Three Huskies, led by SooBin Kim in fifth, are among the top 10 after the first of three rounds of the 2013 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship at Valencia Country Club.
SooBin Kim, Ying Luo and Charlotte Thomas have come from Korea, Canada, China, England, and Singapore to become Huskies. Now they are anchoring the youngest, most talented team UW has had.
Photos from first round action at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Washington State and Palouse Ridge Golf Course. (photos courtesy of WSU Athletics)
Washington Notes
• Established herself as one of the top players in UW history after just one season.
• Set the UW record for lowest three round score in team history with a 200 (-13) at the Stanford Intercollegiate in just her third collegiate tournament.
• Was Second Team All-Pac-12 to become the first Husky freshman to ever earn first or second team all-conference honors.
• Her 2012 scoring average of 73.59 was the second lowest in UW single-season history.
• Five top-10 finishes in 2012 ties for 7th most in UW single-season history.
2011-12 (Freshman)
• Was Second Team All-Pac-12 to become the first Husky freshman to ever earn first or second team all-conference honors.
• Was first among Huskies in seven events and second at three tournaments.
• Five top-10 finishes in 2012 ties for 7th most in UW single-season history.
• Her 2012 scoring average of 73.59 was the second lowest in UW single-season history.
• Shot below 70 four times during the season and was under par a total of six times.
• Finished second in her first collegiate tournament, The WSU Cougar Cup.
• Set the UW record for lowest three round score in team history with a 200 (-13) at the Stanford Intercollegiate in just her third collegiate tournament.
Junior Golf and Personal: • Finished second in the 2011 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls Championship, behing UW teammate Jennifer Yang. • Third in the 60th British Columbia Junior Girls' Championship. • Placed second at the 104th B.C. Women's Amateur Championship in 2009. • Set a course record at Golden Eagle Golf Course and moved into a four stroke lead after 36 holes and won at the British Columbia Junior Girls championship. • Captured the 2008 Royale Canadian Junior Girls' Championship, as well as the BC Juvenile Championship that same year. • From Coquitlam, B.C. Canada and Gleneagle Secondary -- the same school as teammate Jennifer Yang.
SooBin Kim's CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR
ROUNDS
STROKES
AVG
LOW
2011-12
34
2501
73.55
66
CAREER
34
2501
73.55
66
Career Best Finish: 1st, Stanford Intercollegiate, Oct. 14-16, 2011 Career Top-10 Finishes: 3 Career Best 54-Hole Score: 200, Stanford Intercollegiate, Nov. 14-16, 2011 Career Best 18-Hole Score: 66, (Two Times) Stanford Intercollegiate, Nov. 14 and 16
