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Kristin Le

Kristin Le

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Aiea, Hawaii
  • High School:
    Punahou School
  • Major:
    Accounting

• 2016-17 NCAA Championships Qualifier
• Two-Time First Team All-WCC
• Three-time First Team WCC All-Academic
• Three-Time CoSIDA Academic All-America Nominee
• Three-Time WGCA All-American Scholar


A two-time first team All-WCC (2015-16, 2016-17) choice, three-time first team WCC All-Academic choice (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18) selection and three-time member of the WGCA All-American Scholar list (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18) … ranks second in school history in stroke average (75.57), including a career-best 74.51 in 2016-17 … one of only two golfers in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships … won three career tournaments … one of only four golfers in school history with multiple tournament wins ... tied for second in Santa Clara history in career victories ... has posted 27 career rounds shooting par or lower, which is tied with Annie Freman for the first in school history ... her 121 rounds of play ranks No. 2 in the Santa Clara record book behind Freman's 123 ... nominated three times for CoSIDA Academic All-America honors (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18).

AS A SENIOR (2017-18): Played in all 10 events … posted a team-low 74.66 scoring average … finished in the top 10 six times during the season … first-team WCC All-Academic choice … named one of the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars ... CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee ... shot a season-low 69 in the final round of The Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate (Sept. 29-31) … claimed her third career tournament victory with a 3-over 219 (77-73-69) at The Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate (Sept. 29-31) … tied for ninth at the Fresno State Classic (March 5-6) with a 5-over 221 … finished tied for third (71-74-72) at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic (March 26-28) … achieved a total score of 216, including a season-low-tying 69 in the first round, at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (April 2-3) where she finished tied for ninth.

AS A JUNIOR (2016-17): Became only the second golfer in school history (also Miki Ueoka in 2008-09) to qualify for NCAA Championships regional … earned first-team All-WCC honors … completed in all 12 events, leading the team in scoring average (74.51), the third-best mark in school history … posted eight top-10 finishes, including her second-career victory ... finished at par or lower in 11 of her 35 rounds on the season … earned a spot on the WCC All-Academic team ... named a WGCA All-American Scholar ... CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee ... won the Cal Poly Lady Mustang Invitational (Oct. 22-23) with a 7-under 137, just one stroke off the 36-hole school record … recorded the two best rounds of her career (68-69) in that event … followed up that performance by finishing tied for second with 9-over 225 (72-71-82) at the SCU Colby Invitational (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) … tied for ninth with a 7-over 223 (77-73—73) at the Fresno State Classic (March 13-14) … finished seventh at the WCC Championships at 7-over with rounds of 74-77-72-223 ... ended her season by shooting a 13-over 229 (80-72-77) in the NCAA Albuquerque regional (May 8-10), finishing in a tie for 50th.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Key performer who competed in all 11 events … third best scoring average on the team at 76.30 ... had one individual title and six top-10 finishes ... one even-par and four sub-par rounds on the season ... CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee ... earned a spot on the WCC All-Academic team ... named one a WGCA All-American Scholar ... took home her first career individual title at the Battle at the Rock (Feb. 22-23) with rounds of 73-77-70 (220) ... the round of 70 at the Battle of the Rock was a season low ... lowest three-round score of her career came at the Wyoming Girl Classic (April. 4-5) where she shot 71-72-71 for a 2-under-par 214, good for second place behind teammate Annie Freman ... finished tied for third with scores of 71-75-74 (220) at the Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate (Sept. 26-27) … finished the Hobble Creek Classic (Sept. 14-15) tied for 10th with rounds of 73-76 (149) ... tied for 16th at the WCC Championships (April 18-20) shooting 76-74-80 (230).  

AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15): Earned first-team All-WCC honors … ending the year by finishing tied for eight at the WCC Championships ... played in 10 of the 11 tournaments, finishing in the top 20 eight times and top 10 five ... scoring average of 77.11 was second on the team ... season-low round of 70 in her opening 18 holes of the year … posted rounds of 70-80 at Utah's Hobble Creek (Sept. 8-9) ... season-best tournament finish was tied for third with rounds of 74-74 at the Firestone Grill Invitational (Oct. 25-26) … finished tied for ninth at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (April 6-7) with a 5-under 221 (72-75-74).

2014-15 Action Photos

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2014 … played for high school coach Ed Kageyama ... team member of three State Championships – 2011, 13, and 14 … 2014 Most Inspirational Player Award … placed eighth in 2013-14 HHSAA State Championships … 73.8 scoring average as a senior … part of 2013 Asia Pacific Cup on winning Hawaii team … 2013 HSJGA King Auto State Champion … lowest score was 69 at The Club at Hokuli’a.

PERSONAL: Father is Lam Le and mother is Lenhanh Tran … father is an ophthalmologist … mother is an otolarynologist … has two brothers, Elliot and Eric … earned Biology and Chemisty Recoginition Awards in high school … volunteered at local middle school through the A.V.I.D. Program ... an accounting major studying in the Leavey School of Business.

 

LE'S COLLEGIATE BESTS

18 Holes
68 Lady Mustang Invitational, 1st Rd. (Oct. 22, 2016)
  69 Lady Mustang Invitational, 2nd Rd. (Oct. 23, 2016)
36 Holes
137 (68-69) Lady Mustang Invitational (Oct. 22-23, 2016)
54 Holes
214 (73-71-76) Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (April 4-5, 2016)
Finish 1st (68-69 - 137) Lady Mustang Invitational (Oct. 22-23, 2016)
  1st (73-77-70 - 220) Battle at the Rock (Feb. 22-23, 2016)