Michigan State senior women's golfer Valery Plata (Floridablanca, Colombia/Colegio La Quinta Del Puente) was invited to participate in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA), being held from March 30 to April 2, at the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

The ANWA was announced in 2018 and the inaugural event was held in April of 2019, bringing together an international field of the best women's amateur golfers.

"It's one of the top accomplishments of my career so far," Plata said. "I've wanted to play in this ever since it was a thing.  I actually remember calling Stacy (Slobodnik-Stoll) from home when I heard about it and told her I wanted to play in it and I wanted to figure out what I had to do.  That was three years ago.

"I kind of knew it was going to happen, but to come in to the golf center today actually have the invitation in my hand, it's a great feeling."

Plata was with her teammates training in Florida over the weekend when she received an e-mail notifying her of a package that was delivered to the Lasch Family Golf Center on Friday. Upon her return to East Lansing on Monday night, Plata arrived at the facility to the invitation.

The first 36 holes of the event will be played at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, on Mar. 30-31, 2022.

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