Aurora Kan

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Chichester, Pa.
	High School: Chichester

Height:
5-6

05/23/2013

No. 7 Women's Golf Tied for Third at NCAA Championships

The Boilermakers will be in the final pairing with Southern Cal and Duke for the final round.

05/22/2013

Second Round of NCAA Championships Will Resume Thursday Morning

Play was called due to darkness after a two-hour weather delay.

05/21/2013

No. 7 Women's Golf Tied for Fifth at NCAA Championships

Aurora Kan and Paula Reto both shot 71s in the first round to lead Purdue.

05/17/2013

No. 7 Women's Golf Headed to NCAA Championships

The Boilermakers are competing in their 14th-consecutive NCAA Championships on May 21 to 24 in Athens, Ga.

05/11/2013

Women's Golf Finishes Second at West Regional, Reto Ties for First

The Boilermakers are advancing to a 14th-consecutive NCAA Championships.

05/24/2012

2012 NCAA Championships

The Purdue women's golf team is competing in its 13th-consecutive NCAA Championships.

Kan's Career Accomplishments

Sophomore Season (2012-13)
> In August, teamed up with Kishi Sinha to finish 12th at the Pure Silk Women's Collegiate Team Championship Presented by the NGCA

Freshman Season (2011-12)
> Competed in every tournament and earned a career-best finish with a tie for 34th at the Landfall Tradition
> Shot a season-low 69 in the third round of the NCAA Championships
> Tied for 51st at NCAA Championships and tied for 40th at Big Ten Championships
> Recorded a season-best 54-hole tournament score of 229 (74-77-78) at the Knights & Pirates Invitational
> Averaged 78.4 strokes per round for the season

High School (Chichester H.S.)
> 2010 PIAA Girls High School State Champion for golf
> Earned second place in the state championship in 2008 and 2009 and fifth place in 2007 as a freshman
> Inducted in the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2011
> Named Daily Times Player of the Year for golf in 2008, 2009 and 2011
> Three-time winner of the PGA Junior Series at Penn State University (2008-2010)
> Tied for third at the 2011 Annika Invitational
> Qualified for the USGA Women's Amateur Public Links for the second-straight year
> Finished seventh at the 2008 Doral/Publix Junior Classic and fourth in 2007
> Played golf all four years of high school
> Member of the swim team from 2008 to 2010
> Garned the Mickey Vernon Award as a senior, the Eagle Award for golf in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Eagle Award in swimming in 2010, the Sportsmanship Award for golf in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and named Rookie of the Year in swimming in 2008

Personal
> Plans to major in technology leadership & innovation
> Born Nov. 10, 1993
> Daughter of Sam and Rose Kan
> Has a younger sister, Caprian, and younger brother, Corey
> Graduated in the top-10 percent of her high school class, a member of National Honor Society, a member of student council, a senior editor for the Chichester Newspaper and was a three-year honor roll student
> Multiple community service activities, including volunteering for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2007, volunteering at a nursing home, golf camps, a recycling program, Red Cross Blood drives and on a student-review panel to advise on reasonable punishment for youth in district court cases.