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Saga Traustadottir

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Reykjavik, Iceland
High School:
Salaskoli

Season Stats: 2021-20 / 2019-20 / 2018-19

AWARDS & HONORS

Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2019, 2020)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2019, 2020)

2020-21 (JUNIOR): The fall 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic... Appeared in three tournaments, playing nine rounds of golf... Recorded a 79.67 stroke average... Posted a season-best 74 (+2) at the Rebel Beach Intercollegiate (2/15-16).

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE): Majority of the the spring season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic ... Played in 21 rounds and averaged a 76.81 strokes ... Recorded her best score in the fall at the Branch Law Firm / Dick McGuire Invite with a 222 (+6) to tie for 36th place ... Carded her lowest round with a 71 in the second round of the same tournament.

2018-19 (FRESHMAN): Played in 27 rounds as a freshman averaging a 76.15 stroke average ... Finished even par at the Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate (10/5-7) with a 216 and tied for fifth ... Posted her second lowest round of the year at the BYU at Entrada Classic (3/11-12) with a three-over 219 and tied for 11th ... Recorded her lowest round of her young career during the final round at BYU with a 68.

BEFORE CSU: Traustadottir brings many years of success to Colorado State from Iceland. She was a member of the Icelandic National Team in 2014 for the European Young Masters U16 and also The Duke of York and European Girls Team Championship in 2016. In 2017 she was part of the European Ladies Team Championship and European Ladies Amateur Championship. The Reykjavik native was also named Icelandic Women's Most Promising Young Player of the Year in 2015.

Traustadottir was also the 2016 Icelandic U18 Stroke Play Champion and won the final tournament on Iceland's Elite Golf Tour. She is also a three-time Icelandic Stroke Play Champion and the winner of the 2015 and 2016 Women's Team Championship of Iceland.

PERSONAL: Born May 15, 1998 in Reykjavik, Iceland ... Kopavogur, Iceland ... Parents are Vigdis Gudmundsdottir and Trausti Augstsson ... Has a two younger brothers Logi and Aki.

Chose Colorado State because… "I am convinced that attending CSU will enable me to reach my maximum potential over the next four years, both academically and in golf. CSU is a great school with an academic system that suits my academic ambitions for the future. Moreover, CSU has a really good women's golf team. I know that working and playing for CSU will enable me to develop my golf game over the next four years. I am convinced that attending CSU and playing college golf will lay a solid academic foundation for me, and be the stepping stone for my future, allowing my dreams of becoming a professional golfer to come true."