2016 USC Women’s Golf (L-R): Associate Head Coach Justin Silverstein, Kyung Kim, Elizabeth Doty, Karen Chung, Robynn Ree, Isabel Ji, Victoria Morgan, Kim Santiago, Amy Lee, Tiffany Chan, Gabriella Then, Head Coach Andrea Gaston USC Golf 2015-2016 USC Women‘s Golf Schedule Date EVENT SITE Sept. 27-29 ANNIKA Invitational Orlando, Fla. Oct. 5-6 Windy City Collegiate Classic Chicago, Ill. Oct. 18-20 Stanford Intercollegiate Palo Alto, Calif. Nov. 2-3 East Lake Cup (Match Play) Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 7-9 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Palos Verdes, Calif. Feb. 8-9 Matador Invitational Simi Valley, Calif. Feb. 22-23 Long Beach State Gold Rush Seal Beach, Calif. March 4-6 Darius Rucker Invitational Hilton Head, S.C. March 21-23 SDSU March Mayhem Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. April 1-3 Liz Murphey Invitational Athens, Ga. April 18-20 Pac-12 Championships (California Host) Pleasonton, Calif. May 5-7 NCAA Regional Palo Alto, Calif. May 20-25 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. 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(213) 740-7584 USC Women's Golf URL ..............usctrojans.com/sports/w-golf/usc-w-golf-body.html USC Women's Golf Twitter ....................................................... @USCWomensGolf 2015-2016 Women of Troy Golf Roster Name Height Year Hometown (High School) Tiffany Chan 5-3 Junior Tuen Mun, Hong Kong (Diocesan Girls' School) Isabel Ji 5-4 Freshman Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./China (Torrey Pines) Karen Chung 5-5 Junior Livingston, N.J. (Zion Academy) Elizabeth Doty 5-6 Junior Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Kyung Kim 5-4 Senior Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton) Amy Lee 5-8 Sophomore Brea, Calif. (Brea) 'Victoria Morgan 5-11 Senior Pasadena, Calif. (Polytechnic) Robynn Ree 5-8 Freshman Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Beach) Kim Santiago 5-4 Senior Lynwood, Wash. (Edmonds-Woodway) Gabriella Then 5-6 Junior Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Upland) Head Coach: Andrea Gaston (20th year) Associate Head Coach: Justin Silverstein (4th year) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jim Gormley (8th year) 2015-2016 Women of Troy Media Guide — PAGE 1 USC Golf Andrea Gaston head coach • 20th SeaSon One of the most highly regarded coaches in the country, 20th-year USC Women’s Golf Head Coach Andrea A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS Gaston has directed three NCAA Championships teams, five NCAA In 1998, Gaston outlined her "Blueprint for Success" strategy. individual champions, four NCAA The strategy emphasized the need for each player to commit Players of the Year, five Pac-12 Golfers themselves to a six-pronged approach that went beyond tradi- of the Year, three Honda Sports Award tional team goals. winners, has been tabbed WGCA and Pac-12 Coach of the Year three times apiece and has built the Trojans into one "The Blueprint for Success that I presented set the framework for of the NCAA’s powerhouse programs. Gaston, inducted into the WGCA Hall of Fame in 2010, guided the Trojans the future and has steadily paid dividends over the past six years," to NCAA titles in 2003, 2008 and 2013 and the Trojans finished second by just said Gaston. "It is not just about golfing skill, but also the need one stroke in 2010 and 2012 and by two strokes in 2014 – a combined four for self improvement in conjunction with a vision for a team spirit strokes over three years. Under Gaston, Troy has made the NCAA Championships in a very individual sport." 18 years in a row and has finished in the top 5 for the past 10 years (the longest active streak in the country). USC has finished second four times, has 11 top 4 The USC Women's Golf Team's Blueprint for Success includes: finishes and 13 in the top 5 under Gaston. Additionally, 18 of her golfers have earned a combined 42 All-American honors and the Trojans have totaled 69 All-Pac-12 honors under Gaston as well • Unity (esprit de Corps, camaraderie, respect and The Trojans have enjoyed remarkable success under Gaston. In the last 10 years, trust) if USC hasn’t won the NCAA title, it has come awfully close. • kill (talent, ability, expertise and proficiency) The 2015 season marked the first year the NCAA Championships was S determined by a match play tournament made up of the top eight finishers after • Commitment (resolution, perseverance, determination, 72 hole of stroke play. The Trojans, led by 2015 All-American second teamers tenacity and sacrifice) Annie Park, Kyung Kim and Gabriella Then, earned the top seed after running away with the stroke play portion at 40-over 1192 (297-303-298-294) but, after • Willpower (drive, desire, control, self-mastery, beating Washington in the quarterfinal match, 3-2, fell to eventual champion discipline and dignity) Stanford by the same score. The Trojans won five times in 2015 (the third year • Goals (purpose, objectives and vision) in a row with at least five wins), among them the 2015 NCAA St. George (Utah) Regional, their 11th regional win and sixth in a row - both national records. • Teamwork (coordination, communication, Gaston was named the WGCA West Region Coach of the Year while Park and collaboration and continuity) Kim were both named All-Pac-12 first team for the third year in a row and Then and sophomore Karen Chung were All-Pac-12 honorable mention. Troy got oh-so-close to its fourth NCAA title in 2014 during a record- setting season, but finished second by two strokes. The Trojans were ranked 278. Then-freshman Kim and then-junior Popov tied for sixth at 1-over 289, No. 1 throughout the 2013-14 season and Gaston led a squad that would then-sophomore Chen tied for 15th at 4-over 292 and junior Rachel Morris tied go on to earn a national best five All-American honors for just the second time for 17th at 5-over 293. Park, named the 2013 WGCA and Pac-12 Player and in program history and the first since 2008. The season was highlighted by Freshman of the Year as well as the Honda Sports Award winner for women’s junior Doris Chen’s NCAA individual title, which was the fifth in USC history, all golf, won four times on the year to tie USC’s season record and became just the coming under Gaston’s watch. USC’s nine wins, including a national best 10th second NCAA woman to win a conference, regional and NCAA titles in the same NCAA regional crown, were two better than the school-record seven it won the season. Kim and Park both earned WGCA All-American first team honors while previous season. The Trojans finished no lower than a tie for second place in the Popov and Chen earned second team status. Gaston earned her third WGCA four events it didn’t win, which included a two-stroke loss to Duke at the 2014 Coach of the Year honor and her second Pac-12 Coach of the Year nod. NCAA Championships. Chen and then-sophomore Kim earned 2014 WGCA USC’s wire-to-wire NCAA title came in the same fashion as its 2003 and All-American first team honors, then-sophomore Park and then-freshman Chung 2008 NCAA wins. The 2003 Trojans won by 15 strokes while the 2008 team were tabbed as All-American second teamers and senior Sophia Popov was won by six. named an All-American honorable mention pick. Chen and Park were also two Gaston’s 2008 NCAA title squad featured five All-American golfers for of the four 2014 Honda Sports Award finalists for golf. USC’s 286.26 stroke the first time in program history. Belen Mozo was named an All-American first average per round was the best in school history, breaking the record set last teamer while Dewi Schreefel, Lizette Salas and Stefanie Endstrasser were second year (288.76) by 2.5 strokes. The Trojans also set a record for team rounds of teamers and Paola Moreno was an honorable mention pick. USC’s streak of par or better with 21, seven more than last year, the previous best. four consecutive titles (which ended the season) was also a program