Stephanie Kim
| Height: | 5-0 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Tempe, Ariz. |
| High School: | Desert Vista |
| Position: | Right |
Academic Notes: Has double major in advertising and photography...Named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team...Member of the National Honor Society.
Summer of 2010: Won U.S. Women's Amateur sectional held at Desert Forest Golf Club in Carefree on June 21 to qualify for the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur…Carded a six-over 78 to defeat three players at 79…Participated in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Public Links.
2009-10: All-Big Sky first-team selection…Chosen the Big Sky Player of the Year and the Big Sky Freshman of the Year, the first golfer in league history to win both honors in the same season….Believed to be the first female in any sport to accomplish the feat in league history….Third golf student-athlete in school history to be named Freshman of the Year and is the sixth player in school history to claim Player of the Year honors…Broke school records for scoring average, single round score, 54-hole score, tournaments won and number of par of better rounds in a season…Won the 2010 Big Sky Championships with a school-record tying 54-hole total of 216, posting rounds of 69-70-77 to claim the title by four strokes over teammate Megan Buck, who carded a career-best 220 over the three rounds…Joined former NAU standout Sophia Choi as the only freshmen to win the conference tournament, tying the Big Sky Championship record set by NAU’s Lauren Gray in 2004 and equaled by Margaux Sheehan of Sacramento State in 2007…Became the fifth player in school history to win medalist honors…Overall, NAU players have won medalist honors at the Big Sky Championship five previous times, including Choi, Lauren Gray (2004), Louise Davis (1997) and Eleanor Pilgram (1996, 1998)….Posted a school-record scoring average of 75.6 in 11 tournaments, breaking the record held by Sophia Choi set during the 2007-08 season, and won a single-season best three tournaments…Captured medalist honors at the Grand Canyon Fall Invitational, the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic and the Big Sky Championships…With three tournament victories, she became the fourth student-athlete in school history to win three or more tournaments in their career…Shot a single-round school record 68 in the first round of the Cowgirl Classic and tied the school 54-hole record two times with an even-par 216 during the season (Cowgirl Classic, Big Sky Championships). She also set a school record with six par or better during the season.
Summer of 2009: Finished second at Thunderbird of Arizona High School Senior Classic at Gainey Ranch Golf Club Ranch with a 75..
High School: A 2009 graduate of Desert Vista High School...Played for Pierce Hamilton...Tied for eighth at 2008 5A AIA State Championships, shooting rounds of 77-74... Finished fifth in 2007 (72-74) and 11th in 2006 (78-75)...Earned city medalist three times and regional medalist twice...Was named the Southwest Section PGA PING Series Player of the Year in 2007...Ranked No. 103 in her class by the Junior Golf Scoreboard and 229th overall...Played in 16 events in 2007-08, posting two wins, 10 top five and 13 top 10 finishes...Coached by swing coach Kene Bensel in Ahwatukee.
Personal: Born Yoonsoo Kim July 24, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea...Daughter of Hogeon Kim...Has on sister, Grace.
CAREER-BEST:
68, 2010 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (1st)
69, 2010 Big Sky Championships (1st)
70, 2009 Lamkin Grip/Cal Poly Invite
70, 2010 Big Sky Championships (2nd)
71, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational (1st)
71, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational (2nd)
73, 2010 Mountain View Collegiate (2nd)
73, 2010 Mountain View Collegiate (3rd)
74, 2010 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (2nd, 3rd)
TWO ROUNDS :
142, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational
THREE ROUNDS:
216, 2010 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
216, 2010 Big Sky Championships
226, 2010 Mountain View Collegiate
229, 2009 Bulldog and Eagle Invitational
BEST FINISH:
1st, 2009 Grand Canyon Fall Invitational
1st, 2010 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
1st, 2010 Big Sky Championships



