Printer-Friendly Format     E-mail this article     Head coach Debby King and the Notre Dame women's golf program have received two commitments for the 2005-06 season.

Notre Dame adds another top-notch student-athlete to an already yound and solid roster

Jan. 19, 2005

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame women's golf team received a commitment from Courtney Sullivan for the 2005-06 season. Sullivan hails from Gresham, Ore. and joins Lisa Maunu, who committed in November, as the class of 2009 for the Fighting Irish. The Irish are coming off a very successful 2004 fall campaign, which included two tournament victories.

Sullivan is a standout at Sam Barlow High School, where she has had a strong career at the scholastic level and on the junior golf circuit. She is the top-ranked player in the state of Oregon in the class of 2005 according to the Junior Golf Scoreboard.

Courtney has two top-12 national finishes to her credit, including a seventh-place showing at the AJGA Spokane Classic where she shot a 230 (76-79-75) versus 17 other athletes. She came in twelfth out of 71 golfers at the junior America's Cup in Whitefish, Mont. in 2003 as she carded a 229 (82-75-72).

Her experience on the course includes the northwest junior ladies' match-play championship (four-time participant), the junior America's Cup (three times), and she is a two-time participant at both the USGA girls' championship and the junior world championship. She claimed a victory at the 2003 Oregon stroke-play championship.

Sullivan, who has been playing competitively for over five years, possesses a 4.0 GPA and is first out of 434 students in her class. She collected two varsity letters while playing at Sam Barlow. Sullivan has won a combined seven tournament championships locally and across the Northwest throughout her career and placed third at the 4A state high school championships in 2003. Courtney is the daughter of Lisa and Jerry Sullivan.

"We fell in love with Courtney's heart for the game," commented Notre Dame head coach Debby King, who is in her fourth year at the helm of the Notre Dame program. "She has a great determination and work ethic. One of her strengths is her desire to be the best that she can be."

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