Double-major in math records 3.96 GPA -- and stars for Big 12 champion golf team Posted in Athletics, Extraordinary Stories, Student life When the Baylor University women's golf team won its first Big 12 Championship last spring, it was then-junior Laura Lonardi who paced the Bears. The native of Verona, Italy, recorded the best score on the team in the championship round -- a four-under-par 212 in the 54-hole tournament. But while Lonardi's story goes far beyond numbers, numbers are actually a big part of her story. Sic 'em, Laura Lonardi!