2016-17 Women's Golf Roster
Valentine Lacaze
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Toulouse, France
• 3x Academic All-Mountain West (2017-19)
• 2x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award (2017-18)
BOISE STATE CAREER
SENIOR (2019-20): Appeared in seven events, playing a total of 19 rounds...finished with a per-round average of 79.74...shot rounds of 79-81-83=243 in the season opener at the Hobble Creek Classic (Sept. 9-10)...finished T35 at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic, finishing at +15 (75-81-75=231)...shot a season-low round of 74 in the final round of the Rose City Collegiate, finishing tied for 33rd at +18 (Sept. 30-Oct. 1).
--The rest of the 2019-20 season was canceled on March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
JUNIOR (2018-19): Had a breakout junior season, cracking the top 25 twice in eight appearances . . . averages 78.35 strokes through 26 rounds — a career low . . . competed as an individual at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic, posting rounds of 80-75-73 (228, +15) to finish in a tie for 32nd (Sept. 10-11) . . . appeared at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic, concluding the lineup with a 243 (83-81-79, +27), finishing the tournament with her lowest score (Sept. 17-19) . . . finished the Battle at the Rock at 18-over (234) to open the spring season (Feb. 11-12) . . . she finished in a tie for 17th with teammates at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, and carded an eagle. She shot 150 (73-77, +8) (Feb. 22-24). . . Lacaze had 13 birdies in the Entrada Classic, and finished in a tie for 28th. She ended the tournament with a score of 225 (78-75-74, +9) (March 11-12). . . at the Juli Inkster Invitational, she shot 239 (79-83-77, +23) (March 18-19). . . Lacaze rounded up the lineup at the Cowgirl Classic with a score of 242 (81-81-80, +36) (April 8-9) . . . concluded the year with a top 25 finish at the Mountain West Championship, firing rounds of 78-79-78 (235, +19) to finish in a tie for 22nd (April 15-17).
SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Put together a progressive sophomore season, appearing in seven tournaments on the year . . . tied for first on the team in the fall finale, the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 31- Nov. 1). Finished in a tie for 19th for the first top 25 finish of her career. First round score of 72 was the lowest round of her career, paving the way to finish 7-over (72-73-78 – 223) . . . made her season debut at the Chip-N Club Invitational (Oct. 1-3), moving 19 spots up the leaderboard over the final two days while finishing tied for 10th in the field with 32 pars. Finished in a tie for 30th . . . shot 240 (83-80-77, +24) at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational (Oct. 16-17) . . . shot a 235 (+19) at the Fresno State Classic (March 5-6) . . . carded her best round at the BYU at Entrada Classic in the third round, shooting 79 to finish at 247 (March 12-13) . . . was Boise State’s No. 2 scorer at the Red Rocks Invitational, shooting rounds of 79-80-82 to finish at 25-over (March 24-25) . . . appeared at the Mountain West Championship for the first time in her career, finishing in 38th with a score of 238 (+22). Shot rounds of 75-81-82 (April 16-18).
FRESHMAN (2016-17): Participated in five tournaments over the course of the 2016-17 year…finished her freshman campaign with a 81.00 average…lowest score of the year came at the Rose City Collegiate (Feb. 26-27), firing a 231 (78-77-76) to tie for 47th place…best finish came a week later where she tied for 33rd and matched her lowest round of the year with a 76 in the final round…participated in the first two tournaments of the spring season, tying for 78th at the Texas State Invitational (249 = 86-78-85) and tying for 71st at The Gold Rush (240 = 77-84-79)…finished the year at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic taking 97th…named an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
PRIOR CAREER
Averaged 75.8 during her 2015 amateur season, climbing as high as 145 in the French National Amateur Rankings...finished 17th at the 2015 French Amateur Championships (U-18), and won two French National Amateur events on the year...also captured regional titles at the U-17 championships in 2014 and at the U-13 championships in 2010.
