Madrid,
Spain native Isabel Jimenez Perea is a freshman at Tarleton State University
(TSU). She started playing golf at the age of 7 quickly became a champion of
the game. She has competed in many international tournaments such as the British
Girl’s Championship, Portuguese International Championship, and the Madrid-Paris
Match Play Championship. Isabel has had the honor of being one of five girls
chosen from her state to represent Madrid in various tournaments.
After
graduating high school in May 2012, Isabel was contacted by Coach Jerry Doyle
about coming to Texas to play golf for Tarleton State University. After researching
TSU and the women’s golf team, she made the decision to live in a new country
(10-hours away from home by plane) and play golf for the TSU TexAnns. Competing
in eight regular season tournaments, Jimenez Perea won three individual titles
and placed in the top 10 in seven out of eight regular season tournaments. She
had a stroke average of 76 per round leading up to the NCAA Division II Lone
Star Conference Championships. Isabel and
the rest of the TSU TexAnns won the Lone Star Conference Championship in
mid-April and are now focused on winning the West Super Region IV Championship which
will be held in Colorado in early May.
Successful
on and off the golf course, Isabel Jimenez Perea was awarded with two prestigious
honors – 2013 Lone Star Conference Player of the Year as well as 2013 Lone Star
Conference Freshman of the Year.
This year I was given the opportunity to work with the women's golf team here at Tarleton State University. The team as a whole has made some incredible gains in their athleticism and have begun to develop a passion for strength training and conditioning. It has been a pleasure working with Isabel and you can see the passion she has for what she does. Her character, talent, and work ethic has allowed her to achieve many great things in the sport of golf. She always comes in with a great attitude and desire to get better. Her confidence in the exercises, especially during plyometrics has greatly improved. Her ability to stabilize and generate power has improved drastically which I believe has carried over to her golf game. Isabel is a great player and competitor.
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