Major: Communications
Minor: Business
Personal History
Jaya was born and raised in Coquitlam, BC where she is the youngest of three sisters. She graduated with Honours from Charles Best Secondary School where she played for her school basketball team from grade 9 to 12. In her senior year of high school she was awarded female athlete of the year because of her success on the basketball court. She began playing golf competitively at the age of 14 and was recruited to play for SFU by Coach John Buchanan at Vancouver Golf Club.
Individual Golf Tournament Finish
2014 VGC Ladies Club Championship - 1st
2015 VGC Ladies Club Championships - 1st
2016 Al Nelson Match Play - 1st
2016 BC Junior Girls Championship (81, 73, 74, 80) - 12th
2017 VGC Ladies Club Championship (72, 77, 68) - 1st
2017 BC Women’s Amateur (75, 81, 82, 83) - T14
2019 VGT Northview Amateur - 1st
2020 BC Women’s Amateur - 23rd (82,73,75)
SFU Golf Tournament Individual Finishes
2016 WWU Invitational - (73, 79) 11th
2016 Concordia Invitational - (80, 75) T11
2017 Interwest Wildcat Invitational - (77, 78) T8
2017 Sonoma State Invitational - (79, 79) 8th
2017 GNAC Championship - (81, 77) T6
2017 NCAA Division II West Super Regional - (80, 73, 74) T12
2017 Northwest Shootout - (76) T3
2017 Rose City Collegiate - (74, 73, 76) T16
2017 SMU Invitational - (81, 78) T3
2019 True North Classic - 1st (72, 72)
2019 Dixie State Invitational - T7 (72,75)
2019 Concordia Invitational - T4 (73, 78)
2020 Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout - 5th (78, 71)
Awards:
*2013 Vancouver Golf Club Player of the Year
*2014 Vancouver Golf Club Player of the Year
*2015 Vancouver Golf club Player of the Year
*2016/17 GNAC All-Conference First Team
*2016/17 GNAC Co-Freshman of the Year
*2019 GNAC All Conference First Team
*2019 All American Honourable Mention
*2020 GNAC All Conference First Team
