2015-16 (W) Golf Roster

Lily Yatawara

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salisbury, N.C.
  • High School Salisbury

Biography

2014-15
• Competed in three tournaments and six rounds
• Posted a scoring average of 85.33
• Shot a low round of 81 at Mimosa Hills
• Best finish was at Terrier Classic where she tied for 39th place

2013-14

• Recorded a 86.60 stroke average over 20 rounds
• Shot a career low round of 75 at the Terrier Intercollegiate.
• Finished 14th at the Terrier Intercollegiate, her best performace
 • Named to the Southern Conference Spring Academic All-Conference

2012-13
• Recorded an 84.91 stroke averag over 11 rounds.
• Shot a low of 80 at the MSU Ocala Spring Invitational.
• Finished 11th at the UD Hilton Head Invitational with an 85 one round score. 
• Named to the Southern Conference Spring Academic All-Conference

Salisbury High School
• Earned all-county honors all four years for head coach Dale Snyder.
• As a sophomore and junior, she won county Player of the Year honors and was named to the all-Charlotte Observer team three times as well.
• Salisbury was consistently the area’s top-ranked 2A program during her tenure.
• Lowest nine-hole score is 33 as she helped lead her team to the NCHSAA team championship in 2011.
• Salisbury won the central region team championship in Yatawara’s junior and senior seasons as well.
• Placed fourth individually at the state championship as a senior, ninth as a junior and 12th as a sophomore.
• Competed on the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour for coach Robert Linville, where she posted nine top-five finishes and was a tournament runner-up twice.
• Was a member of the Salisbury Academy’s middle school co-ed state championship team in 2008.

Personal
• Full name is Lily Margaret Yatawara.
• Daughter of Chanaka and Grace Yatawara.
• Has a younger sister, Grace.
• Majoring in Management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

  • 2013-14Sophomore

  • 2014-15Junior

  • 2015-16Senior