BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Park University head women’s golf coach Kelly DeFeo has announced the signing of Blue Springs South stand-out senior Plern Promboobpa to a National Letter of Intent to play golf for the Pirates, beginning in the 2008-09 season.

Promboobpa, an exchange-student to Blue Springs South from Thailand, finished fourth last fall in the 2007 Missouri Class 2 State Girls Championship in Bolivar, Mo.

A first-year player for the Jaguars, Promboobpa fired a pair of 77’s in the state tournament last October to take fourth, finishing in the top 10 despite a well-publicized penalty stroke prior to reaching the green at the 18^th during the tournament.

“I am very excited to come to Park and get started,” Promboobpa said. “Everyone has treated me like family and I really am looking forward to getting to play with my new teammates and for a new coach. I also want to thank my coaches, teammates and host parents at Blue Springs South. This has been my family and home away from home.”

With her fourth-place finish at the state tournament, Promboobpa capped a senior season that saw two stretches of tournament titles during the fall, including four-straight wins midway through the 2007 season.

“Any time you can bring a player the caliber of Plern to a program as young as ours, you’ve done something right,” DeFeo said. “She’s a great competitor and an even better person, and most importantly, she gets things done in the classroom. She will fit right in with our program in the 2008-09 season and beyond.”

Park University is currently in preparation to take on the field at the 2008 NAIA National Championships May 20-23 in San Diego, Calif., after capturing the program’s first-ever NAIA Region IV championship last month in Bonner Springs, Kan.