By Alexis Stodghill on Nov 23rd 2010 12:20PM
Filed under: Professional Profiles
From The Young Black Professional Guide:
Sixteen-year-old Mariah Stackhouse, of Riverdale, Ga., has become the first ever African American to be chosen to serve as the 2011 player representative on the American Junior Golf Association board of directors.
Player representatives act as the face of the nonprofit organization, which is governed by a board of directors that meets quarterly to discuss topics affecting the state of the association. Stackhouse, just a junior in high school, has built quite a reputation playing in tournaments for the past four years, earning 12 top-10 finishes. This leadership position will only propel the young golfer forward, adding to her role model status.
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"It is something that represents my entire body of work," Stackhouse said. "It lets other people see that I've worked very hard to get to this point, yet I was still humble about it and it's nice to be recognized. I always looked up to the player representatives and thought it would be really cool. When Mr. Hamblin called and asked me, I considered it such a blessing."
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Stackhouse is currently ranked No. 19 in the Polo Golf Rankings and has prevailed on the green at the 2009 Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic and the 2010 AJGA Junior at Steelwood presented by AT&T.
"I am excited to provide what goes on in the mind of juniors out there on the road," Stackhouse said. "It is really going to be beneficial to learn how successful businesses are run and I think as player representatives we are able to play a big part of it."
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By: Jewell on 11/23/2010 7:56PM
You go girl! There are a lot of Tiger Woods, Venus and Serena Williams out there, they just need the help of our (black) people to help them. I hope our black celebrities and athletes who can help these young girls, reach out and help them instead of doing like Bill Cosby and going on the talk shows and discredit black mothers like he did. Our young people face so much adversity in this the white world we live in, I'm always glad to see young black people doing well. Good luck to you and your family and I will be sure to highlight you on my website: http://www.womeninsports-af.org.
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By: The Cynic on 11/24/2010 12:32PM
Tiger Woods ain't no black celebrity.
1)He doesn't call himself blk
2)He looks like an Asian man dipped in chocolate
3)His father was only a fourth blk, so that makes him a fourth African!
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By: Jerry Kleinpeter on 11/25/2010 1:12PM
where the heck are you coming from jewell. color has nothing to do with this. why even bring that up.
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By: chris on 11/29/2010 1:55AM
Reverse Racism? really? Hopefully someday you'll realize that life's not about anybody for anybody it's about everybody for everybody
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By: James L Weeks on 11/23/2010 8:40PM
Yes, we need more young ladies in Golf. Yes a little support from celebs and corporations would
go a long way.
JW
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By: bossdiva2000 on 11/25/2010 3:15PM
fuck you
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By: Shellfish789 on 11/23/2010 9:05PM
I wish her the very best.....I LOVE READING GOOD NEWS for a change......Thanks for reporting Good and inspiring News......
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By: blackbear72 on 11/24/2010 8:55PM
This young lady seems like a very bright and talented person, with only good thing in her future, but comparing her to TW is asinine! When Tiger was 16 y/o he was one of the top 50 golfers on the planet, he could play at any level and absolutely dominated at his age level. She is ranked 19th as a junior woman golfer, which is equal to about the 2000th best woman and about the 1,000,000th best golfer on the planet. She can not even compare to Micheal Wie at the same age, Micheal was playing on the PGA tour at 16 and was one of the top 20 of all woman of any age.
The last thing this girl needs is to be compare to Tiger. I bet she doesn't even like being characterized as a black golfer, I am sure she think of herself as just simply an American junior golfer.
To Jewell, I bet she hasn't faced any adversity being a black girl in the mostly white world of junior golf. I bet everyone involve in the tournament go way out of their way to make her feel welcome.
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By: Sunshine on 11/25/2010 10:49AM
Are you for real? I guess you never walked a day in a Black person's shoes. Hmmmmmm. You better find a copy of the book "Black Like Me" online. It was written by a White person who changed his appearance to live like a Black person. It was an eye opener for him and it surely will be so for you too.
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By: larry on 11/25/2010 2:53PM
this poster claims its asinine to compare ms stackhouse to tiger and then goes on to not only compare her to woods but also wie at age 16. not how long she has been playing by the time she reached 16, compared to how long they played before reaching that age, and then concludes that she doesn't measure up. we all know that tw's favorite toy as a kid was a golf club which he had before he even learned to walk. so by the time he reached 16, how many times do you think he swung that club? and how do you know if stackhouse would swing her clubs an equal number of times, she could not master him?
the poster goes on to make more outlandish claims while having no way of knowing whether she is motivated by the woods comparison or not; whether she wants to be characterized as black golfer as opposed to thinking of herself as "simply an american junior golfer."
also to suggest she hasn't faced adversity being black and everyone involved go out of their way to make her feel welcome is most outlandish of all.
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