Chih-Min Chen

Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Heping High School
Hometown:
Taipei, Taiwan

2017-18 (Junior Season)
• Became the ninth Cowgirl to earn three career WGCA All-American Scholar awards.
• Joined teammate Emma Broze on the All-Big 12 Conference team, her second career selection.
• Earned All-Big 12 Tournament honors after finishing third at the 2018 Big 12 Championships at Dallas Country Club with rounds of 70-75-73 (+2) 218.
• Named Academic All-Big 12 Conference for the second straight year.
• Ranked second on the team with a 74.22 stroke average, which is the 26th best season in program history.
• Will enter her senior season with the eighth-best career stroke average in Cowgirl golf history - 74.35.
• Posted six top-25 finishes in 2018, including a trio of top-10 finishes.
• Finished fourth at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii after carding 76-75-72 (+7) 223.
• Shot 68 in the second round of the Windy City Collegiate, which was her best outing of the season.
• Finished in a tie for eighth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge thanks to 70-74-74 (+5) 218.

2016-17 (Sophomore Season)
• Became the 20th Cowgirl selected a Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar, which is awarded to a student-athlete that maintains a cumulative 3.5 GPA.
• Academic All-Big 12 selection.
• Will own a 74.41 career stroke average entering her junior year.
• Earned a 10th place finish at the All-State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate by carding 70-73-74 (+1) 217.
• Opened the year with a 70-73-72 (-1) 215 at the Dick McGuire Invitational, which helped her post a T17 finish.
• Also earned a top 25 finish at the Windy City Collegiate thanks to rounds of 72-76-72 (+4) 220.
• Posted a season stroke average of 75.41 on the year.

2015-16 (Freshman Season)
• Big 12 Freshman of the Year, as well as an All-Big 12 Conference selection.
• Named a WGCA All-American Scholar thanks to her diligence in the classroom.
• Recorded a 73.59 season stroke average, which is second only to Caroline Hedwall (72.94 in '08-09) by a freshman in OSU history.
• Overall, her stroke overage ranks 12th in Cowgirl history.
• Posted 109 total birdies on the year, which ranked 18th among all collegiate players nationwide.
• Racked up four top-10 finishes and 10 rounds below par as a freshman.
• Ended her first season ranked by Golfstat as the No. 72 overall player and No. 20 freshman in college golf.
• One of the best fall seasons in school history featured a 71.0 stroke average and three top-10 finishes in four events.
• Shot a team-season-low 65 in the opening round of the Schooner Classic, which is tied for the third lowest round in school history. Chen finished second at the tournament after shooting 65-68 -- 133 (-9).
• Helped the Cowgirls claim the 2016 Big 12 Championship with her 16th place finish at 74-71-74 -- 219 (+3).
• Also led the Cowgirls at the Windy City Collegiate and the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, where she posted top 10 finishes.
• Finished tied for 18th at the season-opening Dick McGuire Invite in New Mexico. Shot 74-72-72 -- 218 (-1) to lead the Cowgirls along with Kenzie Neisen.
• Went 1-0-1 in a pair of matches in the Bedlam Cup win over the rival Sooners.

Amateur Career
• Participated in the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
• Represented Taiwan at the 2016 World University Games in France.
• Arrived at OSU with a World Amateur Golf Ranking of 62.
• Amateur champion of the 2015 Hong Kong Ladies Open, as well as the 2015 TLPGA Royal Ladies Open.
• Finished in the top 10 of all three AGJA events played in the summer of 2014.
• Won the amateur championship at the 2014 TLPGA Party Golfers open.
• Captured first place at the 2014 Taiwan Amateur Championship.

Personal
• Born Jan. 4, 1997 in Taipei, Taiwan.
• Daughter of Yu-Yu Liu and Szu-Liang Chen.
• Graduated from Heping High School.
• Plans to major in sports management at OSU.