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Sarah Pravecek
Junior (Two Letters)
Omaha, Nebraska (Marian/Nebraska-Omaha)
OUtlook (2015-16)
Sarah Pravecek hopes for more consistent play and
lower scores in her third season as a Husker. The junior from
Omaha competed in the Husker lineup at the 2015 Big Ten
Championships and finished with a 78.75 stroke average as a
sophomore. She also performed well in the classroom, capturing
academic All-Big Ten honors.
“Sarah possesses a lot of skill,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl
said. “She is going to keep getting better because she works hard
and she wants it.”
Sophomore (2014-15)
Honors & Awards
76th at Big Ten Championships (2015)
Academic All-Big Ten (2015)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014; Spring 2015)
Nebraska Class A State Champion (2012)
Three-Time First-Team All-Nebraska (2009, 2010, 2012)
Two-Time Big “I” National Tournament Participant
Second at PGA Junior Series at ArborLinks (2013)
Nebraska Four-State Team (2011)
Two-Time Metro Conference Champion (2010, 2012)
Pravecek’s Career Bests
Best Finish...................................T26th (Chip-N Club, 2014)
Best Event (Strokes)..................222 (Mountain View, 2015)
Low Round.......................... 70 (Mountain View, 3rd, 2014)
Low First Round..........................75 (Mountain View, 2015)
Low Second Round.....................74 (Mountain View, 2015)
Low Third Round.........................70 (Mountain View, 2014)
Career Rounds Under Par.................................................. 1
Pravecek’s career Statistics
Year
Rounds
Strokes Average
2013-14
3
226
75.33
2014-15
24
1,890
78.75
Totals
27
2,116
78.37
Low
70
75
70
Pravecek made a strong first impression in her first lineup
appearance as a Husker at the season-opening Chip-N Club
Invitational, Sept. 8-9. She produced a three-round score of
232 to finish as Nebraska’s No. 4 golfer at Wilderness Ridge. Her
performance included a season-best 76 in the final round.
She earned a spot in NU’s five-player lineup at the Minnesota
Invitational, Sept. 15-16, where she finished as the No. 5 Husker
with a three-round score of 246 (79-84-83). She tied for 71st
in a 75-player field. Pravecek did not play at the GolfWeek
Conference Challenge in Vail, Colo., Sept. 22-24, but did compete
as an individual at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands
Ranch, Colo., Oct. 10-12. She tied for 51st with a 237 (79-80-78).
She tied for 80th (79-78-75-235) as individual outside the
Husker lineup at the Westbrook Invitational to open the spring,
Feb. 22-23. Pravecek added a tie for 68th (83-79-80-242) in NU’s
top five at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz., March 13-15.
She returned to Arizona with the Huskers the following week
as an individual at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson,
March 20-21. Pravecek produced the best three-round total of
her career with a 222 (75-74-73) to tie for 45th. She matched
Audrey Judd for the second-best performance by a Husker.
Pravecek earned a lineup spot for the Big Red at the SMU/
Dallas Athletic Club Invitational, April 10-11, closing the regular
season as NU’s No. 2 finisher in a tie for 52nd (83-76-76-235).
She made her first appearance at the Big Ten Championships
in Indianapolis, April 24-26, closing as Nebraska’s No. 6 finisher
in 76th place at 241 (84-79-78). Pravecek ended her sophomore
campaign with a 78.75 stroke average.
Freshman (2013-14)
Pravecek joined the Huskers for the second semester of her
freshman season in 2013-14, after opening her collegiate career
at Nebraska-Omaha. Pravecek was granted a one-time transfer
waiver and was immediately eligible for the Huskers in the spring
semester of 2014.
Pravecek made the first tournament appearance of her
Husker career at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz.,
March 28-29. She made an impressive debut with the Big Red
by tying for 35th with a three-round score of 226 (80-76-70) that
included a two-under-par final-round 70, while playing as an
individual outside the NU lineup. The 70 was the best collegiate
round of her career, while the 226 shattered her previous careerbest collegiate tournament score by 16 strokes.
Pravecek spent her first semester of college at NebraskaOmaha, where she competed in 11 rounds and produ