004... Secured a top-10 finish at the French U-21 Championship and winning the Irish Girls Close Championship in July... Two-time winner of the Leinster Ladies Championship, Martin first captured the major championship in 2014 as the youngest champion in the history of the event at 14 years old... Invited each year from 2015-17 to the Darren Clarke Champions Weekend, an annual event for the best juniors in the country; won the 2017 competition... Played in the 2018 Ladies British Open Amateur Championship.
Personal:
Daughter of Brendan and Karen Martin; has two sisters... Born on Nov. 4, 1999... Enrolled in Sport Administration.
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2020-21)
- ACC Academic Honors (2019-20)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-20)
- ACC Academic Honors (2018-19)
Graduate Season (2022-23):
Appeared in 10 events… Tied for 39th overall at the ACC Championship… Finished second on the team with a 73.42 scoring average… Recorded five rounds of par or below… Finished a season-best seventh overall at the Olde Stone Intercollegiate, carding a 3-over-par 219.
Senior Season (2021-22):
Appeared in nine events… Recorded a season scoring average of 75.81… Tied for 14th in the Wolverine Invitational... Appeared in the ACC Championship, tying for 39th… Appeared in the NCAA Albuquerque Regional shooting 4-over-par to finish in a tie for 17th… Carded a season-best single round score of 69 in the second round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional... 2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar.
Junior Season (2020-21):
Appeared in four events... Posted a 79.58 stroke average... Shot a 1-under-par to finish in a tie for 13th at the Moon Golf Invitational.
Sophomore Season (2019-20):
Appeared in all five events, finishing third on the team with a 73.29 stroke average... Recorded four rounds under par... Registered one top five and one top 10 finish... Finished a personal best second at the Cardinal Cup, by shooting a 6-under-par 210... Tied for 13th at the Illini Women's Invitational after firing a 2-under-par 214... Recorded two rounds of 68 during the season.
Freshman Season (2018-19):
Played in the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship... Named to the ACC Honor Roll... Played in all 11 tournaments and all 30 rounds... Finished the year with a 74.47 average, second lowest all-time by a freshman... Two top-10 finishes and three top-20 finishes... Tied for 23rd at the ACC Championship and 71st at the NCAA East Lansing Regional... Carded a 69 during the third round of the Moon Golf Invitational, tied for fifth lowest all-time by a freshman.
Prior to Louisville:
Was the highest-rated recruit from Ireland in the class of 2018; ranked as the No. 9 amateur in the country... Three-time selection to the Ireland Ladies Golf Union High Performance Panel, an honor for golfers that consistently achieve podium finishes at international events... Member of the Irish Girls U-18 Team from 2014-17; played for the world championship in 2017 in Canada... Played for the Irish Ladies Team since 2017... Sank the winning putt for the Irish Ladies Team at the 2017 Home International matches in England, the first Irish team to win since 2004... Secured a top-10 finish at the French U-21 Championship and winning the Irish Girls Close Championship in July... Two-time winner of the Leinster Ladies Championship, Martin first captured the major championship in 2014 as the youngest champion in the history of the event at 14 years old... Invited each year from 2015-17 to the Darren Clarke Champions Weekend, an annual event for the best juniors in the country; won the 2017 competition... Played in the 2018 Ladies British Open Amateur Championship.
Personal:
Daughter of Brendan and Karen Martin; has two sisters... Born on Nov. 4, 1999... Enrolled in Sport Administration.
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