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Nani Yanagi

Class: Freshman Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii High School: Waiakee

Height: 5-4 Experience: HS

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters in golf at Waiakea High School...team captain of the golf team for junior and senior years...FRESHMAN...team finished first in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF)...team third place finish in the Hawaii high school State Championships...she finished fifth individually in the Championships...qualified for the Callaway Junior Golf Championships...SOPHOMORE year she was the BIIF individual champion...team repeated placing first in the BIIF Championships and third in state...placed fifth in state again...was named Player of the Year by the BIIF...named most valuable player at her school...JUNIOR year team once again won the BIIF Championships...she placed sixth at state, while her team finished second...named most valuable player at Waiakea High for the second year in a row...was the champion of the USGA Women's Public Links Hawaii Qualifier, and went on to compete in the USGA Women's Public Links Championships.

PERSONAL
Nani Yanagi...born in Hilo, Hawaii...father Tracy is a retired firefighter...mother Lori...older brother Justin and younger brother Christian...had a 3.8 cumulative GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society...intends to pursue elementary education as her academic field at WSU.