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2022-23: Competed in all 11 of the Huskies’ tournaments in her senior year, tallying 2,515 strokes and a career high 33 rounds. Helped the team place first at the Falcon Florida Classic. Scored a low opening round of 70 while garnering 12 birdies, the third-most in the field, resulting in a season-low 215 and a tie for eighth place. Finished the season with an average of 73.54 strokes per 18-hole round. Led the team to a second-place finish at the MAC Championships with a 225 as she tied for 7^th place, her best finish of 2022-23. Academic All-MAC honoree.

2021-22: Competed in all 11 of the Huskies' tournaments through the 2021-22 season. Played a career-high 29 rounds her senior season, tallying 2,248 strokes. Played her best gold towards the tail-end of the season at the shortened Redbird Spring Invitational (April 8-9). She logged a scorecard of 76-74=150 (+6) on the two rounds and finished tied for eighth. Her two lowest rounds of the year came in the third rounds of the White Sands Invitational (Oct. 22-24) and the Trinity Forest Invitational (March 7-8) where she carded a 73. Took home Academic All-MAC honors for the second time in her career.

Spring 2021: Played in all seven tournaments and 20 rounds on the season. In the line-up in five events and competed as an individual in the season-opening Mid-American Challenge (Feb. 8-9) and at the BYU Spring Classic (March 15-16). Averaged 76.75 strokes per round with six rounds of 73 or better. Claimed a pair of top five finishes. including fourth at the MAC Challenge where she shot a career best four-under 212. Her opening round 68 was the lowest of her NIU career and was followed up by 73-71. Placed fifth at the Redbird Spring Invitational (April 9-10) thanks to a second-round 72. Twice carded 54-hole totals of 224, including at the Kiawah Island Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) where she opened with a 71. Also scored eight-over 224 and finished in the top 20 at the EKU Colonel Classic (March 29-30) with a final round 72. Tied for 25th at the MAC Championships (April 24-25). The entire season was played in the spring due to COVID-19. One of five Huskies to earn Academic All-MAC honors.

2019-20: Played in six of the Huskies’ seven tournaments on the year, including the MAC Match Play event. Posted a scoring average of 77.7 in 15 rounds. Fired her low round of 72 at the Rio Verde Invitational (Feb. 22) and followed it with a one-over par 73. Carded a season-low 54-hole total of 222 to tie for seventh at the event. Tallied 10 rounds in the 70s. Opened the year with rounds of 76-77-78 at the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 8-9) while competing as an individual. Went 1-2 at the MAC Match Play event (Feb. 3-4).
 
2018-19: Averaged a score of 76.4, playing in 9 tournaments for the Huskies as a freshman...Competed as an individual at the Johnie Imes Invitational, where she placed 46th after shooting a 230 (79-72-79)...Ended T71 at the Illini Invitational, scoring a 225...Finished T27 at both the UC Irvine Invite after shooting 222 (72-71-79) and the Jackrabbit Invitational, shooting a 241 (84-81-76)...She went 1-0-2 at the MAC Match Play event...Ended the Lake Oconee Invite T60, scoring a 236 and ended the Rio Verde Invitational T64 after shooting 159 (77-82)...Finished T20 at the EKU Colonel Classic with a score of 228...Ended the Lady Boilermaker Invitational T11 after posting a 151 (76-75)...Finished T5 at the MAC Championship, posting a 219 (78-71-70) to end the season.

Prior to NIU: Won the 7A Georgia State Golf Tournament as a senior … Led the North Gwinnett golf team by shooting a 71, which earned her the girl’s medalist award for the lowest score in the Georgia State Tournament … Took second place as an individual at the Maple Ridge Tournament carding a 74 … Aided North Gwinnett High School to a first-place finish at the North Gwinnett Invitational … Actively involved in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, placing in the top five in seven tournaments … Placed first at the Fenton Cup at Whitewater Creek (Sept 16-17), Butlercars.com Open (Sept 2-4), and the TPC Sugarloaf Jr. Open (July 26-27) … Trained at the Gilchrist Golf Academy for five years in Clermont, Fla.

Personal: Majoring in health sciences/pre-physical therapy. Daughter of Yung and James Ko. Birthday is January 20.