For most collegiate athletes, being named to your sport’s All-Conference Team represents one of the highest accolades one can obtain during a four-year career. It would be easy, then, for an athlete to rest on his or her laurels having reached that peak their junior year.
Men’s golfer Chris Yeom, however, was just getting started.
The senior from Flushing, N.Y., who was an all-Big East first team member last year, has taken his talents to record-breaking heights this fall. After a strong finish in the season-opening Alex Lagowitz Memorial Tournament, Yeom was determined to improve as his final season kicked into gear.