Colorado University Athletics
Women's Golf Signs Simich to NLI
January 23, 2007 | Women's Golf
BOULDER, Colo. - University of Colorado women's golf coach Anne Kelly has signed Stephanie Simich (Mississauga, Ont.) to a National Letter of Intent, Kelly announced Tuesday. Simich represents the lone addition to the Buffaloes for the 2007-08 school year.
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Simich will be CU's fourth Canadian on the roster, as she joins current sophomore Lindsay Caljouw and freshmen Julie Kim and Dominique Pytlewski on the Buffalo squad.Â
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KELLY ON SIMICH - "Stephanie is a very talented golfer and an exciting player to watch. She is young, just turning 17 last fall, and is just beginning to discover how good she can become. Stephanie is a long hitter and will probably be one of the longest ball strikers in women's collegiate golf. She has a strong work ethic which she has learned from her family - all of whom are talented athletes and hardworking people. Stephanie has a warm, friendly outgoing personality that should help her make the adjustment into college and college golf pretty easily. She is not afraid of new challenges and lofty goals in golf that both Brent and I look forward to helping her achieve. Stephanie is eager to play with her new teammates and is excited about becoming a Buff in 2007!"
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Stephanie Simich - 6-0 - Mississauga, Ont. (Clarkson Secondary)
JUNIOR CAREER- Simich represented Team Ontario from 2004-06 at the Canadian Nationals. She was also a member of the Marlene Streit Awards Team in 2005 and 2006. She was a semifinalist last year at the Women's Western Junior Open, took fourth at the Ontario Juniors and also won the 14 and under national championship in 2004. Simich also won the Cleveland, Ohio, qualifier for the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur Links. She is currently ranked fifth in Ontario for this year. Her home course is the Public Player Milcroft Golf and Country Club, where her best round is a two-under par 70. Her best career round in competition was a two-under par 70 in the MCI Junior Qualifier at the Ocean Course.Â
IN THE CLASSROOM - Simich hopes to major in marketing at Colorado, and is also interested in management. She was twice named the Student Athlete of the Month at Clarkson Secondary.
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PERSONAL -Stephanie Simich was born Sept. 11, 1989 in Toronto. She is the daughter of Thomas and Anne Simich, and has two older brothers. Ryan, 23, is a former professional boxer and Darrell (20), is a major junior hockey player with the St. Michael Majors.
