2008-2009 USC Women‘s Golf Schedule Date EVENT SITE Sept. 7-8 2008 Duramed Fall Preview Owings Mills, Md. Sept. 26-28 Mason Rudolph Championship Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 17-19 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Nov. 2-4 2008 Collegiate Match Play Orlando, Fla. Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Palos Verdes, Calif. Feb. 22-24 Wildcat Invitational Sonora, Mexico March 8-11 Central Florida Challenge Sorrento, Fla. April 3-5 PING/ASU Invitational Phoenix, Ariz. April 24-26 Pacific-10 Conference Championships (Stanford Host) Palo Alto, Calif. May 7-9 NCAA Regional Championships TBD May 19-22 NCAA Championships Owings Mills, Md. 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 2008-2009 season. 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(213) 740-8480 WWW.USCTROJANS.COM Sports Information Fax: ...................................... (213) 740-7584 2008-09 Women of Troy Media Guide — PAGE USC Women‘s Golf Media Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 4-5 ...............................2008-2009 Outlook and Rosters Pages 6-9 ...............................................Coach Andrea Gaston Pages 0-3 ...................................... Women of Troy Golf Staff Pages 6-29 ...........................................................Athlete Bios Pages 30-37 ........... 2007-2008 Season in Review / Final Stats PAGE 2 — University of Southern California Pages 38 .................................................. Believe in the Dream Pages 39-4 ......................... 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 60-6 ........................................................ Golf Facilities Pages 62-65 .................................................Trojan Golf Events 2008-09 Women of Troy Media Guide — PAGE 3 2008-2009 Women of Troy Outlook Junior Belén Mozo * Two-Time All-American * Fourth at 2008 NCAA Championships • Top 0 Finishes It was one year ago when USC Coach Andrea Gaston instilled faith into A year later, 2009 brings new challenges, including replacing All- the Trojans. Americans Schreefel and Moreno – mainstays for the Trojans for the past three “Believe in the Dream!” she proclaimed, stamping the notion years -- and the expectations of matching accomplishments from 2008. into her players’ minds as they pursued the program’s second national But Gaston’s sights have not lowered and her team responded with a championship. strong Fall season that included three second-place finishes and one fourth- In May, the Trojans fulfilled Gaston’s dream, completing a dominating place mark in four events. post-season run that was capped by a six-stroke win at the University of New Leading USC’s efforts to repeat as NCAA champs is the returning All- Mexico Championship Course. American trio of Mozo, Salas and Endstrasser. Seniors Shelcie Takenouchi USC won the NCAA title with a school-record five All-Americans playing and Victoria Alimonda and junior Caroline Kim also return with experience as one cohesive unit. Though alone on the holes, they still managed to play while highly touted freshmen Jennifer Song and Inah Park have both made as a team. immediate impacts. Seniors Dewi Claire Schreefel and Paola Moreno, sophomores Belén On a team which embodies the essence of the Trojan Family, Mozo’s Mozo and Stefanie Endstrasser and freshman Lizette Salas gelled as USC’s competitive fire and outgoing spirit sets the tone. As a sophomore last year, chief starters in the spring. At the PING/ASU Invitational, the Trojans won by the Spanish native completed one of the top seasons in school history as an 11 strokes for their first win of 2008, launching USC on a four-tournament NGCA All-American first teamer (she was an All-American honorable mention march. as a freshman). A 2008 All-NCAA West Region pick and an All-Pac-10 first Next up were the Pac-10 Championships, where the host-Trojans, playing teamer as well, she posted five top 4 finishes last year, eight in the top 10 and in Palos Verdes, won their first conference title in almost 20 years and their finished no lower than 18th all year. She led the team with a 72.29 stroke first under Gaston in 12 tries. Winning by a whopping 26 strokes made it average, not far from the school season record (72.06). Mozo was USC's that much sweeter. top finisher six times, including a USC career-best tie for first at the Edean Sent to the NCAA West Regional near Sacramento, Calif., as the No. Ihlanfeldt Invitational. During a postseason run in which the entire team 1 seed, USC swept through the Lincoln Hills G.C., winning by 15 strokes to played strong, Mozo was the sharpest, finishing fourth at the 2008 NCAA advance to its 11th straight NCAA Final appearance. Championships, tying for ninth at the NCAA Championships West Regional So it was onto Albuquerque, where the Trojans not only battled the and tying for third at the Pac-10 Championships. nation’s top teams, but the entire array of elements Mother Nature could If her fall results are any indication, Salas seems primed to join Mozo drum up. Be it rain, hail, wind or lightning, USC fought through them all in as one of the top players in the country. An All-American second-teamer, an a wire-to-wire victory. All-NCAA West Region pick and an All-Pac-10 second-teamer in 2008 as Adding to the drama, Troy had to hold off a charging UCLA down the well as the Pac-10’s Freshman of the Year, she posted top 10 finishes in all stretch, but the Trojans had enough to win by six strokes, setting off USC’s four of her Fall events, including a title at the Stanford Intercollegiate. As a second national championship celebration in the past six seasons. freshman, Salas was fourth on the team in stroke average (73.56) and posted The dream was complete. four top 10 finishes and seven in the top 15. PAGE 4 — University of Southern California 2008-2009 Women of Troy Golf Roster Name Height Year Hometown (High School/JC/College) Victoria Alimonda 5-3 Senior Sao Paola, Brazil (Dos Pueblos/Santa Barbara City) Stefanie Endstrasser 5-9 Junior Waidring, Austria (Federal Commercial College Kitzbuhel / Purdue) Caroline Kim 5-8 Junior Bun Dang, Korea (Terry Fox Secondary School) Belén Mozo 5-6 Junior Cadiz, Spain (Instituto Ortega y Gassets) Inah Park 5-5 Freshman Fullerton, Calif. (Sunny Hills) Lizette Salas 5-5 Sophomore Azusa, Calif. (Azusa) Jennifer Song 5-7 Freshman Daejon, Korea (Taejon Christian International School) Shelcie Takenouchi 5-4 Senior Lihue, Hawaii (Kauai) Head Coach: Andrea Gaston Director of Golf: Kurt Schuette; Assistant Coach: Josh Brewer Like Salas, Endstrasser was an All-American second-teamer, an All- Trojans from the outset of the fall campaign, posting three top 10 finishes NCAA West Region pick and an All-Pac-10 second-teamer in 2008 after and another in the top 15 in her first four collegiate events. Song, who transferring to USC from Purdue. Blending in seamlessly with her new has dual citizenship between America and South Korea, attended Taejon teammates, Endstrasser, from Austria, finished third on the squad in stroke Christian International School in Daejeon, Korea (a city two hours south of average (73.55), becoming a key member of USC’s efforts. She finished a Seoul). A member of South