Annie Brophy Class: Sophomore Hometown: Spokane, WA High School: Gonzaga Prep Height: 5-8 Birthdate: 09/20/1987

Naturally gifted ... can hit the ball a long way and straight ... needs to improve her wedge game to take advantage of her length ... putting improved tremendously as her freshman season went along ... has a lot of potential ... will continue to improve as her confidence level improves ... earned a monogram as a freshman.

AS A FRESHMAN: Came on strong towards the end of her rookie campaign ... major contributor all season long as she was a part of the scoring linuep in all 10 events, registering a 77.04 scoring average, which ranked second on the team and sixth in program history ... had 24 of 28 rounds counted towards the team score ... led the Fighting Irish with a third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship en route to garnering all-conference accolades ... carded a three-round even-par score of 216 (72-73-71) at the conference tournament ... that was the team's top 54-hole score of the season ... her third round one-under par 71 at the BIG EAST Championship was her top round of her freshman campaign ... shot a two-over par 74 in her first collegiate round at the season-opening Cougar Classic ... finished that tournament with a 13-over par 229 (74-79-76), which was her best 54-hole score of the first semester, and in a tie for 45th ... her top finish of the fall season came at the Lady Irish Invitational as she shot a 235 (+19, 77-79-79) to place in a tie for 23rd at the Warren Golf Course and help Notre Dame to a second-place finish ... registered a 240 (+24, 81-83-76), which tied her for 34th overall, as the Irish notched another runner-up finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational ... posted an 11-over par 155 (78-77) to tie for 35th at the 36-hole TaylorMade Aztec Fall Classic ... concluded the first semester by firing a 237 (+21, 82-77-78) to finish tied for 67th at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... opened the spring season with a 15-over par 231 (79-76-76), which tied her for 36th, at the Central District Classic ... at the UNLV Spring Invitational, she shot a 14-over par 230 (76-81-73) to place in a tie for 68th ... recorded her first collegiate top-20 finish as she tied for 20th at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational with a 17-over par 233 (78-79-76) ... notched a top-10 finish at the Indiana Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Club with a seven-over par 151 (77-74) to tie for ninth at the 36-hole event ... earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Hails from Spokane, Wash. ... a four-time letterwinner in golf at Gonzaga Preparatory School ... the younger sister of former Irish co-captain and standout golfer Katie Brophy ... placed fourth in the Washington Class 4A State Championship with an eight-over par 152 (76-76) ... enjoyed a successful summer in 2005, which included her qualifying for match play at the U.S. Junior Girls Championship in a sudden-death playoff ... in July of 2005, she placed 25th out of a field of 132 at the Girls' Junior Americas' Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico by carding a 225 (79-77-79) ... was fifth at the AJGA Lockton Kansas City Junior event this past August as she carded a 13-over par 223 (76-70-77) par 70, 5,787-yard Kansas City Country Club in Mission Hills, Kan. ... finished sixth at the AJGA Trophy Trophy Lake event with a 231 (79-76-76) ... daughter of Michael and Nancy Brophy ... father is a 1973 graduate of Notre Dame ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies