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Seven years ago, when Georgiana Salant became an NSR prospect in Southern California, her expectations were relatively simple – to play college golf. Today, Georgi not only can say that she accomplished that early goal, but that she has also achieved an objective which was incomprehensible when she was a high school freshman. Today, Georgi is a two-time First Team All-America and individual NCAA national champion for the Williams College Ephs in Willamston, Mass.
Playing the grueling course at the Mission Inn and Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla, Georgi fought through a rough stretch in Round One when she had five bogies in six holes to fire a steady 76 in the final 18 holes to win the individual DIII crown by two strokes. But if being Medalist at the national tournament was something Georgi had only dreamed about, her head coach, Erika DeSanty, had given it much more thought.
“I just told Georgi that I have been picturing this for four years,” DeSanty said. “I’ve imagined walking down the final fairway with her having a chance to win the national championship. I don’t even have the words to describe how proud this makes me. She’s done so much for this program. It’s awesome. It was four days of masterful course management. She played smart and did exactly what she needed to do to score. Overall, she showed a lot of maturity and I have never seen her strike the ball so well and confidently.”
The Williams team also excelled by placing third overall in the team competition, a new benchmark for the program.
In an interview with Richard Lord of the Berkshire Eagle, Georgi added, “I’m not going to lie, I’ve thought about it once or twice, and to have it come true is pretty amazing. Actually, I was pretty calm. I tried to stay process-oriented and the fact I was also playing for the team and not just for myself helped me stay focused and not think about the end result.”
Moreover, Geori’s individual win and the team’s third place trophy helped the Ephs snag the 2014 NCAA DIII Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, giving Williams back-to-back titles and 17 overall Cups of the 19 awarded in NCAA Division III athletic competition.
And for an encore? Georgi is off to Boulder, Colo., where she will be entering graduate school at the University of Colorado in pursuit of her next goal – a master’s degree in chemistry. No one in NSR Nation doubts that Georgi will make that dream come true, too.
National Scouting Report is dedicated to finding scholarship opportunities for athletes who possess the talent, desire, and motivation to compete at the collegiate level. We’ve helped connect thousands of athletes with their perfect college.