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Polished player with a good all-around game...has length and continues to improve short game and putting.
FALL 2007: Competed in three events with a stroke average of 73.5 over eight rounds...best finish was a tie for 24th at the Husky Invitational (76-75 - 151, +7)...finished tied for 44th at The Prestige Invitational (70-75-79 - 224, +8)...tied for 58th at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (72-73-73 - 218, +5).
AMATEUR: Held a No. 32 ranking by Golfweek...in 2007, finished second at the AJGA Golf World West Coast Championship (66-74-73 - 213)...finished second at the CIF State Championship (73)...finished fourth in the Amateurgolf.com at Presidio (74-73 - 147)...finished fifth in the Amateurgolf.com at Metropolitan (72-71 - 143)...tied for ninth at the Palo Alto City Championship (71-71 - 142)..finished tenth at the AJGA Tomato Bank Northern California Classic (71-72-72 - 215)...in 2006,advanced to the Round of 32 in the US Junior Amateur...finished third in the AJGA Fidelity Investments Junior Open (71-69-71 - 211)...finished fifth in the AJGA Pinnacle Communities Junior Championship (73-75-74 - 212)...finished fifth in the AJGA Coca-Cola Junior Championship (77-71-70 - 218)...finished sixth in the Castlewood Junior (77-69 -146).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory School...finished second in the 2007 California (CIF) State Championship (73) at Poppy Hill...earned 2007 Player of the Year honors for both the Central Coast Section and the WCAL...won WCAL Championship at Eagle Ridge (69)...also captured the CCS Regional (68) at Rancho Canada...placed third at both the CCS Final (71) at Rancho Canada and the NorCal CIF (74) at Brookside...named to the San Jose Mercury News all-area golf team for four straight years.
PERSONAL: Full name is Eric Edward Mina...undeclared major...parents are Erwin and Corie Mina...born October 27, 1988 in Mountain View, Calif.
Derian's Career Stats
| Year | Rounds | Strokes | Avg | Low Round | Top Finish |
| Fall 2007 | 8 | 588 | 73.6 | 70 | T24/Husky MacKenzie |
Bear Bites
| Question | Answer |
| Actor to portray me in golf movie: | Ice Cube. |
| Fantasy foursome: | Tiger Woods, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Jessica Alba. |
| The best thing about the Cal Men's Golf team is: | The team. Everyone is a cool person. |
| Most memorable Cal moment: | My first shots as a collegiate golfer. |
| If I could go back and give myself advice at age 15: | Stay more focused. |
| If only one food for a year: | Lasagna with some lactaid pills. |
| When I'm not studying or playing golf I like to: | Play basketball. |
| I chose to play golf over other sports because: | It's a sport that can get me somewhere. |
| The one tournament I'd like to win the most is: | The Masters. |
| Favorite golf course I've played: | Not sure. |
| Coach Desimone is: | Cool. |
| My best Halloween costume was: | 50 Cent. |
