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Sears, Hooper named to Division II All-American Scholar Golf Team
Erin Sears (Left) and Shelby Hooper have been named to the National Golf Coaches Asssociation D-II All-American Scholar Golf Team.
7/1/2009 3:47:56 PM
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Erin Sears and Shelby Hooper’s success on the course was certainly noticed this past season, but Wednesday their success in the classroom was also recognized – the two Chico State women’s golfers were honored Wednesday by being named to the National Golf Coaches Association’s (NGCA) Division II All-American Scholar Golf Team.
A total of 410 women’s collegiate golfers – 65 from the D-II ranks – earned the All-American scholar distinction, meeting the most stringent selection criteria in all of college athletics. Division II student-athletes were required to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 while competing in 66 percent of their school’s regularly scheduled rounds during the season to earn NGCA All-American Scholar Golf Team honors.
Sears, a Business Accounting major, and Hooper, a Business Finance major, were the only California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) golfers from the just-completed 2008-09 season to be included on the national All-American Scholar Golf Team. This is the second straight year that Sears has received the honor.
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Women's Track
There’s something about the annual Chico Multi that always brings out the best in heptathlete Kelly Clancey. For the second straight year, the junior from Modesto earned an NCAA Championships provisional bid in the heptathlon during the two-day Chico Multi, collecting 4,743 total points over the seven events, easily surpassing the 4,400 points needed to secure the provisional bid.
Clancey was the dominant athlete in the 12-person field, taking first place in four of the seven hepthatlon events. She took top honors in the high jump (5 feet, 3.25 inches), long jump (17 feet, 9.5 inches), 100-meter hurdles (15.42 seconds) and the 800-meter run (2 minutes, 20.25 second), while finishing second in the 200-meter dash (26.34 seconds), fourth in the shot put and sixth in the javelin throw.
Clancey, already well ahead of last season's schedule in which she scored a 4,400 in the Chico Multi and went on to post a career-best 4,811 at the CCAA Championships and advance to the NCAA Championships, will try to better her provisional mark March 24-25 at the California Multi, hosted by UC Berkeley.
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Men's Golf
Sylvester Gama carded three consecutive sub-par rounds and finished alone in second place at 7-under par at the Coyote Classic last Monday and Tuesday. Gama, competing as an individual, finished six strokes clear of third place in a standout performance that was bettered only by Cal State San Bernardino's Gene Webster, Jr.
Gama went 2-under in the opening round on the par-70 course at Arrowhead Country Club. He went 1-under in the afternoon. And on Tuesday, Gama's 66 was bettered only by Webster and matched his teammate Kyle Souza for the third lowest round of the tournament.
A 6-foot senior from Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara CC), Gama has now gone under par in eight of his 16 rounds of the 2009-10 season. His stroke average of 72.1 is second on the Wildcats as are his three top-five finishes.
Those efforts have made him easily the team's most improved player thus far this season. His stroke average was 75.3 last season and he had just one top-10 finish - an eighth-place finish at the CCAA Championships.
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3.10.10 | Women's Golf
VALLEJO – Amidst cold and wet conditions, the Chico State women’s golf team rebounded from a shaky first round Monday to shave its combined score by 21 strokes during Tuesday’s final 18 holes, finishing the Pioneer Shootout in sixth place with a two-day total of 101-over par 677. The tournament, hosted by Cal State East Bay, took place at Vallejo’s Hiddenbrooke Golf Course.
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3.2.10 | Women's Golf
AUSTIN, Texas – The Chico State women’s golf team wrapped up its first event of the spring season Tuesday, dropping from a share of 10th place in opening round action to a tie for 13th in the two-day St. Edward’s Invitational at Grey Rock Golf Course in Austin, Texas. After shooting a collective 59-over par 343 in Monday’s first round, the Wildcats carded a 65-over 349 for a 36-hole total of 124-over 692, good for a share of 13th place with St. Mary’s University (TX) in the 17-school tournament field.
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2.28.10 | Women's Golf
If 2009 was any indication of what spring can hold for Chico State women’s golf, there should be a lot to look forward to in the coming months.
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10.27.09 | Women's Golf
SEASIDE, Calif. – Despite playing in extremely windy conditions with gusts up to 35 miles an hour, the Chico State women’s golf team bettered its score from the day before, shooting a 44-over par 336 Tuesday in the second and final round of the Lady Otter Invitational, held at Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside. The Wildcats, in ninth place after Monday’s opening round, finished the event in eighth place with a 36-hole total of 89-over 673.
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10.26.09 | Women's Golf
SEASIDE, Calif. – For the past few weeks, the Chico State women’s golf team has been looking for the spark that would kick-start the Wildcats’ 2009-10 season. Following a pair of seventh place finishes in its last two events, Chico State found itself in ninth place after Monday’s opening round of the Lady Otter Invitational, being played at the par-73, 5,870 yard Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside.
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10.20.09 | Women's Golf
SANTA ROSA – The Chico State women’s golf team finished the day where it began Tuesday – in seventh place. The Wildcats carded a team score of 341 to finish seventh at the Sonoma State Women’s Invitational, played at the Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club.
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10.19.09 | Women's Golf
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Thanks to morning showers Monday, the Chico State women’s golf team had to endure some wet conditions during the first day of the Sonoma State Women’s Invitational, and by the time the Wildcats sloshed their way to the clubhouse, the ’Cats found themselves in seventh place with a team score of 40-over par 328 after the first 18 holes played at Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club.
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