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Pepperdine’s Women’s Golf team added two international freshmen to the roster this year: Kathrine Chan and Sifan He. The two freshmen join a team of two Americans, an Australian and a New Zealander.
Neither Chan nor He consider themselves to be from their actual birthplaces. Chan was born in Singapore but moved to Canada when she was six months old, and He was born in Japan but spent most of her life in China.
Playing in Canada, Chan’s golf experience is closer to an American’s than He’s. Chan played on her high school team for five years and competed for Team Canada for a year.