PLAYER NOTES

• In July 2002, turned professional; as a competitor on the Futures Tour, won the M&T Bank Loretto Futures Golf Classic and finished fourth at the Betty Puskar Futures Golf Classic; tied for 24th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2003 season.
  

AMATEUR RESULTS
Kang had an extensive and impressive amateur career that began with an American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex All-American selection in 1996. She was an AJGA Rolex All-American honorable mention selection in 1999, the same year she was named the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) Amateur Player of the Year. In 1998, she was the PNGA junior player of the Year and won titles at the Orange Bowl International Junior Golf Championships, the PING Junior Championships and the Polo Golf Junior Championships. In 1999, Kang won the WIAA state and district championships, the Washington Women's Amateur Championship and was the runner-up in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. She qualified to play in the 1999 SAFECO Classic in Kent, Wash., where she threw out the first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game at SAFECO Field during tournament week. As a freshman at Arizona State University, she was a Second-Team All-PAC 10 selection for the 2000-01 season and earned First-Team All-PAC 10 honors the following year after winning the 2002 PAC-10 Championship. She also won the 2001 New Mexico State Intercollegiate and recorded 10 top-10 finishes in two years of college competition. In 2001, she won the PNGA Women's Amateur Championship. She was a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) First-Team All-American for the 2001-02 season and played on the West All-Regional Team from 2001-02.

PERSONAL
Started playing golf at the age of 13. . . Hobbies include playing the flute, jogging and playing with her dog Angel. . . Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.