SEASIDE — The Cal State Monterey Bay men's golf team qualified for its 14th consecutive NCAA Division II West/South Central Regional as the No. 1 seed out of the West Region, the NCAA announced Friday.
CSUMB will head to the New Mexico State University Golf Course for the 54-hole tournament, May 9–11 in Las Cruces. The Otters will be looking to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament for the eighth time in 15 seasons and the first time since they finished fifth in 2019.
The Otters have won three NCAA Regional titles, wearing the crown in 2011, 2013 and 2015. John Jackson won the individual title in 2011 en route to CSUMB's first NCAA Championship. Ray Richards also took first place in 2015.
CSUMB is coming off its fifth CCAA Championship with a victory earlier this week at Santa Rosa Country Club. It was CSUMB's third team title of the season. Simon Björken took medalist honors and Wilhelm Berg von Linde finished second to earned all-tournament recognition.
2024 NCAA DIVISION II WEST/SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL QUALIFIERS
West Region:
1. Cal State Monterey Bay [California Collegiate Athletic Association]
2. Chico State
3. Cal State East Bay
4. Cal State San Bernardino
5. Cal State San Marcos
6. Stanislaus State
7. Sonoma State
8. Simon Fraser
9. Hawaii Hilo [Pacific West Conference]
10. Western Washington [Great Northwest Athletic Conference]
Individuals:
1. Francis Bautista, Cal State Dominguez Hills
2. Shion Suzuki, Hawaii Pacific
3. Giulio Zanichelli, Academy of Art
4. Grayson Giboney, Northwest Nazarene
South Central Region:
1. Colorado Christian [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]
2. Oklahoma Christian
3. Dallas Baptist University [Lone Star Conference]
4. Texas Permian Basin
5. Colorado State University Pueblo
6. Midwestern State
7. West Texas A&M
8. Colorado Mesa
9. Western New Mexico
10. The University of Texas at Tyler
Individuals:
1. Rudy Sautron, Cameron
2. Lukas Taggart, Colorado School of Mines
3. Chandler Cooke, Arkansas- Fort Smith
4. Ronald Kildall III, Fort Lewis
GO OTTERS!
