2013-14 (SOPHOMORE): Dalpes continued to be one of the team statistical leaders during her sophomore campaign. She finished the season with a 77.42 scoring average, second best on the Aggie squad, and holed 46 birdies to tie her for the team lead after being one of only two Aggie golfers to compete in all 11 tournaments during the season. She has now participated in all 21 tournaments NM State has been a part of during her first two seasons at the school.
Dalpes also tied for the NM State low round of the season after shooting a 2-under-par 70 during the first round of the Aggies’ home tournament, the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate (Oct. 7-9). It was the third time in her NM State career she shot a 2-under round, her personal career best. Dalpes finished the home tournament with a season-best total score of 10-over 226, a score she would also mark at the Mountain View Collegiate (Mar. 28-29).
Dalpes kicked off the season by finishing in a tie for ninth place at the Hobble Creek Invitational (Sep. 9-10), her third top-10 finish of her career. She was NM State’s top finisher at Hobble Creek, at the Bruin-Wave Invitational (Mar. 3-4) and tied for the team’s best finish at the NCAA West Regional. Dalpes would get her fourth top 10 of her career at the WAC Women’s Golf Championship, a career-best tie for third place finish, en route to helping the Aggies win their first WAC title.
At the conclusion of the season Dalpes was honored as an All-WAC first team member, her first honor while at NM State.
2012-13 (FRESHMAN): After a stellar high school career, Dalpes continued her high level of golf during her first season at NM State. She played in all 10 tournaments during the 2012-13 season and was the Aggies’ top finisher in eight of those tournaments, including the WAC Women’s Golf Championship (Apr. 22-24). Dalpes finished the WAC tournament in a tie for 21st place with a total score of 15-over-par 231.
Dalpes led NM State in all major categories including scoring average (77.17), low round (2-under 70), low total score (3-over 219), best finish (T7), rounds at par or better (3) and birdies (51). She also had the Aggies’ only two eagles of the season, becoming only the fifth Aggie women’s golfer in the school’s history to hole two eagles in one season. Dalpes also finished 64th in the country in par-3 scoring with a 3.13 average.
Dalpes had a total of four top 20 finishes, including back-to-back top 10 finishes, the first during NM State’s home tournament the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate (Oct. 8-10), where she finished in a tie for seventh, followed by a ninth place finish at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 21-23). The home tournament and the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown would turn out to be the two most productive for Dalpes in 2012-13. The two tournaments would be two of three in which Dalpes shot three rounds in the 70s. She would also shoot her best round of the season, a 2-under 70, once during both tournaments and would end up with her two best total scores of the season. She shot her best total score, a 3-over-par 219, during the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” and followed that up with a 6-over 222 in Las Vegas. Dalpes concluded the 2012-13 season as the only Aggie golfer throughout the season to shoot a round under par, the only Aggie golfer to hole an eagle putt and the only Aggie golfer to finish in the top 10 of a tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL: Dalpes played four years of golf at Alamogordo High School in Alamogordo, N.M. She graduated in 2012 as one of the most decorated Tiger golfers in the history of the high school. The Tigers won the district championship all four years Dalpes played at Alamogordo while finishing no worse than fourth in the state tournament all four years.
Individually, Dalpes won the district championship her sophomore, junior and senior years while being named the state champion her junior and senior years. She lettered all four years in golf while also lettering twice in volleyball. Dalpes has the school record for total two-day score and her score of 66 during her senior year is also a school record for a round. She finished her junior year with an average score per round of 75 and improved during her senior year, finishing with an average score per round of 73, including two round in the 60s.
PERSONAL: Dalpes is a native of Alamogordo and is the daughter of Grant and Lori Dalpes. Her father is a golf course general manager. Not only did Dalpes excel on the golf course, she also excelled in the classroom, being part of the Golden Scholars and the National Honor Society. During her free time Dalpes enjoys being involved in her church. She is seeking a degree in PGA Golf Management. Dalpes older sister, Kelli, also golfed at NM State.
