MOSCOW - The University of Idaho women's golf team signed Ayumi Hori of Honolulu, Hawai`i to a national letter of intent. Hori will join the Vandals in Fall 2003.

"We are very excited about Ayumi," head coach Brad Rickel said. "She has a lot of tournament golf tournament experience. We think she will be a huge addition."

Hori, a three-time Oahu Interscholastic Association Player of the Year, has played on the America's cup team twice. She lead her team to the OIA championship in 2000. In 2001 she was the Hawai`i Junior Golf Association Player of the Year.

Hori also won the 2001 Callaway Hawai`i State Championship.