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  Austin Graham

Austin Graham

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
San Clemente, Calif.

High School:
San Clemente HS '07

Height:
5-11

Major:
Economics

2008-09: ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM... Won three events including Big West Championship (in playoff over teammate Ramie Sprinkling), season-opening Kansas Invitational and spring's Cowboy Classic... Led team in scoring (72.1), top-20 placings (10), 54-hole score (204) and tied for first in rounds (39)... Shot a school-record 63 in second round of Prestige at PGA WEST, countering 86 in first... Finished T-5th in the event... Named Big West Golfer of the Month for September after win at Kansas... Had nine rounds in 60's, including back-to-back 67's at Cowboy Classic... Co-medalist at U.S. Open local qualifying in mid-May at Yolo Fliers, earning berth to sectional tournament in June at Saticoy CC.

2007-08: ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM... Played 12 tournaments and 35 rounds, tying teammates Matt Marshall and Ramie Sprinkling for team-high honors in both... Led team with 72.7 average as a freshman, highlighting year with a trio of top-10 finishes... Included was a T-6th at the Big West Conference Championship, a T-9th (4 under) at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic and a T-8th at the Rice Intercollegiate... Had four rounds in the 60's including a 4-under 66 in the second round at the Wyoming event.. He opened that tournament with a 69... That event helped him win Big West Golfer of the Month honors for April... Also carded a 4-under 67 in the first round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in October.

SAN CLEMENTE HS `07: Named MVP and played in the No. 1 position each of his four years... Posted a career-best 35.8 average for nine holes as a senior... Three-year captain... Never finished lower than third at the at the South Coast League Championships, garnering medalist honors by nine strokes as a junior and runner-up finishes as a sophomore and senior... Twice named Student of the Month at San Clemente HS.

PERSONAL: Born in Newport Beach, Calif... Majoring in economics... Son of Anthony and Aleta Graham... Brother, Kyle, attends UC Berkeley... Had a trio of top-five finishes in American Junior Golf Association events... Qualified for the U.S. Open Sectionals this past June, participated in the U.S. Amateur in August, and was winner of the Long Beach City Championship as well as the Southern California Golf Association Championship this past summer.... Has career plans to play professionally.

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