2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Pimnipa Panthong
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
- Prev School:
- Satri Nakhon Sawan
2018-19Β JUNIORΒ YEAR
β’ All-MAC First Team
β’ Played in 13 tournaments with a 72.79 scoring average
β’ Finished Top-10 in four tournaments throughout the year (Mercedes-BenzΒ Collegiate Championship, ICON Invitational, BYU Entrada Classic and the Lady Buckeye Invitational)
β’ Helped Kent State finish first in the East LansingΒ Regionals finishing 2nd overall shooting 4-under-par, 212 total
2017-18 SOPHOMOREΒ YEAR
β’ MAC Golfer of the Year
β’ First Team All-MAC
β’ Academic All-MAC Team Honors
β’ Set a MAC record with a score of 8-under, 208 total at the Women's Golf MAC Championship to help Kent State receive their 20thΒ straight MAC Championship
β’Β Placed 1st overall (8-under, 208) at the BYU EntradaΒ Classic to help Kent State finish second overall
β’Β Finished with three straight rounds under par at the Jim West Challenge which was good enough for 8th place overall (6-under, 207)
β’ Named the tournament champion (6-under, 210) to help Kent State take first place for the second year in a row at theΒ HensslerΒ Financial Intercollegiate
β’Β Played in 12 tournaments while averaging a career and team-best 71.26 average score
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2016-17 FRESHMAN YEAR
β’ 2017 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year.Β
β’ 2017 All-MAC Tournament Team Honoree.Β
β’ WGCA Second Team All-American.Β
β’ Owner of the following single-season records: scoring average of 71.49, ninth national scoring rating, 39 rounds of par or better, 139 birdies (ranking No. 1 in the nation), 4.0159 par 4 average andΒ 4.798 par 5 average.
β’ Claimed eight top-5 finishes, including a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Lubbock Regional.
β’ Set multiple Kent State records over her first four collegiate tournaments, including the best three-round score in relation to par and the best round in relation to par. She broke both records twice in the fall
β’ Finished in the top three in three of her fourΒ tournaments in the fall
β’ Won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in her collegiate debut
β’ Two time MAC Golfer of the Week in the fall
AMATEUR
β’ Member of Thailand national team fromΒ 2015-2016
β’ Finished in first place Singapore Junior Golf Championship in 2015
β’ Won theΒ 100 Plus Malaysian Junior Open in 2015
β’ Won theΒ Dutch Junior Open in 2015
β’ Finished in fifth place at The APGC Junior Championship in 2015
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PERSONAL
β’ Daughter of Nittaya and Charoenchai Panthong
β’ Has one sibling, Chanikan
β’ Lists Patong Beach in Thailand as her favorite vacation destination
β’ Majoring in business administration
β’ Lists Na Yoen Choi as her favorite pro athlete
