Nova Southeastern University Athletics

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021-22)
Fall 2021: Competed in all four tournaments…Twice tied for eighth at both the Jupiter Women’s Invitational and at the Rollins Legends Invitational…Tallied three rounds of par or better…Low round of (-1) 70.

Spring 2022: WGCA All-America Honorable Mention…Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference…Competed in six of seven tournaments… Finished with a scoring average of 74.64…Four Top-20 finishes…Tied for 10^th at Flagler’s World Golf Invitational…Tallied two rounds of par or better… Concluded the season ranked as the No. 28 player in the nation.

AS A SENIOR (2021)
Spring 2021: Second Team All-SSC...Competed in all six tournaments of the season, spanning a total of 18 rounds…Posted a scoring average of 76.94…Carded three rounds at or below par, including a season-low round of (-3) 69 at the Lady Moc Golf Classic (2/22)...Finished among the Top-20 in five of six tournaments…Tied for seventh at the SSC Championship, marking the second Top-10 finish at the event during her career…Averaged 10.60 pars per round…Tied a team high with 28 combined birdies… Selected department-wide as the recipient of the women's golf Ultimate Shark Award…Ranked as the nation’s No. 41 player at the end of the year.

AS A JUNIOR (2019-2020)
Fall 2019: Posted an average score of 74.17 over the course of 12 rounds...Recorded three Top-10 finishes in four tournament appearances, including a tie for second at the NSU Shark Invitational (10/8)...Tied for fourth to open the fall at the BUBBA Burger Jacksonville Classic (10/1)...Carded two rounds at par or better.

Spring 2020: WGCA Second Team All-American…WGCA All-American Scholar…CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Third Team…Member of the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District Women’s At-Large First Team…WGCA All-South Region… Closed the year ranked as the No. 11 player in NCAA Division II…Within the lineup for all three tournaments during the spring…Posted a scoring average of 73.25…Collected a pair of Top-10 finishes, earning ninth at both the World Golf Invitational (2/11) and the Lady Moc Golf Classic (2/18)…Recorded two rounds of par or better, including a season-low (-2) 70 in the opening round of the Lady Moc Golf Classic (2/17)…Failed to shoot worse than 77 over the course of a combined 20 rounds throughout the year…Selected department-wide as the recipient of the women's golf Unsung Hero and Ultimate Shark Awards…Named to the 2020 Spring SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018-2019)
Fall 2018: Appeared in all four tournaments, making three starts...Tied for 11th at the Rollins Legends Invitational (11/6)...Carded a season-low, even-par 72 in the final round of the BUBBA Burger Jacksonville Classic (10/2).
 
Spring 2019: WGCA First Team All-American...Recognized as an Academic All-American by both the WGCA and CoSIDA...WGCA All-South Region selection...First Team All-Sunshine State Conference...Placed on the Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's At-Large First Team...Within the lineup for all seven tournaments...Posted a final adjusted scoring average of 73.73...Closed season as the No. 8 player in NCAA Division II...Recorded five Top-10 finishes, garnering first career win at the World Golf Invitational to open the spring (2/4)...Played 10 rounds at par or better, including nine in the spring, tying for fifth-most in a single year in program history...Set program's low 36-hole total with a score of (-8) 136 at the World Golf Invitational...Season-best rounds of 67 are tied for second-lowest in program history...Tabbed SSC Player of the Week (2/11)...Tied for second at the Lady Moc Golf Classic (2/19)...Tied for seventh at the SSC Women's Championship (4/16)...Named to the 2019 Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017-2018)
Fall 2017: Collected two Top-10 finishes in four starts during the fall...Tied for sixth at the CBU Super Regional...Carded a season-low, even-par 72 in the final round of the NSU GolfRank Invitational to earn a share of ninth.
 
Spring 2018: Appeared in eight tournaments...Posted a scoring average of 76.41...Finished the year ranked as the No. 67 player in the country...Named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team...Posted four Top-20 finishes, including three in the final four events of the year...Led the team with a tie for 15th at the NCAA Division II Championship...Tied for 17th at the Sunshine State Conference Women's Championship...Recorded a season-low, even-par 72 in the opening round of the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational...Selected to the 2018 Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Colegio Juan Zorrilla de San Martin…
 
PERSONAL
Born in Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay… Daughter of Mercedes Marques and Alejandro Garcia Austt...Has two siblings, Sebastian and Maria (she also played for the Sharks  from 2006-2010)...Majoring in Business Management, with minors in International Business, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship… Hobbies are cooking and baking, watching tennis and soccer, and listening to music…Can’t make a list of favorite food cause it wouldn’t fit this page… Names the World Amateur Team Championships in Cancun in 2016 and Ireland in 2018 as the biggest tournaments she has played in...Biggest tournament wins include several times National Champion and “Copa de Oro” held in her home country… Represented Uruguay in 14 South American Championships, and played many other international open events… Names her scholarship at NSU as a big achievement in her career.