BULLDOG BIOS
LORALIE COWART 5-4
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FRESHMAN
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CARROLLTON, GA.
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MARKETING
◊ 2020 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American ◊ 2021 Georgia High School Player of the Year ◊ 2020 National HS Golf Association Champion PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS: •
An honorable mention member of the 2020 AJGA Rolex Junior All-America team who was ranked No. 20 nationally when she signed with the Bulldogs. • Named 2021 Georgia High School Player of the Year for all classifications by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association. Playing for Carrollton High School, shot 1-over 143 to capture a 5-stroke victory in the 2021 Georgia Class 6A state tournament. • A 10-time winner in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) and Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) events between 2018-20. • Won the 2020 National High School Golf Association Invitational, leading wire-to-wire at Pinehurst Resort and birdieing her final two holes to clinch the two-stroke victory. • Earned medalist honors at the 2020 GSGA Girls Junior Championship. Also finished as runnerup at the 2021 GSGA Girls’, third at the 2020 GSGA Women’s Match Play Championship (where she lost 1-up to UGA teammate Jenny Bae in the semifinals) and 10th at the 2021 Georgia Women’s Amateur. • Teamed with Ava Merrill to reach the quarterfinals of the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur 4-Ball Championship at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. The duo tied for 22nd in stroke play qualifying and then won their round of 32 (2-and-1) and round of 16 (1-up) matches before falling to Gianna Clemente and Avery Zweig (1-up). • Qualified for the Four-Ball Championship by teaming with Merrill to shoot 66 and win a qualifier at Country Club of Roswell. • Wrapped up the 2020 calendar with a quartet of strong performances in AJGA events, winning the Callaway Golf Junior Classic while also finishing as runner-up at the Rome Junior Classic, tying for fifth at the AJGA Girls Championships and placing 12th at the PING Invitational. • Tabbed the 2018 SJGT Player of the Year after notching five wins and three additional runner-up finishes in nine tournaments. • All told between 2016-28, notched seven wins and 15 top-5 finishes in 16 SJGT tournaments. Her victories came at the Highlands Oaks Junior Classic and the Wynlakes Shootout in 2020 and the Highland Oaks Junior Classic, Chattahoochee Junior Classic, Berkeley Hills Junior Classic, SJGT Championship at Sea Island and the SJGT Tournament of Champions in 2018. • Attended Central-Carroll High School prior to 2020 and finished second and fourth at the GHSA Class 4A state championships as a sophomore and freshman, respectively. Note the 2020 state tourney was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PERSONAL:
• Born April 10, 2003, LoraLie is the daughter of Kim and Eric Cowart and intends to major in marketing. • Her older sister, Ainsley, also is a collegiate golfer. She competed at Troy as a freshman in 2019-20 before transferring to West Georgia and earning AllAmerica honors in 2010-21.
JUNIOR ALL-AMERICANS PLENTIFUL FOR BULLDOGS Current Bulldogs Jenny Bae and LoraLie Cowart are latest in a long list of UGA golfers who arrived in Athens following celebrated junior careers. All told, 26 Georgia golfers have combined to secure 62 AJGA Junior All-America certificates. Most notably, Vicki Goetze was a six-time first-team AJGA AllAmerican and also was named National Golfer of the Year in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Goetze, of course, went on to an equally impressive two-year collegiate career when she captured medalist honors at the 1992 NCAA Championships and won individual titles in seven of 22 tourneys. A complete list of Georgia’s junior All-American honorees features some of college golf’s biggest stars since the award’s inception in 1979. Jenny Bae – 2016 (HM); Jackie Beers – 2000 (HM), 2001, 2002 (HM); Yunny Cho – 1999, 2000 (2nd), 2001 (HM); LoraLie Cowart – 2020 10 • 2021-22 georgia golf
(HM); Shauna Estes – 1993 (2nd), 1994, 1995, 1996; Abbi Francis – 2001 (HM); Vicki Goetze – 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988*, 1989*, 1990*; Laura Henderson – 1996 (HM), 1997 (HM); Mallory Hetzel – 2001 (HM), 2002 (HM), 2004, 2005 (2nd); Jillian Hollis – 2014; Angela Jerman – 1996, 1997, 1998 (2nd); Alina Lee – 2004 (2nd), 2005 (HM); Taylor Leon – 2003 (2nd), 2004 (2nd); Allison Martin – 2001, 2002; Rinko Mitsunaga – 2011 (HM), 2013 (HM), 2014 (2nd); Erin O’Neil – 1990 (2nd), 1991 (2nd), 1992 (2nd); Cindy Pleger – 1978, 1979; Reilley Rankin – 1995 (HM), 1996, 1997 (2nd); Milena Savich – 2007 (HM); Cindy Schreyer – 1980 (2nd), 1981 (2nd); Martha Stacy – 1978; Bailey Tardy – 2013 (HM), 2014, 2015; Sue Thomas – 1983 (2nd), 1984 (2nd); Lisa Tyler – 2000 (HM), 2001 (HM); Whitney Wade – 1999 (HM), 2000 (HM), 2001 (2nd), 2002, 2003 (HM).
