At Georgia State
In four seasons with the Panthers, has competed in all 39 tournaments, garnering 10 top-20 finishes, including a career-best fourth at the 2013 John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate . . . Had a 77.59 career scoring average in 115 rounds of play . . . Finished career with 10 top-20 finishes, including a pair of top-5s.
2013-14
Played in all nine events, earning four top-25 finishes and compiling a 75.93 scoring average, third best on the team . . . Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors . . . Finished the regular season strong with a tie for 15th at the GSU hosted John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate, including a second-round 73 . . . Tied for eighth at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate shooting 72-71-73 . . . Tied for 16th at the UALR Women’s Golf Classic . . . Tied for 11th at the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational with three-straight 75s.
2012-13
Played in all 10 events for GSU, finishing the year with a 76.70 scoring average, tied for best on the team . . . Saved her best golf for the final three tournaments of the year, never finishing outside of the top 12 . . . Earned a career-best fourth-place finish at the GSU-hosted John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate, shooting a second-round 74 in blustery conditions . . . Finished sixth at the UNCW Seahawk Classic, shooting a final-round 72, just one stroke off of tying a career-low . . . Ended the year with a tied for 12th at the Sun Belt Championship, shooting back-to-back 73s to finish the tournament . . . Opened the year with a second-round 72 at the Cardinal Cup . . . Tied a career-low with a final-round 71 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge . . . Named a WGCA All-American Scholar.
2011-12
Played in all 10 of Georgia State’s tournaments in 2011-12 . . . Equalled her career-low score of one-under 71 in the first-round of the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate . . . Added a 72 on the final day of the Lady Pirate for a three-round total of 222, which also equalled her career-low at the time and gave her a share of 15th place for her best finish of the season . . . Shot 72 in the second-round of the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate . . . Finished 25th at the CAA Championship and 27th at the Hurricane Invitational . . . Named an WGCA All-American Scholar . . . Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2010-11
Competed in all 10 of the Panthers’ tournaments and compiled a 78.23 scoring average . . . Recorded her tournament-best score of 222 in the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship . . . Fired her career-low 71 in the second round of Georgia State’s home tournament, the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate . . . Garnered three top-20 finishes, T13th in the 2011 CAA Championship, T18th in the 2011 John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate and T19th in the 2010 William K. Warren Irish Invitational . . . Finished the regular season ranked No. 16 among all golfers in the CAA . . . Named a WGCA All-American Scholar . . . Named to the Dean’s List fall and spring semesters.
Amateur
Just missed the cut at the 2013 Women’s North & South Classic at Pinehurst, shooting 81-73 . . . Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio . . . Advanced to the event after qualifying at GSU’s home course, Eagle’s Landing, in which she birdied the second hole of a playoff to earn the final spot . . Winner of the 2009 Campeonato Nacional Prejuvenil y Juvenil Copa Arturo Calle . . . Winner of the Campeonato Internacional Juvenil . . . Runner-up in the Torneo Selectivo a la Copa los Andes . . . Earn an 11th place finish in the Doral Publix Junior Golf Classic . . . Competed in three events in her native Colombia during the summer of 2011, taking fifth place at the Pereira Open, fourth place at the Bucaramanga Open and third in the Colombian Open.
Prep
Attended Gimnasio Aleman Friedrich von Shiller . . . Started playing golf at the age of nine . . . Competed internationally throughout South America . . . Played tournaments in the U.S. such as the Doral Publix Junior Golf Classic and the Junior World in San Diego.
Personal
Laura Sanchez was born in Bogota, Colombia on Jan. 25, 1992 . . . She is the daughter Jorge Sanchez and Beatriz Zuluaga . . . Has one younger brother, Simon . . . Her favorite athletes are Tiger Woods, Roger Federer and Lorena Ochoa . . . Majored in finance.
