2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
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Yang, Athena
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Athena Yang
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Winter Haven High School
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Bio
Junior Year (2018-19):Â
Played one event this season, although she was scheduled to play the Brickyard Intercollegiate before MSU did not compete due to weather… Shot 77, 70 at the MSU-hosted Magnolia Invitational and finished t-25… Ranks sixth in career scoring with a 75.58 average.Â
Sophomore Year (2017-18)
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Played in nine of the Bulldogs' 10 events, compiling a 75.4 scoring average... Turned in a 73.3 average in the fall... Recorded a pair of Top-25 finishes, including a Top-10 showing... Fired a 71 to finish tied for sixth in a Dickson Invite that was shortened to one round by weather... Also had a strong performance in the Battle at the Beach, matching her career low with a 70 in the final round to finish tied for 22nd with a score of 219. Â
Freshman Year: (2016-17):
Participated in every regular-season tournament, with injury keeping her from making the trip to Birmingham for the SEC Championship... Wrapped the year with a 76.0 scoring average, but showed finished the year strong with a 75.3 average in the spring... Registered her best finish of the season at the UCF Challenge, opening with season-best rounds of 71 and 70 en route to tying for 33rd with a 218 total. Â
Prior to MSU:
Wrapped her prep career at Winter Haven High School in Florida after going to Lake Region following a move to the "Sunshine State" from Minnesota... Three-time Polk County (Fla.) girls champion... Rose to the No. 1-ranked player on the Florida Junior Tour... Won the state's Class 3A state championship as a junior at Lake Region High School (2014)... Teamed with Kendall Griffin in 2015 to compete at the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Oregon... Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship... Took runner-up in the Girls 13-18 division of the 2013 Florida Junior Match Play Championship... Finished first in the county and district, as well as 3rd place at the state tournament as a freshman in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Â
Personal:
Born February 10th, 1998... Daughter of Matt and Mae Yang... Her mother coached her Winter Haven team... Majoring in Kinesiology... Enjoys spending time at the coffee shop, thrift shopping, working out and making memories with family and close friends.
Played one event this season, although she was scheduled to play the Brickyard Intercollegiate before MSU did not compete due to weather… Shot 77, 70 at the MSU-hosted Magnolia Invitational and finished t-25… Ranks sixth in career scoring with a 75.58 average.Â
Sophomore Year (2017-18)
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Played in nine of the Bulldogs' 10 events, compiling a 75.4 scoring average... Turned in a 73.3 average in the fall... Recorded a pair of Top-25 finishes, including a Top-10 showing... Fired a 71 to finish tied for sixth in a Dickson Invite that was shortened to one round by weather... Also had a strong performance in the Battle at the Beach, matching her career low with a 70 in the final round to finish tied for 22nd with a score of 219. Â
Freshman Year: (2016-17):
Participated in every regular-season tournament, with injury keeping her from making the trip to Birmingham for the SEC Championship... Wrapped the year with a 76.0 scoring average, but showed finished the year strong with a 75.3 average in the spring... Registered her best finish of the season at the UCF Challenge, opening with season-best rounds of 71 and 70 en route to tying for 33rd with a 218 total. Â
Prior to MSU:
Wrapped her prep career at Winter Haven High School in Florida after going to Lake Region following a move to the "Sunshine State" from Minnesota... Three-time Polk County (Fla.) girls champion... Rose to the No. 1-ranked player on the Florida Junior Tour... Won the state's Class 3A state championship as a junior at Lake Region High School (2014)... Teamed with Kendall Griffin in 2015 to compete at the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Oregon... Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship... Took runner-up in the Girls 13-18 division of the 2013 Florida Junior Match Play Championship... Finished first in the county and district, as well as 3rd place at the state tournament as a freshman in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Â
Personal:
Born February 10th, 1998... Daughter of Matt and Mae Yang... Her mother coached her Winter Haven team... Majoring in Kinesiology... Enjoys spending time at the coffee shop, thrift shopping, working out and making memories with family and close friends.
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