Aashaka Desai

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Major:
Computer Science/Cognitive Science

AT DELAWARE
• Four-year member of the Blue Hens

2019-20 SEASON (STATISTICS)
• Earned CAA John Randolph Inspiration Award
• Second runner up for Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year
• Competed in three tournaments, averaging 83.11 shots per round
• Carded a 248 at the Golfweek Program Championship, a 249 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and a 251 at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational
• Named to CAA Academic Honor Roll

2018-19 SEASON (STATISTICS)
• Competed in one tournament for the Blue Hens
• Tied for 62nd place at the Blue Hen Invitational

2017-18 SEASON (STATISTICS)
• Shot an 89-89-90-268 to tie for 60th place at the Henssler Intercollegiate
• Carded an 87-83-87-257 to finish in 54th place at the Blue Hen Invitational
• Named to CAA Academic Honor Roll

2016-17 SEASON (STATISTICS)
• Finished in 60th place at the Nittany Lion Invitational with an 86-93-82-261
• Carded an 84-79-87-250 to tie for 40th place at the Blue Hen Invitational
• Named to CAA Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIORS
• Earned Dubai Creek Golf Club Monthly Medal in September, 2015 with a career-low round of 70
• Runner-up at the 2016 Meydan Ladies Open with a four over par and at the 2015 Montgomerie Ladies Open with a six over par
• EGF Order of Merit Gross & Net Champion in 2012-13, Gross & Net Runner-Up in 2013-14, and Gross Runner-Up in 2014-15
• Ace Scholar during her senior year

PERSONAL
• Aashaka Desai
• Born Jan. 28, 1999
• Daughter of Mitesh and Amishi Desai
• Computer science and cognitive science major at Delaware
• Works as a research assistant for the UD Speech Language Acquisition and Multilinguism (SLAM) Lab
• Spent the summer doing an independent study/research project at UD on creating an app to help people with aphasia
• Enjoys reading and writing short stories and poetry

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Tournaments	Rounds	Strokes	Average	Low Round
2016-17	2	6	511	85.17	79
2017-18	2	6	525	87.50	83
2018-19	1	3	250	83.33	77
2019-20	3	9	748	83.11	79
TOTALS	8	24	2034	84.75	77