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    Kim Santiago
    Kim Santiago

    Class:
    Freshman
    Hometown:
    Lynnwood, Wash.
    High School:
    Edmonds-Woodway
    Height:
    5-4

    04/19/2013

    No. 1 USC Set For Pac-12 Championships

    Trojans looking for fifth conference crown and fifth win this season.

    04/10/2013

    No. 1 USC Looks To Extend Streak At PING/ASU Invitational

    Trojans have won three straight events, four overall this season.

    04/02/2013

    No. 1 USC, Popov Both Win At SDSU Farms Invitational

    Third win in a row for Trojans; fifth career win for Popov, tying most ever at USC.

    03/05/2013

    No. 1 USC, Freshman Park Both Post Victories At Bruin Wave Invitational

    Trojans come back from eight-stroke final round hole for second straight win.

    03/04/2013

    No. 1 USC In Second After 36-Hole First Day Of Bruin Wave Invitational

    Freshman Park leads Trojans with two-round par effort.

    THIS SEASON: Kim Santiago, a 2013 freshman, is a talented young golfer who is providing strong depth for the Trojans in her first year with the program.

    HIGH SCHOOL: Santiago prepped at Edmonds-Woodway in Lynnwood, Wash., where she was an accomplished junior golfer She is a two-time Scholastic Junior All-American (2011-2012) ... She represented the U.S. three times (2009-2011) at the North Pacific Juniors Ladies Team Matches and posted a pair of top 6 finishes in 2011 at the AJGA Rochester Open and the AJGA Deutsche Bank Partners for Charity Junior Shoot Out. Also in 2011, she won the JRGT Olympian Open and finished first at the Washington Junior Golf Association Qualifier at Sudden Valley (Wash.) GCC ... She was the 2010 WJGA Oveall Girls' Champion, took first at the AJGA Qualifier at Long Island, N.Y., and posted two Top 6 finishes at the AJGA Lessing's Classic and the AJGA Killington Junior Golf Championship ... She was the 2008 & 2009 WJGA State Junior Champion (14-15 Age Division) and was medalist at the 2009 AJGA Qualifier at Wenatchee.

    PERSONAL: Santiago is majoring computer engineering and computer science ... She has played viola since the fifth grade and participated in her high school's chamber orchestra...She also performed Beethoven's Romance No. 2 in a master works concert.

    GET TO KNOW ME:

    Who is your favorite professional athlete and why?
    Jeremy Lin. As a Harvard graduate who became a successful professional athlete, he is a great role model.

    If you could play with any 3 people in the history of the world, who would it be?
    Claude Debussy, Leon Trotsky, and Pi Patel.

    Why did you choose to come to USC?
    After taking my five official visits I realized that with USC being a "hidden Ivy" and one of the top ranked teams in the nation, it matched my dream school perfectly.

    What is your favorite golf course?
    Princeville Prince course in Kauai.

    What is your favorite band or musical artist?
    Coldplay.

    What is your favorite USC home golf course?
    L.A. C.C.

    What is your greatest golf memory?
    My first time winning the Washington state championship when I was 14. That was when I really started to like golf.

    What is your favorite type of food?
    Mango.

    What do you like to do when you're not playing golf?
    Study and play piano.

    Tell us something about yourself that people don't likely know about you.
    I do have a sense of humor.