Junior Season (2001-02)
>Competed in 12 events and averaged 77.2
>Tied for seventh in Big Ten Championships
>Tied for 11th in Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational
>Finished in a tie for 31st after carding a 233 at the Mercedes-Benz Championships
>Tied for 93rd at NCAA Preview
>Named to 2002 Academic All-Big Ten Team
Sophomore Season (2000-01)
>Was Purdue’s fifth best golfer with a 77.76 average
>Placed seventh in NCAA Central Regional
>Fired a team-leading 72 in Mercedes-Benz Challenge
>Named to 2001 Academic All-Big Ten Team
>Third Semester to be on the Dean’s List
>Selected to 2001 All-Scholar Team
Freshman Season (1999-2000)
>Tied for eighth in Big Ten Conference firing rounds of 75-74-74-73=296
>Finished 28th in NCAA Regionals
>Had seven top-25 finishes
>Finished the fall with a 76.3 stroke average
>Recorded 27 birdies in 12 rounds of competition
High School (Notre Dame Academy)
>Four-time letterwinner, MVP and all-district selection in golf
>Played varsity basketball
>Helped lead team to the 1996 and 1998 Ohio Team State Golf Championships
>Was a individual state medalist senior year
>Named first-team all state as a senior
>Was a second team All-Ohio freshman through junior year
>Named Two-time GCGGT Player-of –the-Year
Personal
>Majoring in Industrial Engineering
>Born on September 15, 1980, in Sylvania, Ohio
>Daughter of Frank and Phyllis Zielinski
>Has one younger sister, Brandi
Zielinski’s Career Statistics
Season Rounds Strokes Average Low Round
1999-00 37 2,864 77.4 73
2000-01 33 2,566 77.8 71
2001-02 36 2,778 77.2 71
Totals 106 8,208 77.4 71
Zielinski’s Tournament Results
1999-00
Tournament Date Score Finish
Lady Northern 9/17-19 82-76-74--232 19
Lady Buckeye 10/2-3 79-76-74--229 T-10
Shootout at the Legends 10/11-12 78-77-73--228 T-22
Mercedes-Benz Championship 10/15-17 78-76-73--227 T-9
TRW Regional Challenge 2/7-9 87-83-76--246 81
Lady Wildcat Invitational 2/21-23 74-77-80--231 T-66
Ladies Intercollegiate 3/10-11 76-79-77--232 T-9
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 3/17-19 76-76-84--236 T-20
Indiana Invitational 4/8-9 85-82--167 T-33
Big Ten Championships 4/28-30 75-74-74-73--296 T-8
NCAA Regionals 5/11-13 73-77-78--228 T-28
NCAA Championships 5/24-27 73-78-79-82--312 T-81
2000-01
Tournament Date Score Finish
Lady Northern 9/29-10/1 84-75-82--241 T-58
Mercedes-Benz Championship 10/13-15 72-76-87--235 T-34
Golfworld Intercollegiate 11/3-5 78-74-77--229 T-40
TRW Regional Challenge 2/12-14 83-79-79--241 T-69
Midwest Classic 2/23-25 79-79-76--234 24
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 3/12-14 76-75-79--230 T-19
Bryan National 4/6-8 79-78-72--229 T-39
Big Ten Championships 4/27-29 78-77-80-78--313 T-20
NCAA Regionals 5/10-12 72-71-82--225 7
NCAA Championship 5/22-25 75-76-80-78--309 T-68
2001-02
Tournament Date Score Finish
NCAA Preview 9/24-26 82-78--160 T-93
Shootout at the Legends 10/8-9 71-79-76--226 T-21
Mercedes-Benz Championship 10/12-14 79-75-79--233 T-31
Lady Paladin Invitational 10/26-28 76-89-73--238 T-62
TRW Regional Challenge 2/11-13 75-77-75--227 T-23
Central District Invitational 2/25-26 78-74-76--228 26
Lady Gamecock Classic 3/15-17 82-77-83--242 T-61
Bryan Collegiate Invitational 4/5-7 72-80-76--228 T-32
Lady Buckeye Spring Inv. 4/20-21 74-79--153 T-11
Big Ten Championships 4/26-28 76-73-77-84--310 T-7
NCAA Central Regional 5/9-11 82-81-75--238 T-49
NCAA Championships 5/22-25 74-71-77-73--295 T-27