Giulia Carando Class: Junior Hometown: Torino, Italy High School: Pendleton School Experience: JR

Lion Career:
2008-09: Carando increased her playing time to 31 rounds...recorded a career best tied for third place finish at the Nittany Lion Invitational...scored a career best round of 74 twice...finished with the best score on the team in three tournaments and in the top two in eight of the eleven.

2007-08: Carando played in six tournaments as a freshman last year...averaged 82.7 strokes over 18 rounds in 2007-08...top round was a 76 in the Cougar Classic...two best finishes came at home with a 39th place finish in the Nittany Lion Invitational and a T71 at the Lady Northern, hosted in 2007-08 by Penn State.

Junior/Amateur Career:
Part of Italian golf team until senior year of high school... Won the Team Ladies National Championship... Won the National Ladies Amateur.

Quoting Giulia: (On why she chose PSU) "It's a great school for academics, the golf team is awesome and the campus is amazing.