Jayna Choi Season 2021-22
Class
Junior
Hometown
Collierville, Tenn.
High School
Houston
Major
Human and Organizational Development
As a Senior (2022-23)
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Women’s Golf Sports Scholar of the Year
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
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