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2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Chayanid Prapassarangkul

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bangkok, Thailand
  • High School Shrewsbury International

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: T-2nd - Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4, 2015)
Low Round: 66 (-5) - Coeur d’Alene Collegiate (Sept. 27, 2017)
Low 54-Hole Score: (-3) - 2x, last at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (Sept. 18-19, 2017)

Senior - 2017-18

  • All-Big Ten Second Team
  • Big Ten Preseason Honoree
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Ends Illinois career with the second-lowest career stroke average in program history (74.62)
  • Season stroke average of 73.16 marks the fourth-best in a single season in school history
  • Carded a career-low round of 66 (-5) at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Collegiate, tying for the fourth-best individual round in program history
  • Posted the ninth-best individual round in program history at the Big Ten Championships (68 (-4))
  • Carded a 69 (-3) at the Briar's Creek Invitational, tying the 22nd-best individual round in program history
  • Season-best sixth-place finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational (214 (-2))
  •  Tied for seventh overall at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate with a season-best 54-hole total of 210 (-3)
  • Recorded 10 rounds under par on the season

Junior - 2016-17

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Preseason Honoree
  • Participated in all 11 tournaments on the season
  • Posted the third-best season average on the team (75.09), and the tenth-best in program history
  • Tied for fourth at the Meadow Club Women’s Intercollegiate, her best finish of the season
  • Carded a 215 (-1) at the Meadow Club Women’s Intercollegiate, her best 54-hole score on the year
  • Tied her career-best single-round score with a 69 during the first round at Meadow Club
  • Recorded three rounds under par to go with four rounds at par on the year

Sophomore - 2015-16

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Preseason “Player to Watch”
  • Participated in all 11 tournaments on the season
  • Posted the second best season stroke average on the team at 74.91, which ranks as the fourth-best mark in program history
  • Counted 27.5 of 33 rounds played towards the team score to tie for the most on the team
  • Shot one of the team’s three eagles on the season
  • Led the team with 402 holes at par on the season
  • Illinois’ top-finisher at the Palmetto Intercollegiate, finishing tied for third place
  • Registered three rounds below par and three more rounds at even par on the season
  • Season-low round of 69 (-3) came at the Jim West Challenge
  • Season-low 54-hole score of 217 (+1) achieved at both the Palmetto Intercollegiate and the Big Ten Championship
  • Achieved par or better intwo rounds at each of her Big Ten Championship appearances, becoming the first Illini to do so

Freshman - 2014-15

  • Big Ten Preseason “Player to Watch”
  • Named WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Named Big Ten “Golfer of the Week” twice (2/25 & 3/5)
  • Shot a pair of eagles on the season to account for two of the team’s five
  • Tied the program’s ninth lowest round score of -3 at the Diane Thomason Invitational
  • Recorded a share of the sixth lowest individual 54-hole tournament score of -3 at the Westbrook Invitational
  • First Illinois golfer to ever post two (or more) rounds at, or below, par at the Big Ten Championships (72-78-71)
  • Had the team’s second lowest season stroke average at 75.29
  • Had three top finishes for the Illini, including a T-16th finish at the Big Ten Championships
  • Shot five rounds below par, tied for the team high

High School

  • Attended Shrewsbury International School
  • Four-year team captain
  • Four-year team MVP
  • Four-year member of Team Shrewsbury Elite Athlete at Elite Gold level
  • Recipient of the Most Outstanding Athletics Contribution Award
  • Ranked No. 6 in the class of 2014 on the National Junior Golf Scoreboard
  • AJGA Legends Champion
  • Eight top-10 AJGA finishes
  • Hong Kong Ladies Amateur Champion

Personal

  • Psychology major
  • Daughter of Mana and Pojawan Prapassarangkul
  • Is an only child
  • Participated in swimming for two years
  • Named Sir David Lees Scholar
  • Born in Bangkok, Thailand

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2014-15 11 31 2,334 75.29 69 (-3) 213 (-3)
2015-16 11 33 2,472 74.91 69 (-3) 217 (+1)
2016-17 11 32 2,403 75.09 69 (-3) 215 (-1)
2017-18 11 31 2,268 73.16 66 (-5) 210 (-3)
Totals 44 127 9,477 74.62 66 (-5) 210 (-3)

Individual Results

2014-15 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 8-9 Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic 77-72-76 = 225 (+9) 28th
Sept. 15-16 Minnesota Invitational 80-72-78 = 230 (+14) 30th
Oct. 4-5 Diane Thomason Invitational 82-83-69 = 234 (+18) T-14th
Oct. 17-19 Hoosier Fall Invitational 79 = 79 (+7) T-23rd
Match Play vs. Katia Joo (Boston College) L: 2&1
Match Play vs. Maria Mancini (Indiana) W: 2 up
Match Play vs. Mimi Ho (Fresno State) W: 6&5
Nov. 2-3 Jim West Challenge 81-76-78 = 235 (+19) T-45th
Feb. 22-23 Westbrook Invitational 73-70-70 = 213 (-3)^ T-3rd
March 2-4 Hurricane Invitational 72-73-69 = 214 (+1)^ T-2nd
March 23-24 Briar's Creek Invitational 78-80-76 = 234 (+18) T-65th
March 30-31 Web.com Intercollegiate 73-73-73 = 219 (+3) T-22nd
April 18-19 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 81-73-76 = 230 (+14) T-26th
April 24-26 Big Ten Championships 72-78-71 = 221 (+5)^ T-16th
2015-16 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 14-15 Minnesota Invitational 79-75-72 = 226 (+10) T-20th
Sept. 21-22 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 74-72-74 = 220 (+7) T-24th
Oct. 4-6 Jim West Challenge 74-69-81 = 224 (+8) T-36th
Oct. 19-20 Cardinal Cup 78-75-78 = 231 (+15) T-44th
Oct. 25-27 Palmetto Intercollegiate 70-75-72 = 217 (+1)^ T-3rd
Feb. 21-22 Westbrook Spring Invitational 75-74-73 = 222 (+6) T-48th
March 11-12 3M Augusta Invitational 78-73-76 = 227 (+11) T-37th
March 22-23 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 78-77-73 = 228 (+12) T-36th
March 28-29 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 75-76-77 = 228 (+12) T-15th
April 16-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 79-77-77 = 232 (+16) T-34th
April 22-24 Big Ten Championship 74-71-72 = 217 (+1) T-21st
2016-17 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 12-13 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 73-74-75 = 222 (+9) T-38th
Sept. 23-25 Lady Paladin Invitational 74-73-76 = 223 (+7) T-44th
Oct. 17-18 Greenville Regional Preview 76-76-82 = 234 (+18) T-32nd
Oct. 23-25 Cardinal Cup 87-79-WD = 166 (+22) 93rd
Feb. 6-7 Westbrook Spring Invite 73-77-72 = 222 (+6) T-37th
Feb. 26-27 Meadow Club Women’s Inter. 69-75-71 = 215 (-1) T-4th
March 20-21 Briar’s Creek Invitational 72-72-75 = 219 (+3) T-22nd
March 27-28 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 73-75-74 = 222 (+6) T-18th
April 15-216 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 74-72-81 = 227 (+11)^ T-17th
April 21-23 Big Ten Championship 78-74-73 = 225 (+9)^ T-21st
May 8-10 NCAA Albuquerque Regional 75-71-82 = 228 (+12) T-49th
2017-18 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 18-19 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 72-69-69 = 210 (-3) T-7th
Sept. 26-27 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate  69-78-66 = 213 (E) 15th
Oct. 6-7 Bettie Lou Evans Invite  78-80-75 = 233 (+17) T-48th
Oct. 21-22 Cardinal Cup 71-76-76 = 223 (+7) T-9th
Oct. 27-28 Ladies Fall Intercollegiate  73-77 = 150 (+6) T-11th
Feb. 25-26 Westbrook Spring Invitational  72-71-76 = 219 (+3) T-48th
March 19-20 Briar's Creek Invitational 72-73-69 = 214 (-2)^ 6th
March 23-25 MountainView Collegiate  74-78-71 = 223 (+7) T-19th
April 14 Lady Buckeye Invitational 74-77 = 151 (+7) T-27th
April 20-22 Big Ten Championships  74-72-68 = 214 (-2)^ T-8th
May 7-9 NCAA Madison Regional 74-69-75 = 218 (+2) T-30th

^ Led the team

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior