2013-14 Women's Golf

Sun Gyoung Park

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Cienega
  • Hometown Vail, Ariz.

Biography

2012-13: Tiedfor first at the Brown Invitational, spearheading the Bulldogs''victory at that tournament ... Finished in a tie for 3rd at theDartmouth Invitational

2011-12:First-team All Ivy...Finished 3rd at Ivy League Championships (76,77, 76)...Appeared in all eight tournaments...tied for 28th at LadyPirate Invitational (77, 76, 73)...tied for 12th at HarvardInvitational (78, 84)...tied for 14th at Rio Verde Invitational(79, 75, 74)...tied for 13th at Hoya Invitational (84, 78,78)...12th at Brown Invitational (79, 80)...averaged 77.9 strokesper round.

2010-11: NGCA ScholarAll-American...Appeared in all five spring tournaments and two inthe fall following an injury...tied for 3rd in her first collegiatetournament - the Harvard Invitational - with rounds of 75 and74...finished 2nd against Longwood in the opening tournament of thespring (72)...tied for fourth at the Hoya Invitational (82,73)...tied for 12th at the Ivy League Championships (82, 76,74)...played spectacularly at the NCAA Regional, posting theBulldogs'' second-best finish, tying for 49th with rounds of 72, 79and 75.

Before Yale: Captained the Cienega High School golf team hersenior year, and was top four in the Arizona 4A-1 Championshipsevery year of high school. Sun was named Arizona Player of the Yearby the Arizona Daily Star three of her four years in high school,and was a four-time all-state selection. Park was named to the HPAll-American Scholastic Team by AJGA, and was an AP Scholar withDistinction, a member of the National Honor Society, and acompetitor for her school''s Model UN Team.

Nickname: Sunny

Residential College: Ezra Stiles

Major: Political Science

Future Plans: Play golf professionally

Lowest Score: 63

Why You Chose Yale: "I really like Coach, theteam, and the golf course. I also love the architecture of theresidential colleges."

 

Favorite Place at Yale: Commons

Favorite Class (so far): Psychology,Biology, and Politics of Food

Favorite Band: Linkin'' Park

Favorite Food: New Haven Pizza

Favorite Book: Think Big, Catcher in theRye

Favorite Course: Rancho del Lago

Places You''d Like to Visit: Sweden

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11First Year

  • 2011-12Sophomore

  • 2012-13Junior

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    2013-14Senior

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