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  Erik Oja
Erik Oja

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Sandviken, Sweden

High School:
Göransson

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 174

Experience:
1L

05/19/2012

UA Ties for Ninth Place at NCAA Southwest Regional

Hernandez's 73 highlights day; LaRose caps coaching career

05/18/2012

Cats Slip to 10th Place at NCAA Southwest Regional

Oja, Wadkins remain in top half of field

05/17/2012

UA in Seventh Place at NCAA Southwest Regional

Oja, Wadkins card two-under 70s to lead Wildcats

05/14/2012

Cats head to Norman, Okla.

NCAA Regionals Await

04/29/2012

Cats Finish Tenth at Pac-12 Golf

Oja earns seventh top-20 finish of the season; Cats earn State Farm Territorial Cup Point with finish over Arizona State.

Freshman (2010-11): An honorable mention all-Pac-10 selection ... Registered a 74.24 stroke average in 41 rounds played ... His stroke average is No. 22 on the UA freshman scoring average list, and of the 21 players ahead of him, only five (R. Barnes, Gamez, Matthews, Purdy, Gore) played more rounds as a frosh ... Each of his 14 appearances came with the UA varsity and 36 of his 41 rounds (88%) counted towards the team total ... Twice he was UA's top finisher and five times he came in at No. 2 ... Posted a 72.93 stroke average over his last five events played (14 rounds) ... Collected one top-10 and three top-20 finishes ...Ranked third on the team with 13 rounds at par or better with six rounds in the 60s and a low of 67 ... Posted a 74-72-71=217 (+1) in his collegiate debut at the Topy Cup to tie for 24th place ... Shot a 69-75-80=224 (+8) at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate to tie for 26th place ... Tied for 72nd at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with a 30-over 246 total ... Shot a 74-73-77=224 (+11) to tie for 30th place at the Gifford Collegiate Championship ... Opened the spring campaign with a tie for 46th at the Arizona Intercollegiate with a 228 total (+15) ... Carded his low tournament total of the year - a 75-67-69=211 (-5) at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate to tie for 12th place ... Tied for 42nd place at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters with a 11-over 227 ... Collected a top-20 finish (T15) at the National Invitational Tournament with a 73-75-72=220 (+4) total ... Tied for 36th at the Barona Collegiate Cup with a 226 (+10) tally ... Shot an even-par 71 during the dual match vs. Brown ... Carded a 71-72-68=211 (+1) to tie for 15th place at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic ... Was Arizona's top finisher at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships and collected his first top-10 finish with a 70-72-73-68=283 (+3) total to tie for ninth place ... Carded a 72-73-70=215 (+2) at the 2011 NCAA Arizona Regional to tie for 32nd place ... Tied for 139th place at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla., with a 25-over 241 total.

Amateur: Ranked as the No. 11 boys amateur player in Sweden and the No. 117 overall player regardless of age and professional standing, according to the Swedish Golf Federation ... Oja won the 2009 Vassunda Junior Open to go with nine other top-10 finishes and two top-20 efforts ... In 36 rounds played over 14 starts, he posted a 73.08 scoring average ... Has five wins to his credit during his junior career: 2009 Vassunda Junior Open, 2008 Alex Noren Open, 2008 DM-Gästrike Hälsinge, 2007 Skandia National Junior #4-Stockholm and the 2005 FSB Boys Cup 15 ... According to the Swedish Golf Federation website, Oja has 13 top-10 finishes, 18 top-20 efforts and has made the cut in 86 of 90 junior starts ... He has represented Sweden in international competitions in Denmark, Austria and Germany.

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