California Irvine Athletics

IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine women's golfers Jasmine Chen and Katelyn Kong have been named to the 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
 
Overall, 1,499 women's collegiate golfers from 403 programs were recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics as student-athletes must carry a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA and have played in 50% of the team's competitive rounds during the year. 
 
Chen closed out her junior campaign with a 74.07 scoring average through 15 rounds. She had three top-20 finishes, including a career-best seventh-place showing at the GCU Invitational. Chen is majoring in international studies. This is her third career WGCA All-American Scholar award.
 
Kong played in every tournament as a true freshman. She led the Anteaters with a 73.15 scoring average, while recording five top-20 finishes. Kong carded an 18-hole career-best 68 in the final round of a seventh-place performance at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. The All-Big West honorable mention selection also tied for 11th at the conference championship. Kong is majoring in psychology.  
 
This is the eighth consecutive year UCI has placed at least two student-athletes on the WGCA All-American Scholar Team.