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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Katie Tozier/CSUMB Athletics
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Katie Tozier/CSUMB Athletics
Vincent Prograce/CSUMB Athletics
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Brent Dundore-Arias/CSUMB
Will MacNeil

Simon Björken

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hudiksval, Sweden
  • Highschool Celsiusskolan

Biography

2022-23 – Cal State Monterey Bay 
  • All-CCAA first-team selection.
  • Finished the regular season as the No. 26 golfer in the nation and No. 3 in the CCAA.
  • Posted a 34-21 record against players ranked in the top-100 over that span.
  • Competed in 11 tournaments and played 31 rounds.
  • Led the team with a 72.16 scoring average.
  • Finished the season 764-171.
  • Posted 19 rounds of par-or-better.
  • Recorded eight top-20 finishes.
  • Won the Otter Invitational with an 11-under-205.
  • Fired a season-low 67 in the first round of the Otter Invitational.
  • Claimed CCAA Golfer of the Week honors after the win.
  • Eclipsed a round of 70 eight times.
  • Had back-to-back seventh place finishes at the Fujikura Invitational and Battle in the Desert.
  • Placed t-13th with an even-216 at the NCAA West Regional.
  • Finished t-15th at the CCAA Championship with a 1-over-217.
2022 – Cal State Monterey Bay
  • Earned GCAA NCAA Division II Ping All–Region honors.
  • 2021–22 CCAA Newcomer of the Year.
  • A first team All–CCAA selection.
  • Led the Otters with a 72.93 stroke average.
  • Also led CSUMB with an .819 (651–144) individual win percentage.
  • One of three Otters to play in all nine team events.
  • Claimed one Top 5 and five Top 10 finishes.
  • Best finish was second at the CCAA Championship Tournament.
  • No. 2 on the team with 13 rounds at or under par.
  • His 64 in Round 2 of the CCAA Championship was the second lowest in tournament history and second lowest ever by an Otter.
Prior to CSUMB
  • Earned two national team assignments for Sweden’s junior national team.
  • Won the 2016 Skandia Cup P16 Riksfinal (national U16 Championship).
  • 2016 Skandia Tour Regional champion.
  • 2019 Cobra Puma Junior Challenge champion.
Personal
  • Is majoring in business administration.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'2"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'2"