Women's Golf

  Candace Schepperle

Candace Schepperle

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.

High School:
Hoover

Major:
Hotel & Restaurant Management

2008 Golf World Mid-Season All-American
2008 All-SEC Second Team
2007 SEC Freshman of the Year
2007 All-SEC Second-Team

Junior Year (Fall 2008)
Accepted an invitation to play in the LPGA's 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship... Finished fall play with a team-best 71.57 stroke average... Ranked fourth in the nation by Golfweek... Recorded top ten finishes in all five tournaments, leading Auburn in four out of five... Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Fall Preview, carding a career low 66 in the second round (73-66-77--216)... Turned in a second place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championships shooting a 67-70-72--209, for a season low... Led the team with two fourth place finishes at the Derby Invitational (71-73-72--216) and at the Hooter's Match Play (70-70--140)... Also finished ninth at the Tar Heel Invitational (72-80-69--221)... Earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors for the first week of November... Also named SEC Women's Golfer of the Month for September... Won two amateur tournaments over Winter break... Won the Dixie Amateur with a 14-under-par 274... Picked up her second win at the Harder Hall Invitational posting a final-round 7-under-par 65 to finish the tournament 13-under par 275.

Sophomore Year (2007-08)
Finished with a 75.08 stroke average, second lowest on the team... Averaged 75.18 in spring play... Ranked No. 52 in the country... Tied for 75th at the NCAA Championship (69-82-79-78--308)... Came in 14th at the NCAA East Regional (74-76-71--221)... Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors... Tied for seventh at the SEC Championship (74-75-72--221)... Tied for 21st at the Bryan National Collegiate (78-77-75--230)... Turned in highest finish of the season at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, leading Auburn and tying for seventh (72-78-74--224)... Tied for 47th at the UCF Challenge... Led Auburn with a 24th place finish at the Wildcat Invitational (74-76-77--227)... Finished the fall with a 74.93 stroke average and had two top 20 finishes... Tied for 13th at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate (78-72-74--224)... Finished tied for 37th at the UT Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, tied for 61st at the Lady Tar Heel Invite and tied for 55th at the Margaret Moses Branch Fall Preview... Opened the season with a 15th place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship, carding a then-career low 69 in the opening round (69-76-72--217).

Freshman Year (2006-07)
Finished the season ranked 42nd in the Golfweek rankings... Concluded the season with a 74.55 stroke average... Led the Tigers with a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championship (79-72-74-73--298)... Tied for 48th at the NCAA East Regional... Voted SEC Freshman of the Year... Named Second Team All-SEC... Tied for 25th at the SEC Championship (75-73-79--227)... Tied for 18th at the Bryan National Collegiate... Finished in a tie for 16th at the Liz Murphey Classic... Turned in back-to-back top-10 finishes at the LSU/Cleveland Classic and Lady Puerto Rico Classic... Tied for eighth at LSU (74-73-72--219), while turning in a season low 218 in Puerto Rico (72-72-74)... Finished 2-1-1 at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play... Tied for 17th at the Derby Invitational, carding a 77-75--152... Shot a 73-76-75--224 and finished tied for 19th at the Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate... Was the low individual for Auburn at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational after shooting a 76-78-70--224 and placing in a tie for 11th... Opened her collegiate career with a 76-73-78--227 to finish tied for 40th at the NCAA Fall Preview.

Prep & Junior
Finished her junior career as the 46th-ranked junior in the nation according to the 2006 Polo Golf Rankings... Named a Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association in 2005 and 2006... Won the Ringold Telephone Company Junior Classic with a 69-68-75--212 in 2005 and placed third in the event in 2006... Earned Medalist honors at the Women's State Amateur Championship with a 6-under 213.

Personal
Full name is Candace Jeanne Schepperle... Born on July 13, 1988... Native of Birmingham... Daughter of Kim and David Schepperle... Her sister Abigale is a former member of the Auburn women's golf team, playing from 2004-08.

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