Player Bio: Elisha Au - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Women's Golf
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Washington
2000 (Fall): Led the Huskies with a 76.7 stroke average ... played in the Ihlanfeldt Invitational and the Hawaii Invitational ... won the Hawaii Invitational with a five-over par score of 221 at the Kapolei Golf Course.
1999-2000 (Junior): Opened her junior season with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Fall Preview at Crosswater ... carded a first-round 75, followed by two rounds at even par 72 to finish with a 211 ... fired a season-low 69 (a Husky second-round record) in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate ... finished 13th with a total of 221 (75-69-77) ... carded 236 on the home course at Sahalee for the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, where UW finished sixth ... helped UW to a fourth-place showing at the Roadrunner Invitational when she finished 18th with a 227 (76-75-76) ... carded a 225 in the spring opener in Tucson ... had the second-lowest score on team at the Spartan Invitational (76-77-80--233) ... led the Huskies at the ASU Invitational with 73-75-78--226 ... collected her second top-10 finish of the season at the California Collegiate ... her seventh-place finish (76-74--150) helped the Huskies secure the team title ... added a third top-10 finish at the Pac-10 Championship ... finished sixth with 76-74-72--222 ... carded a 228 at the NCAA West Regional in Tempe ... finished with a stroke average of 75.4, the third best ever for a Husky.
1998-99 (Sophomore): Washington's top finisher in five events, including the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA West Regional ... earned Pac-10 honorable mention honors ... ranked 31st in the country with a 74.83 stroke average after fall season ... co-champion at the Stanford Intercollegiate with a three round total of 215 (70-71-74), helping Huskies to a third-place team finish ... her 215 set a career-low ... first round 70 was a season-low ... had two additional top-10 finishes, placing fifth at the California Collegiate (75-73--148) and seventh at the Bryan Collegiate in North Carolina (76-74-77--227) ... placed 22nd at the NCAA West Regional (78-76-73--227) as the Huskies finished 12th and just missed the NCAA cut ... finished 11th at the Pac-10 Championships at Stanford (76-73-74--223) as team placed sixth.
1997-98 (Freshman): Established herself as Washington's top player at the end of the season ... her season stroke average of 77.9 ranked fifth on UW's all-time list ... it was the best stroke average ever turned in by a UW freshman ... registered first top-10 finishing tied for eighth in the Ping/Arizona State Invitational.(4/3-5/98), carding a 69 in the final round, posting 221 for the tournament ... was UW's top-finisher at the Pac-10 Championships (4/20-22/98) in 17th place, carding 228 over 54-holes ... repeated as Washington's top finisher at the NCAA West Regional (5/7-9/98) on the heels of an even par 73 in the second round of the Regional, finishing 23rd with 226 ... notched 42nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships (5/20-23/98), posting a 1-under 71 in the first round, finishing with 303 for the 72-hole tournament ... was one of three players to compete in each of Washington's four fall tournaments ... entered the spring with the team's second best stroke average at 78.67 ... had best tournament at the Dick McGuire Invitational carding a season- and career-best 225 in a 12th-place finish overall, with a season-low 73 in the second round of that tournament.
Personal
Kamehameha High School: Named most outstanding player junior and senior year...won Hawai'i State Golfer of the Year honors as a junior ... shot four-under-par 68 at Girls Americas Cup in New Mexico ... won Junior World's ... was top-16 U.S. Junior. Personal: Born February 13, 1979 in Wailuku, Maui ... father's name is Wedemeyer, mother is Deborah ... brother is Nicolas, sister is Julia ... enjoys surfing ... won the Hawai'i State Open in December of 1996 after carding a 1-under on the second day of the tournament, the low round of the tournament ... majoring in sociology.
Au's Career Statistics
Years Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 1997-98 33 2570 77.9 69 1998-99 31 2345 75.7 70 1999-2000 29 2187 75.4 69 2000-2001 (Fall) 6 460 76.7 72 Totals 99 7562 76.4 69Career Best Finish: 1st, Hawaii Invitational, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2000 and Stanford Intercollegiate, Oct. 23-25, 1998
Career Top-10 Finishes: 8
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 215, Stanford Intercollegiate, Oct. 23-25, 1998
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 69, Stanford Invitational, Oct. 23, 1999; and ASU Invitational, April 5, 1998
