CURRENT RANKINGS: Golfweek GENERAL: Given credit along with Stephen Hale for being the first building blocks of a foundation that returned Cal into a consistently elite team on the national level ... a polished player with a great all-around game ... working hard on a tremendously improved short game that has helped him reach his current level ... understands and knows how to play the game ... an accurate player off the tee and in the fairways who hits a high percentage of greens in regulation and puts himself in position to post low scores. CAL CAREER: Played in two NCAA Championships, four NCAA Regionals and four Pac-10 Championships ... had career totals of 53 events played, 158 rounds, 11,501 strokes and a stroke average of 72.8 ... posted 12 top-10 finishes ... played in the final 53 events possible of his collegiate career with the only tournament he did not play in being the season-opener of his 2007-08 freshman campaign ... became only the second Cal player in the first 51 years of the Pac-10 Championship to win individual medalist honors when he accomplished the feat during the 2009-10 campaign ... the first Cal player to twice finish among the top 10 at the Pac-10 Championship since Peter Tomasulo (2001, '03) and J.R. Ruda (2000, '04) each did it in the early 2000's by following up his 2009-10 victory with a tie for sixth in 2010-11 ... twice posted a career-low round of 65 both at Pac-10 Championship in 2009-10 and Alister MacKenzie Invitational in 2010-11 ... added a victory at the Spartan Golf Classic in addition to his Pac-10 title in 2009-10. AS A SENIOR (2010-11): Served as a tri-captain in 2010-11 along with fellow seniors Stephen Hale and John Murphy ... one of only two players along with Max Homa to participated in all 14 events ... totaled 3,138 strokes over 43 rounds for a stroke average of 73.0 ... ranks No. 137 nationally according to Golfweek (6/5/11) with a 71.74 rating ... shared the team's Coaches Award given for a combination of quality play and leadership with the squad's three other seniors - Evan Derian, Hale and Murphy ... led or co-led Cal a team-high-tying four times (Arizona Intercollegiate, USC Collegiate Invitational, Western Intercollegiate, Pac-10 Championship) with all four of those events occurring in the spring season ... top finishes came at Pac-10 Championship (72-71-68-70 - 281, +1) and John A. Burns Intercollegiate (72-65-72 - 209, -7) as he tied for sixth at both events ... totaled six top-20 showings, adding a 14th-place tie at Arizona Intercollegiate (72-74-72 - 218, +5) to begin the spring campaign, tying for 16th at Alister MacKenzie Invitational (72-65-71 - 208, -5), tying for 19th at USC Collegiate Invitational (72-71-73 - 216, +3) and tying for 20th at U.S. Collegiate Championship (74-74-71 - 219, +3) ... his second-round 65 at MacKenzie Invitational tied for the lowest of his collegiate career, while his five-under par 54-hole score of 208 was a season tournament low ... other finishes included tying for 25th at Western Intercollegiate (71-73-74 - 218, +8), tying for 32nd at The Prestige at PGA WEST (73-75-76 - 224, +8), tying for 36th at Windon Memorial Classic (74-69-77 - 220, +7), tying for 40th at ASU Thunderbird Invitational (75-74-71 - 220, +7), tying for 41st at Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (71-73-77 - 221, +11), tying for 42nd at NCAA Arizona Regional (71-74-72 - 217, +4) and tying for 135th at NCAA Championship (84-76-81 - 241, +25). AS A JUNIOR (2009-10): Produced one of the most memorable seasons in school history, earning honorable mention PING All-American, PING Division I All-West Region, first-team All-Pac-10, team MVP and team Coaches Award selections ... other honors included a pair of Pac-10 Men's Golfer of the Month honors (September 2009, April 2010), GolfWorld College Player of the Week (May 3, 2010) and Muscle Milk California Student-Athlete of the Week (May 3, 2010) ... was only member of the team to play in all 14 events and 42 rounds on the schedule, posting a career-best 71.1 stroke average that was the team's lowest ... season was highlighted when he became only the second Cal men's golfer to win the Pac-10 individual title in the 51-year history of the event (65-68-67-68 - 268, -16), coming back from a four-shot deficit at the beginning of the final round ... the 65 he opened Pac-10's with was the lowest of his collegiate career (he later tied it in the second round of Alister MacKenzie Invitational in 2010-11), while he was the only player to shoot four consecutive rounds in the 60's to cap a string of six consecutive rounds under 70 spanning back to the final 36 holes of the U.S. Intercollegiate ... won for the first time in his collegiate career when he captured Spartan Golf Classic (67-67-69 - 203, -10) during the fall campaign ... paced Cal with five top-10 finishes in 2009-10, placed 11th on two other occasions and was the team's top player in seven of 14 events ... other top-10 showings came by tying for fifth at Arizona Intercollegiate (68-68-70 - 206, -7) and tying for sixth at John A. Burns Intercollegiate (68-70-71 - 209, -7) to open the spring campaign, as well as tying for ninth at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (70-72-73 - 215, -1) to begin the fall schedule ... the two tied for 11th place finishes were at Fresno Lexus Classic (68-76-71 - 215, +2) and U.S. Intercollegiate (75-68-66 - 209, -1), while he tied for 16th at USC Collegiate Invite (72-70-70 - 212, -1) ... tied for 39th at NCAA San Diego Regional (76-75-75 - 226, +10) and tying for 95th at NCAA Championship (72-73-79 - 224, +8) ... subject of a cover story in the spring 2010 edition of Cal Sports Quarterly as well as a feature in the Contra Costa Times/Bay Area Newsgroup (May 19, 2010) ... interviewed along with head coach Steve Desimone on CSN Bay Area's Chronicle Live television show on May 14, 2010. AS A SOPHOMORE (2008-09): Competed in all 13 events and 40 rounds with five top-10 finishes and a 73.1 stroke average ... best finish came with a tie for third at Wolverine Intercollegiate (72-68-68 - 208, -5) ... tied for fifth at National Invitational Tournament (72-70-71 - 213, -3) ... tied for sixth at Western Intercollegiate and notched his season-low round of 67 (72-76-67 - 215, -1) on the final 18 holes of the event ... tied for seventh at Husky Invitational (71-72-74 - 217, +1) ... 10th at NCAA Austin Regional (74-71-74 - 209, +6) ... tied for 15th at The Prestige Invitational (77-71-73 - 221, +5) ... 23rd at Pac-10 Championship (73-72-76-72 - 293, +5) ... tied for 36th at USC Collegiate Invitational (73-71-77 - 221, +8). AS A FRESHMAN (2007-08): Posted a 74.1 stroke average over 12 events and 36 rounds ... best finish came with a tie for 17th at Western Intercollegiate (77-71-75 - 223, +13) ... also had three other finishes in the top 25 ... tied for 20th at Fresno State Lexus Classic (73-70-71 - 214, -2), tied for 24th at Husky Invitational (76-75 - 151, +7) and tied for 25th at Southwestern Intercollegiate (84-74-73 - 227, +14). AMATEUR: OTHER: Full name is Eric Edward Mina ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on the impact of globalization ... parents are Erwin and Corie Mina ... has one brother, Cameron ... born October 27, 1988, in Mountain View, Calif. GETTING TO KNOW ERIC: LAST UPDATED: June 6, 2011 |
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