Sarah Thead

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Poway, Calif.
High School:
Poway

Fall 2010: Played in three tournaments, two as an individual ... low finish was a tie for 27th place at the Tar Heel Invitational, where she played as an individual ... tied for 42nd place at the Cougar Classic as a starter in the year's first event.

2009-10: Selected to the All-ACC Academic Women's Golf Team and named to the ACC Honor Roll ... played in 10 of Carolina's 11 tournaments ... her best finish in the fall of 2009 was a tie for 34th at the Duramed Cougar Classic ... posted three top-20 finishes in the spring of 2010 ... was the low Tar Heel at the LSU Tiger/Wave Golf Classic, tying for 15th place ... tied for 19th at the Tri Match at Ironwood ... tied for 26th at the Bryan National Collegiate .. tied for 36th at the ACC Championships ... tied for 89th at the NCAA East Regional ... carded a 77.86 stroke average for the year, posting one round under par and one even-par round.

2008-09 (at Auburn): Named to the NGCA All-America Scholar Team ...played in eight tournaments for the Tigers, competing as an individual in one ...top finish was a tie for 10th place at the Derby Invitational ... tied for 24th at the NGCA Match Play Qualifying and tied for 30th place at the NCAA Fall Preview.

2007-08 (at Auburn): Named to NGCA All-America Scholar Team ... played in 10 events for the Tigers ... won her only match at the NGCA Collegiate Match Play ... low finish was a tie for 27th place at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate ... tied for 50th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, tied for 51st at the Margaret Moses Branch Fall Preview, finished 55th at the Bryan National Collegiate and tied for 55th at the NCAA East Regional.

Amateur: AJGA Rolex All-America ... AJGA HP Scholastic All-America ... won 2005 AJGA Mindmatters Junior Championship in Blairsville. Pa. ... runner-up at 2007 AJGA EFW Defense for America Classic in Fort Worth, Texas ... tied for second at 2006 AJGA Nationwide Insurance Junior in Delaware and tied for fifth at 2004 Arizona Silver Belle Amateur ... carded two additional top-20 finishes in 2005 ... qualified for 2005 U.S. Girls Junior and 2007 and 2008 U.S. Women's Amateurs ... advanced to round of 16 at the 2008 Women's Western Amateur and the 2008 Women's Trans Natinal Amateur.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Poway High School ... three-time all-league first team ... three-time all-San Diego Section First Team ... Female Athlete of the Year at Poway High School and two-time MVP of her golf team ... led team to three league championships, two sectional championships and one state championship.

Personal: Transferred from Auburn in the fall of 2009 ... majoring in history ... participant in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Veteran Leaders program ... selected 2010-11 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete for women's golf ... received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from UNC's Office for Undergraduate Research in 2010 ... parents are William and Mary Thead ... has two brothers, Byron and Nathan, and one sister, Julia ... born June 10, 1989.

More on Thead
The best-tasting food I make is: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Favorite TV Show: Scrubs
Nobody can believe I watch: Say Yes to the Dress
Favorite Vacation Spot: Wailea, Hawaii
Favorite Song: Sara Smile by Hall & Oates
Nobody can believe I listen to: `90s boy bands
If I could spend three hours doing anything, it would be: Anything with my family
Favorite Course: Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.
Favorite Golfer: Adam Scott
Person in history I'd most like to meet: Frank Porter Graham
Post-school ambition: Physician
The best thing about going to school at Carolina is: It's a world renowned university
The best part about being a Tar Heel golfer is: Getting to play and practice at Finley every day
The best thing about Coach Mann is: She does everything she can to make these the best four years of our lives
Person I would like to play a round of golf with: Phil Mickelson
I did this for fun this summer: Traveled to different cities throughout the Upper South while working on my historical research

Thead's Career Tournament Results
Fall 2007 (at Auburn)
Mason Randolph Championship 76-77-77-230 (T66)
Margaret Moses Branch Fall Preview 78-73-76-227 (T51)
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship 77-76-79-232 (T72)*
UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate 71-80-76-227 (27)*
NGCA Collegiate Match Play Championship Individual Record: 1-0
Spring 2008 (at Auburn)
Wildcat Invitational 79-79-84-242 (T67)*
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 75-84-78-237 (T50)*
Bryan National Collegiate 76-83-79-238 (55)
NCAA East Regional 77-75-79-231 (T55)
NCAA Championships 75-78-75-80-308 (T75)
Fall 2008 (at Auburn)
NCAA Fall Preview 77-73-76-226 (T30)
Mason Rudolph Championship 82-79-73-234 (T74)
Tar Heel Invitational 80-76-77-233 (T53)
Derby Invitational 75-74-74-223 (T10)
NGCA Match Play Qualifying 73-74-147 (T24
) Spring 2009 (at Auburn)
UCF Challenge 80-80-78-238 (87)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 79 (T50)
SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational 77-77-76-230 (T13)
NCAA East Regional 79-80-79-238 (T90)
Fall 2009
Duramed Cougar Classic 73-76-74-223 (T34)
Tar Heel Invitational 78-74-78-230 (T64)
NCAA Fall Preview 82-78-79-239 (T75)
Spring 2010
The Challenge at Kinderlou Forest 83-80-83-246 (80)
LSU Tiger/Wave Golf Classic 76-72-76-224 (T15)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 82-77-80-239 (T69)
Bryan National Collegiate 79-73-71-223 (T26)
Tri Match at Ironwood 81-78-159 (T19)
ACC Championships 76-82-85-243 (T36)
NCAA East Regional 73-78-81-232 (T89)
Fall 2010
Cougar Classic 73-76-76-225 (T42)
Mason Rudolph Women's Championship 76-75-75-226 (T67)*
Tar Heel Invitational 73-73-71-217 (T27)*
*Competed as an individual

Thead's Statistics

			RDS CT/
	TN	RDS	PCT	PAR	-PAR	60s	LO	HI	STKS	AVG
2007-08	9	28*	10/62.5	2	0	0	71	84	2172	77.57
2008-09	9	24	16/76.2	0	0	0	73	82	1865	77.71
2009-10	10	29	20/69.0	1	1	0	71	85	2258	77.86
Fall 10	3	9#	1/33.3	0	1	0	71	76	668	74.22
Total	31	90^	26/65.0	2	0	0	71	84	4037	77.63

*Competed 9 rounds as an individual #Competed 6 rounds as an individual ^Competed 15 rounds as an individual