Benedetta Moresco Crowned 2022 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
4/15/2022 5:20:00 PM | Women's Golf
Since 2010, Alabama has produced three SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients for a combined six honors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama women's golfer Benedetta Moresco has been crowned the 2022 Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced by the league office Friday. The sophomore has a 4.0 grade-point average as a food and nutrition major, while she has been selected to the President's List and the SEC Academic Honor Roll every semester in school.
Moresco is coming off a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur in early April, where she was one of just three players in the field to turn in at least two rounds under par.
The 2021 Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention is currently ranked No. 13 in the Golfstat NCAA Women's Division I Rankings and No. 19 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings. She has three career wins under her belt, including the 2020 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex, the 2021 Italian Ladies Stroke Play Championship and the 2021 The Ally. Last summer, after winning the Italian Ladies Stroke Play, Moresco also tied for sixth at the 2021 European Ladies' Amateur Championship.
In the only collegiate win of her career at The Ally last fall, she led wire-to-wire and topped the leaderboard by six strokes. Moresco recorded the best two rounds of her career with her first-round 63 and her second-round 66, while breaking a host of school records, including the lowest 54-hole total against par with her 19-under-par 197, the lowest 36-hole total against par with her 6-under-par 66, the lowest first-round total with her 9-under-par 63 and tying the school record for lowest 18-hole total and lowest 18-hole total against par with her 9-under-par 63. She also helped lead the Crimson Tide to a team championship.
Moresco is currently averaging a 71.09 scoring average through eight tournaments and 23 rounds during the 2021-22 Alabama women's golf season, which included four fall tournaments and four spring tournaments. In those eight tournaments, she has finished in the top 10 on four occasions.
Since 2010, Alabama has produced three SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients for a combined six honors, including Moresco.
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