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Colby Dean

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eagle, ID
  • Highschool Eagle HS

Biography

2016-17 Highlights:
Earned First Team All-CCAA and GCAA/PING All-West Region honors…Averaged 73.0 strokes per round in 11 tournament appearances…Notched three top 10 finishes and placed in the top 20 five times…Shot 68-68-72-208 April 10-11 to win the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational…Runner-up February 13-14 at the Cactus Thaw Regional Championship Preview (70-67-137)…Started the season September 23-24, 2016 with a second place finish at the Saint Martin’s Invitational…Broke par in seven rounds during the season. 
 
2015-16 Highlights:
Played in seven tournaments for the ’Cats, notching six top 30 finishes…Averaged 74.5 strokes per round…Shot 69-69-73-211 to place third Oct. 19-20 at the Otter Invitational…Posted six rounds of par or better.
 
2014-2015 Highlights:
Represented the Wildcats in nine events as a true freshman...Averaged 78.2 strokes per round…Carded a collegiate-best 71 in the opening round of the CCAA Championships...Delivered a team-leading 1-over par 73 in the first round of the NCAA Championships West/South-Central Super Regional...Shot an even-par 72 in final round of Sacramento State Intercollegiate.

Pre-Chico Highlights:
Four-year varsity letterwinner at Eagle High School in Eagle, Idaho…Helped lead the Mustangs to four consecutive Idaho State Championships…Named Idaho Junior Golf Association Player of the Year in 2012…A member of the Junior Americas Cup Team Idaho and Hogan Cup Team Idaho in 2012…Tied for medalist honors at the 2013 Idaho State Championship…Won three other high school tournaments while posting a stroke average of 72.4.

Personal:
Born February 22, 1996 in Eagle, Idaho…Son of James and Kellie…Has a younger brother, Mitch…Sports hero is Tiger Woods…Biggest sports thrill is playing in Junior America Cup for Team Idaho…Biggest non-sports thrill was watching his cousin catch the game-winning touchdown pass at the Fiesta Bowel…Enjoys hunting, fishing and traveling…Says the best things about Chico are the golf courses and the weather…Wants to one day play in a PGA Tour event…Best advice ever received: “every man is the artisan to his own fortune”…Always uses a red Sharpie pen to mark his golf ball…Would move to Monaco and live in a mansion on the beach if money were no object…Majoring in business finance…Plans a career as a professional golfer and golf course architect.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Junior

    6'0" 185 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    6'0" 175 lbs
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