Women’s golf: Praise for UCI’s Satarak

UC Irvine freshman Walailak Satarak has been named National Golf

Coaches Association Division I Freshman of the Year, as well as honorable

mention All-American.

Satarak has compiled the lowest 18-hole scoring average of any

freshman in the country at 73.95. That figure ranks 20th nationally among

collegiate women.

She was named Big West Female Golfer of the Year and was a first-team

All-Big West Conference selection.

Satarak, who became UCI’s 22nd female All-American, shot a team-low

round of 67 on her way to winning one of her three tournaments in 2002.

The women’s golf program, in its inaugural year, won the Big West

Championship and advanced to the NCAA West Regional, where the Anteaters

placed 17th.