Player Bio: Andrea Cordova - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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Personal
Born December 11, 1977 in Fresno, Calif ... mother, Susie, is a bank collections agent ... father, Joe, an insurance executive ... interested in playing on the LPGA tour ... worked at Copper River Country Club in the pro shop and helped with junior golf camps over the summer.
Washington
1999-2000 (Senior): Best round of Fall golf was a three round total 225 (75-77-73) at the Arizona Invitational in Tucson, when she finished 43rd, along with teammates Elisha Au and Kelli Kamimura ... carded a 228 (71-80-77) and finished 23rd at the Roadrunner Invitational, helping Washington to a fourth place team showing ... her first round 71 was a season-low ... top golfer, along with Louise Friberg, for the Huskies at the Edean Ihlandfeldt Invitational ... carded 234 (76-78-80) to finish 20th at Sahalee.
1998-99 (Junior): Played in all of Washington's tournaments and had a high finish of eighth at the Bay Area Classic when she carded a 153 (78-75) ... No. 2 in for the Huskies at the Arizona Invitational, carding 226 (80-72-74)to finish 43rd ... her second round 72 was a season-low ... placed 43rd at the Pac-10 Championships with a 239 (79-83-77) ... struggled at the NCAA West Regional, carding 80-86-83--249 ... shot three straight 78s to open Fall season at the McGuire Invitational and finish 30th ... helped UW to the team title at the Northwest Invitational with a 232 (74-79-79) ... carded 227 (74-76-77)at Wahine Classic in Hawaii, tying for 26th with teammate Paola Bellotti.
1997-98 (Sophomore): Played well toward the the end of the season after a rough start to the spring ... placed 53rd at the GTE Invitational (2/23-24/98) by carding 249 (81-84-84) ... improved only slightly for the Rainbow Classic (3/24/26), finishing 65th with a 245 (81-81-83) ... started playing well by wedging a 73 between a pair of 78s at the ASU Invitational (4/3-5/98) to finish tied for 33rd with 229 ... Washington's top finisher at the California Collegiate 36-hole (4/11-12/98), finishing in 20th after a 157 (79-78) ... Had two good rounds at the Pac-10 Championships with a 76 in round one and a 73 in round three, between them an 88 to put her in 32nd overall ... was solid in helping Washington advance at the NCAA West Regional (5/7-9/98) by carding 230, with scores of 75, 77 and 78 to tie for 47th overall ... tied for 62nd overall at the NCAA Championships (5/20-23/98) with a 309 (72-77-79-80) on the heels of a season-best 72 in the first round, finishing as the second best Husky ... played in three of Washington's four fall tournaments finishing with a stroke average of 78.9 ... best finish of the fall with with a career-best 230 (78-74-78) in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/7-9/97) ... finished the fall season by firing seven straight rounds under 80 (played in Stanford Intercollegiate as an individual).
1996-97 (Freshman): Played in all but two tournaments in her first season with the Huskies finishing with a stroke average of 79.4 after 31 rounds ... Helped the Huskies advance to the NCAA Championship by sinking a chip shot from 45 feet to help Washington defeat Oklahoma in a two-hole playoff in the NCAA West Regional (5/10/97) ... carded season best 54-hole score at the NCAA West Regional with a 231 ... was Washington's second-best finisher at the NCAA Championships (5/21-24/97), finishing in a tie for 69th overall ... was the only Husky to shoot under 80 in every round of the NCAA Championship ... four different times was the second-best Washington finisher behind Dodie Mazzuca ... finished fall with a 79.2 stroke average ... was in second place overall behind Stanford's Mhairi McKay after the first day of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/7/96) by carding season low 73, went on to finish 11th individually in the Ihlanfeldt Invitational ... had her top finish of the season in her first career collegiate match finishing 10th at the BYU Invitational (9/16-17/96) carding a 161 (83-78) as the Huskies won the tournament.
Clovis West High School
California High School State Champion for 1996 ... was the runner up at Nationals in 1995 ... finished sixth at Big I National Championship in Indiana 1996 ... participated on the boys golf team for three years under coach Terry Deel ... was on the honor roll four years ... also participated in varsity cross country and track ... played with University of Arizona's Todd Rose and Ryan Myer on the Colvis West golf team ... graduated with a 3.50 grade point average.
Cordova's Career Statistics
| YEAR | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW |
| 1997 | 31 | 2460 | 79.4 | 73 |
| 1998 | 27 | 2136 | 79.1 | 72 |
| 1999 | 31 | 2449 | 79.0 | 72 |
| Totals | 89 | 7045 | 79.1 | 72 |
Career Best Finish: T8 (Bay Area Classic, March 1-2, 1999)
Career Top-10 Finishes: 2
Career Best 54-hole Score: 226 (Arizona Invitational, Feb. 22-24, 1999)
