{"id":209594,"date":"2015-09-02T06:02:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=209594"},"modified":"2015-09-02T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T20:02:07","slug":"leina-to-lead-young-lady-thunderwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/leina-to-lead-young-lady-thunderwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Leina to lead young Lady ThunderWolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference individual champion Leina Kim will lead a young team when the Colorado State University-Pueblo Lady ThunderWolves open their season next week at the Walking Stick Golf Course.<\/p>\n

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The Lady Thunderwolves, who finished runner-up to Metropolitan State University of Denver last season, kick off the fall event in the 2nd Annual Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invitational on Sept. 7 and 8 at the Steel City.<\/p>\n

CSU-Pueblo women\u2019s golf head coach Josh Koschke, in an interview uploaded on the Lady ThunderWolves golf website, said Kim will either help the team\u2019s campaign as a player or a coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still awaiting word if she [Leina] will get another year, for her fifth year. So we\u2019re kind of waiting and we have a tournament in seven days. So Leina will be a player or an assistant coach and help us,\u201d said Koschke on the Saipan native golfer who will graduate in the spring of 2016.<\/p>\n

Kim is a senior while San Antonio, Texas-born Natasha Navarro is a junior. The newcomers on the team are junior Jacquelyn Porman, and freshmen Courtney Ewing, Tori Goodman, and Malaysian Jolene Kam.<\/p>\n

Koschke said Porman, who was recruited out of Mesa Community College of Arizona, brings in two years of high-level collegiate golf experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that fills in from like a Julie Sanchez, who already graduated and has brought a lot to the team,\u201d Koschke added.<\/p>\n

Ewing, who also played volleyball at Pueblo West High School, was named a member of the All-State team in her junior season where she also finished fourth in the state tournament.<\/p>\n

Goodman, on the other hand, was named the Colorado Springs Metro League Freshman of the Year in 2011 and earned All-Conference honors in 2012 to qualify for the state tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourtney is a very good high school player and has a well-rounded game. Tori is from Peyton High School up in Colorado Springs. They both grew up with the game,\u201d said Koschke.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourtney also played volleyball while Tori basketball. So they come from a sports background. They know the team aspect and they know how to play hard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kam graduated from the Australian International School in Jakarta, Indonesia and was the 2014 BMW Golf Cup champion where she represented Indonesia in the BMW World Final.<\/p>\n

\u201cKam is a really good talent. Just a little girl and we have to get her stronger at the weight room. And if we do, she can hit with a lot more distance and she can be tough to beat,\u201d said Koschke.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of young talent, we\u2019re going to be very good but we\u2019re also going to be a young team. And we\u2019re going to play with three freshmen and we\u2019re going to live and die with them. If they play good, we play good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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