2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
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Akabane, Ty
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Ty Akabane
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- San Ramon Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Danville, Calif.
Bio
Career Highlights
- 4-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member (Winter - 2022, 2020; Spring - 2022, 2021)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-2020)
2023
Akabane competed in two events in the fall at the USF Intercollegiate and Blessings Collegiate Invitational before announcing her decision to transfer mid-season ... averaged a team-leading 72.8 strokes in six rounds before transferring ... recorded three career-low scores of 68 ... tied for fourth at the USF Intercollegiate at -3 (68-68-74) ... tied for 18th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational at +11 (82-68-77) ... 6/6 counting rounds.
Summer 2022
Akabane shot a +6, 152 (77-75) at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay on Aug. 8-9 … qualified for the event at the Country Club of Salisbury with a -4, 67.
2021-22
Akabane competed in 10 events and 27 rounds, posting a 74.0 average score … posted one top 10 finish at The Blessings Collegiate Invitational (T-4th; +1, 217) and three other top 20 finishes at the Molly Collegiate Invitational (T-14th; +8, 224), The Gold Rush (T-13th; +10, 226) and the Chambers Bay Invitational (T-17th; +11, 227) … shot her lowest round of the season with a 2-under 70 in round two at Chambers Bay (April 11) … shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the NCAA Championships (May 20) … 24/27 counting score rounds.
2020-21
Akabane redshirted the 2020-2021 season.
Summer 2020
Akabane reached the round of 16 at the U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Raquel Olmos Ros and Katherine Smith, both in 20 holes.
2019-20
Akabane appeared in four tournaments during the fall season, recording a 73.7 scoring average ... had a pair of Top 20s, four under-par rounds and two rounds in the 60s ... tied for second at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (-7, 212), ending with rounds of 3-under 70 and 4-under 69 ... tied for 11th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (-1, 212), shooting a 2-under 69 in round two ... tied for 34th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, posting a 1-under 71 in the final round ... named a WGCA All-American Scholar.
San Ramon Valley High School/Amateur Golf
Akabane attended San Ramon Valley HS in Danville, Calif., serving as team captain of the golf team and graduating with high honors ... has qualified for 10 USGA events, including the 2017 and 2019 U.S. Women's Opens and the 2015, 2018 and 2019 U.S. Women's Amateurs ... tied for 21st in stroke play at the '19 U.S. Women's Amateur (Round of 32 in match play) and tied for 22nd at the '18 U.S. Women's Amateur ... won the 2018 California Women's Amateur Championship, shooting 9-under in stroke play to earn medalist honors by seven shots, and then going on to win five match-play contests ... won two AJGA events in 2019 (Heather Farr Classic, Yolo Fliers Championship) ... was selected as a member of the West Team for the AJGA Wyndham Cup ... also chosen to represent the United States at the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup, but was unable to play ... ended the summer of 2019 ranked No. 11 on the AJGA Polo Golf rankings, recording nine Top 5 finishes and 14 Top 10 showings ... 2018 Rolex All-American honorable mention.
Personal
Born in Walnut Creek, Calif. ... parents are Paige and Christopher Akabane ... mother played tennis at Pacific ... has a younger brother, Kai ... favorite thing about UCLA is its campus atmosphere ... what she loves most about being a Bruin is the opportunities it has opened up for here, the experiences she's shared with her friends and teammates and the diverse people she has been able to meet ... says the No. 1 reason she competes in golf is because it is something that she has a passion for, and that the sport is a never-ending challenge with the ability to always improve and learn new things ... favorites include the television shows "Schitt's Creek" and "The Great British Baking Show", the movie "The Devil Wears Prada", singers Bruno Mars, Drake and Post Malone, the Golden State Warriors and eating acai bowls and poke ... biggest athletic thrills of her career have been qualifying and competing in 13 USGA events (two USGA Opens, seven USGA Women's Amateurs, two USGA Junior Girls Tournaments, two USGA Women's Four-Ball Tournaments), but especially playing at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open when she was 16 ... states the favorite course she's played is Nanea Golf Club in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ... hobbies include surfing, boogie boarding, paddle boarding and solving jigsaw puzzles on her iPad ... athletes she admires most are Olympic gold medalist surfer Carissa Moore and 4x NBA Champion Stephen Curry ... anthropology major.
Ty Akabane's Career Statistics
- 4-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member (Winter - 2022, 2020; Spring - 2022, 2021)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-2020)
2023
Akabane competed in two events in the fall at the USF Intercollegiate and Blessings Collegiate Invitational before announcing her decision to transfer mid-season ... averaged a team-leading 72.8 strokes in six rounds before transferring ... recorded three career-low scores of 68 ... tied for fourth at the USF Intercollegiate at -3 (68-68-74) ... tied for 18th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational at +11 (82-68-77) ... 6/6 counting rounds.
Summer 2022
Akabane shot a +6, 152 (77-75) at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay on Aug. 8-9 … qualified for the event at the Country Club of Salisbury with a -4, 67.
2021-22
Akabane competed in 10 events and 27 rounds, posting a 74.0 average score … posted one top 10 finish at The Blessings Collegiate Invitational (T-4th; +1, 217) and three other top 20 finishes at the Molly Collegiate Invitational (T-14th; +8, 224), The Gold Rush (T-13th; +10, 226) and the Chambers Bay Invitational (T-17th; +11, 227) … shot her lowest round of the season with a 2-under 70 in round two at Chambers Bay (April 11) … shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the NCAA Championships (May 20) … 24/27 counting score rounds.
2020-21
Akabane redshirted the 2020-2021 season.
Summer 2020
Akabane reached the round of 16 at the U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Raquel Olmos Ros and Katherine Smith, both in 20 holes.
2019-20
Akabane appeared in four tournaments during the fall season, recording a 73.7 scoring average ... had a pair of Top 20s, four under-par rounds and two rounds in the 60s ... tied for second at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (-7, 212), ending with rounds of 3-under 70 and 4-under 69 ... tied for 11th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (-1, 212), shooting a 2-under 69 in round two ... tied for 34th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, posting a 1-under 71 in the final round ... named a WGCA All-American Scholar.
San Ramon Valley High School/Amateur Golf
Akabane attended San Ramon Valley HS in Danville, Calif., serving as team captain of the golf team and graduating with high honors ... has qualified for 10 USGA events, including the 2017 and 2019 U.S. Women's Opens and the 2015, 2018 and 2019 U.S. Women's Amateurs ... tied for 21st in stroke play at the '19 U.S. Women's Amateur (Round of 32 in match play) and tied for 22nd at the '18 U.S. Women's Amateur ... won the 2018 California Women's Amateur Championship, shooting 9-under in stroke play to earn medalist honors by seven shots, and then going on to win five match-play contests ... won two AJGA events in 2019 (Heather Farr Classic, Yolo Fliers Championship) ... was selected as a member of the West Team for the AJGA Wyndham Cup ... also chosen to represent the United States at the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup, but was unable to play ... ended the summer of 2019 ranked No. 11 on the AJGA Polo Golf rankings, recording nine Top 5 finishes and 14 Top 10 showings ... 2018 Rolex All-American honorable mention.
Personal
Born in Walnut Creek, Calif. ... parents are Paige and Christopher Akabane ... mother played tennis at Pacific ... has a younger brother, Kai ... favorite thing about UCLA is its campus atmosphere ... what she loves most about being a Bruin is the opportunities it has opened up for here, the experiences she's shared with her friends and teammates and the diverse people she has been able to meet ... says the No. 1 reason she competes in golf is because it is something that she has a passion for, and that the sport is a never-ending challenge with the ability to always improve and learn new things ... favorites include the television shows "Schitt's Creek" and "The Great British Baking Show", the movie "The Devil Wears Prada", singers Bruno Mars, Drake and Post Malone, the Golden State Warriors and eating acai bowls and poke ... biggest athletic thrills of her career have been qualifying and competing in 13 USGA events (two USGA Opens, seven USGA Women's Amateurs, two USGA Junior Girls Tournaments, two USGA Women's Four-Ball Tournaments), but especially playing at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open when she was 16 ... states the favorite course she's played is Nanea Golf Club in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ... hobbies include surfing, boogie boarding, paddle boarding and solving jigsaw puzzles on her iPad ... athletes she admires most are Olympic gold medalist surfer Carissa Moore and 4x NBA Champion Stephen Curry ... anthropology major.
Ty Akabane's Career Statistics
| YEAR | STARTS | ROUNDS | WINS | TOP 10 | TOP 20 | UNDER PAR | UNDER 70 | AVG. | LOW |
| 2019-20 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 73.7 | 69 |
| 2021-22 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 72.8 | 68 |
| TOTALS | 16 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 73.8 | 68 |
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