Career
Expected to redshirt in the 2008-09 season...earned All-Big West Conference first team honors in 2007-08...finished third (211) in the 2008 Big West Championship at Tijeras Creek Golf Club...placed 29th in the NCAA East Regional at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn...shot a 7-under 64 in the final round of the regional...had a stroke average of 72.29 during the season with a pair of top-10 finishes and four top-20 showings...competed in the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst...won the U.S. Amateur qualifier at Big Canyon Country Club with an 11-under total of 133 (68-65)...finished 10th at the 2007 Big West Conference Championship with a 54-hole total of 217 at Tijeras Creek Golf Club....had a pair of top-20 showings during the regular season, placing 11th (212) at the U.S. Intercollegiate and 15th (229) at the Anteater Invitational....had a stroke average of 73.63 in 2006-07 with a low round of 4-under 66 in the first round of the U.S. Intercollegiate at Stanford....finished fourth in the 2007 SCGA Amateur Championship with a 4-under total of 280....was named the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2005-06....placed 23rd (224) in the conference tournament at Tijeras Creek Golf Club....was medalist in The Prestige at PGA West with a 54-hole total of 213 at the Greg Norman Course....finished 20th (219) at the Northwest Collegiate Classic....had a stroke average of 74.31 through 26 rounds during the season....low round was 70 on three occasions....won the AJGA's PING Junior tournament at Diablo Grande with an 8-under total of 208 in the summer of 2005....three-year All-Sierra League player at Chino Hills High School....reached the CIF finals and earned All-American recognition....his prep team won the Sierra League title his junior season....was his team's MVP all four years in high school....had a Top-50 ranking by Golfweek....has played in four USGA tournaments, including two U.S. Junior Amateurs, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links.
Personal
Majoring in sociology....parents are Chris and Eunice Cha.
