05/25/2012 Cal at NCAA Championship Tuesday-Saturday, May 29 - June 3Golden Bears participating at NCAA Championship for school-record-tying third straight season. 05/19/2012 Cal Wins NCAA Stanford RegionalGolden Bears advance to NCAA Championship for school-record-tying third straight year. 05/18/2012 Cal and Kim Move to Top of Leader Boards at NCAA Stanford RegionalBoth team and Kim will begin Saturday's final round with one-shot leads on closest competitors. 05/17/2012 Cal Second after First Day of NCAA Stanford RegionalMichael Kim and Brandon Hagy tied for third place on player leader board. 05/15/2012 Cal at NCAA Stanford Regional Thursday-SaturdayGolden Bears looking for third straight trip to NCAA Championship in sixth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. 05/17/2012 NCAA Stanford Regional First Round (May 17, 2012)NCAA Stanford Regional First Round (May 17, 2012)
CURRENT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS: Collegiate - Golfweek | Golfstat GENERAL: A wonderful young player who made a tremendous run in European amateur events prior to his arrival at Cal and then again during the summer between his freshman and sophomore campaigns ... has made a strong transition from living in France to the United States that has translated to his golf game ... arguably the team's most improved player ... has a nice all-around game as a strong ball striker, with a solid short game and putting stroke as a streaky putter ... a fearless and aggressive player ... has broken into the team's lineup on a regular basis ... has a great attitude and is very coachable ... has gained confidence during his Cal career as he has adjusted to the collegiate level of golf ... has the capabilities to shoot extremely low scores and is seemingly never out of a round. CAL CAREER: Has played in 13 events and 41 rounds of stroke play, averaging 72.5 strokes per round and totaling 2,974 shots ... top career finish came when he was second at Wolverine Intercollegiate to open 2011-12 season ... also had his top collegiate round at same Wolverine Intercollegiate with a second-round eight-under par 63 that equaled a course record ... has a 2-2 record in his lone match play event at Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship in the spring of 2012 ... has four career top-five finishes, five in the top 10 and seven in the top 20 (all in 2011-12) ... has played in one NCAA Regional, tying for 27th at 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional ... has played in two Pac-10/12 Championships, tying for ninth in 2012 and tying for 48th in 2011. 2011-12 (AS A SOPHOMORE): All-American candidate ... earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention recognition ... named the team's Most Improved Player of the Year and also picked up a second-year `Big C' award ... one of four players along with Brandon Hagy, Max Homa and Michael Kim to participate in all 11 of the team's stroke-play events and each of its 34 stroke-play rounds ... has posted a 71.9 stroke average with 2,445 shots over 34 stroke-play rounds that closely trails Homa (71.2), Kim (71.2) and Hagy (71.3) ... has a 2-2 record in his lone match-play event at Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship ... has had Cal's best or tied for best score in three stroke-play events (Wolverine Intercollegiate, Arizona Intercollegiate, ASU Thunderbird Invitational) ... ranked No. 77 by Golfweek (5/19/12) and No. 92 according to Golfstat (5/22/12) in their latest player rankings ... has five top-10 finishes ... placed a career-best second at season-opening Wolverine Intercollegiate (72-63-72 - 207, -6), equaling the course record with a career-low eight-under par 63 in a second round that included an eagle and seven birdies ... tied for third at both John A. Burns Intercollegiate (66-71-74 - 211, -5) and ASU Thunderbird Invitational (68-71-68 - 207, -6) ... tied for fifth at Arizona Intercollegiate (67-71-71 - 209, -4) ... tied for ninth at Pac-12 Championship (71-70-72-70 - 283, -5) ... tied for 15th at Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (71-74-76 - 221, +5) ... tied for 20th at Alister MacKenzie Invitational (72-68-68 - 208, -5) after making birdie on the last four holes of the tournament ... tied for 27th at NCAA Stanford Regional (72-72-67 - 211, -3), jumping 24 spots during the final round ... tied for 31st at Golfweek Conference Challenge (75-74-74 - 223, +7) ... tied for 56th at Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (75-87-73 - 235, +19) ... tied for 58th at Western Intercollegiate (76-76-78 - 230, +20). 2010-11 (AS A FRESHMAN): Played in two events and seven rounds, averaging 75.6 strokes per round with a total of 529 shots ... tied for 48th at Pac-10 Championship (73-78-76-72 - 299, +19) for his top finish in highest profile tournament, with his final round two-over par 72 his best of the season ... also tied for 52nd at Arizona Intercollegiate (75-80-75 - 230, +17) to open the spring portion of the campaign ... finished the season ranked No. 138 according to Golfweek for those players without enough rounds to qualify for the regular rankings ... picked up a team First-Year `Big C' Award. AMATEUR: HIGH SCHOOL: Posted a career average of 71.7 and set three course records, including his home course where he shot an eight-under par 63 ... also was a gymnast, winning the Lorraine region championship in 2009 ... earned the academic honor `Bien' at the French Baccalaureate. OTHER: Full name is Joël Gaston Stalter ... plans to major in business and is pursuing admission into Cal's Haas School of Business ... parents are Jean-Jacques and Sophie Stalter ... played four years for the French National junior team ... plays the drums ... born July 8, 1992, in Thionville, France. GETTING TO KNOW JOËL LAST UPDATED: May 22, 2012 |
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