Erica Chong

Senior • 5-9
Hilo, Hawaii • Hilo

As a Junior in 2005-06: All-Northeast Conference selection...One of two Blackbirds to close on the all-conference team...Tied for third at the NEC Championships following consecutive sub-80 rounds (78-79)...Had two other top-ten finishes in the spring, finishing tied for sixth at the Fairfield Invitational (Mar. 12-14) and tied for 10th at the Monmouth event (Apr. 1-3)...Competed in one event in the fall...Finished tied for 25th at the ECAC Championships (10/22-23) with back-to-back rounds of 92... Played in 18 games for the women’s soccer program, which set a school record for victories in a season (13) and advanced to the Northeast Conference championship game...Scored two goals and registered one assist.

As a Sophomore in 2004-05: Finished ninth at the Fairfield Invitational (3/7-8) with a two-day total of 173...Posted season-best round of 81 on second day of Northeast Conferent championships (4/18-19), helping the team advance to the NCAA Regionals in Austin, Texas...Did not play golf in fall... Competed in 16 games for the soccer team, which advanced to the ECAC final for the program’s second postseason appearance.

As a Freshman in 2003-04: All-Northeast Conference selection...Only competed in the spring... Shot 87 over the final two rounds of her first collegiate tournament at the Miccosukee Championship (2/16-17)... Tied for 22nd at the Bucknell Invitational (4/3-4) with 179 (91-88)... Closed 13th at the Hofstra Spring Invitational (4/5-6) with 172, including a final-round 84... Became the fifth freshman in the program’s history to make the all-conference team, closing seventh with 167 at the NEC Championship (4/19-20) that included a career-best 80 in the final round... Played 14 games for the soccer team with three starts, helping LIU advance to the NEC semifinals.

High School/Personal: Enters following a decorated three-sport career for Hilo High School... Four-year letterwinner for golf, who was among the top 10 in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) qualifying and 37th in the state tournament as a junior... Closed in 39th place as a sophomore in state’s... Presented the Scholar-Athlete Award three times... Helped Hilo finish second in the BIIF three times and second in the state tournament as a junior... Team captain as a senior... Lettered three years in soccer and twice in volleyball... Closed number one academically in her class all four years and was named valedictorian... A member of the National Honor Society and also was in science and math clubs... Played the saxophone at Carnegie Hall... Born February 18, 1985...Majoring as a Physician’s Assistant and is in LIU’s Honor’s Program.