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2009-10 Women's Golf

Claire Sheldon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Milton, Mass.
  • High School Milton Academy
  • House Affiliation Adams

Biography

2009-10 (Senior)
Recorded an 10th place individual finish at the Ivy LeagueChampionship with a three-round total of 84-75-82-241 to record anall-second team honor for the weekend and her third selection tothe All Ivy league teams in her career ... Named team captain atthe team''s annual awards banquet ... Helped Harvard to a seventhplace finish at the Golfweek Challenge in Primm, Nev. with a 66thplace individual finish ... Helped Harvard to a second placefinish at the Princeton Women''s Invitational with a 12th placeindividual finish ... Helped Harvard to a win at the Yale FallIntercollegiate with a 10th place individual finish ...Individual medalist in a dual meet win over Lynn University,winning by three shots with a 72 as Harvard won by 28 strokes witha 298 overall ... Placed second at the Dartmouth SpringInvitational (74-74-148) as Harvard won the tournament by 38 shots... Placed 11th overall at the ROAR-EE Invitational (78-75-153) asHarvard won the 14-team event by 10 shots.

2008-09 (Junior)
One of three Harvard golfers to earn All-Ivy League honors afterplacing third overall at the Ivy League Championships ... Earnedteam''s Warren Smith Sportsmanship Award ...Placed fifth at theDartmouth Fall Women''s Invitational and posted the best Sundayscore of the field (73) ...Placed fourth at the Yale FallIntercollegiate (73) as the Crimson won its third-straighttournament of the fall season.

2007-08 (Sophomore)
Prepared for the intercollegiate season by winning the WGAMMassachusetts Amateur championship at The Country Club ... One ofthree players to earn All-Ivy League honors after placing third.Her second round score of 68 led the field ... Placed among the top10 in six of her seven tournaments with two wins and five top-fourfinishes ... Tied for fourth at the Dartmouth Invitational byranking second in par 4 scoring ... First place at the ECACChampionships hosted by William & Mary after posting a day onescore of 68 to lead by seven strokes . She led the field in par andpar 5 scoring as well as birdies ... Made it two straight wins byclaiming the Gutshall Invitational by seven strokes ... Second atthe Dartmouth Triangular ... 10th at the Roar-ee Invitational byleading the field in birdies and placing second in par 3scoring

2006-07 (Freshman)
Was fourth on the team in stroke average (79.62) after playing inseven tournaments as a freshman ... Registered three top-10finishes ... Took sixth in a 58-player field at the Roar-eeInvitational (82-80--162) ... Started the season with aseventh-place showing at the Dartmouth Invitational (78-75--153)... Shot a low 18-hole round of 74 as part of an 18th-place finishat the Mid Pines Invitational (81-78-74--233).

Background
Won six varsity letters in golf at Milton Academy ... Was afive-time letterwinner in ice hockey and a three-year letterwinnerin field hockey ... Three-time golf team MVP ... Captained golfteam as a junior and senior ... Was an all-league pick in fieldhockey ... Won 2005 Independent School League individual golf title... Won school’s Priscilla Bailey Award as the school’stop senior athlete ... Grandfather, John Ellsworth Sheldon‘32, played baseball at Harvard ... Hobbies include music andsports.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Junior

    5'10"
  • 2009-10Senior

    5'10"