Candace Schepperle Season 2008-09

Candace Schepperle Season 2008-09

ClassJunior
HometownBirmingham, Ala.

2010 NGCA Honorable Mention All-American
2010 Curtis Cup Team, First Alternate
2010 All-SEC Second Team
2009 U.S. Open Participant
2009 U.S. Amateur Quarterfinalist
2009 NGCA First-Team All-American
2009 GolfWeek First-Team All-American
2009 SEC Golfer of the Year
2009 All-SEC First Team
2008 Golf World Mid-Season All-American
2008 All-SEC Second Team
2007 SEC Freshman of the Year
2007 All-SEC Second-Team

Senior Year (2009-10)
Named an NGCA honorable mention All-American... Ranked 37th in the nation in the final GolfWeek/Sagarin ratings... Finished with a 73.69 stroke average, second-best on the team and eighth-best all-time at Auburn... Named All-SEC Second Team, making her a four-time All-SEC selection... All-SEC Community Service Team... Selected as first alternate for the 2010 United States Curtis Cup team... Completed her career with a 73.91 stroke average, a mark that ranks third all-time at Auburn... Competed in the LPGA[apos]s Kraft Nabisco Championship for the second-consecutive year, carding rounds of 79 and 76, respectively... Missed the cut at the Kraft Nabisco Championship after finishing in a tie for 103rd... Posted five top-ten finishes in eight tournaments... Opened the season by taking a tie for 29th at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play (76-75--151)... Tied her career best with a first-round 66 at the Mason Rudolph Championship, helping her finish in a tie for seventh (66-73--139)... Carded an even-par 216 to finish in a tie for sixth at the Tar Heel Invitational (71-72-73--216)... Capped off the Fall season by finishing in a tie for 10th at the NCAA Fall Preview (75-68-76--219)... Finished in a tie for 50th at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational (80-76--156) to open the spring season... Posted a round of 76 at the Auburn Invitational to tie for tenth... Her best finish came at the Tiger/Wave Golf Classic, where she finished fourth with a 76-76-67--219 tournament total... Finished in a tie for 28th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (76-81-74--231)... Placed in a tie for 17th at the SEC Championship with rounds of 72-72-72--216...Tied for 19th at the NCAA East Regional Championship, carding a 2-over-par 218 total... Carded an 8-over-par tournament total at the NCAA Championship, tying for 43rd with a 73-71-74-78--296 performance... Finished second on the team with six sub-par rounds, three of which were scored in the 60s... Ranks in a tie for seventh all-time at Auburn in career tournaments played with 44.

Junior Year (2008-09)
Tied for eighth at the NCAA East Regional (71-70-75--216)... Earned NGCA and GolfWeek First-Team All-America honors... Named the 2009 SEC Golfer of the Year, becoming the seventh Auburn player ever to receive the award... Selected to the All-SEC First Team... Led the team in all but three tournaments... Finished with a team-best 72.00 stroke average... Ranked fifth in the nation by Golfweek after spending part of the Spring season at No. 1... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women[apos]s Amateur, falling 5-and-4 to Jennifer Johnson... Made the cut and finished 70th at the U.S. Women[apos]s Open (73-78-76-79--306)... Competed in the LPGA[apos]s Kraft Nabisco Championship, carding an even-par 72 in the first round before posting an 86 in the second round... Missed the cut at the Kraft Nabisco after finishing in a tie for 87th... Has recorded top ten finishes in all nine tournaments... Tied for 10th at the SEC Championship (71-74-73--218)... Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Fall Preview, carding a career low 66 in the second round (73-66-77--216)... Turned in a second place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championships shooting a 67-70-72--209, for a season low... Led the team with two fourth place finishes at the Derby Invitational (71-73-72--216) and at the Hooter[apos]s Match Play (70-70--140)... Also finished ninth at the Tar Heel Invitational (72-80-69--221)... Earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors for the first week of November... Also named SEC Women[apos]s Golfer of the Month for September... Won two amateur tournaments over Winter break... Won the Dixie Amateur with a 14-under-par 274... Picked up her second win at the Harder Hall Invitational posting a final-round 7-under-par 65 to finish the tournament 13-under par 275... Has finished in the top five in three of the four spring tournaments... Finished runner-up at the Central District Invitational with rounds of 70-69-75--214... Was tied for third at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with an even-par 72... Tied for fourth at the Central Florida Challenge (73-70-68--211) and tied for ninth at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational (73-79-75--227)... Posted four rounds in the 60s along with a team-best nine sub-par rounds.... Auburn[apos]s representative on the SEC Community Service Team.

Sophomore Year (2007-08)
Finished with a 75.08 stroke average, second lowest on the team... Averaged 75.18 in spring play... Ranked No. 52 in the country... Tied for 75th at the NCAA Championship (69-82-79-78--308)... Came in 14th at the NCAA East Regional (74-76-71--221)... Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors... Tied for seventh at the SEC Championship (74-75-72--221)... Tied for 21st at the Bryan National Collegiate (78-77-75--230)... Turned in highest finish of the season at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, leading Auburn and tying for seventh (72-78-74--224)... Tied for 47th at the UCF Challenge... Led Auburn with a 24th place finish at the Wildcat Invitational (74-76-77--227)... Finished the fall with a 74.93 stroke average and had two top 20 finishes... Tied for 13th at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate (78-72-74--224)... Finished tied for 37th at the UT Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, tied for 61st at the Lady Tar Heel Invite and tied for 55th at the Margaret Moses Branch Fall Preview... Opened the season with a 15th place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship, carding a then-career low 69 in the opening round (69-76-72--217).

Freshman Year (2006-07)
Finished the season ranked 42nd in the Golfweek rankings... Concluded the season with a 74.55 stroke average... Led the Tigers with a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championship (79-72-74-73--298)... Tied for 48th at the NCAA East Regional... Voted SEC Freshman of the Year... Named Second Team All-SEC... Tied for 25th at the SEC Championship (75-73-79--227)... Tied for 18th at the Bryan National Collegiate... Finished in a tie for 16th at the Liz Murphey Classic... Turned in back-to-back top-10 finishes at the LSU/Cleveland Classic and Lady Puerto Rico Classic... Tied for eighth at LSU (74-73-72--219), while turning in a season low 218 in Puerto Rico (72-72-74)... Finished 2-1-1 at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play... Tied for 17th at the Derby Invitational, carding a 77-75--152... Shot a 73-76-75--224 and finished tied for 19th at the Mercedes-Benz Women[apos]s Collegiate... Was the low individual for Auburn at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational after shooting a 76-78-70--224 and placing in a tie for 11th... Opened her collegiate career with a 76-73-78--227 to finish tied for 40th at the NCAA Fall Preview.

Prep & Junior
Finished her junior career as the 46th-ranked junior in the nation according to the 2006 Polo Golf Rankings... Named a Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association in 2005 and 2006... Won the Ringold Telephone Company Junior Classic with a 69-68-75--212 in 2005 and placed third in the event in 2006... Earned Medalist honors at the Women[apos]s State Amateur Championship with a 6-under 213.

Personal
Full name is Candace Jeanne Schepperle... Born on July 13, 1988... Native of Birmingham... Daughter of Kim and David Schepperle... Her sister Abigale is a former member of the Auburn women[apos]s golf team, playing from 2004-08.

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Sophomore
2007-08