WHEN SHE PLAYED GOLF AT MEMORIAL, MIRANDA ORR BECAME THE FIRST VISD ATHLETE TO MAKE IT TO STATE ALL FOUR YEARS SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

ANOTHER FIRST FOR ORR CAME LAST WEEK, WHEN SHE EARNED HER FIRST PAYCHECK AS A PRO GOLFER IN JUST HER SECOND EVENT. ORR FINISHED THIRD AT THE CACTUS TOUR'S EVENT IN TEMPE, ARIZONA. ORR SHOT 220, WITH A BEST ROUND OF 71. ORR'S FIRST PRO GOLF CHECK, WHICH CAME JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE HER 24TH BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY, WAS WORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS. TODAY, MIRANDA TOOK THIRD IN ANOTHER PRO TOURNEY, THIS ONE IN MARICOPA, ARIZONA, AND SHE WON A CHECK OF AROUND A THOUSAND DOLLARS. ORR WILL START HER JOB IN HOUSTON WITH DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES THIS FALL. ORR FINISHED PLAYING WITH A&M IN THE SPRING, HELPING THE AGGIES TO THEIR SECOND BEST NCAA FINISH EVER. EARLIER THIS MONTH, ORR, WHO WAS REDSHIRTED TWICE DUE TO INJURIES AT A&M, WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR TEAM BY THE NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION.