2016-17 Women's Golf
Elizabeth Walinder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Andrews HS
- Hometown:
- Andrews, TX
High School -- A 2016 graduate of Andrews High School in Andrews, Texas .. claimed Texas state 4A individual title and led her team to its sixth consecutive state 4A title ... carded rounds of 77 and 70 in the state finals, then won a sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the second hole ... also was medalist in the region finals and placed second in the district finals ... named Athlete of the Year by the Texas Girls High School Coaches Association and twice was named to the Texas all-state team ... also ran cross country at Andrews ... on the Texas Junior Golf Tour in the summer of 2016, Walinder placed second in the Slick Rock Junior Championship, tied for second in the Augusta Pines Major and was fifth in the Onion Creek Junior Championship ... won five junior tournaments in the summer of 2015 and placed third in another ... earned Academic Achievement Awards in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ... member of Community Problem Solvers and Foreign Exchange Club.
Personal -- Daughter of David and Kari Walinder ... one brother, Erik, who played golf at Southwestern University, and one sister, Blake, a rower at Southern Methodist for one year ... wants to be a landscape architect ... enjoys running, hiking and swimming as hobbies ... born February 27, 1998, in Temple, Texas ... majoring in landscape architecture.
