Chadd Cocco

Chadd Cocco

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Bend, OR

High School:
Bend Senior High School

Height:
6-1

Experience:
3V

2007-08 Profile: Was a First Team All-West Coast Conference selection for the fourth time in his career...is the only player in school history to garner All-WCC honors all four years...is second on the team with a stroke average of 72.5 in 33 rounds as a senior...shot a season-low round of 209 (-5) at the Hawaii Fall Intercollegiate with rounds of 68-69-72...finished tied for first at the 2008 WCC Championships at Chambers Bay Golf Club with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2)...prior to the WCC Championship, he tied for second at the Colorado-Stevinson Ranch Invitational with a 1-under 215 following rounds of 73-68-74...finished the year with 14 rounds of par or better, which was second on the team...posted seven top-20 finishes, had four top-10 finishes, and finished in the top-5 three times...his first top-5 finish came at the Saint Mary's Invitational at Poppy Hills Golf Course when he shot rounds of 74-73-69 for a 216 (E) total, and a third place finish...finished tied for eighth at the Callaway Golf Invitational following rounds of 71-75-71=217 (+1)...carded seven rounds in the 60s, and shot a season-low 68 on three occasions...ranks third in the country in Greens in Regulation Percentage (77.4 percent)...ranks 75th in the country with 86 birdies...is shooting 71.5 in the final round of tournaments to rank 74th in the country.

2006-07: Redshirted the season and did not play in any events...won the San Francisco City Amateur Championship on March 11 by defeating Reid Scarff 2 and 1 in the 36 hole championship match at Harding Park Golf Course.

2005-06: Was named to the All-West Coast Conference Team for a third straight year...was invited to play in the NCAA Golf Championships where he shot five over par and was tied for 88th place in the Western Regional...competed in 11 events and 32 rounds...led the Gaels in several statistical categories including a stroke average (72.66) and low round (66)...finished in the top 10 in seven events...won the Mid Pines Intercollegiate Invite on September 12-13, shooting 10-under par...the next week shot 3-under par at the Northwest Collegiate Classic, finishing eighth in the event...at the West Coast Conference Championships shot 6-over par to finish ninth overall...his season scoring average of 72.66 ranks him third in the Gael record books...is third in the Gael record books for best career scoring average with 73.60 in 90 rounds.

2004-05: Was named to the First Team All-West Coast Conference team for the second straight year...finished the season third on the team with a stroke average of 73.0...competed in all 33 rounds during the regular season...totaled 2,410 strokes...posted six top-15 individual finishes including a second place finish at the Bill Cullum/Countrywide Intercollegiate, helping SMC posted a first place team finish with a school record score of 19-under par...posted a fourth place finish at the UCLA Golf Rush tournament on September 14-15 after shooting a score of 6-under 210...at the Fresno State Lexus Golf Classic, he posted a 54-hole score of 210 (-6) to finish tied for fifth place overall...posted a team-low 12th place finish at the Oregon Duck Invitational on March 21-22...posted the team's tournament low round in three of 11 events...posted scores of 75 or better in 27 of his 33 rounds played...shot par or better 16 times and posted five rounds in the 60s...shot a season-low score of 68 twice, once in the second round of the Gold Rush Classic and the third round of the Fresno State Lexus Golf Classic...finished eighth at the 2005 WCC Championships with a score of 220 (+4)...had a scoring average of 4.67 on par-5s which ranked 42nd in the country...ranks 34th in the nation in greens in regulation at 69.4 percent...posted two eagles and 111 total birdies...got up and down from the sand at a rate of 60.0 percent which ranked 16th in the country...won the 2004 Oregon State Amateur Championship.

2003-2004: Selected as 2004 WCC Freshman of the Year and to the 2004 All-WCC First Team after tying for fifth place at the 2004 WCC Championships with tournament total of 218 strokes...participated in a total of eight events on the season and played 22 rounds...possessed the fifth best stroke average on the team with a 75.8...finished the season with a streak of five consecutive top-20 finishes...best round of the season was a 71 during the third round of the Hawaii Fall Classic and the first round of the UCSB Invitational...tied for fourth on the team with a total of 12 rounds of under-75.

High School: Comes to Saint Mary's from Bend, OR...graduated from Bend Senior High School where he lettered in golf for three years...was the Oregon State High School champion during his senior season...one of the top-ranked players on the International Junior Golf Tour.

Chadd Cocco Career Statistics
Season    Rounds Lo54  Lo36  Lo18  LoRnd  Par/-  Events  Top5  Top10  Top20   Avg
2003-04   22     218   -     84    71     4      9       1     1      5       75.8
2004-05   36     210   -     -     68     16     12      3     4      6       73.1
2005-06   32     206   143   -     66     15     11      1     7      10      72.7
2007-08   39     209   -     -     68     15     13      3     4      7       72.8
Totals    129    206   143   84    66     50     45      8     16     28      73.4