Michelle Shin

Class:
Redshirt

2010-11 Tournament Results

Spring 2011
Played in all 11 tournaments and finished third on the team with a 73.9 scoring average ... Earned NGCA honorable mention All-America honors for the second straight season as well as Golfweek third team honors ... Was also named the All-ACC team for the second-straight season ... Had 10 rounds at par or better ... All 34 rounds counted towards the team score ... After carding an opening round 79 at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, she rebounded with rounds of 71-72 to finish tied for 11th at 9-over par .... Shot rounds of 72-75-81 at the LSU Tiger Invitational and finished tied for 31st ... Opened the Bryan National Collegiate with a 2-under 70 and took the opening round lead ... Carded rounds of 75-76 and finished the event as the runner-up at 5-over par ... It was her second runner-up finish this season ... Posted rounds of 75-75-74 to finish tied for 15th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate ... After opening the ACC Championship with rounds of 77-81, she finished with a solid round of 73 to finish in a tie for 19th ... Shot rounds of 78-75-73 to help the team grab the final qualifying spot out of the NCAA Regionals ... Finished the event tied for 22nd at 10-over par ... Opened the NCAA Championships by making six birdies in a round of 2-under 70 ... Went on to finish tied for 37th after rounds of 70-75-77-77.

Fall 2010
Started the year with rounds of 74-71-75=220 (+4) to tie for 30th at the NCAA Fall Preview ... Enjoyed the best tournament in school-history at the Mason Rudolph Championship ... Opened the event with a school-record 7-under 65 ... Followed that with rounds of 2-under 70 and 1-under 71 to become just the second Demon Deacon to post three under-par rounds at the same event ... Her 10-under par total broke the previous 54-hole school-record by four shots ... Started the Lady Tar Heel Invitational with two under-par rounds of 71-69 to run her consecutive under-par streak to a school-record five straight ... Finished the tournament tied for 21st at 1-under par ... It was the first time in her career that she had back-to-back tournaments under-par ... Closed the fall with a solid tournament at the Landfall Tradition, finished tied for 11th after rounds of 75-74-73=222 (+6).

Summer 2010
Carded a 73 in US Amateur qualifying at the Wanderers Club in Wellington, Fla., but came up one shot off the pace ... Entered the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst as the No. 10-seed and advanced to the semifinals ... Defeated Rachel Morris (19 holes), Marisa Steen (2&1), Jessica Alexander (1up) and Jessica Wallace (3&2) before falling to eventual runner-up Lisa McCloskey 2&1 ... Teamed with Cheyenne Woods to win the inaugural Hooters Women's Team Championship ... Carded the lowest round each of the final two days and shot a remarkable 15-under par in those two rounds.

Spring 2010
Enjoyed a very successful freshman season ... Earned honorable mention All-American honors by Golfweek ... Played in all 10 events and was second on the team with a 74.2 stroke average ... That average was seventh-best for a single-season in school-history ... Became the first freshman to win an ACC Individual Title since Duke's Amanda Blumenhurst in 2006 ... Earned her first All-ACC honors ... Was second on the team with 27 of her 30 rounds counting towards the team score ... Led the team with two eagles on the year and made a total of 63 birdies ... Had five top-20 finishes as well as four top-10 finishes ... Started the spring with a great event at the Northrop Grumman, firing rounds of 72-70 in the first two rounds and held a share of the lead ... Carded a 79 in the final round to finish tied for eighth ... Tied for 15th at the Tiger/Wave Classic asfter firing a 3-under 69 in the final round ... Closed with a 74 in the final round of the Liz Murphey after opening with rounds of 82-77 ... Finished the event tied for 34th ... Had her best tournament of the year the Bryan National ... Held a share of the 36-hole lead after carding a 4-under 68 in the opening round and a 1-under 71 in the second round ... Finsihed with a 77 in the final round and tied for sixth at even-par ... Birdied four of the final six holes in the final round of the ACC Championship to claim her first collegiate championship and help propell Wake Forest to its second-straight ACC Title ... Carded rounds of 70-70-71=211 (-2) which is a new Demon Deacon ACC Championship record, breaking Laura Diaz's old mark of 1-under 215 ... Made a clutch 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole to secure the individual title ... Finished the year strong with rounds of 74-70-75=219 (+3) to finish tied for 26th at the NCAA East Regional ... Made a hole-in-one in the second round, which was her second of the year and the first in competition.

Fall 2009
Played in all four events and was fourth on the team with a 75.3 stroke average ... Started her career with a round of 1-under 71 en route to a tie for 8th at the Topy Cup ... Carded rounds of 75-73-74 at the Lady Tar Heel and finished tied for 31st ... Recovered after a tough opening round to fire her second 1-under 71 of the season at the Mercedes Benz Championship, where she finished tied for 46th ... Finished the fall with rounds of 81-76-74 at the Landfall Tradition to finish in a tie for 54th.

Summer 2009
Qualified for and played in the US Women's Open ... Also played in the 2008 US Women's Amateur where she made match play after shooting rounds of 73-70 ... Won her first two round matches but fell in the round of 16.

Personal
Full name is Michelle Su Jung Shin ... Born on April 26, 1991 in Manhattan, N.Y. ... Earned a total of five varsity letters in golf at the Canterbury School in Fort Meyers, Fla. ... Quarterfinalist at the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship ... Semifinalist at both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2007 ... Quarterfinalist at the 2006 U.S. Girls' Junior ... Won the AJGA First American Title Jr. Classic in 2005 and 2007, shooting a final round 61 in 2005 ... Qualified for Florida State High School Championship four times, with her best result being a second-place finish in the 2008 ... Was a three-time Fort Myers News-Press All-Area Girl Golfer of the Year ... Earned second-team AJGA Rolex All-American selection in 2007 ... Earned the Canterbury Athletic Award and was named the Golf MVP ... Received Academic High Honors all four high school years and was a member of the National Honor Society from 2007-09 ... Was a 2009 Rotary Scholar Scholarship Winner ... Daughter of Boo Soon Shin & Kwang Youl Shin of Cape Coral, Fla.

Getting to know Michelle...

Most people don't know this about me: I am deathly afraid of birds.
What I love most about the game of golf is: You can always get better.
Favorite tournament you have played in and why: Women's US Open; best experience of my life.
I wish I were better at: Comebacks to smart remarks.
Your 'Welcome to college moment': When I was late for spinning workouts at 7:05 am. Woke up at 6:57 and ran all the way from my dorm room to the fourth floor of the miller center and made it on time.
My baseball walk-up song would be: The theme song of the Pirates of the Caribbean
Best advice from Mom or Dad: 'Waking up 5 minutes earlier than you should makes all the difference in the world'
Describe your style of play in one word: Interesting
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport: Michael Phelps
If I could be on the cover of any magazine, it would be: Sports Illustrated
My first job was: Working at my parent's restaurant
My worst habit is: Falling asleep in class.
If I could play another sport here at Wake, it would be: Soccer
Person who has most influenced your golf game: My dad.
Your dream vacation: Vacationing all through Spain
The hardest thing you ever had to do: Live without my cell phone for 2 weeks
If you could change one thing in the game of golf, what it would be: Every shot gets one 'do-over'
The thing you like the most about Wake Forest: The rock climbing room in the Reynolda Gym
If I could bring something with me from my hometown, it would be: The nice warm weather of Florida winter.
The best golfer you have ever played with: Ai Miyazato
One thing you couldn't imagine living without: My contacts and glasses
Your worst phobia: Being squished by my roommate's top bunk
One word to describe Coach Dailey: Unique
Person you would love to trade places with for a day and why: Hunter Ross; so I would know what it feels like to do more than 5 pull-ups in a row without any support
The top three things on my bucket list are:
1. Go skydiving
2. Backpack through Europe for at least a week
3. Travel to Africa and do a safari

Favorite golfer: Rory McGilroy
Favorite non-sport person: Oprah Winfrey
Favorite toy as a child: The sit and spin
Favorite cartoon as a child: Dexter's Laboratory
Favorite summer job: Sleeping
Favorite course you've played: Erin Hills of Wisconsin
Favorite course you would like to play but haven't: Pinehurst
Favorite TV show: Law and Order: SVU
Favorite food: All Korean food
Favorite pre-round meal: Honey nut cheerios, eggs, orange juice, bread, cantaloupe
Favorite cereal: Captain Crunch
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Favorite music group: Jackson 5
Favorite restaurant in Winston-Salem: Village Tavern
Favorite restaurant anywhere: Tokyo Bay : Japanese Steakhouse
Favorite sport besides golf: Olympic Gymnastics
Favorite sports team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite midnight snack: Anything that is available
Favorite song to sing in the shower: I don't sing in the shower; showering is serious business
Favorite Wake Forest athlete: Arnold Palmer
Favorite golf accessory: Golf Shoes
Golf ball of preference: Titleist Pro V1
My 14 clubs:
Titleist Driver
Fusions: 3 wood, 5 wood, 7 wood
Irons: Calloway Forged
Wedges: Cleveland
Putter: T.P. Mills