MARTA SILVA

Class: Graduate of Class of 2008
Hometown: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
College: University of Georgia

A/K/A: Marta Silva Famora

Currently working for Olympic Channel, @martasilva_golf

2014: Earned LPGA card

2013: Competed as a rookie on Symetra Tour and Ladies European Tour, season best T6 at Four Winds Invitational on Symetra Tour and T7 at the Open de Espana on LET

College: Won 2012 Lady Puerto Rico Classic, posted her first collegiate hole-in-one at 2012 SEC Championships, finished No. 1 in 2011 Golfstat Cup and GolfWeek’s ranking, won 2011 Liz Murphey Collegiate, fourth in 2011 Spanish Amateur. 2011 National Player of the Year by NCGA , GolfWeek, and the Honda/Broderick Award, 2011 SEC Golfer of the Year and 2009 SEC Freshman of the Year, four-time NGCA All-American, four-time GolfWeek All-American, four-time First-Team All-SEC

Junior: Twice named GolfWeek’s Amateur of the Week in 2008 after winning Verizon Junior and after winning IJGT at Falcon’s Fire by eight shots, played for Europe in 2007 Junior Solheim Cup, top-five finisher at 2005 & 2006 European Young Masters, cast member of Golf Channel’s “School of Golf”, Recipient of the Georgia Women’s Golf Scholarship for 2009-10, the Mary B. Dinos Scholarship for 2010-11 and the Vickie & Leon Farmer Scholarship for 2011-12.