Moon Cheong

Julianne Strauch

/ Women's Golf

Photo by: Bryan LaFountaine

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Class:
First-Year
Hometown:
Charlotte, N.C.
High School:
Charlotte Latin
Major:
Engineering

WGCA All-American Scholar (2019)

JUNIORS (2019-20)
Spent the fall term studying abroad … did not get a chance to play before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended the season.

SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
WGCA All-American Scholar … second on the team with a 77.05 stroke average … played in all eight tournaments and was extremely consistent all season, shooting better than 80 in all but one of her 20 rounds … tied for the team lead at the Princeton Invitational … first of five top-25 finishes came at Brown two weeks later, tying for 21st out of 70 golfers with a 9-over 153 to help the Big Green place fourth of 12 teams … continued to enjoy playing at the FAU Winter Warmup, tying for seventh with a 148 (+4) a year after winning the tournament as a freshman … had her best round of the year there as well with a 1-over 73 and made par on 27 of the 36 holes … tied for the team lead and came in 17th overall out of 55 at the MSU Spring Citrus Challenge … missed out on All-Ivy League honors by a single stroke at the championship, carding a 14-over 230 to tie for 13th.

FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Competed in each of the eight tournaments as a rookie … had a strong start to her collegiate career, tying for 17th out of 63 golfers at the Dartmouth Invitational with a 7-over 151 … as in the fall, started strong in the spring, winning the Florida Atlantic Invitational with a 2-over 146, including a season-low 72 (E) in the first round … at the Ivy League Championship, had her best round on the final day with a 7-over 79 and tied for 29th overall.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year all-state performer — once for Ardrey Kell High School as a freshman and all three years at Charlotte Latin ... named the South Charlotte Girls Player of the Year at Ardrey Kell in the fall of 2013 after leading her team to a state title ... posted the lowest scoring average among high school golfers and placed second at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) Women's Golf States ... individual runner-up once again as a junior in 2015 at Charlotte Latin, leading her team to a second-place finish at the NCISAA Women's Golf States ... qualified and participated in the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur ... 0.5 handicap as a senior ... one of 12 juniors and seniors around the country to be recognized for athletic and academic excellence by being named to the 2016 American Junior Golf Association Transamerica Scholastic Junior All-America Team after placing eighth at the NCISAA Women's Golf States.

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