Somin Lee

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Denver, Colo.
	High School: Overland HS

	Height: 5-5
	Experience: 1V

05/11/2013

Women's Golf Team's Comeback Falls Just Short at NCAA West Regional

Grace Na rallied to post her 10th top-20 finish of the season.

05/10/2013

Women's Golf Through Two Rounds at NCAA West Regional

Pepperdine is tied for 13th but needs a top-eight finish to advance.

05/09/2013

NCAA Women's Golf West Regional Underway for Waves

Pepperdine needs to finish in the top eight to advance to the NCAA Championships.

05/07/2013

Women's Golf Opens NCAA Regional Play at Stanford on Thursday

The Waves are aiming for their 12th NCAA Championships appearance in 15 years.

04/17/2013

Na, Women's Golf Claim WCC Titles Again

The Waves have now won 15 of the 17 league tournaments ever contested.

05/22/2012

2012 NCAA Women's Golf Championships

Photos of the Waves by Paul Levy, taken at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., from May 22-25.

04/18/2012

Women's Golf at WCC Championships (4/16-18/2012)

Photos of the Waves winning their 11th straight WCC title at San Juan Oaks Golf Club in Hollister, Calif.

03/16/2012

Women's Golf at Bruin Wave Invitational (3/5-6/2012)

Jeff Golden and Athletic Communications photos from the Waves' first-place finish.

10/17/2011

Women's Golf at McGuire Invitational (9/25-26/2011)

Photos by Gary Stepic of the Pepperdine women's golf team in Albuquerque, N.M.

Somin Lee Career Statistics

PEPPERDINE 2011-12: Came on greatly during the postseason as a freshman and was named to the All-WCC first team ... Had a 76.58 stroke average and played in all 11 events and all 33 rounds ... Best finish during the regular season was a tie for 23rd place at the Bruin Wave Invitational (79-76-79=234) ... Then led the Waves at both the WCC Championships, where she tied for third (77-73-75=225), and at the NCAA West Regional, where she tied for sixth with an even-par 216 (75-74-67) ... She was named to the NGCA's All-West Regional team ... The 5-under 67 in the third round tied the best-ever 18-hole score in Pepperdine postseason history, and it was the first sub-par round of her college career ... At the WCC Championships, she recorded a hole-in-one during the third round.

AMATEUR/JUNIOR GOLF: Reached the second round of the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship ... Won the 2011 Colorado Women's Golf Association Match Play Championship ... The CWGA junior player of the year in 2009 and 2010 ... Won two CWGA Junior Match Play Championships and one Stroke Play Championship ... Set a course record at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Course ... In summer 2010, had five wins and three runner-up finishes in Colorado Junior Tour events ... Won an AJGA tournament in Nebraska and finished second at the Optimist International Junior in Florida ... Was #24 in the Golfweek junior rankings when she signed a letter-of-intent in November 2010.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Overland High School, located in Aurora, Colo., in 2011 ... Was the class 5A state champion as a 2010 junior ... Had three straight top six results at the state tournament between her sophomore and senior years ... Four-time Aurora Sentinel All-City honors.

PERSONAL: Born in South Korea ... Daughter of Jinki Lee and Sowon Lee ... Has one brother, Charlie ... Majoring in art ... Only began playing golf shortly before the start of high school ... Chose Pepperdine because "of the beautiful campus, the coach and the team, the school's atmosphere and the great art program."

FAVORITES: Enjoys working on sculptures ... Favorites include Na Yeon Choi and Juli Inkster (pro golfers), Heather Ridge (golf course), White Chicks (movie), Jason Mraz and Taylor Swift (musical artists) and Korean and steak (food) ... Enjoys golf because "of the competition and meeting new people at golf tournaments."

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