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  So-Hyun Park
So-Hyun Park

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Seoul, South Korea

High School:
Bradenton (FL) Preparatory Academy

Height:
5-4

Birthdate:
08/16/1988

The first All-America honoree in program history ... received honorable-mention All-America accolades from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) and Golfweek following a stellar freshman season ... earned the Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP honors as a freshman ... a special player that wants to help the Notre Dame program reach unprecedented heights ... a very focused and motivated golfer ... after just two seasons, holds multiple Irish records ... holds the career stroke average record (minimum 35 rounds) with a 74.82 mark ... established a program-record 73.63 single-season scoring average as a freshman ... her top 54-hole total of 212 (-4) ranks second in program history ... has two medalist and four runner-up finishes with the Irish ... owns four of the top 11 rounds in program history including: two three-under par (69) rounds as a freshman, a four-under par (68) and a record tying six-under par (66) round ... has had 62 of a possible 65 rounds counted through two seasons ... earned all-BIG EAST honors in 2008 and 2009 ... a very consistent golfer who hits a lot of quality golf shots, allowing her to be more aggressive on the course ... a fine student as well ... posted a 3.702 cumulative GPA as an accounting major ... named to the NGCA All-Scholar Team (3.60 GPA and played in 60% of team events) in 2008 and 2009 ... earned monograms as a freshman and sophomore.

AS A SOPHOMORE: A constant in the Irish lineup, appearing in all 11 events and having 30 of a possible 33 rounds counted towards the team score ... posted a 75.91 scoring average, the sixth-best single season mark in program history ... had five top-15 finishes on the season ... named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 26 ... opened the fall season with a 227 (80-73-74) at the Cougar Classic to finish tied for 47th ... followed with an 11th-place tie at the Mary Fossum Invitational after shooting a 225 (74-68-83) ... at the time, her second round 68 tied for the second best round in school history ... followed with a 211 (70-66-75) at the Heather Farr Memorial to tie for fourth-place, her best finish of the year ... helped the Irish win that tournament behind the lowest 54-hole team total in program history (-6/858) ... her second round 66 tied her with Lisa Maunu for the best round in program history and helped the team card the lowest combined round in school history (-6/281) ... shot a 231 (74-78-79) at the Lady Northern Invitational to finish in a tie for 15th ... closed out the fall season with a 229 (79-73-77) at the Landfall Tradition, placing her in 14th ... opened the spring at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, finishing in a tie for 20th after carding a 233 (80-76-77) ... shot a 220 (74-75-71) at the LSU Classic ... followed with a 225 (73-76-76) at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational ... closed out the regular season with a 237 (78-79-80) at the Bryan National Collegiate ... tied for ninth-place with teammate Annie Brophy at the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament, registering a 224 (70-80-74) ... her first round 70 inlcuded a hole-in-one on the par-three fourth hole ... it was the first hole-in-one recorded in a tournament under head coach Susan Holt ... earned All-BIG EAST honors for the second consecutive season ... carded a 243 (77-79-87) at the NCAA Central Regional to close out the season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Became the program's first All-America honoree by producing an outstanding rookie campaign ... copped honorable mention All-America accolades from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) and Golfweek ... set the program record with a 73.63 season stroke average ... her top 54-hole total of 212 (-4) ranks second in school history ... named the Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP ... only member of the Irish squad to have all 32 rounds counted for the team's score ... won two events (Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup, Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational) and was runner-up four times ... copped all-BIG EAST accolades ... placed in the top-seven in nine of 11 tournaments on the season ... had a big start to her college career as she was the runner-up at the Cougar Classic with a three-under par 213 (70-69-74) in helping Notre Dame to the win ... the three-under par 69 in the second round ties her for third in program history ... she would notch another 69 later on in the season ... in just the second college tournament of her career, she captured medalist honors by carding another 213 (-3, 70-71-72) at the Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup, another Irish win ... in Notre Dame's third-straight victory, she placed fifth with a 222 (+9, 74-71-77) at the Wolverine Invitational ... tied for seventh with a nine-over par 225 (80-72-73) at the Lady Paladin Invitational ... runner-up at the Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate in the final event of the fall as she carded a two-over par 215 (73-72-70) ... selected as Golf World's `most surprising' female player of the fall season ... opened the spring semester with a 229 (+13, 75-75-79), which tied her for 18th at the Central District Invitational ... won her second event of the season by taking the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational with a four-under par 212 (72-70-70), which also helped the team to its fourth triumph of the year ... named Golf World's College Player of the Week for her performance at the Rio Verde Invitational ... tied for seventh at the weather-shortened Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational with a 36-hole total of 156 (+12, 78-78) ... shared runner-up honors at the Canes & Cards Classic with an even-par 216 (71-76-69) ... at the BIG EAST Championship, she placed second to earn all-conference honors and help the Irish to the third league crown in program history ... fired a 231 (+15, 74-79-78) to tie for 55th at the NCAA Central Regional ... earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Ranked ninth nationally according to the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) ... attended Bradenton Preparatory Academy in Florida ... boasts an impressive resume, which includes four tournament wins within the past year ... took home medalist honors at the Bubba Conlee National Junior during the summer of 2006 in Olive Branch, Miss. with a 54-hole total of 214 (67-74-73) ... later in the summer, she placed eighth out of a 72-golfer field at the McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship with a mark of 220 (74-75-71) ... that was one of several American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events in which she has competed ... has also played in Future Collegiate World Tour (FCWT) tournaments ... notched a win at the FCWT Plantation Inn Junior Golf Classic (Feb. 25-26) with a 36-hole score of 151 (76-75) in Crystal River, Fla. ... added to her medalist totals with two AJGA event victories over spring and summer of 2006 ... posted a win at the Bridgestone in Durham, N.C. in April of 2006 and then placed first at the Houchens Industries Junior Open in Bowling Green, Ky. in June ... the daughter of Dr. Jong-Woong and Myung-Hee Lee Park ... born Aug. 16, 1988 ... high school coach and personal instructor is Malcolm Joseph from the David Leadbetter Golf Academy ... an accounting major in the Mendoza College of Business ... carries a 3.702 cumulative GPA.

Park's Career Statistics
Year Tournaments Rds/Tm Rds Count Strokes Avg. Top Rd Top 36 Top 54 Top Finish (Field)- Event (Score)
2007-08 11 32/32 32 2,356 73.63 69 (-3) 139 (-5) 212 (-4) 1st (94/106)- Cardinal Cup (213)/Rio Verde Inv. (212)
2008-09 11 33/33 30 2,505 75.91 66 (-6) 136 (-8) 211 (-5) T-4th (106)- Heather Farr Memorial (211)
Totals 22 65/65 62 5,088 74.82 66 (-6) 136 (-8) 211 (-5) 1st (94/106)- Cardinal Cup (213)/Rio Verde Inv. (212)
 
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