HEEADAD COOACHACH - DEEREKREK FRREEMANEEMAN

DEREK FREEMAN HEAD COACH • 5TH YEAR • (OKLAHOMA ’94) ow beginning his fi fth season, In 2009-10, Freeman’s team entered Derek Freeman has created a the NCAA Championship with the Nlist of accomplishments that few youngest lineup in the tournament. He other UCLA golf coaches can match. He led the Bruins to a 16th place fi nish, a guided the Bruins to their second NCAA fi nal ranking of ninth in the national team title in 2008, mentored the only poll and two team victories. Two players NCAA individual champion in UCLA earned All-America honorable mention history, watched freshman honors from the coaches association and compile a once-in-a-lifetime season and four players earned All-Pac-10 acclaim. In supervised the most successful academic addition, sophomore Alex Shi Yup Kim campaign in UCLA men’s golf history. emerged as one of the most improved Last year the Bruins tied for fi fth at the players in the country, vaulting from 438th NCAA Championship after winning the in the rankings his freshman year to 41st stroke play portion of the tournament. In as a sophomore. Kim earned fi rst-team addition, the Bruins won four tournament all-conference honors. titles, including an NCAA Regional crown. In 2008-09, despite the loss of three Th ree players earned All-America honors talented players during the season, Free- and four players won seven individual titles. man managed to guide the Bruins to their Freeman’s Career Highlights Most programs would call that a success. seventh straight NCAA Championship • Guided the Bruins to the 2008 NCAA But Freeman’s squad swept all the berth. Freeman also guided UCLA to its Championship, the school’s second. UCLA academic awards at the annual third NCAA Regional title in program student-athlete banquet: Best Team GPA, history. In addition, Gregor Main was • Guided the Bruins to a pair of NCAA Re- Men; Most Improved Team GPA and the voted Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and gional crowns in 2010 and ’11. Donald R. Shepard Award for highest senior Erik Flores became the only player • Earned 2011 Pacifi c-10 Conference Coach team GPA. Th e Bruins improved their in school history to earn 1st Team All-Pac- of the Year honors, becomding the fourth cumulative team grade point average by 10 honors three times. Flores also earned coach in UCLA history to be selected confer- 0.51 to 3.311. All-America honors for the third time in ence coach of the year. Finally, freshman Patrick Cantlay his career. • Has coached two consensus fi rst-team won nearly every award known to a col- Th e Bruins won the 2008 NCAA title All-Americans: Kevin Chappell (2008) and lege golfer: the 2011 McCormack Medal, by one stroke over defending champion Patrick Cantlay (2011). Fred Haskins Award, the Nicklaus Award, Stanford at Purdue’s Kampen Course on • Has coached two Fred Haskins Award the Phil Mickelsen Award, Pac-10 Confer- the last day of May. A key par by senior winners at UCLA: Kevin Chappell (2008) ence Player and Freshman of the Year as All-America Kevin Chappell on the 72nd and Patrick Cantlay (2011). well as consensus fi rst-team All-America hole clinched the victory, but it was honors. Chappell’s bogey save from a disastrous • Has coached two Jack Nicklaus Award winners at UCLA: Kevin Chappell (2008) In four full seasons, Freeman has lie at the 71st that enabled the Bruins to and Patrick Cantlay (2011). coached two Nicklaus Award winners, maintain a slim lead. Freeman kept his two Haskins winners, a pair of conference star player level-headed and positive, and • Has coach two conference players of the players of the year and two conference coaxed his other senior — Craig Leslie year: Kevin Chappell (2008) and Patrick freshmen of the year. — into playing the fi nal three holes in Cantlay (2011). • Has coached two conference freshmen of the year: Gregor Main (2009) and Patrick DEREK FREEMAN’S HEAD COACHING RECORD Cantlay (2011). • Overall, he has coached six diff erent GCAA Tournament Conference Regional National Year School Victories Finish Finish Finish All-Americans. 2003-04 OCU 4 — 1st 2nd • Overall, he has coached eight diff erent 2004-05 OCU 5 — 1st 1st all-conference players, including six fi rst- 2007-08 UCLA 5 2nd 5th 1st teamers. 2008-09 UCLA 1 6th 1st T23 2009-10 UCLA 2 8th 3rd T16 • Overall, he has coached six diff erence all- 2010-11 UCLA 4 3rd 1st T5 conference academic team members. Totals — 21 — 6 berths, 6 berths, • Has continued UCLA’s streak of nine con- 4 titles 2 titles secutive NCAA berths. OCU—at Oklahoma City University; assistant men’s coach, 2002-03; Women’s Head Coach, 2003-05.

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under par through 34 rounds. Chappell also set a single season school record by averaging 71.0 strokes per round and ended his career ranked fi fth in school history with fi ve career victories. Finally, he was the only player under par at the 2008 NCAA Tourna- ment. In his fi rst year as the Bruins’ assistant coach, Freeman coached the UCLA Blue Team, which won the Cougar Invitational and and the Cal State Bakersfi eld Spring Invitational. Senior Chris Heintz won the Cougar event, and at the Bakersfi eld tour- nament, the Blue Team scorched the course for a score of 25-under par with sophomore Lucas Lee capturing medalist honors at 14-under par. Five years ago, Freeman served as Oklahoma’s men’s assistant coach. In 2005-06, the Sooners fi n- ished 29th at the NCAA Championship after placing seventh in the NCAA Central Regional. Oklahoma also won its fi rst Big 12 Conference team title since Freeman’s sophomore year as all fi ve players fi nished among the Top 15 individuals. Prior to his appointment at OU, Freeman served the previous three seasons (2002-05) at Oklahoma City University. As an assistant coach one-under par to stymie Stanford’s rally. for the men’s and women’s programs (2002-03), he In the succeeding days, Chappell collected some awards helped lead OCU to 14 combined titles, including the men’s that had UCLA historians dusting up their antique collection 2003 NAIA Championship. and creating new mantle space. He became the fi rst UCLA Following the 2003 season, Freeman was promoted to head golfer in the 75-year history of the program to win the NCAA coach of the OCU women’s program and guided the Stars to individual championship, the Jack Nicklaus Award and the Fred their second straight runner-up fi nish at the NAIA Champion- Haskins Award. He also became just the third player in school ship. In his second season, 2004-05, OCU captured the NAIA history to earn consensus fi rst-team All-America honors, and women’s national championship and Freeman was named the the fi rst since 1985. A month before the season ended, Chap- NAIA National Coach of the Year. Th e team set a championship pell became the sixth UCLA player to earn Pac-10 Golfer of record with a 49-stroke victory. the Year honors. In two seasons as the OCU women’s coach, Freeman men- Freeman claimed one other All-American — Erik Flores, tored eight All-Americans and seven academic All-Americans. Twice he was voted the NAIA Region VI Women’s Golf who also won his fi rst collegiate individual title. In addition, Coach of the Year (2004 and 2005). both Chappell and Flores were selected First-Team All-Pac-10 In seven of his last nine seasons as a head coach or assistant, members. his teams have won either a conference, regional or national A former all-conference golfer at the University of Okla- championship. homa, Freeman made an immediate impact on the UCLA As a player at OU, Freeman enjoyed a fi ne career, serving program soon after his appointment on July 16, 2007. as the Sooners’ captain for three seasons (1992-94). During his Th rough the 2007 Fall campaign, the Bruins did not collegiate career, he earned All-Big Eight honors in 1994 and lose a tournament, winning the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge, All-Big Eight academic honors in 1993. Freeman was a two-time the Collegiate Match Play Championship and the CordeValle Bruce Drake Award winner for most improved player and won Collegiate. OU’s Jim Begwin Award for leadership and sportsmanship. Th e Bruins fi nished his fi rst half season ranked No.2 in the Overall, Freeman played in four Big Eight Conference nation. Championships, including the 1992 event in which the Soon- In the November signing period, Freeman inked the ers won their fi rst-ever league title. He also participated in nation’s No. 2 ranked group of recruits as judged by GolfWeek. four NCAA Regional events and four NCAA Championship Th e list included two AJGA All-Americans and one of Mexico’s tournaments. Of his 51 collegiate appearances, he fi nished in top amateurs. Four months later, he added another AJGA All- the Top 30 25 times. American to that list. He received his degree in Economics from OU in 1994 In 2007-08, the Bruins won fi ve tournaments, a fi gure and later played two years on the Canadian, Mexican and Nike that ranks fi fth in school history. UCLA also won its fi rst-ever Tours. A rib injury forced him to change careers, and he worked Collegiate Match Play Championship. In that event, Chappell in the fi nancial services industry for fi ve years prior to entering and freshman Philip Francis posted records of 4-0-0. During the coaching ranks. the season, four players won fi ve individual tournament titles, Freeman, his wife Stephenie and their two sons live in the including Chappell who won twice and ended the season 20- Santa Clarita Valley. 5 22011-12011-12 UUCLACLA MMEN’SEN’S GGOLFOLF

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JASON SIGLER ASSISTANT COACH • 2ND YEAR • KANSAS ’06

Jason Sigler, a former four- is considered one of America’s foremost short game experts and year letterman for the University of has tutored many golf professionals. Kansas golf team, begins his second “We’re excited to have Jason Sigler join the coaching staff season in 2011-12 as the Bruins’ at UCLA,” said Head Coach Derek Freeman at the time of assistant golf coach. his hiring. “His instructional expertise as well as his collegiate Sigler, 28, was instrumental experience will be very valuable in our pursuit of championships. in the Bruins’ academic success in In addition, Jason’s motivation and excitement will continue to 2010-11 — a year that saw the provide our student-athletes with the atmosphere to become team win Best GPA, Men, Most successful.” Improved GPA and the Donald R. Sigler played at Kansas from 2003-06, where he won the Shepard Award for Highest Team 2004 Kansas City Amateur Championship. He was an All-Big GPA. Eight Academic selection from 2004-06. He earned his degree Prior to his appointment, Sigler spent fi ve years as an instruc- in Sports Management from Kansas in 2006. tor for the Dave Pelz Golf School. In his fi nal year he served as A 2001 FCWT First-Team All-American, Sigler played the lead instructor at the Pelz school’s Atlanta location, where four years of golf at Immaculata High School in Leavenworth, he taught more than 1,000 students in one, two and three-day KS, his hometown. In 2001 won the Tapetio Springs Cham- seminars. Sigler opened and organized the school in Atlanta and pionship and was a participant in the Kansas State Amateur. consistently received high evaluations from students. Dave Pelz

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Th e 2012 UCLA Bruins (clockwise from top left): Anton Arboleda, Pedro Figueiredo, Jay Hwang, Patrick Cantlay, Pontus Widegren, Mario Clemens, Bobby Lange, Matt Pinizzotto, Alex Shi Yup Kim and Preston Valder.

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ANTON ARBOLEDA RIGHT-HANDED • 5-6 • 145 • SOPHOMORE • LA CAÑADA, CA (LA CAÑADA) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

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PATRICK CANTLAY RIGHT-HANDED • 5-10 • 160 • SOPHOMORE • LOS ALAMITOS, CA (SERVITE) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

Summer 2011 — In the Walker Cup the season ranked fi rst by GolfWeek with an adusted stroke average Match, he was 2-1-1 in competition ... of 68.62 ... Set a UCLA school record by playing 37 rounds in 30- Named to the Walker Cup Team on July under par and posting a season stroke average of 70.5 ... Won three 31, becoming the fi rst UCLA player since Duff y Waldorf in 1985 to tournaments outright during the season: the NCAA West Regional receive an invitation … At the U.S. Amateur, he advanced to the fi nals (69-67-67 —203, -13); the USC Ivitational (67-72-68—207, -6) and before falling 2-up to Kelly Kraft, a senior at SMU … In stroke play, the Giff ord Championship (67-69-71—207, -6), and tied for fi rst in he tied for 31st with scores of 71-69—140 (-2) … In the fi rst round of the Amer Ani Invitational (74-64-65—203, -13) ... Finished second match play, he defeated Max Scodro 5&4 … In the Round of 32, he in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship with scores of rallied against Russell Henley winning the last two holes and clinching 72-69-71—212 (-4) ... Recorded two other podium fi nishes during

the match with a par on the 21st hole … Defeated England’s Tom the season: third at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters with Lewis 3&1 in the Round of 16 … In the quarterfi nals, he won in 19 scores of 75-67-71—213 (-3) and second at the Battle of the Beach holes against Max Buckley, winning the last three holes … Won 4&3 with scores of 68-69-68—205 (-5) ... Led the team in Top 10 results against Jordan Russell in the semifi nals … At the Western Amateur, (9), rounds under par (20) and rounds under 70 (17) — the latter he won a two-for-one playoff to earn a spot in the match play bracket two were school records ... Made the Director’s Honor Roll in all three ... Posted rounds of 73-67-72-70—282 (-2) to tie for 16th in stroke quarters and boasted a 3.2 cumulative grade point average. play ... In match play, he defeated top-seed Chris Williams 3&2 in the Junior Golf — Tied for second in stroke play at the 2010 U.S. Ama- fi rst round ... In an epic second round match, he beat reigning U.S. teur with scores of 70-67—137 (-5) ... Advanced to the semifi nals of Amateur champion Peter Uihlein, 1-up ... In the semifi nals, he beat match play with victories over Brad Shaw (2&1), Blayne Barber (3&2), Jeff rey Kang, 1-up ... Lost 1-up in the fi nal to Ethan Tracy … Tied for Connor Arendell (1-up) and Jed Dirksen (20 holes) ... Lost (4&3) in ninth at the RBC Canadian Open with scores of 72-71-68-69—280 the semis to eventual champion Peter Uihlein ... Also played in the (E), making his fourth PGA Tour cut in four starts ... Won the 112th 2009 U.S. Amateur ... 1st Team AJGA All-American in 2008 and SCGA Amateur Championship with scores of 69-70-65-66—270 ’09 ... In 2009, he recorded fi ve Top 10 results in nine starts on the (-14) ... He became the ninth UCLA player to win the SCGA title ... AJGA circuit, including a runnerup fi nish Western Jr. Championship Named Southern Golf Assn. Amateur of the Month for June ... Tied ... Advanced to the round of 32 at the 2009 U.S. Jr. Amateur, where for 20th at the AT&T National in Newton Square, PA with scores of he tied for 19th in stroke play with scores of 73-74—147 (+3) ... Won 70-69-71-67—277 (-3) ... T24 at the Travelers Championship with the 2008 ClubCorp Mission Hills, 2008 Junior America’s Cup and scores of 67-60-70-72—269 (-11) ... His second round score of 60 2008 Hogan Cup. (-10) was the lowest round by an amateur in a PGA Tour event ... Was the low amateur at the U.S. Open with scores of 75-67-70-72—284 High School — Won the 2010 California State High School Cham- (E), tying for 21st place ... Played in four PGA events (16 rounds), pionship ... Runner-up at the 2010 Southern California Amateur ... was 14-under par and placed in the Top 25 in each. Named High School Golfer of the Year by the Orange County Register in 2009 and ’10 ... Named Athlete of the Year in the Trinity League ... 2010-11 — Won the Fred Haskins Award as the nation’s top col- Won the 2009 and ’10 Southern California CIF Regional. legiate golfer … Won the Nicklaus Award as the Division I Player of the Year as awarded by the Golf Coaches Assn. of America ... Won the Personal — Chose UCLA because it’s a “great school in an awe- Award as the GCAA Freshman of the Year ... Voted some location” ... Began playing golf at the age of three ... Has three GolfWeek Player of the Year ... Consensus First-Team All-American by younger siblings: Nick, Caroline and Jack ... Both parents are USC the GCAA and GolfWeek ... Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, Freshman of graduates ... Enjoys playing ping-pong and watching movies in his the Year and a First-Team All-Pac-10 selection ... Won the GolfStat spare time ... Grandmother on his father’s side attended UCLA ... Cup with an adjusted season stroke average of 70.48 ... Finished Undeclared major.

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MARIO CLEMENS RIGHT-HANDED • 5-11 • 165 • JUNIOR • BEVERLY HIILLS, CA (BEVERLYHILLS) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

2010-11 — Ended the season ranked 141st by GolfWeek and 183rd by GolfStat ... Won his fi rst collegiate event, the Cal Poly Invite with scores of 70-70-67—207 (-6) ... T7 at the U.S. Collegiate Champi- onship with scores of 73-70-72—215 (-1) ... T11 at the Del Walker event with scores of 69-76-71—216 (+6) ... Was 3-1-0 at the Match Play Championship ... Earned a spot on the DHR for Fall 2010. Summer 2010 — Tied for 48th in stroke play at the U.S. Amateur Publinks with scores of 72-74—146 (+4) before falling 2&1 in the second round of match play to David McDaniel of Tucson, AZ ... Defeated Zachary Blair 4&3 in the fi rst round. 2009-10 — Tied for eighth at the NCAA East Regional with scores of 71-70-67—208 (-2) ... Tied for 11th at the ASU/Th underbird with scores of 70-69-71—210 (-3) ... Also tied for 15th at the USD Callaway tournament ... Tied for 26th at the Pac-10 Championship after opening with a 65 (-6) and closing with a 71 (E) ... Recorded fi ve rounds under par and four rounds under 70. Junior Golf — In 2009, he recorded three Top 25 results on the AJGA circuit: T5 at the Heather Farr Classic (69-70-72—211), T23 at the HP Boys Championship (75-76-73—224) and T11 at Th e Verizon Jr. Heritage (76-71—147) … Was a 2009 AJGA Honorable Mention All-American … Member of the 2009 Canon Cup West Team … Also in 2009, he fi nished second in the Terra Cotta Open (75-70-69—214) … In 2008, he played in nine AJGA events and recorded fi ve Top 10 fi nishes, including a victory at Hanmi Bank Jr. Open (72-68-71—211) and a runnerup result in the AJGA Las Vegas Jr. (69-70-70—209). Also placed eighth at the PING Phoenix Jr. (67-72-70—209) … On the FCWT circuit in 2007-08, he recorded four Top 15 results in four starts: third at the Bear Creek West Open (75-73—148), T15 at the Mission Hills Pete Dye Invitational (70- 74—144), T4 at the Tahquitz Creek Open (74-73-147) and T3 at the La Costa Resort event (70-78—148). High School — Claimed All-CIF honors at Beverly Hills HS while earning three varsity letters for coach Jason Newman … Also served as team captain. Personal — Began playing competitively at 13 … Has a younger brother and sister … Chose UCLA becaue he liked Coach Freeman and the UCLA program … Lists his greatest thrill as making a 35- foot putt on the 18th hole to win a Canon Cup match against Evan Beck … Full name is Mario Jacob Clemens … Born in Fontana, CA … History major.

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PEDRO FIGUEIREDO RIGHT-HANDED • 6-2 • 180 • JUNIOR • AZEITAO, PORTUGAL (ST. PETER’S SCHOOL) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

2010-11 — Tied for 50th at the NCAA Championship with scores Amateur Golf — In 2008, he helped Portugal fi nish in a tie for 31st of 71-74-79—224 (+8) ... Tied for 17th at the NCAA West Regional at the World Amateur Team Championship in Adelaide, Australia … with scores of 74-72-72—218 (+2) ... T12 at the Augusta State Invi- Individually, he tied for 64th with scores of 75-75-72-76—300 (+10) tational with scores of 71-74-71—216 (E) ... Played the fi nal 36 holes (par was 290) …He won the 2008 Portuguese, Irish and British Boys of the Pac-10 Championship in four-under par and tied for 22nd ... Amateur Championships and was a quarterfi nalist in the ’08 British Earned First-Team All-Pac-10 Academic honors ... Two-time member Amateur Championship … Tied for 71st in the Portuguese Open with of the DHR with a 3.5 grade point average. scores of 72-68-78-71—287 (+3) and tied for 27th in the Madeira

Summer 2010 — Played in the British Amateur and tied for 94th Open with scores of 74-72-69-70—285 (-3) … In 2007, he was the with scores of 71-74 — 145 (+3) … Tied for 10th at the English runner-up in the Swiss Amateur and a semifi nalist in the Spanish Am Amateur (Barbazon Trophy) with scores of 80-69-74-74—297 (+9) … Th ree-time Portuguese Player of the Year (2006-08) … Also honored … Tied for 25th individually at the European Team Championship as the Portuguese Junior Player of the Year (2003-05) … Member of held in Sweden with scores of 77-70—147 (+3) … Tied for ninth Europe’s 2006 Jr. Ryder Cup Team. at the German Amateur with scores of 66-68-73-77—285 (-3) … Junior Golf — On the AJGA circuit, he recorded a pair of Top 5 results Tied for ninth at the International European Amateur in Finland in 2008: T3 at the Jr. Players Championship (72-74-68—214, -2) and with scores of 74-71-71-72—288 (E). T4 at the Orange Bowl tournament (70-69-69-67—275, -5). 2009-10 — Earned 2nd Team All-Pac-10 honors after averaging Personal — Speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English and understands 72.7 in 37 rounds ... In his best fi nish, he tied for second at Th e French and Italian … Has two younger sisters … Began playing golf Prestige with scores of 69-71-70—210 (-6) ... Tied for eighth at the at age six and began competing at nine … Has visited 24 diff erent Giff ord Classic with scores of 67-74-70—211 (-5) ... His fi rst-round countries … Admires Lionel Messi, the forward for Barcelona and Swiss 67 was a collegiate best ... Recorded four Top 10 fi nishes, tied for tennis great Roger Federer … Enjoys playing and watching soccer in second on the team ... Th ree-time member of the Director’s Honor his spare time … Born in Paris, France … Economics major. Roll with a 3.5 GPA.

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ALEX SHI YUP KIM RIGHT-HANDED • 5-9 • 140 • SENIOR • FULLERTON, CA (SUNNY HILLS) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

Summer, 2011 — Tied for seventh at the SCGA Amateur Champi- Personal — Has one older sister, Juliana … Lists breaking the tourna- onship with scores of 68-70-72-71—281 (-3) ... First round 68 was ment record at the L.A. City Jr. Championship as his greatest thrill … among the leaders ... At the SCGA Match Play Championship, he Fluent in Korean … Enjoys watching movies … Born in Kyungsan, won his fi rst round match 3&2 against Brad Shaw ... Lost in 19 holes South Korea … Political Science major. in the second round to Jordan Nasser. 2010-11 — Earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention honors ... Tied for 32nd at the NCAA Championship with scores of 71-76-75—222 (+6) ... Tied for 13th at the NCAA West Regional with scores of 73- 74-70—217 (+1) ... Placed third at the Pac-10 Championship with scores of 68-71-70-68—277 (-3) ... Finished seventh at the Western Intercollegiate with scores of 68-72-71—211 (+1) ... Was 3-1-0 at the Match Play Championship ... Recorded three other Top 20 results and fi nished the season with six overall ... Averaged 73.3 in 34 rounds with fi ve rounds under 70 and seven under par rounds. Summer 2010 — Advanced to the second round of match play at the U.S. Amateur after tying for 47th place with scores of 72-76—148 (+5) … Defeated Todd White of Spartanburg, SC, 1-up before falling 4&3 in the Round of 32 to Byeong-Hun An of Berkeley. 2009-10 — Earned GCAA and GolfWeek Honorable Mention All- America honors in 2010 ... Earned First-Team All-Pac-10 honors ... Ended the season ranked 48th by GolfWeek and 57th by GolfStat ... Ended his freshman season in 2009 ranked 438th by GolfWeek and was 121-over par in 28 rounds ... In 2010, he was 25-over par in 37 rounds ... His fi nal 71.6 scoring average ranks eighth on the single season UCLA scoring chart ... Improved his stroke average by nearly four strokes from his freshman season and his career average by more than two strokes ... Best 2010 result was tied for fourth at the Western Intercollegiate with scores of 68-69-70—207 (-3) ... Tied for eighth at the U.S. Intercollegiate, the USC Invite and the NCAA East Regional ... His 65 (-6) at the USC tournament was a career collegiate low ... Also posted a 67 (-3) in the fi rst round of the NCAA Regional. 2009 — Best result was a T8 at the Cal Poly Invitational after post- ing scores of 72-75-70—217 (+4) … Also tied for 20th at the NCAA Central Regional with scores of 78-73-70—221 (+5) … Tied for 21st at the U.S. Intercollegiates with scores of 70-69-70—209 (-1). Junior Golf — In 2007, he earned AJGA Second-Team All-America honors by recording six Top 10 fi nishes … Was the runnerup in the Scott Robertson tournament with scores of 72-70-67—209 and tied for second at the Mission Hills Desert Junior with scores of 68-72- 68—208 … Tied for third at the Heather Farr Classic: 69-71-70—210 and tied for fourth at the Rolex TOC: 70-73-74-71—288 … Ended the season ranked ninth nationally by the AJGA … At the 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur, he tied for 17th in stroke play with scores of 72- 73—145 (+3) at Boone Valley GC in Augusta, MO … Lost 2&1 in the fi rst round of match play to Zac Blair. High School — Lettered four years in golf for Coach Tim Devaney at Sunny Hills HS in Fullerton … Four-time All-Freeway League selec- tion, who earned MVP honors as a freshman in 2005 … Two-time All-Orange Country selection, earning fi rst-team honors as a senior … Set a tournament record of 199 (-17) in winning the 2007 L.A. City Junior Championship at Griff th Park … Also won the California State Jr. Championship.

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BOBBY LANGE RIGHT-HANDED • 5-11 • 165 • JUNIOR • SHERMAN OAKS, CA (HARVARD WESTLAKE) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

2010-11 — Best fi nish was T36 at the Anteater Invite with scores of 77-76-74—227 (+11) ... T40 at the Cal Poly Invite with scores of 77-81- 77—235 (+22) ... Averaged 77.6 in 18 rounds and six starts ,,, Two-time member of the DHR who posted a 4.0 gpa in Spring 2011. 2009-10 — Made six starts and averaged 78.1 in 18 rounds ... Best result was a tie for 59th at the UCR Braveheart, where he recorded his low round of 74 (+2) ... Th ree-time member of the Director’s Honor Roll with a cumulative GPA of 3.8. Amateur Golf — In June of 2008, he won the Sectional Qualifi er for the U.S. Junior Amateur at the Oregon Golf Assn. GC with scores of 67-68—135 (-9) … At the Jr. Am, he tied for 59th in stroke play with scores of 72-80—152 (+8) before falling 4 & 3 in the fi rst round of match play to Cameron Peck, the eventual champion. Junior Golf — In 2008, he tied for ninth at the Tee Up Jr. Challenge at Oak Park GC in Beaumont with scores of 71-74-72—217 (+1). High School — Lettered four years for coach Scott Wood at Harvard Westlake … Helped lead the Wolverines to a fourth place CIF fi nish in 2008 by posting a 74 at Candlewood in Whittier … In the qualifi er three days earlier, he fi red a 71 (-1) to help Harvard Westlake capture second place … Posted a 76 in the league fi nals to help his team win the Mission League title in 2008 … Th e Wolverines also won the league championship in 2007 … Two-time all-league selection after fi nishing among the Top 10 individuals in the Mission League fi nals in 2008 and ’09. Personal — Has a younger brother and sister … Chose UCLA be- cause “it has the best combination of athletics and academics as well as weather and it’s near home” … Lists his greatest thrill as playing in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Shoal Creek and advancing to match play … Enjoys playing ping-pong with his brother … Admires Swiss tennis great Roger Federer … Full name is Robert McCabe Lange … Born in his hometown … Business-Economics major.

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PONTUS WIDEGREN RIGHT-HANDED • 5-9 • 170 • JUNIOR • DANDERYD, SWEDEN (DANDERYD GYMNASIUM) CAREER STATISTICS Rnds Rnds Counter Year App. Rds Victories Top 10 Top 20 Avg. <70

2010-11 — Ended the season ranked 29th by Golf- Week and 58th by GolfStat ... Selected 3rd Team All-American by GolfWeek and earned honorable mention acclaim from the GCAA ... Earned 1st Team All-Pac-10 honors and honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic laurels ... Won the Fall Preview with scores of 75-70-69—214 (-2), his fi rst collegiate victory ... T5 at the Western with scores of 65-72-73—210 (E) ... T8 at the USC Invite with scores of 69-73- 72—214 (+1) ... T11 at the Pac-10 Championship with scores of 73-71-74-66—284 (+4) ... Th ree-time member of the DHR. 2009-10 — Earned 2nd Team All-Pac-10 honors after averaging 71.8 in 37 rounds ... Named to the GCAA All-West Region Team ... Finished the season ranked 59th by GolfWeek and 68th by GolfStat ... Tied for third twice as a freshman: at the Giff ord Classic with scores of 72-69-67—208 (-8) and at the Battle of the Beach with scores of 70-72-64—206 (-7) ... His 64 (-7) in the fi nal round was a collegiate best ... Posted scores of 69-71 (-4) in the fi rst two rounds of the NCAA Championship ... Played for Sweden in the Palmer Cup and was 3-1-0 in matches against U.S. competition ... Tied for the team lead with 10 rounds under 70 and ranked second with 13 rounds under par ... Member of the Director’s Honor Roll in Fall (2009) and Winter (2010) and had a cumulative grade point average better than 3.0. Amateur Golf — In 2009, he helped lead Sweden to the European Men’s Team Championship with scores of 67-67—134 (-10) … In August of 2009, he won the Swedish Jr. Masters with scores of 76-65- 68-72—281 (-9) … Later that week, he won the club championship at the Stockholm GC (par 69) with scores of 68-66-63-64—261 (-15) … Also won the same title as a 13 year-old … Helped Sweden fi nish second in the 2008 Junior World Cup with a 24-under par score of 828 … Individually, he tied for 12th with scores of 67-70-71-72 — 280 … Was part of a three- player Swedish team that fi nished third in the World Amateur Team Championships in Australia in 2008 … Posted scores of 72-73-73-74—292 (+2) to tie for 17th individually (par was 290) … Also played in the ’08 Scandinavian Masters … Won the 2007 World Youth Amateur High School — Attended Danderyd Gymnasium in his hometown, Championship in Nagoya, Japan with scores of 68-65-74-68—275 where he also played center on his school’s hockey team. … Member of the Swedish National Team since 2005 … Won two Personal — Has one younger brother, Olle … Has played golf since he silvers and one gold medal at the Junior World Cup. was seven and began competing when he was 12 … Also started playing Junior Golf — Ranked as high as sixth on the AJGA circuit …Re- hockey at the age of seven … Chose UCLA because of “its coaches, corded four Top 10 results in 2007-08: T5 at the 2007 Junior Players athletic atmosphere and academics” … Lists his greatest athletic thrill Championship (68-71-78—217), T9 at the 2007 Polo Jr. Golf Classic as representing his country in nine national team championships and (68-72—140) and T5 at the ’08 Th underbird International Junior (74- “winning the Junior World Cup along with great friends” … Admires 67-70—211) and placed second at the ’08 Jr. Players Championship Swiss tennis star Roger Federer and Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik (74-68-68—210) … In November 2008, he was awarded the AJGA’s Zetterberg, a native of Sweden … Surname is procounced VEE-di-gren Jerry Cole Sportsmanship Award for his “respect for fellow players, as … Born in Stockholm … History major. well as tournament staff and volunteers.”

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JAY HWANG RIGHT-HANDED • 5-8 • 160 • FRESHMAN • SAN DIEGO, CA (TORREY PINES)

Junior Golf — 2010 AJGA All- Bedminster, NJ. America Honorable Mention ... High School — Lettered three years for coach Chris Drake at Torrey Advanced to the fi rst round of match Pines HS ... Awarded team MVP honors each of his three seasons ... play at the U.S. Amateur Publinks Tied for fi rst at the 2011 SJGA Finals at Morgan Run with scores after tying for 34th place in stroke of 69-72—141 ... Helped lead Torrey Pines to the team title ... In play with scores of 74-71—145 (+3) ... his senior year, the Falcons won every dual match, and the league Lost in the fi rst round 4&3 to Kevin Phelan of St. Augustine, FL ... and state titles. Member of the 2010 Canon Cup Team, where he won four straight Personal — Has one sister ... Both parents are of Chinese descent ... holes to beat Nicholas Reach, 7&6 ... In 2010 on the AJGA circuit, he recorded six Top 20 results in eight starts, including a T5 at Jr. Chose UCLA for its “awesome golf team and academics” ... Lists his PGA Championship (70-70-72—212) ... Advanced to the fi nals of athletic thrill as making the fi nal at the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur the 2009 U.S. Jr. Amateur before falling 4&3 to Jordan Spieth ...... Born in Monterey Park ... Undeclared major with interests in Posted rounds of 73-75—148 in stroke play at Trump National in Business/Economics.

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MATT PINIZZOTTO RIGHT-HANDED • 5-11 • 180 • FRESHMAN • SALINAS, CA (PALMA)

Junior Golf — In 2010 on the AJGA Top 20 results ... Qualifi ed for the 2011 U.S. Amateur, but missed circuit, he recorded four Top 20 the cut for match play at four-over par. results in as many starts, including High School — Earned four varsity letters in golf at Palma HS for three Top 10 fi nishes ... Tied for Coach Clem Richardson ... Th ree-time, First-Team All-TriCounty second at the Tee UP Junior Chal- Athletic League selection ... Was Palma’s MVP as a junior and senior lenge with scores of 69-67-75—211 ... Helped lead the Chieftains to the CCS Championship in 2009. ... Tied for fourth at the ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior with Personal — Has one older brother, Greg ... Born in Monterey, CA scores of 76-71-69—216 ... Also tied for seventh at the Trader Joe’s ... Full name is Matthew Joseph Pinizzotto. Junior Championship with scores of 69-71-70—210 ... Recorded two victories in 13 events on the FCWT circuit and added 10 other

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PRESTON VALDER RIGHT-HANDED • 5-8 • 130 • FRESHMAN • YORBA LINDA, CA (SERVITE)

Junior Golf — In 2010 he tied for Servite HS ... Helped lead the Friars to consecutive CIF Southern 10th at the ClubCorp Mission Hills Section golf championships in 2009, ’10 and ’11 ... In May 2010, he Junior with scores of 72-73-75—220 was named Boys Golf Athlete of the Week following a round of 69 (+4) ... He also tied for 21st at the Ro- at Redhawk GC to help Servite win its second CIF title ... Won the lex Tournament of Champions with 2011 Trinity League championship ... Voted 2011 Orange County scores of 76-74-74-82—306 (+18) Register Golfer of the Year ... First-Team All-Orange County in 2010 ... Placed 22nd at the Footjoy Invitational with scores of 68-73-72- and ’11 ... Th ree-time First-Team All-Trinity League selection ... 72—285 (+5) ... In 2009 he placed fourth at the ClubCorp event with Teammate of Patrick Cantlay. scores of 70-70-72—212 (-4) ... Also tied for third at the 2009 Randy Personal — Has one younger sister ... Chose UCLA “because of the Smith Classic in Lubbock, TX with scores of 70-71-70—211 (-5) ... combination of both great academics and great golf” ... Admires Won the ‘09 PING Phoenix Junior with scores of 66-69-68—213 Australian pro golfer Adam Scott ... Born in Fullerton ... Undeclared (-13) ... 2009 Rolex AJGA Second-Team All-American. major. High School — Lettered four years in golf for coach Dane Jako at

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