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2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Kyle Terada/WCC
Gerome Wright
David Schmitz
David Schmitz
Kyle Terada/WCC
David Schmitz
David Schmitz

Vanessa Ha

Vanessa Ha

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Oak Park, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Plano HS / Univ. of Texas HS
  • Prev School:
    Plano HS / Univ. of Texas HS

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
- All-WCC 2018
- Single-round record 8-under 64 - Second Round Sacramento State Invitational (Mar. 20)
- All-WCC 2017
- All-WCC 2016


2017-18 (SENIOR): Became the first Don to earn All-West Coast Conference honors in three-straight years since Christina Stockton did it from 2008-10…one of three Dons to play in all 10 events, posted a team-leading stroke average of 73.4…was USF's top finisher in seven events, finished inside the top-20 in nine of the 10 events…tallied five top-10 finishes include a seventh place finish at the West Coast Conference Championships, her third top-10 finish in the WCC’s…had 11 rounds of par or better on the year, including a program record 8-under 64…opened the year with a 2-under 214 (74-74-66) at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic to finish tied for sixth…in the final round she finished with a four-under 66…took 10th at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational hosted by Washington, finished with a 6-over 222 (73-76-73)…finished tied for eighth at the Meadow Club Invitational shooting an even par 144 over 36 holes (72-72) …at the Sacramento State Invitational she was the individual champion after carding a 3-under 211 (71-64-76) the 64 is believed to be a program record…that round she was perfect, recording eight birdies and 11 pars…took seventh at the WCC Championship with an 11-over 227 (74-74-79).   

2016-17 (JUNIOR): Earned first team All-West Coast Conference for the second year in a row…individual selection to the NCAA Athens Regional…ranked 177th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin individual rankings…played in seven of the team’s nine events and led the team in stroke average at 74.1…was USF’s top finisher in five of the seven events in which she competed…enjoyed three, top-10 finishes, including a tie fourth at the West Coast Conference Championships at Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah…turned in a career-low 66 (-6) in the third round of the Silverado Showdown on Silverado’s North Course…opened the year with a ninth place finish at the Ptmarmigan Ram Fall Classic with a 2-over score of 218 (73-74-71)…finished in the top-20 at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational with a 10-over score of 226 (78-72-76)…did not play at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate, Oct. 7-9 and wrapped up her fall season at the rain-shortened Stanford Intercollegiate, where she tied for 81st with a 17-over score of 159 (78-81), which was her highest score to par for the season…played as an individual at the Meadow Club Intercollegiate to open the spring season…tied for 21st with a 7-over score of 223 on rounds of 73-73-77…played her best golf of the year over the last three tournaments of the spring…tied for fifth at the BYU Entrada Classic with a 3-over score of 219 after rounds of 72-74-73…dropped three tightly-contested matches at March Mayhem, hosted by San Diego State…tied for 21st at the Silverado Showdown in Napa with a 2-over score of 218…was 6-over at the 36-hole mark of the tournament after rounds of 78 and 74 before turning in a career-best 66 (-6) in the final round…was 5-under through the first nine holes and picked up her final birdie on the par-5, fifth hole, her 16th of the day…carried the momentum to the WCC Championships in Provo, Utah, where she tied for fourth place with a 4-over score of 219 following rounds of 73-74-72…was 3-over after 14 holes but birdies three of the last four to move back to even on the day.

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): First team All-West Coast Conference selection…posted a team-best 74.1 stroke average for her 10 events…finished in the top-10 five times, including a pair of first place finishes at the Rose City Intercollegiate and the Sacramento State Invitational…opened the year with a t-28th at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Colorado Springs…was an even par after two rounds but finished 9-over following a third round 81…led USF to the team title at the Rose City Intercollegiate with her first individual victory of her career…finished 6-under 210 for the 54-hole event after rounds of 71-71-68, good for a three-shot victory over BYU’s Kendra Daulton...final round 68 tied for the second-lowest round of the year behind Ayaka Suzuki’s 65 at turned in at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate…was named the WCC’s Golfer of the Month (September) for her strong performances during the first two events of the season…continued her strong play the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational at Sahalee Country Club, where she finished second with a 2-over score of 218 (72-73-73)…finished one stroke behind medalist Bianca Pagdanganan of Gonzaga…closed the fall season by tying for 15th at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate outside of Denver…turned in rounds of 72-75-71 to finish at 2-over 218…opened the spring season by tying for 42nd at the 36-hole Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford (80-75)…finished 5-over 149 (75-74) at the rain-shortened Bay Area Intercollegiate at the Meadow Club…picked up her third top-10 of the season by tying for ninth at the BYU Entrada Classic with a 10-over score of 226 (76-76-74)…earned medalist honors at the Sacramento State Invitational where she defeated Northern Colorado’s Amanda Myers in a two-hole playoff to lead USF to its second team title of the season…tied for 68th at the Silverado Showdown…earned her fifth top-10 of the season at the WCC Championships where she tied for 6th at 5-over 221 (68-78-75)…was the first round leader after opening with a 68 before dropping off the pace.

2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Was in the lineup for all 11 events and posted a stroke average of 75.96, second lowest on the team behind Ayaka Suzuki’s 75.35 mark…had two top-10 finishes and three top-20 showings in her 11 events…posted two USF’s three lowest rounds of the season at the BYU Entrada Classic…followed up 2-under 70 in the first round with a brilliant 4-under 68 in the second…her final 1-under score of 215 was the best individual showing of the season…made her collegiate debut at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. where she finished t-32 with a 10-over score of 226 (73-74-79)…t-33rd at the Oregon State Invitational at Trysting Tree with a 54-hole total of 230 (+14) on rounds of 76-78-76…recorded her first top-10 finish at the Rose City Intercollegiate, where she t-8th at 223 (+7) on rounds of 76-75-72…tied for 20th at the rain-shortened Idean Ihlanfeldt Invitational at Sahalee (74-77-151)…closed out the fall with a 53rd place finish at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate (78-76-72-226)…opened the spring season by tying for 22nd at the 36-hole Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford (74-75)…finished tied for 33rd in her next two events at the Bruin-Wave Invitational (77-80-75-232) and the Bay Area Intercollegiate (76-75-73) hosted by USF at the Meadow Club…was in title contention at the BYU Entrada Classic at Snow Canyon…held the 36-hole lead after rounds of 70 and 68…slipped into a tie for fifth following a final round 77 left her 1-under (215) for the tournament…tied for 60tth at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic in Maricopa, Ariz. (77-77-80-234)…wrapped up the season with a 16th place finish at the WCC Championships (86-80-79-245).

HIGH SCHOOL AND AMATEUR: Received her high school degree from the University of Texas’ on-line program…also attended Plano (Texas) High School…compiled an impressive junior career in her native state of Texas…won the 2013 Texas Girls’ Invitational held at the Bentwater Yacht and Country Club on rounds of 67 and 72 for a five shot victory…captured the AJGA’s Goodman Networks Junior at Timarron Country Club in Southlake, Texas with a 1-under total of 215 (69-71-75)…shared medalist honors at the U.S. Women’s Public Links Qualifier held at the Firewheel Golf Park in Garland, Texas with a 1-under score of 71…posted a 1-over 208 to win the AJGA’s Aaron’s / Bob Estes Abilene Junior in wire-to-wire fashion…tied for eighth at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational at the Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas...reached the round of 32 at the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship at the Portland (Ore.) Golf Club...survived a 16-player for 10 spots playoff to earn her way into the match play portion of the event...scored a 4 and 3 upset victory over second-seed an co-medalist Jennifer Hahn before falling in the round of 32 to Maddie McCrary.
 
PERSONAL: Born June 30, 1996 in Montreal, Canada…father is Van Son Ha…has one younger brother, Anakin…home course is The Courses at Watters Creek in Plano, Texas…lists Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego has the course she’s most like to play…dream foursome includes her father, brother and grandfather…favorite golfer is Tiger Woods…enjoys music and plays the piano, guitar and ukulele.

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