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Christopher Colla

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 170
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Fond du Lac, WI
  • Highschool Winnebago Lutheran Academy

Biography

2017–18 Highlights:
Named All-CCAA Honorable Mention…Appeared 73.9 strokes per round in 10 tournament appearances, notching five top 15 finishes…Posted back-to-back top 10 showings April 2–3 at the Hanny Stanislaus Inivitational (fourth place, 71-76-69-216) and during stroke play April 23–24 at the CCAA Championships (seventh place, 76-72-72-220)…Won all three rounds of medal-match play at the CCAA Championships…Racked up three sub-70 rounds, including a 67 March 6 at the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout.
 
2016–17 Highlights:
Averaged 75.4 strokes per round in five tournament appearances…Posted two top 15 finishes…Shot 70-76-73-219 to place 10th October 3-4, 2016 at the InterWest Wildcat Invitational…Fired season-low round of 69 on the way to an 11th place finish April 10-11 at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational…Broke par in two rounds during the season.
 
Pre-Chico Highlights:
A 2016 graduate of Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin First Team All-State selection in 2014 and 2015…GCAOW Second Team honoree as a senior…Wisconsin Flyway Conference Player of the Year 2013–16…Shot 68-72-140 to win the 2014 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division II State Championship…Three-time medalist in the WIAA Sectional…Twice selected to play for Team Wisconsin in the Wisconsin-Minnesota Cup (2014 and 2015)…Three-time Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin Academic All-State selection. 

Personal:
Born October 29, 1997 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…Son of Michael and Jennifer…Sports hero is star NHL goalie Marc-Andre Fleury…Biggest sports thrill is winning medalist honors at the 2014 Wisconsin High School State Championships…Enjoys music and cars…Says the best thing about Chico is the weather…Best advice ever received: “Do your own thing”…Admits to owning “many shoes”…Uses the same divot tool during every round…Would visit every country if money were no object…Geography major…Wants to pursue a career in urban planning and golf course design.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'11" 170 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'11" 170 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'11" 170 lbs
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