Honors and Awards: 2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year … 2015 First Team All-Big Ten.
2014-15: Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … Rookie played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments … Ranked second on the team with a 74.26 stroke average ... Her single season stroke average is the third best in program history … Recorded a team-best 13 rounds at par or better including five rounds in the 60s ... Led the team with seven top-20 finishes in the fall including five top-10s … Helped the Wildcats achieve their best finish in program history at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) … Tied for 9th at the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) … Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round and an even 72 in the final round to help the Wildcats bring home the title … Played at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and helped the Wildcats finish in the top third of all competition … Led the way of all Wildcats participating in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) with a 5-over 77 … Tied for 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) with a remarkable performance … Her 1-over 214 (69-70-75) was an integral part to the Wildcats winning the tournament … Placed in 2nd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) after notching a 4-under 68 in the final round … Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history … She finished up with a 2-under 214 (72-74-68) … Received her second Big Ten Golfer of the Week plaudits for her performance on the island … Was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for the first time following a 12th-place performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) against a field featuring five of the nation's top-8 ranked teams ... Opened that event with consecutive even-par 71s before closing with a 2-under 69 … Took eighth at Northwestern's own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) thanks in part to a collegiate-best 3-under 68 in the second round ... Notched a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) … Playing a par-73 course at the McGuire Invite (Sept. 15-16), she opened with a 1-over 74 before shooting an incredible 4-under 69 in the second round and a 2-under 71 in the third for a 5-under par total.
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-69-71=214 (-5) (3rd)
Annika Intercollegiate • 75-73-74=222 (+6) (38th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 75-68-75=218 (+2) (8th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 71-71-69=211 (-2) (12th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 72-74-68=214 (-2) (2nd)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-70-75=214 (+1) (2nd)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 77 (+5) (15th)
Lost to Regina Plasencia (Arkansas), 4 and 3
Halved with Manuela Carbajo (Georgia)
Def. Lisa Maguire (Duke), 1-up
Bryan National Collegiate • 79-79-78=236 (+20) (57th)
Silverado Showdown • 80-75-76=231 (+15) (43rd)
Big Ten Championships • 71-75-72=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 78-75-71=224 (+8) (22nd)
NCAA Championships • 86-84-74-76=320 (+32) (76th)
Before Northwestern: Ranked No. 9 in the country and third in the state of California for her class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Competed at the 2014 California Women's Amateur Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the match play portion of the event ... Finished third at the Callaway Junior World event in 2012 ... Fifth-place finish at the esteemed Silver Belle Championship in 2012 ... Mesa League Champion from 2010-12 ... Named Otay Ranch women's golf MVP in 2010, 11 and 12 ... Three-time Otay Ranch Women's Golf Player of the Year ... CIF Southern California Sectional Qualifier runner-up in 2012 ... Three-time CIF First Team of San Diego honoree ... Qualified for the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur ... Top-10 in 2011 PGA Junior Championship ... Had the opportunity to hit the opening tee shot for the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open ... Helped Otay Ranch win the 2010 Mesa League Women's Golf Championship ... Named to Principal's Honor Roll ... President's Award recipient ... California Scholarship Federation Life Member and Seal Bearer.
Personal: Daughter of Gyu Chan Kim and Oke Hee Kim
2014-15: Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … Rookie played in all 12 Northwestern tournaments … Ranked second on the team with a 74.26 stroke average ... Her single season stroke average is the third best in program history … Recorded a team-best 13 rounds at par or better including five rounds in the 60s ... Led the team with seven top-20 finishes in the fall including five top-10s … Helped the Wildcats achieve their best finish in program history at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) … Tied for 9th at the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) … Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round and an even 72 in the final round to help the Wildcats bring home the title … Played at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) and helped the Wildcats finish in the top third of all competition … Led the way of all Wildcats participating in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) with a 5-over 77 … Tied for 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) with a remarkable performance … Her 1-over 214 (69-70-75) was an integral part to the Wildcats winning the tournament … Placed in 2nd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) after notching a 4-under 68 in the final round … Her round of 68 is tied for third-best in program history … She finished up with a 2-under 214 (72-74-68) … Received her second Big Ten Golfer of the Week plaudits for her performance on the island … Was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for the first time following a 12th-place performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) against a field featuring five of the nation's top-8 ranked teams ... Opened that event with consecutive even-par 71s before closing with a 2-under 69 … Took eighth at Northwestern's own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) thanks in part to a collegiate-best 3-under 68 in the second round ... Notched a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) … Playing a par-73 course at the McGuire Invite (Sept. 15-16), she opened with a 1-over 74 before shooting an incredible 4-under 69 in the second round and a 2-under 71 in the third for a 5-under par total.
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational • 74-69-71=214 (-5) (3rd)
Annika Intercollegiate • 75-73-74=222 (+6) (38th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 75-68-75=218 (+2) (8th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 71-71-69=211 (-2) (12th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 72-74-68=214 (-2) (2nd)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-70-75=214 (+1) (2nd)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 77 (+5) (15th)
Lost to Regina Plasencia (Arkansas), 4 and 3
Halved with Manuela Carbajo (Georgia)
Def. Lisa Maguire (Duke), 1-up
Bryan National Collegiate • 79-79-78=236 (+20) (57th)
Silverado Showdown • 80-75-76=231 (+15) (43rd)
Big Ten Championships • 71-75-72=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 78-75-71=224 (+8) (22nd)
NCAA Championships • 86-84-74-76=320 (+32) (76th)
Before Northwestern: Ranked No. 9 in the country and third in the state of California for her class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Competed at the 2014 California Women's Amateur Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the match play portion of the event ... Finished third at the Callaway Junior World event in 2012 ... Fifth-place finish at the esteemed Silver Belle Championship in 2012 ... Mesa League Champion from 2010-12 ... Named Otay Ranch women's golf MVP in 2010, 11 and 12 ... Three-time Otay Ranch Women's Golf Player of the Year ... CIF Southern California Sectional Qualifier runner-up in 2012 ... Three-time CIF First Team of San Diego honoree ... Qualified for the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur ... Top-10 in 2011 PGA Junior Championship ... Had the opportunity to hit the opening tee shot for the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open ... Helped Otay Ranch win the 2010 Mesa League Women's Golf Championship ... Named to Principal's Honor Roll ... President's Award recipient ... California Scholarship Federation Life Member and Seal Bearer.
Personal: Daughter of Gyu Chan Kim and Oke Hee Kim
Kim's Career Statistics
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round | Top 10/20 |
| 2014-15 | 12 | 35 | 2,599 | 74.26 | 68 (2) | 5/7 |
| Career | 12 | 35 | 2,599 | 74.26 | 68 (2) | 5/7 |
Best Finish: 2nd - Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17, 2015) • T-2nd - Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4, 2015)
Low Round: 68 - Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7, 2014) • Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17, 2015)
Low 54-Hole Score: 211 - Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19, 2014)