Major: Finance
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Career Highlights:Â WCC All-Academic First Team (2019); WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2020);Â
Biography: Before coming to the Hilltop, Chin played four years of varsity golf for the Foothill Falcons, and was an EBAL first-team All-League selection in his final two seasons. As a freshman he appeared in seven tournaments for the Dons including an appearance at the West Coast Conference Championship and NCAA Bryan Regional. Chin was named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team as a sophomore and played in eight tournaments for USF in 2018-19, including his second appearance in the West Coast Conference Championship. He finished with an average round score of 74.1 and carded 65 birdies on the year. Chin played in five tournaments in 2019-20, and in 15 rounds finished with a stroke average of 76.4. Chin's best 54 hole score in 2019-20 was a 1-over 217 (71-73-73) at the Orange Country Collegiate Classic. During his senior season Chin finished in the Top-10 at the Prestige Invitational, Top-4 at the Olympic Club Invitational, and finished 4th at the Orange County Classic.
Why Chin Chose USF: "I chose USF because I really liked the campus and its location and wanted to be part of a strong, competitive division one golf team. I liked that it was a smaller school, which would allow me to develop more personal relationships with my professors."
Favorite USF Memories:Â "I really liked our team atmosphere. We were always lively and upbeat, so even if one of us had a bad day we would always be able to cheer each other up. I also really like how we had a very international culture and because of that I was able to learn a lot from my teammates and experience what it was like in other countries aside from the United States."
The USF Student-Athlete Experience:Â "The best part about being a student-athlete was being able to play the sport I love with great teammates while getting a education at the same time."
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