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Meet
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Drea
Braxmeier
Manager
of Media Relations
Hometown:
Phillipsburg, New Jersey
College: University of South Carolina
(2005)
Degree: Sport and Entertainment Management
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Ending up in
a bad part of Las Vegas with teammates Riley Tracy and
Julie Kickbusch and having to jump fences to get back
to the host hotel! |
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Preston
Etheridge
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Unadilla, Georgia
College: Georgia Southern University
(2005)
Degree: Sport Management
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Attending a Pittsburgh
Pirates game and watching the fireworks show with the
city skyline in the background after the game. |
Katie
French
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Copperas Cove, Texas
College: University of Alabama (2005)
Degree: Public Relations and Spanish
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Watching Team
2 member Scott Van Englen crash into a metal pole at
the bottom of the cart barn ramp at Arnold Palmer's
Bay Hill Club. Luckily, there was no damage (or injuries)!
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Jeremy
Freyman
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Bowling Green, Ohio
College: Bowling Green State University
(2005)
Degree: Education - Sport Management
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Watching Team
5 member Greg Sanflippo hit an irrigation line while
digging a hole for the pairings box at Kansas City Counry
Club. |
Jordan
Frye
Manager
of Media Relations
Hometown:
Douglasville, Georgia
College: University of Georgia
Degree: Public Relations
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Being able to
go to three Invitationals, two of which Morgan Pressel
won. Also, getting to work a tournament at Camp Lejeune
in North Carolina. |
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Katie
Gibson
Accounts
Receivable Coordinator
Hometown:
Toccoa, Georgia
College: University of Georgia (2004)
Degree: Microbiology
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: The staff outing
day in the spring of 2005, especially the annual shoe
kick competition. The day was a great way for a newcomer
to learn everyone's names and get to know them better! |
Leigh
Mathies
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Littleton, Colorado
College: Colorado State University
(2005)
Degree: English Education
Intern Year: 2004 & 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Meeting Mark
O'Meara at the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree in 2004 and listening
to him tell stories during a rain delay in headquarters. |
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Whitney
Ross
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Conway, Arkansas
College: University of Central Arkansas
Degree: Kinesiology/Exercise Science
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: Getting a tour
of Pinehurst #2 just after the U.S. Open was held there
in 2005 with Donna Andrews, LPGA player, while in North
Carolina at the Golf Pride Junior Classic. |
Riley
Tracy
Tournament
Director
Hometown:
Grangeville, Idaho
College: University of Idaho (2005)
Degree: Marketing - Professional Golf
Management
Intern Year: 2005
Favorite AJGA Moment: When Diablo Grande
rattlesnake wrangler, a.k.a. "Big Dog", caught
a four foot rattler, put it on ice to send it into hibernation,
and then showed the juniors on the first tee before
they teed off. |
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