2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
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Lori Char
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waianae, Hawaii
- High School:
- Kamehameha Schools Kapalma
- Major:
- Communication
Fourth-year senior from the Aloha State ... competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur, becoming the first Scarlet Knight to earn entry into the Championship since 2013 ... Two-time Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar with a perfect 4.0 grade point average in each of the past two scholastic years ... 2018-19 and 2017-18 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division I All-America Scholar ... a 2016 Junior PGA Championship Qualifier (73-76).
SPRING 2021: 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection ... competed as an individual at Monmouth’s Hawk Spring Series, shooting 86 and tying for 10th (4/5).
SPRING 2020: 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar with a perfect 4.0 GPA … 2020 Academic All-Big Ten selection.
FALL 2019: Competed as an individual at the Nittany Lion Invitational and carded a 231 (77-78-76) to finish T-32 (9/21-22).
SPRING 2019: Totaled 166 at the Big Ten Championship (4/19-21) … finished 59th behind a 238 (73-78-87) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/13-14) … tied for 41st with a 234 total (75-78-81) at Murray State’s Jan Weaver Invitational (4/5-6) … posted season low 227 (75-77-75) at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Invitational (3/18-19) … tied for 26th shooting 75 (+3) at the weather-shortened River Landing Classic (3/4) … opened the season with 83-81-80 at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational (2/16-17).
FALL 2018: Played in three tournaments this fall and averaged 81.33 over nine rounds … placed T-55th at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/20-21) … finished 63rd (83-84-79) at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/9-10) … tied for 79th (80-84-79) at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/22-23).
SPRING 2018: Averaged 80.36 over 14 rounds in five events … carded 247 (86-82-79) at the Big Ten Championship (4/20-22) … totaled 169 (86-83) in rain-shortened Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/14) … matched career-low single round (73) and tied for 33rd at Hawaii’s Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (3/13-14) … finished T-63rd (81-79-76) at UNCW’s River Landing Classic (3/5-6) … posted 236 (81-73-82) and tied for 59th at Louisville’s Moon Golf Invitational (2/19-20).
FALL 2017: Competed in four events for the Scarlet Knights ... averaged 77.83 over 12 rounds … tied for 20th (78-80-74) at Mercer’s Idle Hour Intercollegiate (10/30-31) … finished 49th (82-84-77) at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/10-11) … totaled a season low 222 (75-74-73) to tie for 15th at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/23-24) … opened her collegiate career On the Banks tied for 24th (79-82-76) at the Rutgers Invitational (9/9-10).
SCHOLASTIC: A 2017 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapalma in Honolulu … was a four-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Wesley Wailehua … earned Intersholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) First Team honors as a junior and senior … had a 75.0 stroke average as a senior team captain, 74.0 as a junior, 75.0 as a sophomore and 76.0 as a freshman … garnered ILH second team honors as a sophomore and freshman … was a four-time Kamehameha Schools Warrior Golf MVP … recognized on the principal’s list both semester as a senior and on the honor roll both semesters as a junior … placed 3rd in the 2017 Optimist International Qualifier and won the 2016 Barbers Point Invitational (73-75) … captured first place net champ flight and third in overall gross at the OCC Women’s Invitational (76-70) … also had top 10 finishes in the Optimist Invitational in 2015 and 2014.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Nikki and David Char … majoring in communication with a specialization in public relations
Know Your Knights: Lori Char
SPRING 2021: 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection ... competed as an individual at Monmouth’s Hawk Spring Series, shooting 86 and tying for 10th (4/5).
SPRING 2020: 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar with a perfect 4.0 GPA … 2020 Academic All-Big Ten selection.
FALL 2019: Competed as an individual at the Nittany Lion Invitational and carded a 231 (77-78-76) to finish T-32 (9/21-22).
SPRING 2019: Totaled 166 at the Big Ten Championship (4/19-21) … finished 59th behind a 238 (73-78-87) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/13-14) … tied for 41st with a 234 total (75-78-81) at Murray State’s Jan Weaver Invitational (4/5-6) … posted season low 227 (75-77-75) at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Invitational (3/18-19) … tied for 26th shooting 75 (+3) at the weather-shortened River Landing Classic (3/4) … opened the season with 83-81-80 at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational (2/16-17).
FALL 2018: Played in three tournaments this fall and averaged 81.33 over nine rounds … placed T-55th at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/20-21) … finished 63rd (83-84-79) at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/9-10) … tied for 79th (80-84-79) at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/22-23).
SPRING 2018: Averaged 80.36 over 14 rounds in five events … carded 247 (86-82-79) at the Big Ten Championship (4/20-22) … totaled 169 (86-83) in rain-shortened Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/14) … matched career-low single round (73) and tied for 33rd at Hawaii’s Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (3/13-14) … finished T-63rd (81-79-76) at UNCW’s River Landing Classic (3/5-6) … posted 236 (81-73-82) and tied for 59th at Louisville’s Moon Golf Invitational (2/19-20).
FALL 2017: Competed in four events for the Scarlet Knights ... averaged 77.83 over 12 rounds … tied for 20th (78-80-74) at Mercer’s Idle Hour Intercollegiate (10/30-31) … finished 49th (82-84-77) at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/10-11) … totaled a season low 222 (75-74-73) to tie for 15th at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/23-24) … opened her collegiate career On the Banks tied for 24th (79-82-76) at the Rutgers Invitational (9/9-10).
SCHOLASTIC: A 2017 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapalma in Honolulu … was a four-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Wesley Wailehua … earned Intersholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) First Team honors as a junior and senior … had a 75.0 stroke average as a senior team captain, 74.0 as a junior, 75.0 as a sophomore and 76.0 as a freshman … garnered ILH second team honors as a sophomore and freshman … was a four-time Kamehameha Schools Warrior Golf MVP … recognized on the principal’s list both semester as a senior and on the honor roll both semesters as a junior … placed 3rd in the 2017 Optimist International Qualifier and won the 2016 Barbers Point Invitational (73-75) … captured first place net champ flight and third in overall gross at the OCC Women’s Invitational (76-70) … also had top 10 finishes in the Optimist Invitational in 2015 and 2014.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Nikki and David Char … majoring in communication with a specialization in public relations
| Year | Scoring Average | Rounds | Tournaments | National Rank | WAGR | Wins | Top 5 Finishes | Top 10 Finishes | Top 20 Finishes |
| 2017-18 | 79.19 | 26 | 9 | 878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018-19 | 79.83 | 24 | 9 | 1046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | 77.00 | 3 | 1 | 819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 | 86.00 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CAREER | 79.48 | 54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Know Your Knights: Lori Char
| Nickname: | Coconut, Bobblehead, Nugget, and Dash (occasionally Mahanalulu) |
| One word to describe Coach Williams: | Passionate |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Adam Gray |
| Best player ever competed against: | Lucy Li |
| I chose my major because: | I like talking to new people |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | Maeve’s couch |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My dad because he is the hardest working person I know. He taught me that I should always strive to be the best in whatever I do. |
| If I wasn’t playing golf, I’d be: | Traveling or studying |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Joanna Henry |
| Favorite professional sports team: | Spain’s national soccer team |
| One word to describe myself on the course: | Optimistic |
| One word to describe myself off the course: | Dramatic |
| Few people know that: | I am easily scared and very poorly coordinated |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | Julie Miyagi |
| I started playing golf because: | My dad thought golf was fun |
| I chose Rutgers because: | It had a good balance between athletics and academics. However, mainly because I look good in scarlet red. |
| Favorite cereal: | Captain crunch (original and peanut butter) |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl |
| The best actress to play me in a movie is: | Jason Momoa if he was a girl |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | The alphabet song |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Smiling :) or wearing a ridiculous amount of layers. |
| Famous people I have met include: | Rory McIlroy, Conde Rice, Barack Obama |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a tournament are: | I put three tees in my hair |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | My stuffed dog, Snowy. I got him for Christmas when I was six. |
| Pets I had growing up were: | Dogs, cats and fish |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Pikachu |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Santorini or Aotearoa |
| The website I visit most often is: | Rutgers Canvas |
| My favorite teacher was/is: | Mrs. Nihipali, my senior year high school English teacher |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | “If you fall, land on your back because if you can look up, you can get up.” |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | The Life of a Human Emoji |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Dark cherry |
| My spirit animal is: | Capuchin monkey |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Hike Machu Picchu |
| Phone app I cannot live without: | Google calendar (for team events) |
| What I would like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for my scholarship and/or facility resources? | Thank you so much for the endless generosity and support. Words cannot begin to describe how grateful we all are. |
| How has Rutgers and donor support changed my life? | It has allowed me to move from Hawaii to the East Coast to experience things bigger than I could have ever imagined. |
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