Jayna Choi Season 2020-21

ClassSophomore

HometownCollierville, Tenn.

As a Senior (2022-23)

As a Junior (2021-22)

SEC Community Service Team
WGCA All-America Scholar
Career-low 54-hole score: Earned first top-10 finish (T-7th) after finishing with a 212 (-4) at the NCAA Franklin Regional, where she helped Vanderbilt win its first NCAA Regional title since 2019 and fourth in program history
Season-low round: 70 (third round, NCAA Franklin Regional)
121st after three rounds of stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 238 (+22)
Season scoring average (23 rounds): 76.78

As a Sophomore (2020-21)

First Team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
WGCA All-America Scholar
SEC Academic Honor Roll
Spring 2021 Dean’s List
Fall 2020 Dean’s List
Career-low round: 69 (first round, The Ally at Old Waverly)
Season-low 54-hole total: Tied for 17th with a 219 (+3) at the FAU Paradise Invitational
Season scoring average (17 rounds): 75.41
Tied for 26th with a 223 (+7) at the Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate Classic
Finished tied for 33rd at The Ally at Old Waverly with a 221 (+5)

As a Freshman (2019-20)

WGCA All-America Scholar
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Season-low round: 71 (first round, Cougar Classic; second round, Mason Rudolph Championships)
Season-low 54-hole total: Tied for 32nd with a 222 (+6) at the Mason Rudolph Championships
Season scoring average (12 rounds): 75.67
Tied for 60th at Cougar Classic
Tied for 67th at Windy City Collegiate Classic
Tied for 80th at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

The Choi File

Full name is Jayna Yoon Choi
Daughter of Kwang Choi and Myung Choi
Both parents are natives of South Korea
Dad is a database administrator at FedEx, mom is a flutist
One older brother, Jacob, who played golf at Baylor University and was successful junior golfer representing United States at the Evian Junior Championship
Highest American Junior Golf Association ranking was 15
Member of Team USA in the 2015 Evian Junior Championship where she finished second on the team
Qualified for U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships
Played in U.S. Junior Girl’s Championship three consecutive years, once reaching the semifinals
Won two AJGA tournaments (Wells Fargo AJGA Open, Scott Stallings Junior Championship)
Second-team AJGA Rolex Junior All-America recipient
Led Houston to two Tennessee state titles, a runner-up result and fourth- place finish as four-year varsity player
Won medalist honors at Tennessee state championships as freshman
Two-time West Team representative in the Tennessee East vs. West Junior Cup
Member of victorious Team Tennessee at the USGA Women’s State Championship
Chose Vanderbilt over Auburn, Georgia, UCLA, Duke and Stanford
Enjoys food and travel