2014-15: Li won the Iris Carnell Senior Athlete of the Year Award, named after a former Ithaca coach and administrator who was the first female inductee into the Ithaca Athletic Hall of Fame. She won three-consecutive Empire 8 individual titles, most recently taking the honor in the fall of 2014. Li was named an All-American by the WGCA, marking the third-straight season she has taken the honor. Li recorded three top-20 finishes at the NCAAs and two top-10 finishes, including ninth overall at the 2015 NCAA Championships. She earned nine top-five finishes throughout the season, including three first-place finishes. She was chosen as the Empire 8 Golfer of the Week once during the season.Â
|Â 2014-15 StatisticsScoring Average: 76.90
Low 18-hole score: 73
Low 36-Hole score: 147
2013-14: Li was named Division III Player of the Year by the Women's Golf Coaches Association. Li also earned First Team All-American honors and was honored on the Region 1/East Region all-region team by the WGCA. Li earned four Empire 8 Player of the Week honors during the fall season and was Empire 8 Player of the Year for the second year in a row. In the 2013-14 season, Li won five individual tournament titles and finished in a first-place tie at another tournament before falling in a sudden-death playoff. She posted a career-best and school-record low round of 68 in Ithaca's regular-season finale at the Northeast Elite Invitational. |
2013-14 StatisticsScoring Average: 76.18Low 18-hole score: 68Low 36-Hole score: 1412012-13: During her sophomore season, Li became the first Ithaca women’s golfer to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship, finishing 10th out of 111 players. She was also named Division III First Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Li was named Empire 8 Player of the Year, and was First Team All-Empire 8. Throughout the season she won four Empire 8 Athlete of the Week awards. Li won five tournaments throughout the year, and never finished below 10th. Li posted her best round of 70 in the Martin/Wallace Invitational at Cortland. She won that event and finished with her best 36-hole score of 143. Li won the ECAC Division II/III Championship with a final score of 156. Li ended up finishing 10th in a field of 111 players. |
2012-13 StatisticsScoring Average: 77.4Low 18-hole score: 70Low 36-Hole score: 1432011-12: Li made an immediate impact in her freshman year at Ithaca and led the team in scoring average and had three rounds of even par or better. She won individual titles at the ECAC Metro Championships and the season-ending Nazareth Spring Invitational. She also tied for first in the Empire 8 Championships before falling in a sudden-death playoff. |
2011-12 StatisticsScoring Average: 80.2Low 18-hole score: 71Low 36-Hole score: 149
Personal: Sharon is the daughter of Stephen and Mei Li and is majoring in exercise science.