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2021-22 Women's Golf Roster

Joshua R. Gateley
Parker Waters
Parker Waters

Serena Shah

  • Class SR
  • Hometown Carrollton, Texas
  • Previous School Hebron High School

Biography

Year Rounds Stroke Avg. Best Finish
2018-19 12 79.08 T42nd, Trinity Forest Invitational
2019-20 20 75.15 T3rd, Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
2020-21 21 75.62 T9th, AAC Championship
Career 53 76.23 T3rd, Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
Best Round: 67 (-5), The Bruzzy (1st, Mar. 28, 2021); Best 54 Holes: -5 (214), Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (Feb. 16-18, 2020)

About Serena
  • Finished T9th at the 2021 AAC Championship
  • Has 14 career par-or-better rounds and nine career top-25 finishes
  • 2022 All-AAC Team
  • Three-time WGCA All-American Scholar and four-time AAC All-Academic Selection
2021-22: Over career high 33 rounds averaged 76.30 strokes, fourth on the team... Best finish of the year at AGT Intercollegiate (3/28-3/30) of 3rd place, shooting season best 54-hole total of -2 (214). Shot -3 (69) third round for personal season best... Tied for 7th place at AAC Championship (4/17-4/19) with score of +8... Four top 15 finishes on the season... named to All-AAC Team for the first time in her career... Five par or better rounds throughout the season, including four under par rounds... WGCA All-American Scholar… AAC All-Academic Team

2020-21: Averaged 75.62 strokes over 21 rounds, the second-best mark on the team of players who completed double-digit rounds … Finished the season strong, posting a then-season-best finish in four of her last five tournaments … tied for ninth at the AAC Championship (Apr. 18-20), shooting two rounds of 74 and one of 75 to finish +7 … Had her best 54-hole score at the previous tournament, the Lone Star Invitational (Apr. 12-13), shooting E with scorecards between 71 and 73 each round … Finished T11th at the Lone Star Invitational, one of three top-20 finishes on the year … Wrote a season-best 67 on her scorecard in the first round of The Bruzzy (Mar. 28) … Tied for 17th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, her second straight top-20 in that event … WGCA All-American Scholar … AAC All-Academic Team
 
Date Tournament Finish Score
Feb. 15-16 Rebel Beach Intercollegiate T40th +15 (82-72-77=231)
Feb. 22-23 Icon Invitational T67th +16 (80-76-76=232)
Mar. 9-10 Maryb S. Kauth Invitational T27th +19 (79-76-80=235)
Mar. 14-16 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate T17th +11 (80-73-74=227)
Mar. 28-29 The Bruzzy T46th +8 (67-79-78=224)
Apr. 12-13 Lone Star Invitational T11th E (71-73-72=216)
Apr. 18-20 AAC Championship T9th +7 (75-74-74=223)
Summer 2020: Earned medalist honors at the 2020 Women's Stroke Play Championship.

2019-20: Averaged 75.15 strokes in 20 rounds … Tied for third at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (Feb. 16-18), shooting a 5-under 214 … Posted five rounds of par-or-better, including two scorecards of 4-under … Opened with a 69 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate … Closed with a 68 at the Icon Invitational (Feb. 24-25) … Tied for 14th at the White Sands Invitational (Oct. 28-30), shooting an even-par 216 … Finished 28th at the SMU/DAC Invitational (Feb. 3)... AWARDS: Named a WGCA All-American Scholar … AAC All-Academic Team
 
Date Tournament Finish Score
Sept. 9-10 Trinity Forest Invitational T38th +13 (76-76-77=229)
Sept. 23-25 Golfweek Conference Challenge T59th +12 (74-78-76=228)
Oct. 12-13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite T52nd +12 (81-73-74=228)
Oct. 28-30 White Sands Invitational T14th E (71-73-72=216)
Feb. 3 SMU/DAC Invitational 28th +21 (90-75=165)
Feb. 16-18 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate T3rd -5 (69-71-74=214)
Feb. 24-25 Icon Invitational T43rd +7 (77-78-68=223)

2018-19 (Fr.): Competed in four events … played 12 rounds … logged a 79.08 scoring average … posted a season low round of 73 at the Icon Invitational … best finish was a tie for 42nd at the Trinity Forest Invitational … AAC All-Academic Team
 
Date Tournament Finish Score
Oct. 29-30 Trinity Forest Invitational T42nd +14 (74-78-78=230)
Feb. 25-26 Icon Invitational T57th +15 (80-78-73=231)
Mar. 12-13 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational T59th +22 (77-85-76=238)
Apr. 1-2 The Bruzzy 79th +24 (81-76-83=240)

Prep: Hebron High School's Shah won the City of Dallas Junior Championship in both 2016 and 2017, becoming the first junior to win back-to-back in 30 years … Finished first at the 6A UIL Texas Girls Regionals and Legends North Texas Classic in 2016 … boast first-place finish at the 2017 National Par 3 Academy … A team captain, Shah led Hebron to two 6A State Championships …  qualified for the 2016 Women's USGA Four-Ball Championship.

Awards
WGCA All-America Scholar (2020, 2021)
AAC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2021)

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19FR

  • 2019-20SO

  • 2020-21SO

  • 2021-22SR