San Jose State University Men’s Golf Season Preview Table of Contents With young players who have Season Preview, Quick Facts, Roster 1 proven they can shoot low scores joined Coaching Staff 2 by another quality group of freshmen, Player Profiles 3-8 San Jose State University continues lay- 2006-07 Statistics 9 ing the groundwork for one of the up- Team Rosters (1963 – present) 10-11 and-coming men’s golf programs. Head Conference champions 11 coach John Kennaday has six returning NCAA Championships history 12 letterwinners and three promising fresh- Post-Season Honors 13-15 men who are capable of being in the Western Intercollegiate History 16 lineup and posting under par scores. In-Season Tournament champions 17 Stephan Stallworth, a second-team Spartans on Tour 18 All-Western Athletic Conference selec- City of San Jose 19 tion and the team’s 2006-07 recipient of San Jose State University 20 the Venturi Cup as the top performer, University Administration 21-22 heads the list of returning letterwinners. Practice Facilities 24 Stephan Stallworth Stallworth had six top-20 individual fin- ishes in 11 tournaments as a freshman. Rosco Valentine, who had 13 under-par or par rounds a season ago, is Quick Facts another capable top-of-the-lineup player. Location: San Jose, Calif. Drew Nottenkamper and Levi Garcia, Enrollment: 29,604 part of last year’s freshman class with Founded: 1857 Stallworth, had their moments in the sun President: Don. W. Kassing during the fall and spring seasons, Conference: Western Athletic Conference respectively. Nickname: Spartans Jon Tringale, one of two seniors, Colors: Gold, White & Blue gives the Spartans another experienced Director of Athletics: Tom Bowen player in the lineup. Redshirt freshman Head Coach: John Kennaday Ryan Collins hopes to see his first action Alma Mater, Year: San Jose State, 1987 with the Spartans this season. Office Phone: (408) 924-1250 Incoming freshmen Peter Gibbs, 2007 Conference Finish: 5th tie Mark Hubbard and Miguel Camitoc Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/0 figure prominently in the Spartans’ plans Sports Information Director: Lawrence Fan this season. All three enjoyed successful Office Phone: (408) 924-1217 junior golf careers regionally and nation- Email: [email protected] Rosco Valentine ally. Camitoc represented the Philippines Website: www.sjsuspartans.com during his days in junior golf. 2007-08 Roster Name Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown/Previous Schools Miguel Camitoc 5-5 170 FR HS Hayward, Calif./Arroyo HS Ryan Collins 6-1 180 FR RS Lafayette, Calif./Acalanes HS Aaron Conrad 6-4 180 SR 2V Thousand Oaks, Calif./Moorpark College, Thousand Oaks HS Levi Garcia 6-0 175 SO 1V Paso Robles, Calif./Paso Robles HS Peter Gibbs 6-3 205 FR HS Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS Mark Hubbard 6-0 165 FR HS Denver, Colo./Colorado Academy Matt Montez 5-8 162 SR 1V Sacramento, Calif./CSU Sacramento, C.K. McClatchy HS Drew Nottenkamper 6-1 175 SO SQ Pacific Grove, Calif./Spanish River HS Stephan Stallworth 6-3 165 SO 1V San Diego, Calif./Murrieta Valley HS Jon Tringale 6-2 165 SR 3V Laguna Niguel, Calif./Santa Marguerita HS, Mission Viejo HS Rosco Valentine 6-0 190 JR 1V Auckland, New Zealand/Saint Mary’s College, Saint Kentigerns Prep Head Coach: John Kennaday Assistant Coach: Chris Stout The 2007-08 San José State University men’s golf media guide is a publication of the school’s sports information office. Cover designs by Lydia Panayotidis. Photography by Terrell Lloyd, Ron Fried, Wayne Salvatore and John Kennaday. PGA Tour photos of Bob Eastwood, Arron Oberholser, Mark Lye and Mark Wiebe by Chris Condon of PGA Tour/WireImage.com. Printing by Erich Printing & Lithographing, San Jose, Calif. www.sjsuspartans.com 1 Coaching Staff 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and one of the top-50 ranked players in the world the last two seasons on the PGA Tour. Kennaday was a two-time Coast Conference “Most Valuable Player” at Monterey Peninsula College before transferring to San John Kennaday Jose State. He was a 1986 and 1987 first-team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association pick. Kennaday helped the Spartans to a Head Coach 12th place tie at the 1987 NCAA Championships. 3rd season He went on to play professionally on the Canadian PGA, NIKE and Golden State Tours for 7.5 years. Kennaday set the course records at Rancho Canada West in Carmel, Calif., with a 64 and at Spring Valley Golf Course in Milpitas, Calif., with an 11-under par 61. John Kennaday was His teaching career began in Milpitas where he served as a appointed the San Jose teaching pro at the Mark Docak’s Complete Golf School. He also State University men’s golf was an assistant pro at the Spring Valley Golf Course. coach in April 2005. His John and his wife, Christina, have two sons, Jack and hire marked a return to his Benjamin. The Kennaday family resides in San Jose. alma mater where he was a 1987 All-American as a senior. Kennaday has patiently and systematically enhanced the Spartans’ program. In his first sea- Chris Stout son, San Jose State finished no lower than fifth in three Assistant Coach of the team’s last four tour- naments and had a school- 3rd season best third place finish at the 2006 WAC Championship. Last sea- son, the Spartans had three more top-five finishes. Chris Stout is in his third Freshman Stephan season as a member of the Stallworth was a second San Jose State University team All-WAC choice for coaching staff. 2006-07 and Aaron Conrad A 1993 graduate of Texas and Jon Tringale received Tech University, Stout academic All-WAC honors played his collegiate golf at for the second year in a Christopher Newport row. University in Virginia. He He returned to San Jose was an assistant head pro- State after spending six fessional at the Great Hills seasons as the head coach Golf Course in Austin, for the Santa Clara Texas from 1994 to 1999 University men’s golf where he served as the team. The once dormant director of the junior golf program became competi- program, worked in con- tive in the West Coast junction with the local First Conference and along the Tee Program and provided West Coast. In 2001, he regular instruction for was named the conference amateur golfers. “Coach of the Year.” Stout played profession- An adept fundraiser, he ally from 1999 through 2004. He played on the Texas Tight Lies has managed and directed the Spartans’ “Fun Raiser” for men’s Tour in 2004, the Golden Bear Tour in 2001 and 2003 and the golf. The event has attracted Spartan alums and PGA Tour win- Canadian Tour in 2000 and 2002. He recorded three top-10 fin- ners Ken Venturi, Roger Maltbie, Mark Wiebe and Arron ishes in Golden Bear Tour events. Oberholser for a day of instruction and goodwill. Chris and his wife, Amy, reside in San Jose. Besides his San Jose State duties, he is the personal coach for Oberholser, a two-time Spartan All-American, winner of the 2 San Jose State University Men’s Golf Player Profiles Miguel Camitoc Ryan Collins 6-1, 180, FR, RS 5-5, 170, FR, HS Lafayette, Calif. Hayward, Calif. Business Management Major – Undeclared Major AT SJSU: In his first sea- AT SJSU: In his second son with the Spartans. season with the Spartans… is one of the team’s repre- MIGUEL: Lettered in golf sentatives on the Student- at Arroyo High (Coach Athlete Advisory Council. Dean Ironside) in San 2006-07 SEASON: Joined Lorenzo, Calif…set a the team in the spring of school record for season 2007 and redshirted the scoring average...an all- season. league selection. RYAN: Lettered in golf JUNIOR GOLF: Enjoyed (Coach Tim Scott) and bas- success nationally in the ketball at Acalanes High Philippines and the United School in Lafayette, States…won the 2002 Calif....was the 2005 North Philippine Interclub Junior Coast Section co-champi- Championship when he on...helped his team finish was 12-years- second at the 2005 North old…youngest player ever Coast Section Tournament to win the title…represent- of Champions...was a two- ed the Philippines at the 2002 Junior World Championships in time all-league choice in golf...dad, Jim Collins, is a PGA profes- the 11-12 years-old division and the 2003 Junior World sional who is a manager at the San Ramon (Calif.) Golf Championships in the 13-14 years-old division…captured four Club...born in Oakland, Calif…turned 19-years-old in 2007. Junior Golf Association of Northern California (JGANC) titles in 2005 (Sunset Whitney, Joe Brophy-Bill Loudon, East Bay and Westefield Northern California Section), one in 2006 (Fresno City) and two in 2007 (East Bay and Northern California Section)…2005 JGANC points champion and Player of the Year…tied for seventh at the 2005 California State Junior Aaron Conrad Amateur and ninth at the 2006 California State Junior Amateur…seventh at the 2005 Westfield Junior World PGA 6-4, 180, SR, 2V Championship in Westfield, Ohio….2005 and 2006 member of the Northern California team at the Americas Cup. Thousand Oaks, Calif. Accounting Major MORE ON MIGUEL: Has not declared a major…enjoys playing chess, basketball and volleyball…turned 17-years-old in 2007. AT SJSU: In his third season with the Spartans...two-time San Jose State University Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-WAC honoree…two career top-10 finishes at the major college level. 2006-07 SEASON: Only Spartan to win a tournament with his four-under par 212 at the Del Walker Invitational ...needed a final-round 69 and five playoff holes to pick up his first major college title...birdied the last two playoff holes at the Del Walker Invitational for the championship...had a season-low three- www.sjsuspartans.com 3 Player Profiles under par 68 in the second 2006-07 Season round of the Alister Del Walker Invitational 72-71-69-212 1st MacKenzie Invitational Alister MacKenzie Invitational 70-68-79-217 31st helping the Spartans to a Barona Collegiate Cup 78-78-80-236 98th second-place team finish..