University of South Dakota Athletics

NIL Opportunities: Akari Hayashi
2022-23
Played in all 11 events for 33 rounds total…First Team All-Summit selection…named Summit League Golfer to Watch in the preseason…October Summit League Peak Golfer of the Month…led the team and finished sixth in the Summit League with a career-best 74.97 stroke average…placed in the top-10 three times…placed in a tie for ninth at the Summit League Championship…earned a tie for sixth at the Terrier Intercollegiate…ended in a tie for first place at the Ozark National Invitational (placed runner-up after a tiebreaker)…tied a career-best round with a 70 in the final round of the Ozark National Invitational…set a new career-low 54-hole score with a 218 at the Ozark National Invitational…owned a team-best .737 win-loss percentage…assisted the Coyotes to a runner-up finish at the Summit League Championship…had the third-most par-or-under rounds in a season with six…tied for the second-most par-or-under rounds in a career with nine…has the second-lowest career scoring average in school history (76.64)…wrapped up her career with the second-best win-loss percentage (.685)… led the Coyotes to the two lowest team rounds in program history…helped USD to its lowest 54-hole score in program history (868) ... made the Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... also placed on the Summit League's Commissioner's List for academic excellence

2021-22
Competed in all 11 tournaments for 32 rounds total…finished third on the team with a 77.66 stroke average…had three straight top 10-finishes to close out the spring season…recorded a season-high fourth place finish at the Diane Daugherty Invite (03/28-03/29)…was one of three to all finish inside the top five for the first time in program history at the Diane Daugherty Invite…tied her career-low round of 70 twice this season (second round at Rio Verde Invitational, second round at Stampede at the Creek)…shot the lowest 54-hole score of the season with a 223 at the Stampede at the Creek (04/11-04/12)…+6 relative to par on the season…488-281 win-loss record… member of the lineup that broke the team record for lowest 54-hole score at the Stampede at the Creek...Summit League honor roll member...Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence member.

2020-21
Competed in six events and 18 rounds … named a WGCA All-American Scholar … shot an average of 77.89 on the season … shot a team-low 54-hole score of 222 at the Diane Daugherty Invite (March 29-30) … recorded two top-10 places … tied for second with fellow teammate Danica Badura at the Diane Daugherty Invite … finished in eighth place at The Stampede at the Creek (236, +20) … +6 relative to par on the season … recorded a win-loss record of 219-78 … shot a low round of 70 on the season … recorded one round of par or below ... member of the Summit League honor roll

Prep
Her team earned fourth place at the 2016 AAA Golf Island Championship and second place individually ... played for the Mount Douglas Rams ... earned third place at 2018 BC Women's Amateur Championship.