Sharon Ku
Sharon Ku
Height: 5-9
Year: Soph
High School: Cerritos
Major: Psychology
Events: Free, Breast

Cerritos College Swimming (2012): Finished in sixth place in the 50-yard breaststroke (34.98) and eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:19.33) at the South Coast Conference Championships… Also competed in the 50-yard freestyle (26.77) and 200-yard freestyle (2:22.66)…..

Cerritos College Water Polo (2012):
Named All-American, 2nd Team All-State and was a 1st Team All-South Coast Conference selection… Was the team’s starting goalkeeper and set a school record with 270 saves on the year… Broke her record of 258 saves from her freshman season… Also assisted on eight goals and finished second on the team with 47 steals… Her 528 career steals are also a school record… Recorded a season-high 16 saves against Riverside College and had 13 saves against Long Beach City College, Diablo Valley College and Orange Coast College… Had 12 saves and four assists against Citrus College and posted a season-high eight steals against Rio Hondo College… Also finished with 12 saves, two assists and three steals against Pasadena City College, as well as 12 saves, two assists and a steal against Los Angeles Pierce College… Made five steals against Old Mission BAY AC and had three steals in four other games…..

Cerritos College Water Polo (2011):
Was the team’s starting goalkeeper and was named 2nd Team All-Southern California and 1st Team All-South Coast Conference… Recorded a school-record 258 saves on the year, while also assisting on three goals and added 28 steals… Posted a season-high 16 saves, along with an assist and two steals against Citrus College, while she had 12 saves against Long Beach City College in the conference championship game… Also had 12 stops against Riverside College and 11 in a win over Sierra College… Finished with 10 saves in six other games and checked in with a season-high three steals in four different games…..

Cerritos HS:
Named 2nd Team All-CIF and 1st Team All-San Gabriel Valley League as a senior on the water polo team, while earning the team’s Defensive Most Valuable Player Award… Posted 313 saves her senior year… Helped the team win the CIF Championship her junior and sophomore years, while being named 1st Team All-CIF and 1st Team all-league as a junior… Also selected to Honorable Mention CA/HI Dream Team as a junior… Team won four straight league championships… Spent four years on the water polo and swimming teams…..

Personal:
Most memorable moment was when her team won the CIF Championship game against La Quinta High her junior year and when she scored a pool-length goal in the CIF Playoffs her senior year… Would like to transfer to Whittier College… Is the younger sister of Jessie Ku (21), who was an All-American swimmer and water polo player for the Falcons… Likes to sleep, eat, hang out with her friends and quote lines from the movie “Mean Girls” in her spare time… Is the daughter of Joshua Ku and Debbie Huang… Born in Bellflower, CA on October 28, 1993…..

Favorite Athlete:
Betsey Armstrong          Favorite Movie:  “Tangled”
Favorite Food:  Chick-fil-A                         Favorite Book:  “The Office”
Favorite Book: “Of Mice & Men”