Fairfield University Athletics

General: Will serve as captain in the upcoming 2010-11 campaign ... Very strong and determined player ... Hits long off the tee ... Good leadership skills ... Off the Course: Communication major ... Member of the Dean's List in the Spring of 2008 and the Fall of 2009 ... Member of the 3.0 Club in all six collegiate semesters ... 2010-11: MAAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 84.1 strokes per round … Season-best third place finish at the Hartford Women’s Invitational with rounds of 81 and 77 … Shot a season-best 77 in the first round of Spider Invitational and in the second round of the Hartford Women’s Invitational … Had top-10 finishes at the Hofstra Invitational, CCSU Lady Blue Devil Shootout, and the MAAC Championships … Played in 39 tournaments in her career with an 85.40 four-year average ... 2009-10: MAAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 83.9 strokes per round ... Finished in the top 15 in six of the ten tournaments she played ... Finished 2nd at the Lonnie Barton Memorial, with a season-low round of 75 ... Finished tied for 9th at the CCSU Fall Invitational ... Tied for 15th at the Dartmouth Women's Invitational with a first round score of 77 ... Tied for 13th at the Mt. Holyoke Invitational, carding a score of 167 over two rounds ... 2008-09: MAAC All-Academic Team ... Averaged 84.42 strokes per round in her nine tournaments ... Shot a three-day score of 259 to place seventh at the MAAC Championship ... Finished eighth at the Hartford Women's Invitational with a two-day score of 167, including a season-best +6 round in the final round ... Placed third at the Fairfield Spring Invite ... Finished the fall season with a sixth-place showing at the Mount St. Mary's Fall Invitational ... Tied for 21st at the Colonial Classic ... 2007-08: Averaged 89.4 strokes per round, playing 19 rounds in nine tournaments ... Finished ninth at the MAAC Championship ... Scored a two-day 175 for a 16th place finish at the CCSU Spring Invitational ... Tied for 12th at the Mount St. Mary's Fall Invitational with an 85-86 ... Tied for 25th at the Mt. Holyoke Invitational, shooting 85-84 ... Started her collegiate career with back-to-back rounds of 88 at the Dartmouth Women's Invitational ... High School: Earned two varsity letters for coach Rick Thibeault's Minutemen ... Led the team to a two-year mark of 18-2 and a pair of Middlesex League Championships ... Served as team captain her senior year ... Named to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastics team's as a senior ... Also lettered in softball, serving as captain, and basketball ... Personal: Daughter of Diane and Richard Sperandio ... Has two brothers ... Was born in Houston, Texas.