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Pornvipa Sakdee - Women's Golf - Kansas Jayhawks

Pornvipa Sakdee

Class Junior
Hometown Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
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CAREER HONORS
2014-15: Big 12 All-Tournament Team
 
AS A JUNIOR (2015-16)
Played in seven events… Shot five rounds at under or even par… Averaged 74.50 strokes per round… Closed the season with three-straight top-15 finishes… Tied for seventh at the Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock, Texas (April 8-9) with a 218… Shot 217 at the Big 12 Championship (April 22-24) in San Antonio to tie for 12th… Carded 228 and tied for 15th at the NCAA Regional (May 5-7) at Shoal Creek, Alabama… Counted 14 of her 15 team rounds… Recorded the team-best record at the SDSU Farms Invitational, going 3-1.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in 11 events… Average stroke per round was 74.9… KU counted 31 of her 32 rounds played for 96.8 percent… Finished second on the team in top-5 finishes with three… Second on the team with three top five finishes…Low 54 score of 216 was second on the team…Shot two rounds in the 60’s… Won the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Lawrence (Sept. 8-9) with a score of 216…  Also had a score of 216 at the Big 12 Conference Championships in San Antonio (April 23-25) which earned her fourth place and a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team…  Best rounds came at the Lady Paladin Invitational in Greenville, South Carolina (Sept. 21-23) where she shot a 68 (-4) and also the Big 12 Conference Championships where she broke a conference-record low round with the same score.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Played in all 13 events… Averaged 76.54 with 39 rounds scored… Was third on the team with four rounds of even par or better… KU counted 30 of 39 rounds played for 76.9 percent… Finished in the top 20 of four events… Finished 14th at the Challenge at Onion Creek (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) with a 221 (+11)… Best finished of the year was at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-28) where she tied for fourth with a 217 (+1)… Had best round of the year, 69 (-3), in the final round of the Palmetto Intercollegiate… Tied for eighth at the 3M Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate (March 14-16) with a 225 (+9)… Tied for KU’s second best score at the Big 12 Championship (April 25-27) with a 211 (+11) which tied for 26th.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Watchara Wittaya School in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand… A top-50 player according to the World Junior Golf Rankings… Ranked No. 37 in the world and No. 5 in her class after claiming top-medalist honors at the TOYA Polish Junior Golf Championship in July 2012, a World Junior Golf Series event in Poland… Placed third at both the Thailand Ladies Amateur and Thailand Ladies Open… Previous medalist of the Thailand Northern Junior Golf Championship and was runner-up at the Hank Haney Junior Golf Championship… As a 16-year-old in 2011, she bolted to the top of the leaderboard at the Malaysian Ladies Amateur with a one-under 70 before finishing in the top-five… Second runner-up of Thailand Junior Golf Championship in Phuket, Thailand…  Two-time certification of the excellent academic results in high school.
 
PERSONAL
Nickname is Faii… Born in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand… Daughter of Viroj and Siriporn… Has two younger siblings, Kanatip and Sasikarn… Major is business management and leadership.