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Southern California standout to join Wildcat men's golf team next fall
Ricky Owaki will be a welcome new addition to the Chico State men's golf team in the fall of 2010.
12/3/2009 3:24:58 PM
CHICO – Prep golf star Ricky Owaki, currently in the midst of his senior year at Anaheim’s Esperanza High School, will soon be adding his considerable talents to the top-ranked Division II men’s golf team in the nation. Chico State has announced Owaki has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Wildcats in 2010-11.
The Yorba Linda native is coming off a very successful junior year at Esperanza High, carding a nine-hole stroke average of 36.8 while being named to the 2009 All-Orange County Second Team.
Wildcat men’s golf Head Coach T.L. Brown is confident Owaki will be a big contributor to the team’s future success. “Ricky has shown tremendous improvement in his competitive abilities in a very short period of time,” Brown said. “He has a fundamentally solid golf swing and will only improve on the collegiate level. I look forward to coaching him and am very excited he has committed to Chico State.”
Earlier this year, Owaki posted a pair of top 20 finishes in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events. In July, he shot 74-70-68-212 to finish 10th in the Trader Joe’s Championship at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, then in August posted a 16th place finish at the Arkansas Junior at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
Owaki has also racked up five straight top 10 finishes this year competing on the Southern California PGA Junior Tour. He fired a 70 and 72 to win the 2009 Toyota Tour Cup qualifier, then in the Championship event carded a 74-74 to finish 10th at the Classic Club in Palm Desert.
In 2008 Owaki won the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) Summer Championship 16-18 Division competition, the best of seven top 10 finishes in 11 SCGA events that year.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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8.25.10 | Men's Golf
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Chico State's Cody Thompson shot a 5-over par 77 Tuesday – a six stroke improvement from Monday's opening round – but it wasn't enough to make the cut in stroke play and advance in the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship, being played at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash. Thompson completed the event's first two rounds with a score of 17-over 160, leaving him in a tie for 247th place in the 312 player field.
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8.24.10 | Men's Golf
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Chico State men's golfer Cody Thompson will need to deliver a dynamic second round if he hopes to advance in the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship. Thompson posted a 12-over par 83 in Monday's opening round of stroke play, leaving him in a tie for 263rd place in the 312-player field at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.
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7.27.10 | Men's Golf
The Chico State men's golf team will host the InterWest Wildcat Classic Oct. 11-12 at Butte Creek Country Club as part of a four-tournament fall schedule. This will mark the only chance for fans to see the Wildcats locally following last year's third-place finish at the NCAA Championship Tournament.
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7.27.10 | Men's Golf
SANTA CRUZ – It seems the biggest and most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the country just wouldn't be complete without a Wildcat in the field. Incoming Chico State men's golfer Cody Thompson, set to join the 'Cats this fall, shot a 1-over par 145 during a 36-hole sectional qualifier Monday to earn a spot in the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship, taking place August 23-29 at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash. Thompson becomes the third Chico State golfer in as many years to compete for the coveted Havemeyer Cup.
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7.15.10 | Men's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – I admit it. I was just using it to catch your eye. I had no illusions that Kyle Souza had a legitimate chance at qualifying for the Master’s Golf Tournament. After all, he was one of 156 golfers swinging for one spot in the arguably the most prestigious golf tournament in the world at the 85th U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. Then there’s the fact that Souza just finished his sophomore year a little old Chico State. We don’t often get a chance to combine the Master’s and the name of a Chico State athlete in a lead, so it was a no-brainer.
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7.14.10 | Men's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Less than an hour after he found out he had survived 36 holes of stroke play to advance to the field of 64 in the 85th U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, Chico State men’s golfer Kyle Souza teed it up Wednesday morning for the opening round of match play at Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C. It was a successful day for the Livermore native, as Souza – the No. 56 seed – defeated ninth-seeded Justin Lower 5 and 3 to move on to Thursday’s match play competition.
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7.14.10 | Men's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Second round of stroke play in the 85th U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship – interrupted by a lightning storm late Tuesday – was concluded Wednesday morning, with 18 players wrapping up their final few holes. When all the scorecards were turned in, Chico State’s men golfer Kyle Souza was among the top 64 players in the tournament and earned the right to move on to the first round of match play at the Champions Course at Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C. Souza finished with a 36-hole total of 4-over par 146, putting him in an 11-way for 48th place.
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