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ARCS REPORT
Asian Representation in College Sports Report, or ARCS, is the inaugural report in an ongoing content series PacificPine Sports will publish to highlight Asian participation in the collegiate sports rankings in the USA. In its first edition, the ARCS Report covers Asian representation in NCAA sports amongst 15 leading academic universities, including all Ivy League schools, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and more.
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The Highlight Series
Rose Zhang, Stanford University
Rose Zhang had a remarkable 2021-2022 season which culminated in winning the NCAA Team Championship as well as the NCAA Individual Championship. Rose additionally was crowned the ANNIKA Award winner, WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Golfer of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was selected to the WGCA First-team All-American, Golfweek First-team All-American and All-Pac-12 First team. To top it all off, Rose set the NCAA single-season stroke record with an average of 69.68.
Victoria Liu, Princeton University
Victoria Liu was named 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and selected to the First-Team All-Ivy as she became an Ivy League medallist. Victoria broke 70 three times in the season, shooting a 68 and 69 to close the Penn State tournament and carding a 69 in the second round of the Princeton Invitational. Her stroke average was 73.19.
Jennifer Wang, Columbia University
Jennifer Wong was the fourth player in Columbia’s school history to earn First Team All-Ivy League honours for the second time in a career. Jennifer is further a two-time Ivy League runner-up, two-time WGCA All-America Scholar honouree, and two-time Academic All-Ivy League honouree. Jennifer shot a career-low 69 two times this last season, tying Columbia’s program record for lowest round score at the Ivy League Championship. Jennifer ranks second and third in school history for lowest 54-hole score at the Ivy League Championship, with a 220 in 2019 and 221 in 2022.
Taylor Zeng, Columbia University
Taylor Zeng earned First Team All-Ivy League honours after finishing tied for third at the 2022 Ivy League Championship. Her scoring average was 75.43 and she has three top five finishes, five top ten finishes and six top-25 finishes. Her season low round was a 70 shot at the Low Country Intercollegiate. In Taylor’s collegiate debut, she finished in 13th place with a 10-over-par 77-72-77-226 at the Boston College Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21).
Angelina Ye, Stanford University
Hailing from Shanghai, China, Angelina, together with her teammate Rose, won the NCAA Team Champion in 2022. She was further named to the PGCA First team All-American 2021, All-Pac 12 First Team 2021, Golfweek Third Team All-American 2021, Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 2021, WGCA Second-team All-American 2020, and is a Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021 & 2020). Angelina further won the 2019 Stanford Intercollegiate. Her stroke average in 2022 was 72.49.
Yoona Kim, Harvard University
Yoona Kim, an Economics major, appeared in six tournaments, two as an individual, while totalling a scoring average of 78.67. Yoona carded a season-best round of even-par 72 during the second round of the Princeton Invitational and notched the highest finish of the season at the UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational where she tied for 25th. Yoona further competed in the Ivy League Championship where she fired (83-82-77) to place 28th.
Anne Chen, Duke University
Anne Chen is an All-ACC awardee in 2022, a WGCA Scholar All-American awardee in 2021 and an ACC Honor Roll nominator in 2021. She was on the All-ACC Academic Team in 2021 and 2022. She competed in 10 tournaments in the 2021-22 season and notchesd a career-best 72.79 stroke average. She won the Chattanooga Classic individual title with rounds of 72,69 and 66 for a 9-under, 207. She led Duke with 13 rounds of even or under par and notched three top-10 and five top-20 finishes during the season, while leading the Blue Devils with 87 birdies.
Irene Kim, Northwestern University
Irene Kim was invited to play in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and was named the 2021 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and was an All-Big Ten First Team selection. She earned All-American second team honors from both the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek. Irene started off the season with a head-to-head win against Ohio State and placed in a tie for 11th in the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate as part of a top-five finish for the Cats. She also finished fourth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Houston, Texas. She secured a runner-up finish at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, a performance that earned her Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week honour and placed 13th at the PING/ASU.
Anina Ku, Harvard University
Anina Ku, an Applied Mathematics major, was named First-TeamAll-Ivy and finished the season with a 76.67 scoring average. Anina tied for 10th at UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational with scores of 79-71-75. She was fifth at the Hoya Invitational. At the Ivy League Championship, she was Harvard’s highest scorer. She was also named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week on April 27th.
Meiyi Yan, Harvard University
Meiyi Yan, an Applied Mathematics major, was named Second-Team All-Ivy, posted a scoring average of 76.05 for the season and finished in the top-10 at the Ivy League Championship as a sophomore. As a freshman, Meiyi fired a career-best round of 70 on the Dartmouth Invitational and finished 10th to help Harvard finish first place.
Tiffany Kong, Princeton University
Tiffany Kong was named as the 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar. She played in every event and had six top-10 finishes, led by a win at the Lady Blue Hen in the fall after back-to-back runner-up finishes at William & Mary and the Princeton Invitational and was one stroke away from tying the single-round Princeton record as the best round by a Princeton player since 2008. She also finished fourth on the team both at the Ivy League Championship and at the NCAA Regional. Her stroke average was 73.85.
Yu Kyung Kim, Princeton University
Yu Kyung Kim, hailing from South Korea, was selected to the Second-Team All-Ivy, finishing seventh overall at the Ivy League Championship, behind teammates Victoria and Tiffany, helping Princeton University win the Ivy League title. Her stroke average was 74.17.
Brittany Park, Brown University
Brittany Park was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2019 and was selected to First-Team All-Ivy as a freshman. As a sophomore in 2021-2022, Brittany finished 9th at the FAU Winter Warm-up, placed 13th at the Boston College Invitational, 14th at the Dartmouth Invitational, and 15th at the Yale Fall Invitational. She competed in the Ivy League Championship, the Harvard Invitational, and the Low Country Invitational that year. As a Freshman, Brittany turned in a stellar performance at the Ivy Championship, shooting 72-77-76—225 for third place, and earned medallist honours at the St. John's Invitational, placing first on rounds of 72-75—147. She also placed 7th at the Harvard Invitational.
Rose Zhang, Stanford University
Rose Zhang had a remarkable 2021-2022 season which culminated in winning the NCAA Team Championship as well as the NCAA Individual Championship. Rose additionally was crowned the ANNIKA Award winner, WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Golfer of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was selected to the WGCA First-team All-American, Golfweek First-team All-American and All-Pac-12 First team. To top it all off, Rose set the NCAA single-season stroke record with an average of 69.68.
Victoria Liu, Princeton University
Victoria Liu was named 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and selected to the First-Team All-Ivy as she became an Ivy League medallist. Victoria broke 70 three times in the season, shooting a 68 and 69 to close the Penn State tournament and carding a 69 in the second round of the Princeton Invitational. Her stroke average was 73.19.
Jennifer Wang, Columbia University
Jennifer Wong was the fourth player in Columbia’s school history to earn First Team All-Ivy League honours for the second time in a career. Jennifer is further a two-time Ivy League runner-up, two-time WGCA All-America Scholar honouree, and two-time Academic All-Ivy League honouree. Jennifer shot a career-low 69 two times this last season, tying Columbia’s program record for lowest round score at the Ivy League Championship. Jennifer ranks second and third in school history for lowest 54-hole score at the Ivy League Championship, with a 220 in 2019 and 221 in 2022.
Taylor Zeng, Columbia University
Taylor Zeng earned First Team All-Ivy League honours after finishing tied for third at the 2022 Ivy League Championship. Her scoring average was 75.43 and she has three top five finishes, five top ten finishes and six top-25 finishes. Her season low round was a 70 shot at the Low Country Intercollegiate. In Taylor’s collegiate debut, she finished in 13th place with a 10-over-par 77-72-77-226 at the Boston College Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21).
Angelina Ye, Stanford University
Hailing from Shanghai, China, Angelina, together with her teammate Rose, won the NCAA Team Champion in 2022. She was further named to the PGCA First team All-American 2021, All-Pac 12 First Team 2021, Golfweek Third Team All-American 2021, Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 2021, WGCA Second-team All-American 2020, and is a Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021 & 2020). Angelina further won the 2019 Stanford Intercollegiate. Her stroke average in 2022 was 72.49.
Yoona Kim, Harvard University
Yoona Kim, an Economics major, appeared in six tournaments, two as an individual, while totalling a scoring average of 78.67. Yoona carded a season-best round of even-par 72 during the second round of the Princeton Invitational and notched the highest finish of the season at the UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational where she tied for 25th. Yoona further competed in the Ivy League Championship where she fired (83-82-77) to place 28th.
Anne Chen, Duke University
Anne Chen is an All-ACC awardee in 2022, a WGCA Scholar All-American awardee in 2021 and an ACC Honor Roll nominator in 2021. She was on the All-ACC Academic Team in 2021 and 2022. She competed in 10 tournaments in the 2021-22 season and notchesd a career-best 72.79 stroke average. She won the Chattanooga Classic individual title with rounds of 72,69 and 66 for a 9-under, 207. She led Duke with 13 rounds of even or under par and notched three top-10 and five top-20 finishes during the season, while leading the Blue Devils with 87 birdies.
Irene Kim, Northwestern University
Irene Kim was invited to play in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and was named the 2021 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and was an All-Big Ten First Team selection. She earned All-American second team honors from both the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek. Irene started off the season with a head-to-head win against Ohio State and placed in a tie for 11th in the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate as part of a top-five finish for the Cats. She also finished fourth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Houston, Texas. She secured a runner-up finish at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, a performance that earned her Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week honour and placed 13th at the PING/ASU.
Anina Ku, Harvard University
Anina Ku, an Applied Mathematics major, was named First-TeamAll-Ivy and finished the season with a 76.67 scoring average. Anina tied for 10th at UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational with scores of 79-71-75. She was fifth at the Hoya Invitational. At the Ivy League Championship, she was Harvard’s highest scorer. She was also named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week on April 27th.
Meiyi Yan, Harvard University
Meiyi Yan, an Applied Mathematics major, was named Second-Team All-Ivy, posted a scoring average of 76.05 for the season and finished in the top-10 at the Ivy League Championship as a sophomore. As a freshman, Meiyi fired a career-best round of 70 on the Dartmouth Invitational and finished 10th to help Harvard finish first place.
Tiffany Kong, Princeton University
Tiffany Kong was named as the 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar. She played in every event and had six top-10 finishes, led by a win at the Lady Blue Hen in the fall after back-to-back runner-up finishes at William & Mary and the Princeton Invitational and was one stroke away from tying the single-round Princeton record as the best round by a Princeton player since 2008. She also finished fourth on the team both at the Ivy League Championship and at the NCAA Regional. Her stroke average was 73.85.
Yu Kyung Kim, Princeton University
Yu Kyung Kim, hailing from South Korea, was selected to the Second-Team All-Ivy, finishing seventh overall at the Ivy League Championship, behind teammates Victoria and Tiffany, helping Princeton University win the Ivy League title. Her stroke average was 74.17.
Brittany Park, Brown University
Brittany Park was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2019 and was selected to First-Team All-Ivy as a freshman. As a sophomore in 2021-2022, Brittany finished 9th at the FAU Winter Warm-up, placed 13th at the Boston College Invitational, 14th at the Dartmouth Invitational, and 15th at the Yale Fall Invitational. She competed in the Ivy League Championship, the Harvard Invitational, and the Low Country Invitational that year. As a Freshman, Brittany turned in a stellar performance at the Ivy Championship, shooting 72-77-76—225 for third place, and earned medallist honours at the St. John's Invitational, placing first on rounds of 72-75—147. She also placed 7th at the Harvard Invitational.
Rose Zhang, Stanford University
Rose Zhang had a remarkable 2021-2022 season which culminated in winning the NCAA Team Championship as well as the NCAA Individual Championship. Rose additionally was crowned the ANNIKA Award winner, WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Golfer of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was selected to the WGCA First-team All-American, Golfweek First-team All-American and All-Pac-12 First team. To top it all off, Rose set the NCAA single-season stroke record with an average of 69.68.
Victoria Liu, Princeton University
Victoria Liu was named 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and selected to the First-Team All-Ivy as she became an Ivy League medallist. Victoria broke 70 three times in the season, shooting a 68 and 69 to close the Penn State tournament and carding a 69 in the second round of the Princeton Invitational. Her stroke average was 73.19.
Jennifer Wang, Columbia University
Jennifer Wong was the fourth player in Columbia’s school history to earn First Team All-Ivy League honours for the second time in a career. Jennifer is further a two-time Ivy League runner-up, two-time WGCA All-America Scholar honouree, and two-time Academic All-Ivy League honouree. Jennifer shot a career-low 69 two times this last season, tying Columbia’s program record for lowest round score at the Ivy League Championship. Jennifer ranks second and third in school history for lowest 54-hole score at the Ivy League Championship, with a 220 in 2019 and 221 in 2022.
Taylor Zeng, Columbia University
Taylor Zeng earned First Team All-Ivy League honours after finishing tied for third at the 2022 Ivy League Championship. Her scoring average was 75.43 and she has three top five finishes, five top ten finishes and six top-25 finishes. Her season low round was a 70 shot at the Low Country Intercollegiate. In Taylor’s collegiate debut, she finished in 13th place with a 10-over-par 77-72-77-226 at the Boston College Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21).
Angelina Ye, Stanford University
Hailing from Shanghai, China, Angelina, together with her teammate Rose, won the NCAA Team Champion in 2022. She was further named to the PGCA First team All-American 2021, All-Pac 12 First Team 2021, Golfweek Third Team All-American 2021, Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 2021, WGCA Second-team All-American 2020, and is a Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021 & 2020). Angelina further won the 2019 Stanford Intercollegiate. Her stroke average in 2022 was 72.49.
Yoona Kim, Harvard University
Yoona Kim, an Economics major, appeared in six tournaments, two as an individual, while totalling a scoring average of 78.67. Yoona carded a season-best round of even-par 72 during the second round of the Princeton Invitational and notched the highest finish of the season at the UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational where she tied for 25th. Yoona further competed in the Ivy League Championship where she fired (83-82-77) to place 28th.
Anne Chen, Duke University
Anne Chen is an All-ACC awardee in 2022, a WGCA Scholar All-American awardee in 2021 and an ACC Honor Roll nominator in 2021. She was on the All-ACC Academic Team in 2021 and 2022. She competed in 10 tournaments in the 2021-22 season and notchesd a career-best 72.79 stroke average. She won the Chattanooga Classic individual title with rounds of 72,69 and 66 for a 9-under, 207. She led Duke with 13 rounds of even or under par and notched three top-10 and five top-20 finishes during the season, while leading the Blue Devils with 87 birdies.
Irene Kim, Northwestern University
Irene Kim was invited to play in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and was named the 2021 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and was an All-Big Ten First Team selection. She earned All-American second team honors from both the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek. Irene started off the season with a head-to-head win against Ohio State and placed in a tie for 11th in the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate as part of a top-five finish for the Cats. She also finished fourth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Houston, Texas. She secured a runner-up finish at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, a performance that earned her Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week honour and placed 13th at the PING/ASU.
Anina Ku, Harvard University
Anina Ku, an Applied Mathematics major, was named First-TeamAll-Ivy and finished the season with a 76.67 scoring average. Anina tied for 10th at UD Lady Blue Hen Invitational with scores of 79-71-75. She was fifth at the Hoya Invitational. At the Ivy League Championship, she was Harvard’s highest scorer. She was also named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week on April 27th.
Meiyi Yan, Harvard University
Meiyi Yan, an Applied Mathematics major, was named Second-Team All-Ivy, posted a scoring average of 76.05 for the season and finished in the top-10 at the Ivy League Championship as a sophomore. As a freshman, Meiyi fired a career-best round of 70 on the Dartmouth Invitational and finished 10th to help Harvard finish first place.
Tiffany Kong, Princeton University
Tiffany Kong was named as the 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar. She played in every event and had six top-10 finishes, led by a win at the Lady Blue Hen in the fall after back-to-back runner-up finishes at William & Mary and the Princeton Invitational and was one stroke away from tying the single-round Princeton record as the best round by a Princeton player since 2008. She also finished fourth on the team both at the Ivy League Championship and at the NCAA Regional. Her stroke average was 73.85.
Yu Kyung Kim, Princeton University
Yu Kyung Kim, hailing from South Korea, was selected to the Second-Team All-Ivy, finishing seventh overall at the Ivy League Championship, behind teammates Victoria and Tiffany, helping Princeton University win the Ivy League title. Her stroke average was 74.17.
Brittany Park, Brown University
Brittany Park was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2019 and was selected to First-Team All-Ivy as a freshman. As a sophomore in 2021-2022, Brittany finished 9th at the FAU Winter Warm-up, placed 13th at the Boston College Invitational, 14th at the Dartmouth Invitational, and 15th at the Yale Fall Invitational. She competed in the Ivy League Championship, the Harvard Invitational, and the Low Country Invitational that year. As a Freshman, Brittany turned in a stellar performance at the Ivy Championship, shooting 72-77-76—225 for third place, and earned medallist honours at the St. John's Invitational, placing first on rounds of 72-75—147. She also placed 7th at the Harvard Invitational.
Nathan Han, Columbia University
Nathan Han attained a plethora of prestigious accomplishment in the 2021-2022 season, including being named GCAA Ping All-Region Honoree, Ivy League Player of the Year, First Team All-Ivy, and the William Terminello Award, where he posted the team’s best season stroke average. In addition to a standout golf season, Nathan exhibited excellent grades and achieved Academic All-Ivy League honors. As a first-year, he led the Lions with a 72.69 stroke average (945 strokes in 13 rounds) and top-25 finishes. His average ranks were fifth among all-time top single-season records. He established a new school record for the best single-season stroke average for a first-year golfer. He also set a school record for par-4 scoring and his career-low round was a 71, established 5 times.
Brian Ma, Harvard University
Brian Ma attained a team honour from PING Northeast All-Region. Brian led the Ivy League with a scoring average of 71.89 shot par and finished 11th in his first Ivy League Championship. Apart from his remarkable achievements on the course, Brain was named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week in October after becoming an Academic All-Ivy selection. Brian’s current major is in Economics.
Jason Lui, Dartmouth College
Jason Lui exhibited extraordinary talent allowing him to attain several awards, including All-Ivy League First Team. Prior to this season, Jason was named All-Ivy Second Team in 2019, and All-Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2018. Apart from his talent in golf, he demonstrates excellent academic achievements and was named Academic All-Ivy Men’s Golf Team in 2022 and 2x Academic All-Ivy League in the Fall of 2018 and 2019. Liu finished his final collegiate season with a stroke average of 73.14, a career-best. Jason’s current major is in Engineering.
Max Ting, Princeton University
Max Ting secured two awards as a freshman in 2019, Ivy League Rookie of the Year and second-team All-Ivy League. Furthermore, in 2020, he was nominated as a GCAA All-America Scholar. Currently, in 2022, he once again got selected to the second-team All-Ivy League. Max Ting, tied for eighth overall in the first round of the Princeton Invitational and attained a stroke average of 75.67.
William Huang, Princeton University
Max’s teammate, William Huang, attained two awards in the 2021-2022 season, 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and 2022 All-Ivy League Second Team. His stroke average was 73.50 within 6 events. Both Max Ting and William Huang earned second-team All-Ivy League honors as each tied for ninth to lead Princeton at the Ivy League Championships at Century Country Club in Harrison, N.Y.
Ethan Ng, Stanford University
Ethan Ng was named an All-Pac-12 Honourable Mention in 2021 and a two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2021 and 2020, making him a brilliant all-rounded student-athlete. His best finish was tied for 6th in the 2020 Southwestern Invitational. Ethan was further selected in the PING All-Region Team in the same year of 2020. His stroke average was 72.88 in 5,903 strokes. Prior to this, Ethan won the NCAA team Champion in 2019. He went on to get selected for the PING All-Region Team in 2020. Ethan's current Major is in Psychology.
Darren Lin, Yale University
In 2021-2022, Darren Lin finished 10th at UC San Diego Golf event and posted a 73.55 average in his 11 tournaments. In 2019-2020, He tied for 21st to help Yale finish fourth as a team at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational. He also tied for 11th in the Bulldogs’ runner-up finish at The Doc Gimmler. In that same year he placed 20th at the Old Town Club Collegiate. Off the Course he is a volunteer goal coach for Rick Hunter Golf Academy.
Jimmy Zheng, Duke University
Jimmy Zheng attained the fourth-lowest scoring average all-time by a Duke freshman with a 72.65 in 8 tournaments. Jimmy's collegiate debut was historical as he aced the 14th hole at the camp Creek GC, a 178-yard par 3, in the final round with a five iron. It stands as the program’s fifth hole-in-one on record and first since the 2015-2016 season. He was also tied for 15th at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 where he fired a 7-over 217.