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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa

2018-19 Women's Golf Roster

Alexa Popowitz

  • Class Senior
  • High School St. Andrew's
  • Hometown Boca Raton, Fla.

Biography

2017-18: Appeared in all 11 tournaments, playing 33 rounds, as a junior … Recorded a 76.94 stroke average with three top-10 finishes and had five rounds of even or under par … Fired a season-best round of 3-under par 69, winning the Rutgers Invitational in the season opener with a 3-over par 219 … Finished 11th with a 17-over par 233 at the BIG EAST Championship … Carded a 76-over par 234 at the NCAA Austin Regional … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2016-17: The BIG EAST Player of the Year ... An All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Leads the team with a 75.03 stroke average ...Tied for the team lead in rounds played (29) ... Posted eight top-20 finishes ... Three top-10 finishes ... Won her first collegiate event with a 3-over par 219 at the Hoya Invitational ... Tied for third place at the William & Mary Invitational (8-over par 224) ... Finished in fourth place at the BIG EAST Championship, shooting a 7-over par 223 ... Posted a 75.36 stroke average in the fall, closing out the campaign with four-straight top-20 finishes ... Four top-20 finishes in five outings during the spring.

2015-16: Popowitz appeared in nine tournaments ... Tied for first on the team with 25 rounds played ... Third on the team with a 77.60 stroke average ... All-BIG EAST Second Team selection ... BIG EAST Freshman of the Year ... Five top-20 finishes ... Best finish was tied for fifth at the Hoya Women's Invitational, carding a 19-over par 235 ... Finished in seventh place at the BIG EAST Championship (18-over par 234) ... Tied for 10th at the Fresno State Classic (3-over par 147) ... Tied for 14th place at the Lady Paladin Invitational (6-over par 222) ... Tied for 16th place at the UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational (16-over par 232) ... Tied for 31st place at the Princeton Invitational (19-over par 163) ... Tied for 35th place at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate (17-over par 233) ... Tied for 59th place at the ORU/SFA Spring Break Invite (25-over par 235) ... Finished in 64th place at the Yale Women's Intercollegiate (26-over par 239).

High School: A graduate of Saint Andrew's School ... Coached by Barbara Mizrahie ... A member of the varsity team at Saint Andrew's for seven years (from seventh grade until her senior year in high school) ... Served as team captain and played No. 1 as a junior and senior ... Qualified for the Florida High School State Championship from 2011-15 (from eighth grade through senior year in high school) ... Posted top-10 finishes as a junior and senior ... Sun Sentinel and Palm Beach Post first team all-county in final three years of high school ... Won the St. Andrew's School Athletic Award: Order of the Tartan, recognizing a senior who has taken their talents to the highest level of athletic achievement through perseverance, courage and integrity ... Won Francis Oumiet Junior title in 2013 ... Won AJGA Preseason Junior Tournament at Innisbrook (April 2014) ... Named Golfweek Magazine Player of the Week for April 14, 2014 ... Posted top-10 finish at Junior North & South Amateur ... District champion junior and senior year and fired a 64 as a junior ... Regional champion when she shot a 67 as a senior ... Father, Stuart, was a rower at Colgate (1983-85), and her uncle, Michael, rowed at Dartmouth.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior