Cydney Clanton Class: Junior Hometown: Concord, N.C. High School: Concord Birthdate: 07/18/1989 Major: Finance

2009 GolfWorld Honorable Mention Mid-Season Golfer of the Year
2009 GolfWorld Mid-Season All-American
2009 GolfWeek Honorable Mention All-American
2009 All-SEC First Team
2008 NGCA Freshman of the Year
2008 NGCA First-Team All-American
2008 SEC Freshman of the Year
2008 All-SEC First-Team
Auburn Top Tiger

Junior Year (Fall 2009)
An honorable mention selection by Golf World magazine as its mid-season National Golfer of the year... Named a Golf World Mid-Season All-American... Finished the fall ranked second in the nation in the GolfWeek ratings... Completed the fall season with a team-best 70.10 stroke average... Finished all four tournaments within the top-5... Named GolfWeek National Golfer of the Week after winning the NCAA Fall Preview... Won both the Hooter's Collegiate Match Play Qualifying and the NCAA Fall Preview... Led the team with a first-place finish at the Hooter's Collegiate Match Play Qualifying, shooting a two-round score of 73-69--142... Tied for second at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a 67-68--135 tournament total... Named SEC Golfer of the Week after tying for fifth at the Tar Heel Invitational, shooting 73-70-71--214... Earned first-place at the NCAA Fall Preview after carding a season-low 6-under-par (70-70-70--210)... Earned her second SEC Golfer of the Week honor after her first place finish at the NCAA Fall Preview... Led the team in each tournament... Recorded eight sub-par rounds for the season... Holds the lowest stroke average of the team for each round of play, including a 69.25 second-round average

Sophomore Year (2008-09)
Selected to the All-SEC First Team... Finished second on the team with a 74.23 stroke average... Ranked 41st in the nation in the final Golfweek Ratings... Had five top-10 finishes and four top-five finishes... Led the team at the SEC Championship tying for fourth, carding a season-low 70 in the final round (71-75-70--216)...Co-led the team with a fourth place finish at the Tar Heel Invitation, shooting a three-round score of 78-70-70--228... Also led the team at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational, posting a 16-over-par 226 to tie for fourth... Tied for ninth at the NCAA Fall Preview, earning her second top ten finish of the season (72-73-76--218)... Posted two top 25 finishes at the Mason Rudolph Championships (t-23rd) shooting 72-79-70--221 and at the Derby Invitational (t-24th) shooting 73-83-72--228... Finished 38th at the Tar Heel Invitational, carding a season low 70 in the second round (78-70-81--229)... Tied for 30th at the Hooter's Match Play Qualifying... Finished in the top 25 at the Central District Invitational (72-79-77--223) and UCF Challenge (70-74-73--217)... Bounced back to posted top-five finishes at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (74) and SunTrust Lady Gator... Has recorded three sub-par rounds during the season... Tied for 80th at the NCAA East Regional (78-78-77--233).

Freshman Year (2007-08)
Played on the U.S. National Team in the USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship in Tokyo, Japan... Clanton helped the U.S. to a 37-23 victory over Japan after she earned victories in all three of her matches... Competed at U.S. Open... Finished the season ranked No. 13 in the country with a 73.54 stroke average... Named First-Team All-American after tying for 23rd at the NCAA Championship (74-75-77-71--297)... Named NGCA Freshman of the Year... Led Auburn in spring play with a 74.55 average... Finished fourth at the NCAA East Regional, earning her fifth top-five finish of the season (70-75-72--217)... Named SEC Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-SEC... Came in 29th at the SEC Championship (81-79-74--234)... Turned in four top three finish at the Bryan National Collegiate as she tied for third (75-72-74--221)... Tied for 10th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, marking her fifth top 10 finish of the season... Shot a career low 66 in the opening round of the UCF Challenge... It ties for the second lowest score in Auburn history... Ended up tied for 10th at the Challenge ... Opened spring season at Wildcat Invitational (t-44th)... Led the team with a 72.07 stroke average in fall play... Finished the fall ranked No. 11 in the country... Turned in three top five finishes and another top 20 in fall play... Tied for first at the UT Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a three-round score of 72-70-68--210, which tied her career best that she earned at the Mason Rudolph Championship in September... The score ranked her in a tie fourth all-time on the Auburn record books for low 54-hole score with Celeste Troche (2000)... Tied for second at the Alabama-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate (72-78-68--218)... Began the season firing back-to-back rounds of 1-under 71 and finished the Mason Rudolph Championship off with 4-under 68 to tie for third (210).

Junior/High School
A 2007 AJGA Second-Team Rolex Junior All-American... Posted 13 top-10 finishes at AJGA events, including a runner-up finish at the 2006 Polo Golf Junior Classic... Also finished runner-up at the Nike Golf Junior at Jacksonville, Golf Pride Junior Classic and the AJGA Richmond Junior... Three-time regional champion... 2006 North Carolina state champion... Member of the 2007 Canon Cup team... Graduated with honors from Concord High School.

Personal
Full name is Cydney Claire Clanton... Parents are Bobby and Jeannie Clanton... Has three siblings, Chase, Cody and Caleb... Born July 18, 1989... Majoring in finance... Home course is River Run Country Club.