Emily Russell Class: Senior Hometown: Englewood, Colo. High School: Cherry Creek H.S. Birthdate: 05/22/1982 Graduated: 2004

Arguably the greatest UNC women's golfer in the program's history ... became first UNC golfer to earn All-American honors, when she did so in 2002-03 ... placed third at the NCAA Division II Championships in '02-03, the highest individual finish in school history, as she led the Bears to a third place finish, the team's highest placement in school history ... finished in the top 10 in 31 of 40 career tournaments and only finished out of top 20 four times in career.

2003-04: Capped one of the best careers in UNC golf history by leading the team in scoring for the third consecutive year with a stroke average of 77.5, which established a new school record ... finished in the top 10 in seven of the 10 events she played in and was the Bears' top finisher seven times ... won the medalist title at each the UMKC Kenneth Smith Classic (157, +13) and the Grand Canyon Invitational (150, +6) bringing her career victory total to nine ... finished second at the Bear Spring Invitational (147, +3) and would have broken event scoring record and teammate Meagan Dahlberg also not eclipsed the record ... placed sixth (219, +3) at the difficult Colorado State Ptarmigan Fall Classic, her first Division I tournament of the season ... was third at the UNK Wildhorse Invitational (162, +18), seventh at the DU Ron Moore Classic (153, +9) and third at the Maverick Spring Invitational (150, +6) ... low round of the season was a 69 in the final round of the CSU Ptarmigan Fall Classic.

2002-03: NGCA Second-Team All-American ... led the team in scoring in both the fall (77.8) and spring (78.0) ... set school record for scoring average in the fall ... won the 2003 NCAA North Regional Championship by shooting a 231 to finish three strokes ahead of field ... placed third (307) at 2003 NCAA Division II Championship, the highest finish ever for a UNC golfer ... in the fall won five of six tournaments she entered including Cober Open (75), Concorida Invite (156), UNK Wildhorse Invitational (157), RMAC Championship (228) and Rocky Mountain Fall Invitational (151) ... finished second at NCC Championships to earn first-team All-North Central Conference honors ... shot a round of 74 on five occasions during the season ... UNC Student-Athlete of the Month for September.

2001-02: First-team All-North Central Conference (NCC) ... led the team in scoring average in the fall (80.3) and spring (80.1) ... won Bear Spring Invitational title and placed ninth at NCC Championships.

2000-01: Second on the team both spring and fall with an 85.3 and 83.3 average respectively ... placed 32nd overall at the NCAA Championship Tournament with a four-round score of 345.

High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Cherry Creek High School ... helped her team to a 2nd place finish at the state tournament as a senior with a 16th-place individual finish ... teammate of UNC freshman golfer Kelley Newton.

Personal: Born May 22, 1982 ... daughter of Bruce and Nancy Russell ... majoring in business management ... UNC Scholar Athlete.

Russell's Career Statistics

Year	Events	Strokes	Rounds	Average	Top 10/20	Low Round	Low Tournament
'00-01	8	1772	21	84.4	5/2	77	-
'01-02	9	2565	32	80.2	7/1	74 (2)	-
'02-03	13	2337	30	77.9	12/1	74 (3)	-
'03-04	10	1783	23	77.5	7/1	69	147 (+3)
Totals	40	8457	106	79.8	31/5	69	147 (+3)