Neisen Claims Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week Award

Nebraska sophomore Steffi Neisen claimed the first Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week award of her career when the conference office announced its weekly winner on Thursday.

Neisen joined Purdue junior Paula Reto in capturing the conference's weekly honor, the Big Ten-leading third weekly award won by the Huskers this season.

Neisen, a native of New Prague, Minn., produced the best performance of her career in tying for second at the Alamo Invitational, Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Neisen notched a career-best three-round score of 214 (-2), trailing only UTSA's Fabiola Arriaga by one stroke in the final individual standings.

Neisen's three-round total shattered her previous 54-hole score of 222 (set last season at the Mountain View Collegiate). Her performance on the par-72, 6,272-yard layout at the Briggs Ranch Golf Course in San Antonio, Texas included a career-best three-under-par 69 in the final round.

Neisen's career effort helped the Huskers to a fifth-place team finish while producing their top team total (884) of the fall campaign.

Neisen joins two-time winner Madeleine Sheils among the Huskers who have captured Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week honors during their first fall season in conference competition. Michigan State (Carolina Powers) is the only other school to claim at least two Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week awards this season.

2011-12 Big Ten Women's Golfers of the Week
Sept. 15 - Rosie Davies, Jr., Indiana
Sept. 22 - Caroline Powers, Jr., Michigan State
Sept. 28 - Alex Lederhausen, Sr., Northwestern & Jessie Gerry, Sr., Wisconsin
Oct. 6 - Madeleine Sheils, Sr., Nebraska
Oct. 12 - Caroline Powers, Jr., Michigan State
Oct. 19 - Madeleine Sheils, Sr., Nebraska
Nov. 3 - Steffi Neisen, So., Nebraska & Paula Reto, Jr., Purdue