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2019-20 Women's Golf Roster

Brad Bee
Dennis Hubbard

Samantha Chong

Samantha Chong

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Hometown:
    Glugor, Malaysia
  • Highschool:
    Cempaka International Ladies College

Summary

Biography

2019-20 (Senior)
Played in all 17 rounds for the Mavericks and finished fourth in team scoring with a stroke average of 82.4…posted her best 54-hole score of the season at the Rose City Collegiate, shooting a 12-over total of 228, a career best (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)…in the same tournament, shot a season-best round of 73 in round two and posted her best finish relative to the field, tying for 19th out of 70 golfers...named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2018-19 (Junior)
Played in 25 of 28 rounds and was fourth in team scoring with a stroke average of 81.2…led the team in scoring at one tournament…posted a season-best 54-hole score of 231, tying a career best, at the Kiawah Island Spring Classic (Feb. 24-26)…in the same tournament, shot a career best and team season-low round of 72 in round three...a member of the Summit League Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Was third in team scoring with a stroke average of 81.1, a career best, while playing in 19 rounds…had UNO’s second-best round of the season with a score of 72 at the Kansas City Intercollegiate (April 10)…had her best finish relative to par at +15, 231, at the Chip-N Club Invitational (Oct. 1-3)…finished fourth in team scoring at the Summit League Championship with a score of 246 to tie for 34th...a member of the Summit League Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2016-17 (Freshman)
Played in all 31 rounds for the Mavericks, one of only two players to do so…was third in team scoring with a stroke average of 81.8…posted a career-best 54-hole score of 237 at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial (Sept. 12-13)…shot a career-best 18-hole score of 75 in the second round of the UNO Invitational (Sept. 3)…had her best finish relative to par (+23) at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic (Feb. 26-28)...named to Summit League Academic Honor Roll.

Before UNO
Played golf for three years at the Cempaka International Ladies College in Negeria Sembilan, Malaysia, graduating in 2015...was part of the Malaysia Sports School Council Championship team as a junior in 2014.

Personal
Born Aug. 5, 1999 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia...daughter of Eric Chong Soon Heng and Yeoh Yean Peng...has one brother, Dominic Chong Joon Fong...majoring in biology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Player
    5'4"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Player
    5'4"

  • 2018-19Junior

    Player
    5'4"

  • 2019-20Senior

    Player
    5'4"