Player: Aaron Du
University: University of California, Berkeley
Graduation Year: 2024
Area of Study: Public health
Soldier Honored: Victor A. Rosales-Lomeli
Accolades
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2x - 2020-21, 2021-22)
Individual Medalist (2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate)
Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team (2020-21)
CSC At-Large Academic All-America Third Team (2022-23)
CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team (2022-23)
GCAA All-America Scholar (2x - 2021-22, 2022-23)
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3x - 2021, 2022, 2023)
Golden Bear Achievement Award (2022-23)
Cal Golf Co-Most Valuable Player (2021-22)
Cal Golf Ben Furth Award (2x - 2021-22, 2022-23)
At Cal
2023-24 (Sr.)
Husky Individual (Sept. 18-19): 67-71-70 - 208, -8, T6
2022-23 (Jr.)
Played in a career-high 10 of Cal's 12 stroke-play events as a junior
Averaged a career-low 71.74 strokes over 31 rounds (2,224 strokes, +18)
Totaled five top-25 individual finishes, including three in Cal's final four events of the season
Shot a 5-over 221 (73-75-73) to tie for 24th individually & help Cal place sixth at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional (May 15-17)
Placed 15th at the Pac-12 Championships (April 28-30) with a 1-under 279 (64-71-72-72)
Put together his best 54-hole effort of the season with a tie for sixth at the Western Intercollegiate (April 10-12)
Tied the Western Intercollegiate low 18-hole record with a first-round 63; just the third golfer to shoot a 7-under 63 in the tournament's 76-year history
Shot a 2-under 208 (63-74-71) for his lone top-10 finish of the season
Went 3-under with a 213 (71-68-74) & tied for 24th to start the spring season at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (Jan. 30-31)
Impressed in the second event of the season with a 6-over 222 (79-70-73) at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5)
Earned a wire-to-wire 2&1 victory in the Big Match (Sept. 29) alongside Cal women's golfer Cristina Ochoa
Became just the third Cal golfer to earn CSC Academic All-America honors with a third-team nod; joined Scott Carlyle (2003-04) & Brandon Hagy (2012-13, 2013-14)
Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award for maintaining Cal Golf's highest GPA in the 2022-23 academic year
Received Cal Golf's Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf – for the second consecutive year