2009-10 Women's Golf

Aleah Kim

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Freshman
  • High School Hamilton
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.

Biography

Academic Notes:Plans to study hotel and restaurant management.

Summer of 2009:Won the Thunderbird of Arizona High School Senior Classic at GaineyRanch Golf Club Ranch with a 4-under par 68.

High School: A2009 graduate of Hamilton High School...Played for KevinKrahenbuhl...Ranked as the 71st-best senior by theJunior Golf Scoreboard and 151st overall...Helped teamto two state championship runner-up finishes (2006, 2008)...Tiedfor sixth at 2008 5A AIA State Championships, shooting rounds of74-76... Finished 12th in 2007 (80-75) and ninth in 2006(73-75)...Finished 88th at the 2008 USGA Women's AmateurPublic Links Championships, shooting rounds of 85-81 at the ErinHills Golf Course in Erin Hills, Wis....Played in the Girls JuniorAmericas Cup for Team Arizona in both 2007 and 2008 ...Played in 12events in 2007-08, posting nine top five and 10 top 10finishes...Coached by swing coach Kene Bensel in Ahwatukee.

Personal: BornSebin (Aleah) Kim Feb. 17, 1991 in Seungnam, Korea...Daughter ofJongsung and Sangsuk Kim...Has two sisters, Alexa (Sehee) and Anna(Younjin)...Alexa is a junior on the NAU team...Moved to Montreal,Canada in 1999 before coming to Arizona in 2005.