Mariana Sims

Class:
Senior
High School:
Westlake
Hometown:
Austin, Texas

2014-15 Tournament Results
2013-14 Tournament Results
2012-13 Tournament Results

2014-15 (Junior)
Tied for 53rd with teammate Erica Herr at the Cougar Classic, shooting rounds of 74-74-76 and helping Wake Forest to a sixth-place finish overall...Finished with a 17-over 233 at the Lady Paladin Invitational, helping Wake Forest to a second-place finish in the tournament...Finished tied for 27th at the Lady Tarheel Invitation playing as an individual, shooting a 223 with scores of 78-72-73...Tied teammate Marissa Dodd for 41st at the Landfall Tradition, shooting a 6-over 222 and helping Wake Forest win the overall tournament...Tied for 50th at the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge...Shot a 25-over 238 at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, helping Wake Forest to a top five finish in the tournament...Part of a second place Wake Forest finish at the Bryan National Collegiate.

2013-14 (Sophomore)
Played in seven of the 10 events and finished with a scoring average of 75.85 ... Made a total of 49 birdies on the year ... Was third on the team with over 79 percent of her rounds counting towards the team score ... Made the team's only eagle this season ... Had a pair of rounds at or under par ... Started the year with three solid rounds of 72-73-74 at the Mason Rudolph Classic and finished tied for 18th, her best finish of the year ... Carded rounds of 79-74-74 (+11) at the Lady Tar Heel and finished tied for 60th ... Opened the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a 1-under 71 en route to finishing tied for 49th ... Played well in a strong field at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, posting scores of 74-72-75 (+8) and finishing tied for 21st ... Shot a second round 73 at the Bryan National Collegiate and finished in a tie for 23rd at 13-over par ... Carded rounds of 78-74 at the SMU/Dallas Invitational and finished 22nd at 8-over par ... Had rounds of 78-82-80 in her second ACC Championship and finished tied for 49th.

2012-13 (Freshman)
Played in all 10 events in her first season and finished fourth on the team with a 77.5 scoring average ... Had one top-10 finish and over 80 percent of her rounds counted towards the team score ... Made her Demon Deacon debut with rounds of 77-77-82 at the Cougar Classic and finished tied for 109th ... Shot rounds of 78-76-79 at the Mason Rudolph Challenge to finish in a tie for 45th ... Opened the Lady Tar Heel with a round of 75 and finished with a pair of 80s ... Shot a 78 in the rain-shortened Landfall Tradition ... Started the spring with rounds of 77-78-77 to finish tied for 46th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ... Carded a season-low 1-over 72 in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate en route to finishing 50th ... Finished tied for 46th at the LSU Golf Classic at 20-over par ... Shot rounds of 76-74-77 to finish tied for 47th at the Bryan National Collegiate ... Had a great showing at her first ACC Championship, finishing a season-best tied for 10th after a final round 73 ... Finished tied for 101st at the NCAA Central Regional at 19-over par.

Background
Full name is Mariana Carina Sims ... Born on August 16, 1994 in Washington, D.C. ... Daughter of Bryan and Marguerita Brunson Sims ... Graduated with honors from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas ... Played for coach Chuck Nowland and helped team to the 5A State title in both 2010 and 2011 ... Won a total of 10 times at Westlake and was named to the All-State, All-Region and All-District team each of her three seasons ... Served as the team captain in 2012 ... Also had a tremendous amateur resume ... Qualified for the 2012 US Women's Amateur as well as the 2010 and 2011 US Junior Girl's Amateur ... Advanced to match play at the 2012 Women's Transnational Amateur ... Finished fifth in a strong field at the 2009 Arizona Silver Belle Championship and then won the event in 2010, topping a number of the best collegiate players ... Played in the Kathy Whitworth Invitational four-straight years and finished fifth in 2010 ... Recorded a total of six top-10 finishes in AJGA events ... Dominated the Texas Junior Golf Tour, winning twice and posting 25 top-10s, 19 top-5s and five runner-ups ... Was named a second team All-American on the 2008 Future Collegians World Tour ... Father Bryan played basketball at both Bethany College and Howard University.