Elin Mickelsson

Elin Mickelsson

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Gavle, Sweden

High School:
Swedish National Golf HS

2006-2007: Competed in 11 of 12 events in her debut collegiate season...Posted three top-30 finishes on the year...Set a career-best finish at the Southern Conference Championships with an 18th place performance in her inaugural SoCon Championship...In her very first round as a Catamount, shot a 73 to establish a season- and career-best round...Finished the year with 2039 strokes over 26 rounds for an average of 78.42 strokes per round.

Prior to Western:Mickelsson completed her third year at the Swedish National Golf High School in Perstorp, Sweden, which is operated by the Swedish Golf Federation and is set up as a training ground for the best junior golfers in Sweden ... Mickelsson is a solid player who won for the first time on the Swedish regional tour in 2001, duplicating her victorious appearance in 2004 ... She also recorded runner-up finishes on the Swedish national tour over each of the past two years.