California State University - Northridge Women's Golf

Umeck begins her fourth season at CSUN in the fall of 2016. The past season (2015-16), the Matador women posted four top five finishes along with three top 10 finishes. Individually, Cake Phuchanbanchob finished second at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational and Arinda Bhanaraksa won the CSU Bakersfield dual match. The Matador women enjoyed a resurgence in Umeck's first season (2013-14) as CSUN finished an impressive second at the Big West Championship and senior Clariss Guce advanced to the NCAA Championship as an individual. Guce, who wound up as the runner-up at the conference championship, was a first team All-Big West selection as was redshirt freshman Cesilie Hagen who took third at the Big West Championship. CSUN Director of Athletics Dr. Brandon E. Martin announced Umeck's hiring on Aug. 27, 2013. She is the fourth head coach in Matador women's golf history. The Redlands, CA native played collegiately at UCLA, where her Bruin team won the NCAA Championship in 2004. She went on to play professionally for five years on the LPGA Symetra Tour and qualified for the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at Interlochen C.C. in Edina, Minn. Umeck began her coaching career as an instructor at Stanford University's annual summer camp. She was a recurring staff member at Aroma Golf Academy in Los Angeles, where she offered instruction in Korean and English to junior and amateur players, and held a similar position at Wilshire Country Club. While at the University of Albany, Umeck began with a squad of four players but recruited five new domestic and international players for the fall of 2013. Her recruiting class included a national top NJCAA player in Victoria Choi. Prior to Albany, Umeck spent two seasons (2010-11, 2011-12) as the head coach at Barry University in Miami, Fla. She led Barry to the 2012 NCAA Division II national championships where the Buccaneers finished fourth. It was the schools first appearance in the national championships since 2002. Umeck earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from UCLA in 2005 and also has a minor in Korean language. Gina Umeck Head Coach 7006 Gina Umeck begins her fourth season at CSUN in the fall of 2016. The past season (2015-16), the Matador women posted four top five finishes along with three top 10 finishes. Individually, Cake Phuchanbanchob finished second at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational and Arinda Bhanaraksa won the CSU Bakersfield dual match. The Matador women enjoyed a resurgence in Umeck's first season (2013-14) as CSUN finished an impressive second at the Big West Championship and senior Clariss Guce advanced to the NCAA Championship as an individual. Guce, who wound up as the runner-up at the conference championship, was a first team All-Big West selection as was redshirt freshman Cesilie Hagen who took third at the Big West Championship. CSUN Director of Athletics Dr. Brandon E. Martin announced Umeck's hiring on Aug. 27, 2013. She is the fourth head coach in Matador women's golf history. The Redlands, CA native played collegiately at UCLA, where her Bruin team won the NCAA Championship in 2004. She went on to play professionally for five years on the LPGA Symetra Tour and qualified for the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at Interlochen C.C. in Edina, Minn. Umeck began her coaching career as an instructor at Stanford University's annual summer camp. She was a recurring staff member at Aroma Golf Academy in Los Angeles, where she offered instruction in Korean and English to junior and amateur players, and held a similar position at Wilshire Country Club. While at the University of Albany, Umeck began with a squad of four players but recruited five new domestic and international players for the fall of 2013. Her recruiting class included a national top NJCAA player in Victoria Choi. Prior to Albany, Umeck spent two seasons (2010-11, 2011-12) as the head coach at Barry University in Miami, Fla. She led Barry to the 2012 NCAA Division II national championships where the Buccaneers finished fourth. It was the schools first appearance in the national championships since 2002. Umeck earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from UCLA in 2005 and also has a minor in Korean language.

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