Laure Castelain
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Bordeaux, France High School: Sainte marie Grand Lebrun Height: 5-9 Birthdate: 08/31/1993 Experience: 1 VL

On Castelain: In her second season as a member of Florida State's starting line-up after helping the Seminoles to an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Central Regional championship in her first season...returns to the Seminoles' starting line-up for the second consecutive year after enjoying a fine season as a freshman...a member of the Seminoles' starting line-up in a team high nine events as a freshman and finished second on the team with a 75.74 stroke average...her scoring average was the fourth best among all freshman in the ACC during the 2011-12 season...played in both the NCAA Central Regional Championship and the ACC Championship as a member of the Seminoles' starting line-up as a freshman...Florida State's top finisher in two events - the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (tied for 3rd) and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (tied for 23rd) - as a freshman...one of only two Seminoles (also All-American Maria Salinas) who played in all seven events during the spring 2012 season in helping Florida State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the school record seventh consecutive season...made a quick impression in her first career tournament as she finished with the best single round score of her first season (70), the best 36 hole score of her first season (140), the best tournament score of her first season (217), the best score vs. par of her first season (+1) and the best finish of her first season (tied for third) in the first event of her career - the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic at the University of Oklahoma...a member of the Girls' National Team of France...helped lead France to European Girls' Team Championship in 2011...winner of the French Girls' Under 18 championship in 2010...won the Ladies Cup of France in 2011 and the Grand Prix of Bordeaux in 2010...averaged 75.74 strokes in 27 rounds during nine events as a freshman...

Fall 2011: Immersed herself in the Seminoles' starting line-up as she played in two of the Seminoles' three events during the fall season...after not playing in the first event, she earned her way into the starting line-up for the second and third events and stayed there for the remainder of the season...displayed her immense potential in her first career event as she finished with the best single round score of her first season (70), the best 36 hole score of her first season (140), the best tournament score of her first season (217), the best score vs. par of her first season (+1) and the best finish of her first season (tied for third) in the first event of her career - the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic at the University of Oklahoma...first two scores of her career - a pair of 70's - had her in a tie for second in the individual standings after 36 holes...she finished the tournament with an even par score of 72 and finished in a tie for third in the individual standings...helped Florida State into first place in the team standings after the first round with an opening round score of 70...finished as the Seminoles' team leader with an average of 7.33 strokes in the first match of her career...also played in the Landfall Tradition and totaled a score of 79 in the third round of the event...led the team with two rounds at par or better during the fall season...averaged 76.33 strokes in six rounds during two events...

Spring 2012: Helped the Seminoles advance to the NCAA Regional Championships as she played in all seven events during the spring season including her first career NCAA Regional Championship and her first career ACC Championship...the Seminoles finished in a tie for 10th place in the NCAA Central Regional Championship and in fourth place at the ACC Championship...led the team in events played (seven - tie with Maria Salinas) and rounds played (21)...earned three top 25 and two top 15 finishes along with one top 10 (Bryan National Collegiate) finish during the most productive half of her freshman season...her best outing of the fall season came at the Bryan National Collegiate as she finished in a tie for ninth place in the individual standings with scores of 74-73-74...her score of five over par was tied for her best score vs. par of the spring season...was in a tie for 11th place in the individual standing with her 36 hole total of 146...was also a season best five strokes over par in the Lady Gator Invitational and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic...in three consecutive events - Lady Gator, Liz Murphey and Bryan National - she was a total of 15 strokes over par...was at her best during the spring season as she finished in a tie for 12th place with a spring season low 218 tournament score at the Lady Gator Invitational...was Florida State's second leading finisher in the individual standings in helping Florida State to a third place finish in the team standings for the Seminoles' best finish of the spring season...averaged a career low 75.57 strokes in 21 rounds during seven events...

Before Florida State: Graduated with academic honors from Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun in 2011...passed with distinction her certificate of general education that allowed her to graduate high school...

Personal: Born August 31, 1993...Laure is the daughter of Marie-Colette and Michel Castelain...has a bother, Jean-Etienne, and two sisters, Blandine and Marie-Charlotte...enjoys cooking, listening to music and speaks several languages...chose Florida State over UNLV, Georgia State, South Carolina and Chattanooga.

Castelain at Florida State

Fall 2011

Spring 2012