Columbia University Athletics

Honors & Awards
- 2022-23 William Terminello Award (Team MVP)
- 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League
- WGCA All-American Scholar

2023-24
In the starting lineup for all eight tournaments and 20 competition rounds of the season ... Had one top-10 and four top-25 finishes ... Carried a stroke average of 78.60, which ranked No. 3 on the team ... Fired a season-low round of 2-over 74 to earn a tie for eighth at the weather-shortened Yale Invitational (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1) ... Earned three top 25s in her last three collegiate events, including a tie for 14th out of 69 competitors (+14) at the Navy Spring Invitatoinal (April 13-14).

2022-23
Earned the William Terminello Award as the Team MVP ... Led the team with a 76.00 stoke average ... Earned two top-10 and four top-25 finishes ... Earned her first top-25 of the season at the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 24-25) ... Tied for eighth out of 60 players in the stroke play portion of the Ivy Intercollegiate at Baltusrol (Oct. 10), shooting rounds of 74 and 71 to card a 1-over-par 145 ... Fired a collegiate-low round of 70 at the Columbia Classic (Feb. 11-13) and her way to a 2-over-par finish and a tie for 14th in the 80-player field ... Took sixth with rounds of 72 and 75 at the St. John's Invitational (Apr. 10-11).

2021-22
As a sophomore, earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors after placing 10th at the Ivy League Championship … Concluded her first collegiate season ranked fourth on the team with a 77.29 stroke average (1,623 strokes in 21 rounds), one top-10 finish, and three top-25 finishes … Season-low round was a 73 … In first career Ivy League Championship (April 22-24) in 10th place with a nine-over-par 74-74-77-225 … Finished in 16th place in her collegiate debut at the Boston College Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21) with an 11-over-par 76-76-75-227.
 
2020-21
Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of The Wheeler School in Providence, R.I., where she lettered four years on the varsity golf team for Head Coach Shane Drury and swing coach Bill McInerney … Senior high school season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Three-time qualifier for the Girls Junior PGA National Championship (2017, 2019 and 2020) … Qualified for the 2018 United States Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship … Qualified for the 2015 United States Girls’ Junior Championship … Earned 10 top-10 finishes in American Junior Golf Association national tournaments from 2016-19 … Competed in the 2017 and 2018 Trusted Choice Big I National Championships … Registered 13 tournament wins and 16 top-5 finishes from 2016-19 … Notable wins include the 2019 New England Junior Amateur Invitational, New England PGA Bay State Cup Invitational (2018 and 2019), U.S. Challenge Cup Tour Match Play Championship (2018 and 2019), Future Collegians World Tour New England Classic (2016, 2017, 2018), U.S. Challenge Cup Tour Gately Cup (2016 and 2017), U.S. Challenge Cup Tour World Series of Junior Golf (2016) and Rhode Island State Junior Amateur Champion (2016)  … Named Rhode Island Golf Association Junior Girls’ Player of the Year after her junior season in 2019 … Two-time First Team All-State selection by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (2018 and 2019) ... Won back-to-back Rhode Island Interscholastic League state individual titles as a sophomore and junior (2018 and 2019) … Two-time Providence Journal Rhode Island Player of the Year selection (2018 and 2019) … Guided the Warriors to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League state team championship in 2019 … Led team to SENE Golf Championship in 2017 … Named Warriors team captain in 2019-20 … Also played ice hockey from age six through high school … Played for the Massachusetts Spitfires Ice Hockey Club for USA Olympic Gold Medalist Movsessian-Lamoriello … Selected to compete for the USA Hockey development team program … Played lacrosse for the Mass Elite Club Lacrosse program … Honored with the John D. Mineck Award, presented to the one New England junior golfer annually for impact on community and academic achievements … Volunteer for the U.S. Kids Golf local tour.
 
PERSONAL
Born Allison Z. Paik on May 10, 2002 … Daughter of Ed and Naxin Paik … Has an older brother Justin, who also attends Columbia and majors in engineering … Brother competes on Columbia’s club ice hockey team … Owns a black belt in Taekwondo … Favorite sport other than golf: ice hockey … Not many people know this but she scored three goals in her first three shots and two shifts in a game … Favorite sports memory was helping her high school team win its first golf state championship and All-Division state title in any sport … If she could play another sport at Columbia it would be lacrosse … Selected Columbia for its balance of rigorous academic pursuits, supportive athletic development, the opportunity to play for Coach Amy Weeks, and chance to compete for Ivy League and NCAA Championships … Chose Columbia over offers from other Ivy League schools, SEC, ACC and Big 10 schools … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majoring in French.
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS

	No.	No.		Avg.	Low	In	Par or				Best
Season	Tour	Rds	Strokes	Score	Round	60s	Better	Wins	Top 10	Top 25	Finish
2020-21	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021-22	8	21	1,623	77.29	73	0	0	0	1	3	T10
2022-23	8	20	1,520	76.00	70	0	2	0	2	4	6 / 66
2023-24	8	20	1,572	78.60	74	0	0	0	1	4	T8 / 72
Career	24	61	4,715	77.30	70	0	2	0	4	10	T6 / 72

 
2023-24 SEASON

Tournament Name	Date	R1	R2	R3	Total	To Par	Finish
Princeton Invitational	Sept. 16-17	76	78	77	231	+18	40 / 72
Yale Invitational	Sept. 30 - Oct. 1	74	--	--	74	+2	T8 / 72
Lady Blue Hen Invitational	Oct. 21-22	81	80	78	239	+23	T51 / 66
Columbia Classic	Feb. 10-12	80	83	75	238	+22	T66 / 90
Tulane Classic	Mar. 10-12	78	84	79	241	+25	84 / 100
Pinetree Invitational	Mar. 25-26	77	77	--	154	+10	T19 / 59
Navy Spring Invitational	Apr. 13-14	81	77	--	158	+14	T14 / 69
Ivy League Championship	Apr. 19-21	78	79	80	237	+21	T24 / 30

2022-23 SEASON

Tournament Name	Date	R1	R2	R3	Total	To Par	Finish
Nittany Lion Invitational	Sept. 17-18	74	77	76	227	+11	T36 / 93
Princeton Invitational	Sept. 24-25	72	77	78	227	+14	T22 / 71
Ivy Intercollegiate	Oct. 10	74	71	--	145	+1	T8 / 60
Columbia Classic	Feb. 11-13	76	70	--	146	+2	T14 / 80
Low Country Intercollegiate	Mar. 17-19	80	80	--	160	+16	T27 / 105
Clemson Invitational	Mar. 24-26	75	76	75	226	+10	T51 / 84
St. John's Invitational	Apr. 10-11	72	75	--	147	+5	6 / 66
Ivy League Championship	Apr. 21-23	80	82	80	242	+26	28 / 28

2021-22 SEASON

Tournament Name	Date	R1	R2	R3	Total	To Par	Finish
Boston College Intercollegiate	Sept. 20-21	76	76	75	227	+11	T16
Princeton Invitational	Sept. 25-26	75	73	77	225	+9	T23
Yale Invitational	Oct. 9-10	76	76	76	228	+15	T27
St. John’s Invitational	Oct. 25	82	--	--	82	+11	T40
Columbia Classic	Feb. 13-14	79	79	78	236	+20	T52
Ford Invitational	Feb. 26	82	76	--	158	+14	T11
Low Country Intercollegiate	March 19-20	86	78	78	242	+26	T52
Ivy League Championship	April 22-24	74	74	77	225	+9	T10

 
ARTICLES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yk59B_c8eQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDd2h-TBOjE
https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20190521/allison-paik-wins-girls-golf-title-again
https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20190528/high-school-golf-state-championships-notebook-allison-paik-refuses-to-take-back-seat-to-boys
https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/20921/After-Controversy--Nash-Tests-Her-Game-at-the-Next-Level
https://www.gametimect.com/connecticut-golfers-repeat-as-new-england-junior-champions/
https://www.ajga.org/inspired-performances/polo-ralph-lauren-inspiredperformances-september-5-2019