Derick Strain

Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Arbuckle, CA
High School:
Faith Christian HS

2011-12 -- Played in two tournaments as a junior andcompiled a 76.0 scoring average ... best round was a 71 inFirestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational at Cypress Ridge en route to32nd-place finish ... enters senior season with 76.82 careerscoring average over 17 rounds.

2010-11 -- Played in pair of tournaments hostedby Cal Poly and averaged 77.6 strokes over five rounds ... finished20th in Lamkin Grip Challenge and 40th in Firestone Grill Cal PolyInvitational ... best round was a 73 in Firestone Grill Cal PolyInvitational.

2009-10 – Joined team for spring portionof the schedule and averaged 77.0 strokes over six rounds …finished tied for 32nd in Cal State Bakersfield Spring Invitationaland tied for 39th in Elco Invitational … best round was a 73in Elco Invitational.

2008-09 -- Redshirt.

High School -- A 2008 graduate of Faith ChristianHigh School in Yuba City, Calif. ... lettered four years in golfand basketball and one year in soccer ... Sacramento MetropolitanArea League MVP in 2005, 2006 and 2008 ... earned all-league honorsall four years ... averaged 36.6 strokes per nine-hole round as asenior in 2008 ... earned all-league honors in basketball as ajunior and senior, averaging 11 points and 12 rebounds a contest asa senior ... earned all-league honors in soccer in 2006 ... anHonor Roll member all eight semesters ... member of CaliforniaScholastic Federation, Concert Band and Jazz Band ... visited SaintMary's, Oregon State, Santa Clara, Gonzaga and San Diego beforechoosing Cal Poly.

Personal -- Son of Rick and Valerie Strain ...father played football at Oregon State ... two sisters, Kimberlyand Sadie ... aspires to be a successful farmer or golfer ...enjoys hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, basketball and camping ashobbies ... born July 20, 1990, in Arbuckle, CA ... majors inagricultural systems management.