ALISON MEYER CLAIMS MINNESOTA STATE AMATEUR TITLE

Ferris State Senior Earns Top Individual Medalist Honors At State Tournament

Senior Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn./Central) of the 2008-09 Ferris State University women's golf team was crowned the individual medalist at the 2008 Minnesota Women's Golf State Amateur Tournament this summer, which was held at the Edina Country Club near Minneapolis, Minn.

Meyer, who was a 2007-08 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division II Women's Collegiate Golf All-America Honorable Mention selection, started the tournament with a round of 81 before firing consecutive rounds of one under par 72 scores to wrap up the 54-hole tourney. She finished four shots ahead of former champion Claudia Pilot and Olivia Lansing, the state's top-ranked golfer.

"Winning a tournament like this has given me a ton of confidence," said Meyer to the Duluth News Tribune. "I'd love to be on the LPGA Tour some day; it's been a dream for years and years."

A 2007-08 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) First-Team pick, Meyer registered a team second-best and a career-best 77.93 stroke average (2,338 total strokes) in 30 rounds for the 2007-08 season. She produced 10 top-20 place performances, which included seven in the top 10.

Meyer, a two-time (2006-07 and 2007-08) all-conference first-team performer, enters the 2008-09 season currently ranking third on Ferris State's all-time strokes leaders list with a 79.00 stroke average (6,004 total strokes) in 76 rounds of competition. In her three-year (2005-08) career, Meyer has generated 23 top-20 place efforts with five occurring among the top five individuals.

Meyer was the individual medalist at the 2006-07 GLIAC Championships with a 12-over par 228 three-round stroke total and also was the 2006-07 team's recipient of the Bulldog Award, which is presented annually to a women's golf team student-athlete who displays dedication and hard work.

The Bulldog senior helped Ferris State to a fourth-place showing at the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships (May 13-16) in Houston, Texas, by carding a team-leading seventh-place tying 300-stroke total in the national tourney event.