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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Scott Flanders/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Scott Flanders/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

Francis Catalano

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Camarillo, Calif.
  • High School Oaks Christian
  • Major Management Science
  • College Muir

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Two-time Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025, 2023)
• Two-time Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team (2025, 2024)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2025)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
• UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/25/22)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• 9/20-21/21 at Ram Masters Invitational: Tie for 69th of 89

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024-25
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (With Honors 2023) ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... GCAA All-America Scholar ... Played in four tournaments in the fall ... Tied for 15th out of 90 at the Palouse Collegiate ... Tied for 51st out of 110 at the Falcon Invitational ... Tied for 73rd out of 92 at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational ... Tied for 43rd out of 74 at the White Sands NCAA Invitational.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24
Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Tritons Athletes' Council community service chair ... One of two Tritons to play in all nine tournaments and 27 rounds ... Finished with a 74.3 stroke average ... Had eight rounds of par or better ... Top finish was a tie for fifth of 72 at the Macdonald Cup (9/23-24/24) ... Also had a top-15 finish at the Redhawk Invitational (4/1-2/24), tying for 15th of 106 competitors ... Low round was a career-best 66 in the third round of the Kapolei Invitational in Hawai‘i (10/31/23-11/2/24) ... Shot 69 three times.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-23
Did not compete due to injury ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (With Honors) ... Triton Athletes’ Council team representative.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-22
UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/25) ... One of just two Tritons to play in all 11 of the team's tournaments ... Recorded a 74.9 stroke average, second-best on the squad ... Had a pair of top-10 finishes, tying for third of 84 at the El Macero Classic and tying for eighth of 89 at the UC San Diego Invitational ... Carded nine rounds of par or better and six under-par rounds ... Fired a season-best 67 in his final round of the year at the El Macero Classic ... That tied for the lowest round by any Triton during the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif. ... As a Senior: Marmonte League individual champion and MVP ... Lions qualified for CIF Southern Section Division I Championships ... Oaks Christian won Marmonte League championship ... As a Junior: No season due to COVID-19 ... As a Sophomore: Ventura County Star All-County First Team ... All-Marmonte League First Team ... Lions won Marmonte League title ... Low score of the season was a 67 ... As a Freshman: Oaks Christian won Marmonte League title ... Played in state championship.

NON-COLLEGIATE ACTION
In July of 2021 in Ojai, Calif., qualified for the U.S. Amateur ... Also qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open sectionals ... Since 2015, has posted nine top-10 finishes on the PGA of Southern California Junior Tour, including a win in November of 2020 and a tie for third in July of 2020.

PERSONAL
Born: Sept. 1 in Los Angeles
Siblings: Has a younger brother and sister
Major: Management Science with a minor in Finance
College: Muir
Most memorable moment in golf: Qualifying for the US Amateur for the first time.
Most memorable UC San Diego moment: Traveling with the team, playing great courses, and competing together.
Favorite athlete: Jordan Spieth
Favorite movie: The Greatest Game Ever Played
Listens to: Almost all music
Favorite food: Homemade ravioli and sugo
Hobbies: Gardening
Favorite social media: BeReal

CAREER STATISTICS
Season Stroke
Avg
Low
Round
Par or
Better
Wins Top 5 Top 10 Events Rounds Strokes
2023-24 74.3 66 8 0 1 1 9 27 2006
2021-22 74.9 67 9 0 1 2 11 30 2247
Career 74.6 66 17 0 2 3 20 57 4253

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
2023-24
• 2021-22

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'10" 155 lbs

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