Jeff Chen Class: Junior Hometown: Walnut, CA High School: Los Altos Height / Weight: 5-11 / 165 Birthdate: 06/14/1989

RECORD BOOK UPDATE: Career stroke average of 74.14 places him third in school history behind teammate Josh Sandman (73.61) and Cole Isban (73.76 from 2003-07) - minimum of 35 rounds played in order to qualify.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Monogram winner ... arguably team's most improved player in 2008-09 ... competed in eight tournaments, starting each of them ... ranked second on team with 74.42 stroke average (21st on school's all-time single-season chart) for 24 rounds, with each of his rounds counting to team score ... posted pair of top-20 finishes ... made first career start at season-opening USF Olympic Club Intercollegiate, tying for 32nd place at nine-over par 222 (74-76-72); final-round 72 was season-low score he carded eight times during the year ... claimed share of 23rd place at Saint Mary's (Calif.) Invitational with career-low five-over par 218 (74-72-72) ... closed out fall season with tie for 39th place at Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic with 16-over par 226 (78-72-76) ... opened spring with 15th-place tie at Palmas del Mar Intercollegiate in Puerto Rico, registering six-over par 222 (75-72-75) ... turned in team-best tie for 11th place (his highest placement of the year) at Border Olympics by virtue of five-over par 221 (77-72-72) ... notched back-to-back team-high finishes for first time in career with 50th-place tie at Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, carding eight-over par 224 (77-72-75) ... stood alone in 25th place at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate following 16-over par 229 (78-77-74) ... fired eight-over par 224 (74-77-73) at BIG EAST Championship to end up in 30th-place tie.

AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in four tournaments during his rookie season, playing twice with the Irish "B" team and twice as an individual competitor ... ranked second on team with 73.55 stroke average in 11 rounds ... posted three top-20 finishes ... showed amazing consistency by shooting between 71 and 74 in nine of 11 rounds ... opened with season-best eighth-place tie at Rutgers Invitational ("B" team event), carding season-low six-over par 219 (74-71-74) ... teed off as individual at Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic, sharing 36th-place honors at 11-over par 221 (74-75-72) ... started spring season with tie for 12th place at Charleston Southern Spring Kickoff ("B" tournament) after firing 10-over par 223 (78-74-71) ... finished in 20th-place deadlock at Irish Invitational, shooting six-over par 146 (72-74) while playing as an individual competitor.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in golf at Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, Calif. ... three-time first-team all-Miramonte League selection (2004-06) ... 2005 Miramonte League Most Valuable Player ... 2006 Miramonte League medalist ... two-year team captain ... turned in superb junior golf career, primarily on the America Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Tour ... carded 74.46 stroke average in 22 career AJGA Tour events, collecting five top-10 finishes along the way ... finished second at 2004 AJGA Lockton Kansas City Junior (69-71-76=216, E)... took third-place honors at 2006 AJGA Corsemax/Philadelphia Runner Junior (70-70-70=210, -3) ... also competed in three all-star events during junior golf career -- the AJGA/Polo Golf Junior Classic (2005-06) and the AJGA/Hewlett Packard Junior Championship (2005) ... two-time AJGA/HP Scholastic All-American (2005-06) ... member of California Scholarship Federation, Future Business Leaders of America (treasurer) and Science Olympiad ... one of four Californians on Irish roster, along with Connor Alan-Lee, Doug Fortner and '09-10 freshman Paul McNamara III ... full name is Jeffrey Po-Nells Chen ... younger of two sons born to Daniel and Juney Chen ... born June 14, 1989 in Fontana, Calif. ... enrolled in the College of Science as a science-business major ... earned certification from Notre Dame's Rosenthal Leadership Academy during 2008-09 academic year.

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