2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Paz Marfa Sans
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Colegio de Fomento
- Hometown:
- Barcelona, Spain
Career Statistics:
2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2021
2021 - Fifth Year
Finished her career with the fourth-lowest average in program history at 74.33 … Second Team All-Big Ten, becoming a four-time All-Big Ten honoree … Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Ranked third on the team with a 74.07 scoring average … Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships with a 2-under-par 214, which included a final-round 70, to help lead MSU to the title … Tied for eighth at the Indiana Invitational at 1-over-par 217 … Placed sixth at the IU Spring Challenge at 1-over-par 217 … Tied for 27th place at the NCAA Louisville Regional … Played in the NCAA Championships … MSU’s winner of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
2019-20 – Senior
Became a three-time All-Big Ten selection as she was voted to the league’s second team … Her 72.94 scoring average in 2019-20 was the second lowest of her career ... Had four top-10 finishes on the season, including her first-career tournament win as she claimed medalist honors at the home Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 22-23) with a 2-over-par 218 … Recorded two rounds in the 60s, including a 3-under-par 69 in the final round of the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 11-13) to tie for sixth place … Her best finish in the spring came at the Allstate Sugar Bowl (Feb. 16-18) where she tied for 10th place with an even-par 216 … Ranked second on the team with an average of 3.5 birdies per round ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19 – Junior
Second team All-Big Ten selection … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Ranked second on the team with a 74.13 average … Played in all 11 team tournaments … Led the Spartans by placing fourth at the Big Ten Championships – her best-career finish at the event – with a 3-under-par 141 (74-67) … Her second-round 5-under-par 67 tied for the second-best score of her career … Placed third at the Mary Fossum Invitational for the second straight year with a season-best 6-under-par 210 (73-70-67) … Led the Spartans in birdies per round at 2.8 … Named MSU’s winner of the Big Ten Sportsmanship award ... One of four Spartans to earn WGCA Scholar All-American accolades.
2017-18 -- Sophomore
First-team All-Big Ten ... Posted the third-lowest single-season average in program history at 72.29 ... Recorded the second-lowest rounds in program history with 64s at both the Tar Heel Invitational and Minnesota Invitational ... Had three top-5 finishes and placed in the top-20 in eight of the Spartans' 11 tournaments ... Had consecutive second place finishes at the Mary Fossum Invitational (1-over-par 217) and Windy City Collegiate Championship (4-under-par 209) ... Placed fifth at the Minnesota Invitational, helping the Spartans to a second place finish ... Ranked second on the team in birdies (115) and birdies per round (3.71) and was third in rounds under par (13) ... Recorded two eagles.
2016-17 -- Freshman
WGCA All-America Scholar ... Posted a 77.08 scoring average as one of two Spartans to have played all 36 rounds ... Ranked third on the team in birdies (69) ... Had her best tournament finish and lowest three-round total at the NCAA Athens Regional (May 8-10) by placing 10th with an even-par 216, which included a pair of 1-under-par 71 - her lowest rounds of the year ... Took 25th at the Big Ten Championships (April 21-23) with a 12-over-par 228 ... Shot an even-par 72 in the third round of the Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 14-16).
High School
Ranked one of the top women's golf amateurs (No. 171) in the world by World Amateur Golf Ranking ... Won the 2016 Spanish Amateur Championship by four strokes with a 284 (70-70-73-71) ... Posted a season-average score of 74.74 in 2015 ... Tied for 14th at the 2015 World Junior Girls Championship at The Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario with a 7-over 297 (72-75-71-79) and helped Spain to a sixth-place team finish ... 2015: Took third during the stroke-play stage at the British Girls Amateur Championship ... Placed fifth at the Grand Prix des Landes ... Won the under-18 European Girls Team Championship ... Finished runner-up in the Catalonia Amateur Championship (regional) ... Placed ninth in the Spanish Amateur Championship (national) ... Won the Catalonia Amateur's Grand Prix Ranking (Regional League) and the under-18 Catalonia Girls Championship ... Placed fifth at the Madrid Championship (El Encin) ... Two-time member of the amateur women's technical committee (2014-15) ... member of the Girls Spanish Team ... 2014: Second-ranked in Doral Publix Junior Classic ... Placed third in the under-16 Spain Championship ... Winner of the under-16 Catalonia Cadet Championship (regional), the Catalonia Doubles Amateur Catalonia Championship, and the under-16 Catalonia Cadet Grand Prix Ranking (regional league) ... Finished second in the under-18 Catalonia Girls Championship (regional) . . . Placed 13th in the British Girls Amateurs Championship (stroke play stage) ... 2013: Winner of the under-16 Catalonia Cadet Championship (regional) and the Catalonia Doubles Amateur Catalonia Championship ... 2012: Finished runner-up in the under-14 Catalonia Championship (regional) and the under-16 Catalonia Cadet Championship (regional) ... Placed fourth at the under-14 Spain Championship (national).
Personal
Born Dec. 28, 1998 ... Daughter of Judith Sans and Ignacio Marfa ... Major is accounting.
GETTING TO KNOW PAZ MARFA SANS
Favorite Quote
"If you can dream it, you can do it"
If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Spanish ham
If you could share a meal with four individuals living or dead, whom would you choose?
Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Severiano Ballesteros, my grandma
What is your favorite golf course?
Calusa Pines
If you had to give up one of your five senses, which would it be and why?
Smell because I would not have to suffer whenever there is a terrible smell
What is your favorite part about being a Spartan?
The community
