Troy University Athletics
2016-17 Golf (W) Roster
Roster
Fátima Fernández Cano
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2017 All-Sun Belt First Team
2016 Sun Belt Golfer of the Year
2016 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2016 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2015 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2014 Sun Belt Conference Individual Champion
2014 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2014 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2014 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2016-17 (Senior)
Enters the NCAA Regional with the second-lowest single-season stroke average in school history - 73.29 ... Finished second at the Sun Belt Championship after tying for fourth at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate and tying for fifth at the 3M Jaguar Invitational in the final two full tournaments of the spring ... Picked up match play victories over No. 11 South Carolina and Old Dominion at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic ... Leads Troy with six rounds under par and four rounds in the 60s ... 27-of-28 rounds have counted towards the team card ... Has finished in the top 25 in eight of 10 events and in the top 10 in five events ... Nationally - ranks 26th in par 5 scoring (4.77) and 98th in stroke average ... Responsible for four of Troy’s lowest five rounds on the season, including a team-low 67 at the Johnie Imes Invitational ... Has the five lowest 36-hole scores of the year on the team and six of the top seven 54-hole scores, including a 3-under 213 at the Johnie Imes Invitational
2015-16 (Junior)
Set the Troy single-season stroke average record with a 72.79 to break her own school record by 1.07 strokes … Now owns three of the four lowest single-season stroke averages in school history, while her 74.07 career stroke average is 2.59 strokes better than any other golfer in school history … Received an at-large selection into the NCAA East Regional … Entered the NCAA East Regional ranked fifth nationally with a 4.02 average on par-4 holes, 18th with a 72.15 stroke average and +0.35 score versus par … Named the Sun Belt Women’s Golfer of the Year – the first Troy golfer – male or female – to earn Sun Belt Golfer of the Year honors and the first women’s golfer in the school’s Division I history to earn a golfer of the year award … Set Troy records for lowest 36-hole and 54-hole scores after shooting an 8-under 136 and an 8-under 208 at the Samford Intercollegiate … Won four of five tournaments from February 28 to April 1 … Won five of her 10 tournaments on the year and posted an average finish of 5.2 leading into the NCAA East Regional … Finished the year with 10 of her 29 rounds under par and with five rounds in the 60s … Tied for 19th at The Schooner Classic, an event that featured seven teams that participated in the 2015 NCAA Regionals
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Finished the season second in the Sun Belt Conference with a 238 national ranking and was the only golfer in the league with a score vs. par under 2.0 on the year ... Ended the season with a 73.86 stroke average and 1.54 score vs. par; both tops in the conference ... Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team for the second straight year ... Won two individual titles on the year -- Chris Banister Golf Classic & John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate -- and finished in the top 10 in five of Troy’s nine tournaments (eight top 25) ... Set the Troy 18, 36 and 54 hole records -- shot a 65 and a 141 at the 3M Jaguar Intercollegiate to set the 18 and 36 hole records and a 210 at the Panther Intercollegiate to set that mark (she actually broke the record at the Jaguar Intercollegiate two weeks earlier with a 214) ... For the season, carded Troy’s top three 54-hole scores, four of the top six 36-hole scores and three of the top five 18-hole scores ... All 29 of her rounds counted towards the team score ... Finished the spring with a 73.36 stroke average ... Shot a 5-under 67 in the final round of the Panther Intercollegiate, which is the second lowest round in Troy history ... Shot 74 or lower in 14 of her 29 rounds and didn’t shoot over a 77 all regular season ... Has three of the top 10 rounds in Troy history this season; four of the top 10 36-hole scores in Troy history and three of the top four 54-hole scores in Troy history ... Her 73.84 stroke average set a Troy single-season record by 1.10 strokes, while her career 74.70 stroke average is the best in school history by 1.98 strokes
2013-14 (Freshman)
Won the Sun Belt Conference Individual Championship after winning a one-hole playoff … Named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and was selected to the Sun Belt All-Conference First Team … Named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament Team after shooting a 5-over 221 (70-80-71) at the SBC Championship … Led Troy with a 75.56 stroke average, which ranked as the second-best in school history … In her third collegiate tournament, shot a 2-over 218 to finish fourth at the Blue Raider Invitational; the second-best 54-hole total in school history and her 36-hole score of 145 was the third-best mark in school history … Tied for third at the USA Women’s Invitational after shooting 223 with a pair of rounds of 73 … Tied for 41st out of 126 at the NCAA East Regional after shooting a 5-over 221 ... Responsible for six of Troy’s top 13 rounds of the year … Tied for ninth in her first collegiate tournament – the Fred Marx Invitational – as Troy set a school record with a 287 in the final round … Has six of Troy’s top-11 54-hole scores of the season … Tied for sixth at the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate with a 224 … Finished in the top 10 in five of 11 events; finished in the top 14 in seven of 11 events … Shot 15 of her 29 rounds at 74 or better with five rounds of par or better
Prep
Member of the Galician Team since 2005 and the Spanish Team since 2012 … Picked up 15 wins in the Galicia Championships and multiple other quality finishes in the Madrid and Spanish Championships … In 2012, picked up another win in the mixed doubles championship, before carding finishes of 14th, 14th, and 10th in the Madrid and Spanish Championships
Personal
Full name is Fatima Fernandez Cano … Born Oct. 23, 1995, in Santiago, Spain … Daughter of Fatima Cano and Eduardo Fernandez … Has two brothers, Luis and Alberto … Majoring in business … At age nine, finished second in the under-10 Galicia Championships and backed that up a year later with a first place result in the same event … From 2004 through 2011, she finished no lower than second in any championship
