2009-2010 USC Women‘s Golf Schedule Date EvEnT siTE Sept. 25-27 Mason Rudolph Championship Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 16-18 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Oct. 23-25 UNCW Fall Preview Wilmington, N.C. Nov. 2-4 Turtle Bay Collegiate Invitational Kahuku, Hawaii Feb. 8-10 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Palos Verdes, Calif. Feb. 22-23 Wildcat Invitational Tucson, Ariz. March 1-3 Bruin/Wave Invitational Santa Clarita, Calif. April 9-11 PING/ASU Invitational Phoenix, Ariz. April 19-21 Pacific-10 Conference Championships (Oregon Host) Eugene, Ore. May 6-8 NCAA Central Regional Columbus, Ind. May 18-21 NCAA Championships Wilmington, N.C. Trojan Quick Facts This booklet has been prepared by USC Golf Sports Location ......................................................... Los Angeles, Calif. Information Director Paul Goldberg for use during the Founded ............................................................................ 1880 2009-2010 season. 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(213) 740-7584 2009-2010 Women of Troy Media Guide — PAGE 1 USC Women‘s Golf Media Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 4-5 ...............................2009-2010 outlook and rosters Pages 6-9 ...............................................coach Andrea Gaston Pages 10-13 ...................................... Women of Troy Golf staff Pages 16-29 ...........................................................Athlete Bios Pages 30-37 ........... 2008-2009 season in review / Final stats PAGE 2 — university of southern california Pages 38 .................................................. Believe in the Dream Pages 39-41 ......................... Women of Troy visit White House Pages 42-43 ....................................... it's Great To Be A Trojan Pages 44-53 ..........................................Women of Troy History Page 56 ................................................. Where Are They now? Page 57-58 ................................................ Trojans in the LPGA Pages 59 .................................................................Past rosters Pages 60-61 ........................................................ Golf Facilities Pages 62-65 .................................................Trojan Golf Events 2009-2010 Women of Troy Media Guide — PAGE 3 2009-2010 USC Outlook senior jennifer song * 2009 All-American and All-Pac-10 first team * NCAA and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year The USC women’s golf team spent the 2008-09 season as defending Song and Salas both were sharp in the 2009 fall and continued to NCAA champions with a target on its back. The Trojans were coming be the driving force of the Trojans into the 2010 spring season. off a dominant 2007-08 campaign that saw them win their final four Song is arguably the top golfer in the nation as a sophomore and has tournaments. In back-to-back events, USC won the PING/ASU Invitational, established herself as perhaps the top amateur in the country. In her 2009 the Pac-10 Championships, the NCAA West Regional and then, to freshman season, Song posted eight top 10 finishes in 10 starts, including culminate it all, USC claimed the program’s second national crown. five in the top 2. The 2009 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-10 Troy, under 14th-year head coach Andrea Gaston, put together a first team choice tied for first at the Pac-10 Championships (ultimately vastly different lineup in its 2009 but the team has remained among the falling in a playoff), and finished second at the NCAA Championships top of the collegiate world with a mix of veterans and newcomers. after leading the event for almost the entire four days. She led the Trojans Leading the squad were All-Americans Lizette Salas and Belén Mozo with seven rounds in the 60s (one off the school-season record of eight as well as top freshman Jennifer Song, the trio spearheading a Trojan set by Irene Cho) and also broke the school record for season stroke team that posted six second-place finishes and 11 in the top 4. average with a 71.55 (Cho held the previous mark at 72.06). Song, All three earned All-America honors in 2009 as USC battled who also owns USC’s career record for rounds in the 60s, then became conference rivals Arizona State and UCLA all season to become the top the first woman in 21 years -- and only the second woman ever -- to team in the nation. win two U.S. Golf Association championships in the same season. She The Trojans were second at both the Pac-10 and NCAA West first won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in June and followed Regional, finishing behind the Sun Devils in both events. At the 2009 it with a title at the U.S. Women's Amateur in August. She was also the NCAA Championships, USC put together a strong effort and forged a low amateur at the 2009 U.S. Women's Open. one-stroke lead heading into the final round before ultimately finishing Salas, like Song, is among the top golfers in the NCAA. She was third behind ASU and UCLA. ranked No. 1 in the nation for much of the 2009 season en route to Song was the 2009 NGCA and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year while her All-American first team honors. She finished with a stroke average of Salas was the Pac-10 Player of the Year and joined Salas as All-American 71.82, the second-lowest total ever at USC and fifth-best in the country. first teamers. Mozo was an All-American second teamer. She finished in the top 10 in eight of 10 starts, including two first-place The trio reunites on the 2009-10 squad with a host of veterans as USC finishes and four others in the top 4. Her wins came at the Stanford makes another run at its third national championship. Back as well are Intercollegiate and the Arizona Wildcat Invitational. Again ranked among seniors Stefanie Endstrasser, an All-American in 2008 and an important the top 10 golfers in the NCAA, Salas began her junior with a victory in piece of the 2008 title team, and Caroline Kim as well as sophomore the fall at the Turtle Bay Invitational. Inah Park. Joining the squad this year is freshman Cyna Rodriguez, who Mozo became USC’s fourth three-time All-American as a 2009 came to USC as a seasoned amateur player from Manila, The Philippines. junior despite battling injuries. After a brilliant sophomore campaign, PAGE 4 — university of southern california 2009-2010 Women of Troy Golf Roster name Height Year Hometown (High school/jc/college) Stefanie Endstrasser 5-9 Senior Waidring, Austria (Federal Commercial College Kitzbuhel / Purdue) Caroline Kim 5-8 Senior Bun Dang, Korea (Terry Fox Secondary School) Belén Mozo 5-6 Senior Cadiz, Spain (Instituto Ortega y Gassets) Inah Park 5-5 Sophomore Fullerton, Calif. (Sunny Hills) Lizette Salas 5-5 Junior Azusa, Calif. (Azusa) Jennifer Song 5-7 Sophomore Seoul, Korea (Taejon Christian International School) Cyna Rodriguez 5-5 Freshman Manila, The Philippines (The Pendleton School) Head coach: Andrea Gaston Director of Golf: Kurt Schuette; Assistant coach: Josh Brewer shoulder problems bothered Mozo all season, but she was still able to Endstrasser is coming off a tough junior season in which she saw post three top 6 finishes and three others in the top 15. She was 11th at action in six events, highlighted by a tie for third at the Mason Rudolph the Pac-10 Championships, fifth at the NCAA West Regional and tied for Challenge. After not playing in the postseason in 2009, she has worked 21st at the NCAA Championships. An arm injury forced Mozo to miss hard to bounce back in 2010 to again become a big contributor for the much of the 2009 fall campaign, but the senior returned in good health Trojans. for the 2010 season as she aims to become USC’s first-ever four-time Rodriguez, USC’s only freshman in 2010, has established herself All-American. as a key member of USC’s