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National Champions

BULLDOG BIOS

GABRIELA COELLO

5-3 ◊ GRADUATE STUDENT ◊ MARACAY, VENEZUELA ◊ SPORT MANAGEMENT ◊ Entered the spring ranked No. 98 by Golfweek ◊ 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll ◊ 2014 & 2015 U.S. Girls Junior qualifier ◊ 9th at the 2012 South American Team Championships

FALL 2020 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Wrapped up the fall ranked No. 98 nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. 2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition. • Qualified for the lineup at The Molly, where she provided a pair of counting rounds. 2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• Participated in 10 of 11 events, including competing individually at the PING/ASU Invitational. • Finished second on the team (tying with Jo Hua Hung) with five par-or-better rounds during 2018-19. • Twice equaled her career-best round with 3-under 69s, doing so on the second days of the Mary Fossum Invitational and the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. • Opened the spring with a trio of top-20s individual efforts at the Duel in the Desert (t-16th), the Lady Puerto

Rico (t-15th) and the Gold Rush (t-ninth)

GABY’S SCORECARD

CAREER STATISTICS

Season T RD STK AVG LOW

’16-17 3 8 609 76.13 70 ‘17-18 11 32 2418 75.56 69 ‘18-19 10 28 2120 75.71 69 ‘19-20 1 3 234 78.00 75 ‘20-21 1 3 226 75.33 74

Totals 26 74 5607 75.77 69

TOP 10 FINISHES: 2 (0/1/1/0/0) TOP 20 FINISHES: 6 (1/2/3/0/0) PAR OR BETTERS: 9 (1/4/4/0/0)

BEST FINISH:

7th – 2018 Gold Rush

LOW ROUND:

69 (-3) – 2019 Puerto Rico 2nd 69 (-3) – 2018 Mary Fossum 2nd 69 (-3) – 2018 PING/ASU 3rd

LOW TOURNAMENT:

219 (+3) – 2019 Gold Rush 219 (+3) – 2018 3M Augusta

2017-18 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• One of two golfers – along with Isabella Skinner – to qualify for the Bulldogs’ lineup for all 11 team events. • Notched four par-or-better loops, all during the spring campaign and headlined by a career-low 3-under in the final round of the PING/ASU Invitational. • Contributed counting scores at a 72.5 percent clip (23.2 of 32 rounds). • Posted both her best individual finish (seventh) and relation-to-par score (3-over 219).

2016-17 RESULTS

79 White Sands ......79-81-76=236T5 T20 Cardinal Kickoff........... 73-79=152 T47 Annika Inter. ..........70-74-78=222 T71 Bryan National........80-78-77=235 2017-18 RESULTS

2016-17 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• Competed in three events and finished the campaign with an average of 76.13. • Earned a spot in the lineup for the first two fall events, posting a 74.80 stroke average in five loops. • Posted her first under-par collegiate loop on the opening day at the Annika Intercollegiate, a 2-under 70 that helped Georgia record the third-best score in program history (10-under 278). PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Ranked as the No. 23 player in the Class of 2016 in the Golfweek/

Sagarin Performance Index entering the summer of 2016. • Qualified for both the 2014 and 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior, advancing to match play both years. • From 2013-16, recorded 14 top-10 and 20 top-20 individual finishes in 31 national level tournaments, including a victory at the 2013 Future Collegians World Tour El Campeon at Mission Inn. • Finished as runner-up in her final junior appearance at the 2016

E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship in July. • Posted four top-10 individual finishes at the Florida High School

Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class A State Championships while at Windermere Prep. Finished third as both a sophomore and a senior, as well as fifth as a freshman and eighth as a junior. • Helped Windermere capture the Class A team title as a freshman in 2012 and to third-place finishes in both 2013 and 2015. • Finished ninth individually at the 2012 South American Junior

Team Championships to help Venezuela place third as a team. • Represented Venezuela at the 2012 Copa Los Andes. PERSONAL:

T66 Minnesota...............74-73-79=226 T43 Annika....................78-77-75=230 T39 Stanford..................72-75-79=226 T11 Ladies Fall................... 73-77=150 T7 Gold Rush..............72-74-76=222 T73 Darius Rucker ........78-75-80=233 14 Augusta..................71-74-74=219 T33 PING/ASU..............72-82-69=223 T31 Liz Murphey............74-78-73=225 T52 SEC Stroke ............78-78-78=234

SEC Match..............................L, L T79 NCAA Regional......74-78-78=230

2018-19 RESULTS

T22 Mary Fossum .........75-69-77=221 T46 Golfweek Chall.......74-79-75=228 T44 Sterling Inter. .........78-79-77=234 T16 Duel in the Desert ...............79=79 T15 Puerto Rico ............75-69-76=220 T9 Gold Rush..............75-72-72=219 T83 Darius Rucker ........79-77-82=238 T62 PING/ASU..............76-78-75=229 T34 SEC Stroke ............71-75-76=224

SEC Match.............................. L-L T61 NCAA Regional......76-76-78=230

2019-20 RESULTS

T43 The Molly................78-75-81=234 2020-21 RESULTS

T42 Liz Murphey Fall.....74-77-75=226

• Born Feb. 12, 1998, Gaby is the daughter of Cynthia Corral-Coello and Nelson Coello. She received her bachelor’s in Sport Management in Dec. 2019 and is now pursuing a master’s Sport Management. • Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Women’s Golf Scholarship for 2018-19 and the Jerman/Bruce

Women’s Golf Scholarship for 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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