New Mexico State University Athletics

2009-10 (JUNIOR): Recovering from knee surgery during the fall season, Chanachai was able to play in four tournaments for NM State. She averaged 77.75 strokes per round, which was second best on the team.  Here low round of 71 came in the first round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational (3/8).  She finished that tournament tied for 34th with an 11-over 227.  Chanachai was just out of the top 20 at the BYU at Entrada Classic (3/23), when she fired rounds of 76-80-77 to tie for 21st.   Her nest finish came at the WAC Women's Golf Championship when she tied for 13th with a 233 (82-76-74). Chanachai had her best performances in the final rounds of tournaments as she averaged a 75.  She had 23 birdies on the season and averaged just under 10 pars per round.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE): Chanachai had the best season of all Aggies playing in the 2008-09 season.  She competed in all nine regular-season tournaments, averaging 75.65 strokes per round and finishing in the top-20 individually seven times. She had her first top-20 finish at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (9/20) when she tied for 18th with a score of 224. She finished 16th or better in the next three tournaments. Chanachai's best finish came at the Baylor Spring Invitational (3/17), where she came in second with a 9-over-par 225.  She marked a season low of 70 in round one of the Aztec Invitational (2/17), where she tied for 12^. Chanachai tied for ninth place at the WAC Championship, where she carded a score of 225 (78-73-74) and earned All-WAC honors for the second year in a row.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN):  In her debut season with the Aggies, Chanachai earned WAC Freshman of the Year and first team All-WAC honors.  As the Aggies' top player in 2007-08, Chanachai averaged 75.44 strokes per round with her lowest round coming in the third round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational, which was a 2-under-par 70.  Chanachai also earned five top 10 finishes in nine tournaments played.  She got off to a great start with a second-place finish at the NAU/La Quinta Mountain Inn Shootout (9/18) while she brought in a 12-over-par 156.  Chanachai earned her second top-10 finish when she tied for eighth at the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate (10/14) with a 7-over-par 223.  She then placed sixth at the Kent Youel Invitational (10/31) in Hawai'i scoring a 4-over-par 220, which included an even par in round two.  Chanachai tied for sixth at the BYU/Dixie Classic (4/2) with an 8-over-par 224, before rounding out the season with a second-place finish at the WAC Women's Golf Championship (4/23). 

HIGH SCHOOL:  Chanachai attended Demonstration Yamhumghang University in Bangkok, Thailand, however played golf as an amateur.  In 2005, she won two tournaments and finished in the top five another time.  Chanachai led her Thai team to wins at the 30th Demonstration Sport at Khom Pang Sand and the 23rd Sea Games in the Philippines in 2004 while also winning the individual medal at both tournaments.  She also competed at both the 2005 Philippines Ladies Open, where she finished fifth , and at the 2005 Junior World Championships in San Diego with an eighth-place showing.  In 2004, Chanachai won the individual title at the Mercedes Junior Championship and finished 12th at the 2004 Junior World Championships.  In 2003, she won the Pharmaton Malaysia Ladies Open and was a member of the Thai National Team that won the 2002 and 2003 Queen Sirikit Club in Malaysia and South Korea.  A year earlier, Chanachai finished 13th at the Thailand Ladies Amateur Open and fifth at the 26th Kosaido Thailand Open in Bangkok.

PERSONAL:  Chanachai is the daughter of Chartchay and Paphavee Chanachai.  She is majoring in pro golf management.