Caroline Hwang Career Statistics
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Named the
WCC Freshman of the Year and to the
All-WCC first team ... Won two tournaments, including the WCC Championships ... Posted a team-best 74.75 scoring average ... Was in the lineup for all seven tournaments and 20 rounds ... Won the season-opening Moorpark Intercollegiate with a 2-under 142 (72-70) ... Came back from four shots back in the final round to win the WCC title (71-74-76=221) ... Also tied for eighth at the Dick McGuire Invitational (73-72-72=217) ... Tied for 24th at the NCAA Stanford Regional (77-68-71) ... The
WCC Player of the Month for February and April ... Best round was a 3-under 68 at Stanford.
JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur ... Played in the 2017 and 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior and the 2020 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball ... Qualified for the 2019 U.S. Girls Junior PGA Championship and shot 8-under ... Won the 2019 AJGA Billy Horschel Junior Championship ... Had six top-10 AJGA finishes ... Was one of 48 golfers invited to play in the 2020 ANA Junior Inspiration ... At the time she signed with Pepperdine, she ranked ninth by Junior Golf Scoreboard among the class of 2021, and 10th by Golfweek and 11th by AJGA/Rolex.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Florida Virtual School in 2020 ... Attended Olympia High School, located in Orlando, Fla., in 2017 and 2018 ... Played four years of varsity golf ... Earned All-Metro and All-Orange County all four years ... Earned All-Central Florida first team as a freshman and second team as a sophomore and junior ... Won the District 5 and Region 2 titles as a junior in 2019 and finished seventh at the 3A state finals ... Also placed 12th at the state championship as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Majoring in communication studies ... Born in Winter Park, Florida ... Daughter of Jin Young Hwang and Jung Min Cho Hwang ... Has a twin sister, Victoria ... Chose Pepperdine because of “the location, the coaches, the team, and my vision to see myself succeed in this environment.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys eating good food, listening to music and being with family ... Lists her sports hero as Tiger Woods ... Favorites include Park Sung-hyun, Amy Yang and Danielle Kang (pro golfers), SentryWorld (golf course), National Treasure and The Spy Who Dumped Me (movies), Good Girls, Itaewon Class, Start Up, Signal and Kingdom (TV shows), Korean BBQ, sushi/poke bowls, salad, pho and bingsu (food) and basketball, football, baseball and ice skating (sports other than golf) ... Favorite thing about golf is “you can never be perfect. You will never hit it perfect every day, and every shot, but during those times, you have to learn how to keep smiling and understand that golf is a sport you are going to be playing for a long time, so you have to stop beating yourself up after one bad round.”
