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Women's Golf Looks to Build On Success; Welcomes Three in Class of 2024

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – 2019 marked the eighth Ivy League Championship in 12 years for the Harvard women's golf team. Looking to build on this success the team is welcoming a three-member incoming class of 2024.

"Yoona, Isabella, and Melissa join the Crimson having accomplished a great deal on and off the course," says head coach Kevin Rhoads. "They each bring strong playing level, great energy, and high desire and will gel well with an experienced and talented team accustomed to big success in the league." 

The incoming Crimson first-year class will join three All-Ivy golfers on a team that set numerous team-best scoring marks in the fall of 2019.

Meet the Incoming Class of 2024: 

Yoona Kim (River Edge, N.J.; Immaculate Heart Academy)

  • Many individual tournament victories including:
    • 2019 NJ State Tournament of Champions (2-under par)
    • 2019 AJGA UHY Celadon Junior Championship
    • 2018 AJGA Junior All-Star presented by Explore York
  • Captained the Immaculate Heart Varsity Golf Team to 3 undefeated seasons and three consecutive Bergen County Girls Golf Championship (2017-2019)
  • NJ PGA First Team All-State (2017-2019) and NJ Girls' Golfer of the Year (2019)
  • Ranked 91st nationally (Rolex AJGA Rankings)
  • AP Scholar (2019)
  • Scholastic Arts & Writing Honorable Mention (2017)
  • Korean Community Center Volunteer (2019)
  • Salvation Army Food Truck Volunteer (2016-2019)

Isabella Gomez (Bogotá DC, Colombia; Colegio Nueva Granada)

  • Member of the Colombian National Team – Selección Colombia (2017-18, 2020)
  • Won the Colombian National Junior Championship (2017)
  • Runner-up at the Colombian Open (2018)
  • Won the AJGA Visit Tallahassee Preview (2019)
  • Qualified for the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship (2019)
  • Member of the Bogotá Ryder Cup and Club Los Lagartos winning teams (2015, 2017, 2018), Runners-up (2016, 2019)
  • AP Scholar with Distinction (2019)
  • Recipient of the Citizenship Award (2018)
  • Colegio Nueva Granada Ambassador (2017-2020) National Honor Society (2018-2020), and National Honor Society Secretary 2019-2020.

Melissa Meng (Blacksburg, Va.; Blacksburg High School)

  • Captain of the Blacksburg High School Varsity Golf Team (Co-ed) (2019-2020)
  • Virginia State Team Championship in 2016 (3A) and 2017 (4A)
  • Four top-10 AJGA finishes (2018-2019)
  • Won the 40th Roanoke Women's Golf Hall of Fame Championship (2018, -5 in 1st round)
  • Ranked 60th for the class of 2020 by Golfweek (as of May 7, 2020).
  • Virginia State Golf Association's Spencer-Wilkinson Scholarship Award (2020)
  • VA Boys All-State First Team (2019) and Girls All-State Team (2018)
  • Blacksburg High Athletic Award (2016) and Outstanding Senior Award (2019)
  • National Merit Scholarship Recipient (2020) AP Scholar with Distinction (2018, 2019)
  • P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Star Scholarship Recipient (2020)
  • Raised $1,000 for UNICEF Education and $1,005 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
  • National Honor Society (2019, 2020)
  • Numerous accomplishments in the arts:  winner of 10+ dance competitions; active member of the National Art Honor Society and President of Arts of Care Club at Blackburg High School (2019-2020); Winner (Junior level) of the Renaissance Music Academy Piano Concerto Competition. www.tinyurl.com/MelissaPiano-1 (2013)

 

 

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