Jayna Choi Season 2022-23

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