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Latanna Stone Season 2023-24

Height
5'7
Class
Graduate Student
Hometown
Riverview, Fla.
High School
Abeka Academy
Experience
4L

Updated Through July 9, 2023

Curtis Cup – 2022
Palmer Cup – 2020, 2021, 2022
Augusta Women’s National Amateur 8 — 2023
Augusta Women’s National Amateur T2 — 2022
WGCA All-American — 2023 (2nd team)

WGCA All-American – 2021 (honorable mention)
Golfweek All-American — 2023 (2nd team)

Golfweek All-American – 2020 (honorable mention)
All-SEC – 2021, 2023 (first team)
All-SEC – 2020 (second team)
SEC All-Freshman – 2020
WGCA All-American Scholar –2020, 2021
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2020
SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2021, 2023
All-Louisiana – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (First Team)

CAREER STATS
Low (Single Round): 64
-ICON Invitational (February 23, 2021, 3rd round)

Low (Single Round to Par): -8
-ICON Invitational (February 23, 2021, 3rd round)

Low (54 holes): 204
-Green Wave Fall Classic (September 12-13, 2022)
-SEC Championships Medal Play (April 14-16, 2021)

Low (54 holes to Par): -12
-Green Wave Fall Classic (September 12-13, 2022)
-SEC Championships Medal Play (April 14-16, 2021)

Best Career Finish: 1st
— NCAA Regional (May 8-10, 2023)
– Nexus Collegiate (February 13-15, 2023)

No. of Top 10 Finishes: 17
— NCAA Regional (T1, May 8-10, 2023)

–SEC Championships (T6, April 12-14, 2023)
–Nexus Collegiate (1, February 13-15, 2023)
–Battle at the Beach (T6, October 26-28, 2022)
–Green Wave Fall Classic (2, September 12-13, 2022)
– NCAA Stanford Regional (T8, May 9-11, 2022)
— Clemson invitational (T7, March 25-27, 2022)
– Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (T6; Feb. 28-March 2, 2022)
– Jackson T. Stephens Cup (3rd; October 18-20, 2021)
– SEC Championship Medal Play (4th; April 14-16, 2021)
– LSU Tiger Golf Classic (T6; April 6-7, 2021)
– ICON Invitational (T5, February 22-23, 2021)
– Moon Golf Invitational (2nd, February 14-16, 2021)
– Blessings Collegiate Invitational (5th, October 5-7, 2020)
– Florida State Match-Up (T5th; February 29-March 1, 2020)
– Battle at the Beach (T2nd; November 1-3, 2019)
– Princess Anne Invitational (8th; October 4-6, 2019)

No. of Even or Under Par Rounds: 50
No. of Rounds Played: 116
Career Stroke Average: 72.43

SENIOR SEASON (2022-23)
Captured her second individual title at a most opportune time in the NCAA Regional in Palm Beach Gardens, shooting three consecutive rounds of 1-under 71 to finish co-medalist at 3-under 213 … Won her first collegiate tournament in the Bahamas as the Nexus Collegiate with a -6 score of 210 (72-68-70) … Finished second in the Green Wave Fall Classic in New Orleans with a best equaling 54-hole total of 12-under 204 (68-67-69) … Eight rounds in the 60s … For the second straight year qualified for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and for second straight year advanced to the final round at Augusta, finishing solo eighth with a three-day total of even par 216 (73-71-72) … It was the same score she posted a year ago … Part of LSU’s four team wins in the 2022-23 season … Posted a 5-under par round of 67 in the second round of the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale … Career best season total of 20 under par rounds this year, 50 for her career … First-team All-SEC for the second time in her career … Advanced to match play in her first appearance in the R&A’s Women’s Amateur in England in June … Exempt qualifier for the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur in August.

JUNIOR SEASON (2021-22)
Averaged 73.21 for the season … Part of the team that won the SEC Women’s Golf Championship for LSU for the first time in 30 years, going 2-1 in match play … Made clutch putts in both the semifinals and championship match that clinched the title for the Tigers … In the finals against Florida, birdied the last three holes to go from 1 Down to 2 Up at the end … Finished T8 in the NCAA Regional, with -1 212 … In a one-week period in April, selected for the USGA Curtis Cup team that will face Great Britain and Ireland where she finished with a 3-1 record for the winning USA side, including a birdie on the 18th hole of her singles match to score a 1 Up win … Then was selected for the third time for the Palmer Cup in Switzerland … Stone finished with a 1-1-2 mark in the Palmer Cup, winning her singles match, 4&3 … Three top-ten finishes in the golf season, a tie for third in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup …. Best total of the season was a 1-under 215 at the Clover Cup … Best aggregate score was 1-over 214 (73-69-72) … Fired three consecutive rounds of even par 72 to finish T2 in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April … Won two major amateur tournaments in the time between the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semester – the Dixie Amateur (69-69-70-67) at 9-under 275 in Pompano Beach, Florida and won the Orlando Women’s International Amateur for a second straight year with a 12-under 204 (67-67-70) … Three-year career average of 72.74 … Automatic qualifier for the United States Women’s Amateur in August; advanced to Round of 64 in Match Play.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020-21)
Ranked No. 27 in Division I in the Golfstat rankings … Averaged 72.35 for her second season at LSU with 15 rounds of par or under … Stone now has 21 rounds of par or under in her first two years … Consistent first two seasons with a 49-round average of 72.43 … Had her second runner-up finish in his career at the Moon Golf Invitational in a field of 93 after shooting 9-under 207 with rounds of 68-69-70 … Five top 10 finishes during the season … Tied school record by shooting 8-under 64 in the third round of the ICON Invitational (Feb. 23) … Also shot 65 in the SEC Championship Medal Play in the third round (April 16) … Was chosen for the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup in December at Bay Hill and again in 2021, posting a 2-0-2 record to help the United States earn back the Cup … Helped lead LSU back to the NCAA Championships, posting a ninth-place finish.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-20)
Ranked No. 38 in Division I … Had one of the best single season scoring averages in LSU women’s golf history, finishing second on the team with a 72.56 average … That was at the time fifth lowest on the team … Named to the 2020 Palmer Cup United States Team … Top finish was a tie for second at the Battle at the Beach, November 1-3, 2019 … Her 5-under 67 in the second round of the Battle at the Beach was her low round of the season … Her 7-under 209 at the same tournament was her low of the season.

PRIOR TO LSU
Played in the USGA Women’s Amateur Championship in 2012, 2014 and 2017 … Played in the 2016 USGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship … Ranked in the Top 20 in the AJGA Class of 2019 rankings; Named AJGA Junior All-American in October 2019 … Posted four Top 10 finishes in 2019 topped by a 2nd place finish at the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship and a 6th place finish at the Major Champions Invitational … Placed 9th at the 2019 ANA Junior Inspiration and 17th at the 2019 ANNIKA Invitational USA … 2018 AJGA Honorable Mention All-American … Recorded six Top 10 finishes in 2018, including 2nd place at the AJGA Junior at Saddlebrook and 5th place at the Rolex Tournament of Champions … Advanced to match play at the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship … Member of Team USA at the Evian Championship Junior Cup in France in 2015 … Qualified for U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at the ages of 10 and 12.

PERSONAL
Born on September 4, 2001 … Right-handed … Parents are Michael and Yuen Stone … Has four older siblings: MidChai, Sumid, Stacey and Michael … Major is sports administration … Favorite TV Show is The Office … Favorite musical artist Khalid … Enjoys food, shopping and listening to music … Favorite course is Grayhawk … Would love to play with Stephen Curry, Donald Trump and Shaquille O’Neal.

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