NEW HAVEN, Conn. –
In unprecedented times, Yale University Athletics is rallying together as One Bulldog Nation. While the health and safety of everyone must be at the forefront of every decision, Yale Athletics celebrates the outstanding accomplishments that our winter postseason-qualifying teams and spring programs have made this season. Today we begin honoring the outstanding senior classes of our teams that had their seasons cut short. Here is senior captain Beryl Wang.
Lauren Harling, the head coach of women's golf at Yale, was impressed with her first Bulldog captain.
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Beryl Wang has been a fantastic captain, always putting the needs of our team and each individual at the top of the list. On the golf course, she played with her heart on her sleeve. After being sidelined last year due to some other obstacles, she dove right back in and fell in love with golf again. Her joy and excitement has been infectious. It was a joy to watch her grow as a young woman and student-athlete in our short time together."
Wang, from Sugar Land, Texas, was clearly a leader before taking many swings at the famous Yale Golf Course. The team voted her captain despite Wang missing most of her junior campaign for medical reasons, but returned for the Ivy League Championships and produced a contributing score each round. Maybe her schooling and passion for learning about the way the human mind works had something to do with that.
Wang, a psychology major who will work in New York City as a management consultant focused on assisting C-level executives, was a research assistant in the Yale Cognition and Development Lab.
"We studied how children's minds think and develop as they grow," said Wang, who led Yale to an eighth-place finish out of 16 teams at this month's Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii. "I got the chance to see a study all the way through, from designing the experiment and running participants, to gathering data and analyzing results."
Wang, who has been a Yale Student-Athlete Community Outreach representative and a Bulldog Buddies mentor, was always gathering data about her teammates and analyzing what motivated them. She would have loved to continue that process for the next two months.
"Playing golf for Yale and being captain this year has been the greatest privilege. I am heartbroken that my competitive golf career ended earlier than expected. What I will miss most is being on a team with the most incredible, hardworking and supportive group of women. My teammates, who have become family, are what I will cherish the most."
The Yale captain felt the team was progressing this season and headed toward something special. Tying for eighth (was 9th until a DQ) with the University of Nevada in Hawaii, and having only one (Ohio State) other Northern school ahead of them, the Bulldogs were off to a great start.
"I could not be prouder to be a part of this team. This is the end of my college golf journey, but Yale Women's Golf is just getting started. I can't wait to see what amazing things this team continues to accomplish."
Wang, whose favorite golf course other than Yale is Sleepy Hollow in New York, went on to thank a few key people who helped her over the four years.
"I am so incredibly grateful for everyone who has been a part of my journey, including my teammates, coaches, friends and family, and everyone who is a part of the Yale Golf family. Thank you, Coach Lauren, for joining us this year and all your hard work in cultivating a strong team culture. Thank you, TJ [
Anthony Belanger], for always pushing us in the weight room and helping us get stronger. Thank you, Coach Holton [Freeman, her swing coach in Florida], for salvaging my swing this year and your creative supply of encouraging words.
Plenty of Bulldogs owe thanks to her.
