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2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Alyssa Poentis

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Major Neural Science (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Honolulu, HI
  • High School Punahou

Biography

2014-15 Results
2015-16 Results
2016-17 Results

2016-17:
Competed in 10 events, compiling six top-five finishes… WCGA Honorable Mention All-American and All-East Region…winner of the NYU Invitational (10/15-16) with a score of 156 (77-79)…placed second with a season-low 147, including a Violets-record 69 in the second round, at the St. Lawrence Invitational (9/3-4)… shared the individual title at the Liberty League Championship (4/22-23) with a score of 149 (77-72)…tied for 11th place at the NCAA Championship (5/9-12) with a score of 304 (80-72-75-77)…three-time Liberty League Performer of the Week (10/3, 10/17, 4/24)…three-time UAA Athlete of the Week (10/3, 10/17, 4/24)…two-time ECAC Golfer of the Month (October, April)…UAA First Team All-Tournament (3/11-12)…First Team All-Liberty League… Liberty League Player of the Year…First Team All-UAA…UAA Spring Sport Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award.

2015-16: Competed in nine events, compiling six top-10 finishes…shot her lowest score of the season with a 155 (79-76) and finished sixth at the St. Lawrence Invitational (9/5-6)…tied for third at the Williams College Invitational (10/10-11) with a score of 156 (77-79)…finished 39th at the NCAA Championship (5/10-13)  with a three-round score of 238 (83-71-84)…First Team All-UAA….First Team All-Liberty League…ECAC Division III Golfer of the Month (October)…UAA All-Tournament Team…two-time UAA Athlete of the Week (10/12, 5/16)…Liberty League Performer of the Week (10/12)…UAA Spring Sport All- Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Award.
 
2014-15: Competed in nine events, finishing no lower than 11th and posting five top-five performances…WGCA Honorable Mention All-American…WGCA First Team All-Region…Liberty League Player of the Year…Liberty League Rookie of the Year…First Team All-UAA…UAA Rookie of the Year…ECAC Rookie of the Month (September)…ECAC Golfer of the Month (April)…four-time Liberty League Performer of the Week…two-time UAA Athlete of the Week (9/8, 4/27)…set NYU records for best single-season scoring average (77.70), 54-hole score (235 at Jekyll Island Invite 3/13-15) and 72-hole score (313 at NCAA Championship 5/13-17)…finished tied for sixth at the NCAA’s…shot 155 (77-78) and won the individual Liberty League Championship (4/24-25/15)…St. Lawrence University Invitational Champion (9/6-7) with a score of 153 (77-76)…shot a season-low 73 in the second rounds of the NYU Fall Invitational (9/13-14) and the Vassar Invitational (4/11-12), which is tied for the third-lowest round in team history (her 150 total at Vassar represents the second-lowest two-round score in team history)…Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
High School: Three-year team member…qualified for the Optimist International Junior Championships as a sophomore and a junior…placed fourth at the Stan Trojanowski Northern Junior Championship and tied for first in the PBE Qualifier in Bedminster as a junior…finished 10th in the Hawaii High School Athletics Association State Championship as a senior…National Honor Society member…graduated with honors…also a three-year tennis team member.
 
Personal: Minoring in chemistry…volunteers with HUGS, which helps families with children who have diseases or illnesses…father played golf for the University of Hawaii at Manoa…plans to attend medical school.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'5"
  • C

    2017-18Senior

    5'5"
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