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Jeffrey Chen |
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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 three Californians on Irish roster, along with Connor Alan-Lee and Doug Fortner. ... full name is Jeffrey Po-Nells Chen ... younger of two sons born to Daniel and Juney Chen ... born June 14, 1989 in Fontana, Calif. ... recently completed Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program ... enrolled in the College of Science as a science-business major.
