Jimmy Castles

Height:
6-null
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cupertino, CA
High School:
Bellarmine College Prep

2016-17 -- Rejoined the team in the spring after missing the fall portion of 2016-17 season as he participated in Cal Poly's Study Abroad program at Barcelona, Spain ... in five spring tournaments, averaged 72.3 strokes over 15 rounds with three top-10 finishes and six rounds of par or better, including five rounds in the 60s ... posted a pair of career-best-matching 67s -- first in the Del Walker Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach State and then in the Cal Poly Shootout at Cypress Ridge ... best finish was a tie for fourth place in the Cal Poly Shootout ... also was fifth in the Del Walker Intercollegiate and seventh in the Big West Conference Championship at Sandpiper ... enters senior season with 73.65 career scoring average over 66 rounds with five top-10 finishes and 23 rounds of par or better.

2015-16 -- Averaged 73.6 strokes over 27 rounds as a sophomore with three top-20 finishes and 11 rounds of par or better ... best finish was fourth place in the OGIO UCSB Intercollegiate at Sandpiper CC with rounds of 71, 70 and 72 for a 213 total ... carded a career-best 67 in final round of Nick Watney Invitational on Oct. 6 ... other top-20 finishes were 12th in Winter Intercollegiate hosted by UC Riverside and 17th in Del Walker Classic hosted by Long Beach State.

2014-15 – As a true freshman, averaged 74.6 strokes over 24 rounds, including 69s in the Nick Watney Invitational and Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational … also had a round of 70 in the Nick Watney Invitational … six rounds of par or better … pair of top-20 finishes 00 10th place in the Sacramento State Intercollegiate and 17th in the Nick Watney Invitational … 31st in Big West finals despite a final-round 72.

High School -- A 2014 graduate of Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, Calif. ... helped lead Bells to West Catholic Athletic League team title in 2012 ... earned first-team All-WCAL honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... placed second individually at the state finals in 2014 as a senior ... a four-year varsity letter winner ... team MVP and team captain as a junior and senior ... earned school's General Excellence Award as a sophomore ... also played intramural basketball and football ... made unofficial visits to Saint Mary's, UC Davis, UCLA, Washington and Sacramento State ... chose Cal Poly because of "my brother, the team dynamic and the school's reputation.

Personal -- Son of Wes and Eve Castles ... father played golf at Bucknell ... one brother, Johnny, a former member of the Cal Poly golf team ... wants to play professional golf or work for a Venture Capitalist firm ... enjoys skiing, basketball, football and driving cars ... born February 8, 1996, in Cupertino, Calif. ... majors in business administration with a concentration in finance.