Union City native and James Logan High School senior Alyssa Lim is making history winning Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL) with first individual score and then three straight Division 2 league championships in a row her senior year. Lim will be attending Carnegie-Melon University on a scholarship as a student-athlete next fall 2025 on their women’s golf team.
“I won three out of three years in MVAL, so I’m happy about that,” said Lim about her championship wins. “I qualified to play at the Berkeley Country Club for the Regional Championship which is a course I was really excited about playing because it’s such an elite place to play with the best of the best and I won to qualify for a NCS Division 1 title.”
Lim just won the Tiger Woods TGR Jr Invitational on October 13-14, and she followed that two days later with a top individual MVAL win to qualify for North Coast Section (NCS) D2.
“I won with a -7 under par record, the best score of all time in the history of the TGR Tournament, which was a very special moment for me,” added Alyssa Lim, whose younger brother Aston Lim also played at the last TGR Tournament.
On October 28, she won her third consecutive NCS Division 2 title at Rooster Run Golf Course in Petaluma. This qualified her for NCS D1. She came in as a top individual at the D1 tournament in Paradise Valley Golf Course, with a score of 69 to qualify for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) NorCal Regional at Berkeley Country Club. There, Lim won again and qualified to play at NCS DI Championships and finished as a top qualifier. She is now preparing for the official finale of her senior year at the high school level.
Lim was recently named one of the national 2024 Rolex Scholastic Junior All-American Honoree. The honor is the most prestigious recognition as a golfer announced every year.
“Making the Rolex Scholastic Honoree, I’m really honored to be recognized for the work I’ve put in balancing my academics and golf,” said Lim. “This is definitely a full circle moment at this point in my career knowing I made the right decision to play golf.”
Finding time to balance schoolwork and time for golf has been a major key to the success that Lim has achieved. She said that taking multiple advanced placement classes while traveling to tournaments has prepared her for what is to become next year during her freshman year on Carnegie-Melon’s women’s golf team. Out of over 20 total college offers she received, Lim made her decision based on which would best balance academics and golf.
She has also been sponsored for the last three years by golf companies Titleist and Footjoy. Although James Logan High does not currently have a girl’s golf team, Lim competed as an individual representing her school. Representing James Logan and Union City is important to Lim in paving the way for the next generation of girl golfers at James Logan in hopes of soon forming a girls’ team for the school.
“I hope that I can leave behind a meaningful legacy at James Logan where Logan Colt girls can hopefully have their own team to play with in the future,” shared Lim. “I would love to come back and help mentor some of the kids here in the future. There is one young girl who will be playing at Logan in a few years who plays golf very well with a promising career I would love to see accomplish great things in the future.”
The following are some of Alyssa Lim’s recent results:
NCS Girls’ D1 Championship, Paradise Valley Golf Course, Fairfield – November 4, 2024
Place: Top Individual Qualifier (High School Girls) — Score: 69 (-3)
Qualified for CIF Northern California Girls’
Regional Championship, Berkeley Country Club, Berkeley
NCS Girls’ DII Championship, Rooster Run Golf Course, Petaluma- October 28, 2024
Place: Champion (High School Girls) — Score: 67 (-5)
Qualified for NCS DI, Paradise Valley Golf Course, Fairfield
Mission Valley All-League Girls Golf Championship, Redwood Canyon Golf Course, Castro Valley- October 16, 2024
Place: Top Individual Qualifier (High School Girls) — Score: +1
Qualified for NCS DII, Rooster Run Golf Course, Petaluma
TGR Junior Invitational Championship, The Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach – Oct 14, 2024
Place: Champion (Girls 16-18 Match Play) — Score: 3&2
TGR Junior Invitational Qualifier, The Hay, Pebble Beach – October 13, 2024
Place: Champion (Girls 16-18) — Score: 45 (-9)
Qualified for TGR Junior Invitational Championship, The Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach
JTNC Championship Coyote Creek, Coyote Creek Golf Links, Morgan Hill – September 21-22, 2024
Place: T2 (Girls Championship) — Score: 70-69 (-5)
USGA 10th Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier, Del Rio Country Club, Modesto – August 26, 2024
Place: Champion (Women) — Score: 65 (-7)
Qualified for USGA 10th Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City, OK
Notah Begay III Jr Golf Northern California Regional, Coyote Creek Golf Links, Morgan Hill – July 27-28, 2024
Place: T2 (Girls) — Score: 73-74
