Chessey Thomas                  Class: Junior Hometown: Spokane, Wash. High School: Saint George's School Height: 5-4 Experience: 2L

CAREER EVENTS
Freshman (2010-11)
NCAA Fall Preview	76-79-80--235	81
Golfweek Challenge	79-73-73--225	24t
Mercedes-Benz Championship	74-74-72--220	23t
Pac-10/SEC Challenge	74-74-80--228	54t
LSU Tiger Golf Classic	78-74-75--227	26t
Bryan National Collegiate	76-81-80--237	46t
Rebel Intercollegiate	76-73-74--223	12t
SEC Championship	74-79-78--231	36t
NCAA West Regional	74-73-84--231	52t
NCAA Championship	80-81-84-68--313	102t
Sophomore (2011-12)
Cougar Classic	75-75-70--220	38t
Mason Rudolph Fall Preview	75-74-80--229	52t
Tar Heel Invitational	77-75-72--224	50t
SEC/Pac-12 Challenge	78-71-70--219	20t
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	78-78--156	49t
Anuenue Spring Break Classic	74-74-78--226	18t
NCAA Central Regional	74-77-73--224	14t
NCAA Championship	76-78-74-70--298	45t
Junior(2011-12)
Cougar Classic	74-72-77--223	54t
Liz Murphey Fall Preview	75-74-72--221	23t
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate	75-69-74--218	11t
Alamo Invitational	73-80-75--228	53t
Seminole Match Up	72-74-72--218	8t
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	74-76-78--228	36t
LSU Classic	83-75-76--234	36t
Bryan National Collegiate	79-79-71--229	56t
SEC Championship	78-74-81--233	28t
NCAA East Regional	77-66-70--213	8t

• Finished in a tie for 54th at the Cougar Classic, carding a second-round even-par 72 score
• Posted back-to-back top-25 finishes in the Liz Murphey Fall Preview and Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships
• Was the top scorer in the Fall Preview, finishing in a tie for 23rd among the nation's best collegiate women's golfers
• Tabbed a team-best second round card of 3-under par 69 at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships, placing in a tie for 11th
• Rounded out the fall campaign with second-best stroke average on the team with 74.17
• Posted her best finish on the year with with a tie for eighth at the FSU Match-Up, helping the Lady Vols to a third-place team finish
• Tied for 36th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
• At the LSU Classic, finished in a tie for 36th with an 18-over 234 card
• Carded a 229 (+13) total at the Bryan National Collegiate, tying for 56th

• Played in eight contests for Tennessee
• Finished par or better five times, including two straight rounds under par at the SEC/Pac-12 Challenge
• Compiled a stroke average of 75.25 - fourth for Tennessee
• Posted her highest finish of the season - T14-at the NCAA West Regional
• Three top-25 finishes tallied on the season were at the SEC/Pac-12 Challenge, Anuenue Spring Break Classic and the NCAA West Regional
• Her best round of the season came at the Cougar Classic and the NCAA West Regional, where she fired a 70 on the final day of both competitions

• Played in 10 of the Big Orange's 11 contests, missing only the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship
• Finished two rounds at par or better on the season - once at the Mercedes-Benz Championship and her season best 68 in the final round of the NCAA Championship
• Compiled a stroke average of 76.45 - fifth for Tennessee
• Posted her highest finish of the season - T12 - at the Rebel Intercollegiate with a three-day score of 223

• Led Team Washington to back-to-back fifth-place finishes at the Junior America's Cup in 2007 and 2008
• Tied for second during the stroke play portion of the 2010 PNGA Women's Amateur Championship in Clarkston, Wash. and advanced to the round of 16 in the event
• Three days after winning her first 4A state title in 2009, cap- tured the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship with back-to-back even-par 72s
• Nabbed three top-10 finishes at AJGA competitions in 2009, including a win at the Scissortail Junior Championships

• Attended St. George's School, which didn't have a golf team
• Competed for nearby Lewis and Clark H.S.
• Captured her second-straight 4A Washington state girls title in May of 2010, carding a two-day 138 total
• In 2009 she snagged medalist honors at the state tournament with a 36-hole total of 139 (-5) and led Lewis and Clark to the team crown
• Ranked as high as No. 24 among Golfweek's Class of 2010 Commitments
• A four-time Greater Spokane League Player of the Year selection
• District Player of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010
• Also was an all-league performer in basketball and led St. George's to the state tournament.

• Selected as a member of Youth Leadership Spokane and was the chairperson for St. George's School Spirit Commitee for the 2009-10 school year
• Aspires to own her own business someday
• Admires the late basketball coach John Wooden because he valued what his players did on and off the court
• Also influenced by Michael Jordan and Babe Didrickson Zaharias
• Chose Tennessee over Washington, Denver and Oklahoma
• Natalie Francesca "Chessey" Thomas was born on Feb. 12, 1992, in Santiago, Chile
• She is the daughter of Jeff and Reggy Thomas