Whitney Simons Class: Senior Hometown: Aiken, S.C. High School: Aiken

• 2007 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2007 NGCA All-America Scholar
  
• 2006 SEC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  
• 2006 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2006 NGCA All-America Scholar
  
• 2005 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2005 NGCA All-America Scholar

2006-07
Posted a 77.80 average in seven tournaments ... Ranked eighth in the nation with a .520 sand-save percentage and 44th nationally with a .525 total short game percentage ... Carded a season-best 222 at the NCAA East Regional, the second-lowest 54-hole score of her career ... Finished a season-high 39th at the Bryan National Collegiate, overcoming an opening-round 80 to shoot 75 and 76 in the final two rounds ... Opened the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with a season-low 73 en route to a 40th-place finish ... Member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-America Scholar.

2005-06
Ranked 92nd in the Golfweek player rankings late in the season ... Named SEC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Was second on the team with a 75.90 average ... Turned in five top-20 finishes, including two top-10 outings ... Tied for 16th at the SEC Championship ... Took 10th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate with steady rounds of 76, 75 and 74 ... Finished in the top 20 at the Lady Gamecock Classic, highlighted by a second-round 72 ... Claimed a career-best sixth place at the Chrysler Challenge to lead the Gamecocks to the team title ... Matched her career low with a 71 in the second round of the event ... Set a career low at 71 in the final round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational and finished 12th ... Member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-America Scholar.

2004-05
Finished with a 77.81 average over seven tournaments, including the SEC Championship and the NCAA East Regional ... Shot a season-best 224 to finish 28th at the NCAA East Regional, highlighted by a 73 that included a hole-in-one on the 15th hole of the University of Florida Golf Course ... Made her ace after the player hitting immediately before her in the threesome had also done so ... Was the Gamecocks' top finisher in 12th place at the SEC Championship ... Collected her first career top-20 finish by claiming 14th as an individual in the Lady Gamecock Classic after opening the tournament with a then career-best 73 ... Earned a spot on the Presiden'ts List (4.0 grade point average) in both the fall and spring semesters ... Member of the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and an NGCA All-America Scholar.

Prior to South Carolina
Was the 4A South Carolina Individual State Champion and South Carolina Women's Coaches Association 4A Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003 ... Won the Regional Individual Championship and was named All-Region and All-State in 2002 and 2003 as well ... Earned American Junior Golf Association Scholastic All-America status in 2002 ... Helped her Aiken High School team to state runner-up finishes in both 2001 and 2002 and to Region titles 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... United States Girls' Junior qualifier in 2002 ... Was a U.S. Women's Amateur qualifier in 2003 ... Won the Westfield PGA Junior Section in 2003 ... Received the Aiken High Citizenship and Character Award in 2003-04 ... Also selected as the winner of the Aiken High Joanna Gibbs Athletic Award in 2003-04 ... Member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society.