| Valentine Derrey |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Paris, France
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| High School:
Lycee Pascal
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| Experience:
2L
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Fall 2008
•Played in the final two tournaments after missing the opening two events due to injury
•Placed third on the Frogs with a 73.5 stroke average
•Finished ninth at the Windy City Classic with an 8-over-par 224 (76-75-73)
•Dropped her score each round in Skokie, Ill.
•Carded a 1-over 217 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
•Shot even par in the second and third rounds
2007-08
•Earned All-America honors from Golfweek as well as the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA)
•Co-Mountain West Conference Player of the Year
•All-Mountain West Conference
•The only Frog to play in all 11 tournaments
•Had five top-10 efforts with a top-20 finish in nine of the 11 events
•Enjoyed a run of four straight top-10 finishes (Lady Paladin Invitational, Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, Regional Challenge, Lady Puerto Rico Classic)
•Her team-best 74.6 stroke average was over three shots better than the next-closest Frog
•Established a TCU record with her opening-round 67 at the NCAA Regional Championship
•Helped her set a Frog mark with a 54-hole score of 6-under 210 (67-70-73) as she finished third individually
•Instrumental in TCU finishing fourth at the NCAA Regionals to earn its first back-to-back appearances at the NCAA National Championship in eight years (1999-00)
•Began the spring with an opening-round 70 at the Regional Challenge
•Posted a pair of 71s en route to a fifth-place finish at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic
•Shot an even-par 72 in the third round of the NCAA National Championship
•Named the Mountain West Conference Golfer of the Month for October and the Co-Golfer of the Month for September
•Did not shoot higher than 74 in nine rounds of competition during the fall season
•Posted a second-round 69 en route to a career-low 216 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, placing seventh individually
•Finished third at the Lady Paladin Invitational with a 221 as TCU won the team championship
•The Frogs' top finisher in all three fall tournaments as she led the team with a 72.7 stroke average
Spring 2007
•Tied for first in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic which was her first tournament played for the Horned Frogs
•Named Mountain West Conference Women's Golfer of the Month for February
•Recorded her lowest round at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with a 67 which also contributed to her lowest 54-hole total of 217
•Finished in second place at the Mountain West Conference Championship with 76-72-73=221
•Competed in every tournament her first semester at TCU
•Recorded three top-10 finishes, including the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, BYU Dixie Classic and the Mountain West Conference Championship
•Had two top-20 finishes with a tie for 11th place at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational and 14th in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
•Placed third on the team in stroke average behind seniors Camille Blackerby and Catherine Matranga
•Was TCU's top golfer in three tournaments
•Finished the 2007 spring with a 75.3 scoring average
Amateur Highlights
•Won the 2005 Junior French Championship (under 18)
•Runner-up at the 2004 and 2005 French Team Championship
•Placed second at the 2005 Duke of York Tournament
•Finished second at the 2004 British Girls Open Amateur Championship and a quarterfinalist at the 2005 event
•While playing for the French team, she captured the 2004 European Ladies Junior qualification
•Posted top-25 finishes at the 2004 and 2005 European Women's Individual Championship
•Part of French National Teams since 2001
Personal
•Business major
•Parents are Pascal and Veronique Derrey
•Has an older sister, Stephanie, who plays golf at North Carolina State
•Enjoys playing tennis and skiing
