Northwestern University Athletics
2017-18 Women's Golf Roster
Hannah Kim
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Otay Ranch
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
***Honors and Awards***
2018 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 & 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year
2016 WGCA First Team All-American
2016 Golfweek Second Team All-American
2016 & 2015 First Team All-Big Ten
2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
Lowest career scoring average in program history (72.99)
Lowest single-season scoring average in program history (71.94 [2015-16])
Lowest 18-hole score in program history (64 [2016 Hurricane Invitational])
Lowest 54-hole score in program history (199 [2016 Hurricane Invitational])
2017-2018: Won 2018 Illinois Open for first professional victory โฆ Awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor โฆ Began her professional golf career in the 2018 Ohio Womenโs Open โฆ Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships โฆ Led team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year โฆ Received the fourth First Team All-Big Ten honors of her career โฆ First four-time First Team honoree in Northwestern history โฆ Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem โฆ Led team to a 12th place finish at the NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โฆ Became one of five Wildcat golfers to make a hole-in-one in their collegiate career โฆ Improved to 2-0 at East Lake Cup with a win over Arizona State โฆ Finished third-place at Stanford Intercollegiate โฆ Carded second-straight 72 to lead Northwestern in third round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic โฆ Secured Top-5 finish at UNM Championship Course
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2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 71-73-69=213 (-3) (4th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 70-71-71=212 (-4) (18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 76-72-72=220 (+7) (24th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 66-70-72=208 (-5) (3rd)
East Lake Cup โข 76=76 (+4) (12th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge โข 75-72-75=222 (+9) (23rd)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate โข 68-77-77=222 (+9) (22nd)
SDSU March Mayhem โข 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown โข 74-72-72=218 (+2) (15th)
Big Ten Championships โข 76-73-70=219 (+3) (22nd)
NCAA Madison Regional โข 75-71-74=220 (+4) (42nd)
2016-17: Fired opening round 66 (second-lowest score in program history) on way to being โCats top finisher at Windy City Collegiate Classic, her second-straight Top-10 โฆ Top Northwestern entrant at Mason Rudolph Championship, earning eighth-place finish โฆ Competed against worldโs best as sponsorโs exemption in Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield (MI) Country Club.
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2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 74-71-74=219 (+3) (37th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-70-73=214 (-2) (8th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 66-70-77=213 (-3) (7th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 69-75=144 (+2) (T8th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โข 78-75-69=222 (+9) (T39th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-74-67=210 (-6) (1st)
Silverado Showdown โข 71-66-71=208 (-8) (1st)
Big Ten Championships โข 74-70-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional โข 72-72-71=215 (-1) (T8th)
NCAA Championships โข 75-78-73=226 (+10) (T17th)
2015-16: Big Ten Player of the Year for the second straight season โฆ First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Academic All-Big Ten โฆ WGCA First Team All-American โฆ Golfweek Second Team All-American โฆ Best single-season scoring average in team history (71.94) โฆ Shared team lead with nine Top-20 results โฆ Ranked second on team with five Top-10 finishes, five rounds in 60โs and 18 rounds at par-or-better โฆ Top-10 finisher at 2016 Big Ten Championships, leading Wildcats to second-straight Conference title โฆ Top Northwestern entrant at PING/ASU Invitational โฆ Won Hurricane Invitational with 14-under 199, the lowest 54-hole tournament score in Wildcats history, shaving seven strokes off previous mark โฆ Carded final round 64 at Hurricane Invitational, best 18-hole score in team history โฆ Claimed 13th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) to open the spring with a 74-74-73-221 (+5) ...ย Shot a fourth-place 2-under 211 at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20) ... Her performance included a 4-under 67 in the middle round ... Shot a 6-under 66 in the opening round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) en route to a sixth-place finish ... That round is tied for the best performance in NU history ... The 'Cats finished in first place at their home tournament ... Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) and ended with an even 216 ... Turned in a 6-under 213 (70-73-70) at the par 73 UNM Championship at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โข 70-73-70=213 (-6) (3rd)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-73-72 (E) (17th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 66-71-75=212 (-4) (6th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 73-67-71=211 (-2) (4th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic โข 74-74-73=221 (+5) (13th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 67-68-64=199 (-14) (1st)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 73 (+1) (12th)
~First Round: Lost to Robynn Ree (USC), 3 and 2
~Second Round: Halved w/ Michaela Finn (Kent)
~5th-Place Match: Def. Marta Martin (PUR), 2 and 1
PING/ASU Invitational โข 75-70-75=220 (+4) (17th)
2016 Big Ten Championships โข 71-72-70=213 (-3) (9th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โข 75-81-76=232 (+16) (36th)
NCAA Championships โข 74-72-70-76=292 (+4) (36th)
2014-15:ย Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year โฆ First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Rookie played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments โฆ Ranked second on the team with a 74.26 stroke average โฆ Recorded a team-best 13 rounds at par or better including five rounds in the 60s ... Led the team with seven top-20 finishes in the fall including five top-10s โฆ Helped the Wildcats achieve their best finish in program history at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) โฆ Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) โฆ Tied for 9th at the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) โฆ Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round and an even 72 in the final round to help the Wildcats bring home the title โฆ Played at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and helped the Wildcats finish in the top third of all competition โฆ Led the way of all Wildcats participating in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) with a 5-over 77 โฆ Tied for 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) with a remarkable performance โฆ Her 1-over 214 (69-70-75) was an integral part to the Wildcats winning the tournament โฆ Placed in 2nd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) after notching a 4-under 68 in the final round โฆ Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history โฆ She finished up with a 2-under 214 (72-74-68) โฆ Received her second Big Ten Golfer of the Week plaudits for her performance on the island โฆ Was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for the first time following a 12th-place performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) against a field featuring five of the nation's top-8 ranked teams ... Opened that event with consecutive even-par 71s before closing with a 2-under 69 โฆ Took eighth at Northwestern's own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) thanks in part to a collegiate-best 3-under 68 in the second round ... Notched a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) โฆ Playing a par-73 course at the McGuire Invite (Sept. 15-16), she opened with a 1-over 74 before shooting an incredible 4-under 69 in the second round and a 2-under 71 in the third for a 5-under par total.
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2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โข 74-69-71=214 (-5) (3rd)
Annika Intercollegiate โข 75-73-74=222 (+6) (38th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 75-68-75=218 (+2) (8th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 71-71-69=211 (-2) (12th)
Lady Puerto Rico โข 72-74-68=214 (-2) (2nd)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-70-75=214 (+1) (2nd)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 77 (+5) (15th)
Lost to Regina Plasencia (Arkansas), 4 and 3
Halved with Manuela Carbajo (Georgia)
Def. Lisa Maguire (Duke), 1-up
Bryan National Collegiate โข 79-79-78=236 (+20) (57th)
Silverado Showdown โข 80-75-76=231 (+15) (43rd)
Big Ten Championships โข 71-75-72=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional โข 78-75-71=224 (+8) (22nd)
NCAA Championships โข 86-84-74-76=320 (+32) (76th)
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Before Northwestern:ย Ranked No. 9 in the country and third in the state of California for her class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Competed at the 2014 California Women's Amateur Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the match play portion of the event ... Finished third at the Callaway Junior World event in 2012 ... Fifth-place finish at the esteemed Silver Belle Championship in 2012 ... Mesa League Champion from 2010-12 ... Named Otay Ranch women's golf MVP in 2010, 11 and 12 ... Three-time Otay Ranch Women's Golf Player of the Year ... CIF Southern California Sectional Qualifier runner-up in 2012 ... Three-time CIF First Team of San Diego honoree ... Qualified for the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur ... Top-10 in 2011 PGA Junior Championship ... Had the opportunity to hit the opening tee shot for the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open ... Helped Otay Ranch win the 2010 Mesa League Women's Golf Championship ... Named to Principal's Honor Roll ... President's Award recipient ... California Scholarship Federation Life Member and Seal Bearer.
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Personal:ย Daughter of Gyu Chan Kim and Oke Hee Kim ... Major is communication studies.
2018 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 & 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year
2016 WGCA First Team All-American
2016 Golfweek Second Team All-American
2016 & 2015 First Team All-Big Ten
2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
Lowest career scoring average in program history (72.99)
Lowest single-season scoring average in program history (71.94 [2015-16])
Lowest 18-hole score in program history (64 [2016 Hurricane Invitational])
Lowest 54-hole score in program history (199 [2016 Hurricane Invitational])
2017-2018: Won 2018 Illinois Open for first professional victory โฆ Awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor โฆ Began her professional golf career in the 2018 Ohio Womenโs Open โฆ Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships โฆ Led team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year โฆ Received the fourth First Team All-Big Ten honors of her career โฆ First four-time First Team honoree in Northwestern history โฆ Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem โฆ Led team to a 12th place finish at the NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โฆ Became one of five Wildcat golfers to make a hole-in-one in their collegiate career โฆ Improved to 2-0 at East Lake Cup with a win over Arizona State โฆ Finished third-place at Stanford Intercollegiate โฆ Carded second-straight 72 to lead Northwestern in third round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic โฆ Secured Top-5 finish at UNM Championship Course
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2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 71-73-69=213 (-3) (4th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 70-71-71=212 (-4) (18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 76-72-72=220 (+7) (24th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 66-70-72=208 (-5) (3rd)
East Lake Cup โข 76=76 (+4) (12th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge โข 75-72-75=222 (+9) (23rd)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate โข 68-77-77=222 (+9) (22nd)
SDSU March Mayhem โข 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown โข 74-72-72=218 (+2) (15th)
Big Ten Championships โข 76-73-70=219 (+3) (22nd)
NCAA Madison Regional โข 75-71-74=220 (+4) (42nd)
2016-17: Fired opening round 66 (second-lowest score in program history) on way to being โCats top finisher at Windy City Collegiate Classic, her second-straight Top-10 โฆ Top Northwestern entrant at Mason Rudolph Championship, earning eighth-place finish โฆ Competed against worldโs best as sponsorโs exemption in Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield (MI) Country Club.
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2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 74-71-74=219 (+3) (37th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-70-73=214 (-2) (8th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 66-70-77=213 (-3) (7th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 69-75=144 (+2) (T8th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โข 78-75-69=222 (+9) (T39th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-74-67=210 (-6) (1st)
Silverado Showdown โข 71-66-71=208 (-8) (1st)
Big Ten Championships โข 74-70-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional โข 72-72-71=215 (-1) (T8th)
NCAA Championships โข 75-78-73=226 (+10) (T17th)
2015-16: Big Ten Player of the Year for the second straight season โฆ First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Academic All-Big Ten โฆ WGCA First Team All-American โฆ Golfweek Second Team All-American โฆ Best single-season scoring average in team history (71.94) โฆ Shared team lead with nine Top-20 results โฆ Ranked second on team with five Top-10 finishes, five rounds in 60โs and 18 rounds at par-or-better โฆ Top-10 finisher at 2016 Big Ten Championships, leading Wildcats to second-straight Conference title โฆ Top Northwestern entrant at PING/ASU Invitational โฆ Won Hurricane Invitational with 14-under 199, the lowest 54-hole tournament score in Wildcats history, shaving seven strokes off previous mark โฆ Carded final round 64 at Hurricane Invitational, best 18-hole score in team history โฆ Claimed 13th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) to open the spring with a 74-74-73-221 (+5) ...ย Shot a fourth-place 2-under 211 at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20) ... Her performance included a 4-under 67 in the middle round ... Shot a 6-under 66 in the opening round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) en route to a sixth-place finish ... That round is tied for the best performance in NU history ... The 'Cats finished in first place at their home tournament ... Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) and ended with an even 216 ... Turned in a 6-under 213 (70-73-70) at the par 73 UNM Championship at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โข 70-73-70=213 (-6) (3rd)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-73-72 (E) (17th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 66-71-75=212 (-4) (6th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 73-67-71=211 (-2) (4th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic โข 74-74-73=221 (+5) (13th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 67-68-64=199 (-14) (1st)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 73 (+1) (12th)
~First Round: Lost to Robynn Ree (USC), 3 and 2
~Second Round: Halved w/ Michaela Finn (Kent)
~5th-Place Match: Def. Marta Martin (PUR), 2 and 1
PING/ASU Invitational โข 75-70-75=220 (+4) (17th)
2016 Big Ten Championships โข 71-72-70=213 (-3) (9th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โข 75-81-76=232 (+16) (36th)
NCAA Championships โข 74-72-70-76=292 (+4) (36th)
2014-15:ย Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year โฆ First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Rookie played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments โฆ Ranked second on the team with a 74.26 stroke average โฆ Recorded a team-best 13 rounds at par or better including five rounds in the 60s ... Led the team with seven top-20 finishes in the fall including five top-10s โฆ Helped the Wildcats achieve their best finish in program history at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) โฆ Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) โฆ Tied for 9th at the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) โฆ Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round and an even 72 in the final round to help the Wildcats bring home the title โฆ Played at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and helped the Wildcats finish in the top third of all competition โฆ Led the way of all Wildcats participating in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) with a 5-over 77 โฆ Tied for 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) with a remarkable performance โฆ Her 1-over 214 (69-70-75) was an integral part to the Wildcats winning the tournament โฆ Placed in 2nd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) after notching a 4-under 68 in the final round โฆ Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history โฆ She finished up with a 2-under 214 (72-74-68) โฆ Received her second Big Ten Golfer of the Week plaudits for her performance on the island โฆ Was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for the first time following a 12th-place performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) against a field featuring five of the nation's top-8 ranked teams ... Opened that event with consecutive even-par 71s before closing with a 2-under 69 โฆ Took eighth at Northwestern's own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) thanks in part to a collegiate-best 3-under 68 in the second round ... Notched a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) โฆ Playing a par-73 course at the McGuire Invite (Sept. 15-16), she opened with a 1-over 74 before shooting an incredible 4-under 69 in the second round and a 2-under 71 in the third for a 5-under par total.
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2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โข 74-69-71=214 (-5) (3rd)
Annika Intercollegiate โข 75-73-74=222 (+6) (38th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 75-68-75=218 (+2) (8th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 71-71-69=211 (-2) (12th)
Lady Puerto Rico โข 72-74-68=214 (-2) (2nd)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-70-75=214 (+1) (2nd)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 77 (+5) (15th)
Lost to Regina Plasencia (Arkansas), 4 and 3
Halved with Manuela Carbajo (Georgia)
Def. Lisa Maguire (Duke), 1-up
Bryan National Collegiate โข 79-79-78=236 (+20) (57th)
Silverado Showdown โข 80-75-76=231 (+15) (43rd)
Big Ten Championships โข 71-75-72=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional โข 78-75-71=224 (+8) (22nd)
NCAA Championships โข 86-84-74-76=320 (+32) (76th)
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Before Northwestern:ย Ranked No. 9 in the country and third in the state of California for her class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Competed at the 2014 California Women's Amateur Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the match play portion of the event ... Finished third at the Callaway Junior World event in 2012 ... Fifth-place finish at the esteemed Silver Belle Championship in 2012 ... Mesa League Champion from 2010-12 ... Named Otay Ranch women's golf MVP in 2010, 11 and 12 ... Three-time Otay Ranch Women's Golf Player of the Year ... CIF Southern California Sectional Qualifier runner-up in 2012 ... Three-time CIF First Team of San Diego honoree ... Qualified for the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur ... Top-10 in 2011 PGA Junior Championship ... Had the opportunity to hit the opening tee shot for the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open ... Helped Otay Ranch win the 2010 Mesa League Women's Golf Championship ... Named to Principal's Honor Roll ... President's Award recipient ... California Scholarship Federation Life Member and Seal Bearer.
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Personal:ย Daughter of Gyu Chan Kim and Oke Hee Kim ... Major is communication studies.
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