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ALISON CRENSHAW

5-3 ◊ GRADUATE ◊ SUWANEE, GA. ◊ SPORT MANAGEMENT ◊ 2020 & 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll ◊ 2018 & 2019 Junior College All-American ◊ 2018 Junior College team national champion (Daytona St.) 2020-21 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• One of nine Bulldogs named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. • Was runner-up to teammate Caterina Don at the Rivermont GCAA Amateur in Johns Creek, Ga., in September 2020. Played the final 36 holes at even-par to wrap up play at 6-over 222. • Participated in three tournaments during the collegiate season, competing for the “black” team in both the fall and spring editions of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and at the SEC Championships. • Posted an eagle-2 at No. 1 (her No. 10 that day) in the second round of the 2021 Liz Murphey – the lone eagle of the 290 attempts there over three days. No. 1 played as the second-toughest hole of the tournament. • Notched her best 18-hole (75) and 54-hole (230) scores at Georgia during the SEC Championships. • Enjoyed a strong summer campaign that included winning the Southeastern Collegiate Golf Tour (SECGT) Cypress

Lakes Collegiate; finishing as runner up at the Lake Oconee Classic, where she posted 2-under 214; and placing third at the North American College Golf (NACG) North Georgia Shootout.

ALISON’S SCORECARD

CAREER STATISTICS

Season T RD STK AVG LOW

‘19-20 1 3 236 78.67 76 ‘20-21 3 9 708 78.67 75

Totals 4 12 944 78.67 75

TOP 10 FINISHES: 0 (0/0) TOP 20 FINISHES: 0 (0/0) PAR OR BETTERS: 0 (0/0)

BEST FINISH:

56th – 2020 Liz Murphey Fall

LOW ROUND:

75 (+3) – 2021 SECs 3rd

LOW TOURNAMENT:

230 (+14) – 2021 SECs

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

2019-20 RESULTS

79 White Sands ......79-81-76=236T5 • • Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition. Made her Georgia debut in the lineup at the White Sands Invitational and chipped in a counting 4-over 76 in the 56 2020-21 RESULTS Liz Murphey Fall.....77-76-82=235 final round in the Bahamas. T85 Liz Muphrey............81-81-81=243 • Tied for 13th at the 2020 Georgia Women’s Open in June, one of five current and former Bulldogs who notched 66 SECs......................77-78-75=230 top-25 finishes in the tournament. • Finished seventh at the 2020 Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship on The Landings Golf Club’s Oakridge Course in Savannah in July. DAYTONA STATE HIGHLIGHTS:

• A two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American, tabbed first-team as a sophomore and second-team as a freshman. • Competed in 10 of 11 events for the Falcons as a sophomore, compiling a 78.32 average over 25 rounds. • Notched her top individual finish during 2018-19 at the NJCAA National Championships, placing sixth individually after shooting 74-77-77=228. • Helped Daytona State to a runner up finish in the team field at the 2019 NJCAA nationals. • Improved her stroke average by nearly four shots per round during the spring, posting an 80.67 in the fall and improving to a 77.00 mark thereafter. • Competed in the 2019 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, tying for 52nd in the stroke play qualifying portion of the tournament. • As a freshman in 2017-18, competed in nine of 11 tournaments on the Falcons’ schedule, including all six spring events. • Fired an even-par 72 in the final round of the 3M Augusta Invitational and vaulted 18 spots on the individual leaderboard in the process. • After competing individually in her first six tournaments, joined Daytona State’s playing five for the 2018 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and remained in the lineup for the remainder of the season. • Placed 10th individually after shooting 81-77-74-75=307 at the 2018 NJCAA National

Championships, a key component in the Falcons’ 40-shot win over the rest of the field. PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Attended Lambert High School, where she helped the Longhorns capture four consecutive state championships from 2014-17. • Tied for seventh individually along with teammate Kate Owens at the 2017 Georgia Class 7A State Tournament as a senior. • Lambert’s top individual finisher at the 2017 state championships and then helped the

Longhorns defeat Mill Creek in a sudden-death playoff with Mill Creek after 36 holes. • Played at Lambert with five teammates who went on to play Division I golf – Auburn’s

Kayley Marschke and Michaela Owen, James Madison’s Kate Owens, Mercer’s Lauren

Lightfritz and Navy’s Christine McDonnell. • In 2016, tied for runner-up honors at the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) Georgia

Club Junior Classic in 2016 and finished sixth at the SJGT’s Furman Junior Classic, a tournament won by current Georgia teammate Caroline Craig. • Notched top-5 finishes in five events played on the Georgia PGA Junior Tour in 2014 and 2016, headlined by a two-shot victory the 2016 Chattahoochee Junior Classic. PERSONAL:

• Born April 13, 1999, Alison is the daughter of Selena and Michael Crenshaw. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Sport Management in May 2021 and is currently pursuing a master’s in Sport Management.

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