2024-25 Women's Golf Roster

Erin Bush
Andy Mead
Erin Bush
Eliza Nuestro
Keith Lucas
Kyle Prudhomme
Brian Tirpak

Christy Chen

Christy Chen

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Guangzhou, China

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
Patriot League Golfer of the Year (2023, 2024)
Patriot League Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023, 2025)
2023-24 ANNIKA Award Final Fall Watch List
Academic All-Patriot League Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Gretchen Schuyler Award (2025)
• Medalist, 2023 Patriot League Championship
All-Patriot League First Team (2023, 2024)
All-Patriot League Second Team (2022, 2025)
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
8x Patriot League Golfer of the Week (4/13/22, 2/15/23, 3/29/23, 9/13/23, 2/14/24, 3/27/24, 10/9/24, 2/19/25)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25
Patriot League Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... All-Patriot League Second Team ... Named to Academic All-Patriot League Team for third straight year ... Posted a team-best 74.56 scoring average ... Finished in top 5 in five of nine tournaments and had eight top-20 finishes ... Tied for seventh at Patriot League Championship with a 15-over 231 (76-78-77) ... Won UAlbany Great Danes Invitational with 71-74--145 (+5), marking her school-record seventh tournament win ... Was runner-up at Navy Spring Invitational, posting a even 144 (74-70) ... Finished third at both the SHU Fall Classic (9-over 225) and the Princeton Invitational (2-over 215) ... Won Gretchen Schuyler Award as top female scholar-athlete in BU's senior class ... Two-time Patriot League Golfer of the Week ... Finished the season with 51 birdies.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24
Repeated as Patriot League Golfer of the Year ... All-Patriot League First Team ... Named to Academic All-Patriot League Team ... Posted a PL-best 73.44 scoring average ... Won four tournaments and finished in the top 5 in nine of 10 tournaments ... Opened season with victory at Bucknell Invitational with a 5-over 215 (68-71-76) ... Won again the following week, posting a 2-under 211 (70-70-71) at the Princeton Invitational to tie for first ... Tied for first in a rain-shortened Yale Invitational, shooting a 2-under 70 ... Claimed title at Kingsmill Invitational in March, shooting a 6-over 222 (73-76-73) ... Tied for second at Advance Golf Partners Collegiate with a 1-over 217 (72-74-71) ... Placed third at Patriot League Championship with a plus-10 (77-69-74) ... Three-time Patriot League Golfer of the Week.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-23
Patriot League Golfer of the Year ... Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Academic All-Patriot League Team ... Won 2023 Patriot League title to qualify for NCAA Regionals ... All-Patriot League First Team ... Posted a team-best 75.05 scoring average ... Had eight top-20 finishes and two top-five finishes ... First round of season was her lowest (68 at Yale Invitational) ... Tied for fifth at Sacred Heart Fall Classic with 5-over 149 (74-75) ... Placed team-best 12th out of 90 golfers at Boston College Intercollegiate with 12-over 228 (78-75-75) ... Finished 14th of 90 golfers at Terrier Intercollegiate ... Shot a tournament-record 212 (74-69-69) at Patriot League Championship, breaking previous record by seven strokes ... Tied for 53rd at NCAA Athens Regional with 234 (78-81-75) ... Two-time PL Golfer of the Week.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-22
All-Patriot League Second Team ... Posted a 76.06 scoring average ... Finished sixth at Patriot League Championships with a 235 (+19) ... Won title at Hoya Invitational, posting a 224 (+8) ... Tied for fifth at SHU Fall Classic and Babs Steffens Invitational ... Second on team at NCAA Franklin Regional, finishing tied for 27th ... Named Patriot League Women's Golfer of the Week on April 13 following win at Hoya Invitational ... Earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Won the 2021 HSBC China Junior Golf Open ... Shot an opening-round 69 en route to the title at the 2020 Buick National Junior Elite Series finals ... Finished runner-up at the 2020 Elite Series Guangdong tournament ... Also was runner-up among 35 golfers at the 2019 AJGA Randy Wise Junior Open in Linden, Mich. after finishing first in the qualifier for the tournament ... Shot a final-round 67 to finish fourth at the 2019 AJGA Dana Incorporated Junior Open in Sylvania, Ohio ... Claimed the title at the 2019 Junior Championship of Guangdong ... Also won the 2019 HSBC National Junior Golf Championship with three rounds of under-par play.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Hongmiao Lin and Heqin Chen ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in economics & math.

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  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior