Florida Gators

Maria Torres
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (Cupeyville School)
 
COLLEGIATE HONORS
2017 WGCA First Team All-American
2017 GolfWeek First Team All-American
2017 SEC First Team 
2016 WGCA Honorable Mention All-American
2016 SEC Golfer of the Year
2016 Baton Rouge All-Region Team
2016 SEC First Team
2016 SEC Golfer of the Week
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
2014 SEC Freshman of the Week
 
2016-17 BESTS
Low Round: 66 (2x; 2017 Briars Creek Invite - First, 2017 Gator Invite - Third)
Low Tournament: 205 (Gator Invitational)
Best Finish: 1 (3x: 2017 Florida Challenge, 2017 Gator Invite, 2017 Briar's Creek)
 
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 66 (2x; 2017 Briars Creek Invite - First, 2017 Gator Invite - Third)
Low Tournament: 205 (2017 Gator Invitational)
Best Finish: 1 (5x: 2017 Florida Challenge, 2017 Gator Invite, 2017 Briar's Creek, 2016 Alamo Invitational; 2016 SEC Championship)
 
SENIOR SEASON (2016-17)

• Led the team with three medalist finishes
• Awarded Golfweek and WGCA First Team All-American honors
• First player since 2007 to be named a First Team honoree
• Team’s Top Individual Finisher at the NCAA Championship
• Surpassed junior season with a season stroke average of 71.71, setting the school record for lowest single-season stroke average
• Won the Gator Invite and won Briar’s Creek
• Member of the 2017 SEC First Team

JUNIOR SEASON (2015-16)

• Became the first female Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year in UF history since 1990
• Named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
• Member of the 2016 SEC First Team
• Was named SEC Golfer of the Week for the first time after a T5 finish at the SunTrust Gator invitational
• Her season stroke average of 72.03 set the school record for lowest single-season stroke average
• Was the first Gator to win the SEC Championship tournament title since 2003
• Her -9 (207) at the SEC Championship was a collegiate-best, and ranks second in school history
• Claimed two individual tournament titles, 10 top-25 finishes, and five top-10 finishes
• Named to the 2016 Baton Rouge All-Region Team after a T7 finish
• Member of the 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll

• After missing the season-opener, competed in the Gators’ lineup in every tournament including the two postseason competitions
• Competed in 29 rounds for a stroke average of 75.03, third-best on the team
• Recorded three even or under par rounds throughout the season, including a season-low of 71 in Rounds 1 and 2 of the Landfall Tradition
• Led the Gators at the Landfall Tradition, with an even par 54-hole score of 216 – a season-best mark
• Best finish came at the 2015 Florida Challenge, where Torres tied for fifth
• Combined for a total of five top-25 finishes and two top-10 finishes
• Was the second-best Gator finisher at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 228 total, helping the Gators to the tournament title

• Named to the 2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
• Was named SEC Freshman of the Week following her team-leading performance at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans
• Finished just one-over par in two of her first three collegiate tournaments, the Cougar Classic (217) and the Alamo Invitational (217)
• Combined for a total of five top-25 and two top-10 finishes in her freshman season – both second-best on the team
• Ended her first collegiate year with a 74.1 stroke average in 33 rounds, second on the team
• Fired a personal-best 69 in the final round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl
• Collected her first under-par tournament score at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and shot a stellar 210 (-6) to place T-3 individually – both personal bests
• Led the Gators at her first SEC Championship with a final score of 219 (+3) and placed in the top-5 individually

• 2016 World Amateur Team Championship 
• Tied for ninth at the 2015 Canadian Women's Amateur Championship, with a score of 289 (76-72-69-72)
• Represented Puerto Rico at the 2015 PanAmerican Games, finishing T-16
• Was named an honorable mention in the 2013 Rolex Junior All-American AJGA
• Competed for Puerto Rico in the 2014 World Amateur Team Championships, led her country to a T25th place finish, carding a 291 (+3)
• Represented Puerto Rico in the 2013 World Amateur Team Championships, helping her country to a 20th place finish (+7) and carding the lowest score among the players from Puerto Rico
• Took first place individually at the 2012 TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook shooting 72-70-70
• Won the 2012 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship (75-73-66-74) by edging USA’s Nicole Morales by the single stroke she gained at the 72nd hole
• Named to the 2012 AJGA All-American Second Team
• Finished among the top 20 juniors in the world at the Duke of York Young Champions Tournament in Ayrshire, Scotland in September 2012