UA golfer Lorena Ochoa hits out of the seventh green sand trap during the final day of the Wildcat Invitational tournament at The Raven Golf Course on Feb. 26, 2002.

 David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star

UA golfer Lorena Ochoa won seven straight tournament championships in 2002, her sophomore season. No other UA golfer, not even Annika Sorenstam, won more than three consecutive tournaments. Not only that, Ochoa won 12 individual championships in ’02, with a NCAA-record scoring average of 70.1, two more records that are unlikely to be threatened.

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