Chayse Gomez

Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Rosary Academy
Hometown:
Yorba Linda, Calif.

CAREER: Finished her five-year Oregon State career with a scoring average of 73.62, the second best in Oregon State history … Played 117 rounds, tied for the 11th most in Oregon State history … Had seven Top 10 finishes, tied for the eighth most in Oregon State history … Shot 35 sub-par rounds … Best score was a 5-under 67 in the third round of the Silverado Showdown as a junior … Best finish was a tie for fifth place at the Silverado Showdown as a super senior … Best three-round score was a 6-under 210 at the NCAA Regionals as a senior and super senior … On Oregon State’s single-season scoring list, she is second (72.31, 2023-24), 10th (73.61, 2022-23), 13th (73.96, 2021-22) and tied for 18th (74.33, 2019-20) … Named an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) in 2023 and 2024 … Selected to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

SUPER SENIOR (2023-24): Played in all 12 tournaments … Had a scoring average of 72.31 in 35 rounds, the second best in Oregon State single-season history and the best by a senior in program history … Named an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) … Selected to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … Had two Top 10 finishes … Shot a team-best 15 sub-par rounds … Best score was a 3-under 69 in the second round of the Molly Collegiate Invitational and the third round of the NCAA Regionals … Best finish was a tie for fifth place at the Silverado Showdown (-1, 215) … Best three-round score was a 6-under 210 at the NCAA Regionals where she finished in a tie for seventh place … Finished in a tie for 12th place at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational (-1, 143) … Finished in a tie for 13th place at the Molly Collegiate Invitational (-4, 212) … Finished in a tie for 14th place at the Stanford Intercollegiate (E, 213) … Finished in a tie for 30th place at the Pac-12 Championship (+3, 219) … Finished in a tie for 64th place at the NCAA National Championships (+8, 224).

SENIOR (2022-23): Played in 10 tournaments … Had a scoring average of 73.61 in 31 rounds, the seventh best in Oregon State single-season history … Named an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) … Selected to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … Had four Top 10 finishes, tied for the seventh most in Oregon State single-season history … Shot 12 sub-par rounds, including seven in a row to end the season … Best score was a 4-under 68 in the second round of the NCAA Regionals … Best finish was a tie for seventh place at the Stanford Intercollegiate and NCAA Regionals … Best three-round score was a 6-under 210 at the NCAA Regionals … Advanced to an additional round of stroke play at the NCAA Nationals and finished in a tie for 10th place, the best finish by an Oregon State golfer at nationals in program history … Shot a 5-under 71-71-70-71--283 at the NCAA Nationals … Finished in eighth place at the PING/ASU Invitational (-1, 215) … Finished in a tie for 25th place at the Pac-12 Championship (+3, 219) … Finished in a tie for 28th place at the San Diego State Classic (+17, 233).

JUNIOR (2021-22): Played in nine tournaments … Had a scoring average of 73.96 in 27 rounds, the ninth best in Oregon State single-season history … Selected to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … Had one Top 10 finish … Shot four sub-par rounds … Best score was a 5-under 67 in the third round of the Silverado Showdown … Best finish was a tie for sixth place at the Silverado Showdown … Best three-round score was a 1-under 215 at the Silverado Showdown … Finished in a tie for 12th place at the Florida State Match-Up (+6, 222) … Finished in a tie for 15th place at NCAA Regionals (E, 216) … Finished in a tie for 19th place at the Pac-12 Championship (+6, 222) … Finished in a tie for 24th place at the PING/ASU Invitational (+1, 217) … Finished in a tie for 26th place at the Stanford Intercollegiate (+4, 217) … Finished in a tie for 26th place at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (+8, 227).

SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Played in three tournaments … Had a scoring average of 76.56 in nine rounds … Selected to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … Best score was a 3-under 69 in the first round of the Wildcat Invitational … Best finish was a tie for 28th place at the Bruin Wave Invitational (+22, 238) … Best three-round score was an 8-over 224 at the Wildcat Invitational where she finished in a tie for 36th place … Finished in a tie for 32nd place at the Sun Devil Winter Classic (+11, 227).

FRESHMAN (2019-20): The 2019-20 season was canceled after two spring tournaments due to COVID-19 … Played in five of the six tournaments … Had a scoring average of 74.33 in 15 rounds, the eighth best in Oregon State single-season history … First collegiate tournament was the Cougar Cup in Pullman, Wash. … Best score was a 1-under 71 in the second and third rounds at the Cougar Cup … Best finish was a tie for 13th place at the Cougar Cup … Best three-round score was a 2-under 214 at the Cougar Cup … Finished in a tie for 21st place at the Bruin Wave Invitational (+11, 227) … Finished in a tie for 28th place at the Molly Collegiate Invitational (+14, 230) … Finished in a tie for 32nd place at the Stanford Intercollegiate (+5, 218) and Pac-12 Preview (+7, 226).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Rosary Academy in Fullerton, Calif., in 2019 … Lettered in golf four years … Was a three-time Trinity League individual champion … Was a four-time All-Trinity League selection … Selected to the All-County First Team after senior season … Selected to the All-County Second Team after freshman, sophomore and junior seasons … Named captain of the golf team in 2018-19 … Graduated with a 3.7 GPA … Member of the National Honor Society and Honor Roll.

JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Was a six-time top 5 finisher in AJGA events … Was an eight-time top 10 finisher in AJGA events … Made it to the round of 16 at USGA Women’s Amateur 4-Ball in 2018 … Finished fourth at the Arizona Silverbelle in 2016 … Was a two-time SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup champion.

PERSONAL: Born in Anaheim, Calif. … Daughter of Pete and Cecilia Gomez … Father is a shipping/receiving manager and mother is an office manager … Father played baseball at Santa Ana Junior College … Uncle Michael Gomez played football at UTEP … Has one sister, Taylor … Hobbies are traveling, working out, reading and playing with her dogs … Chose Oregon State because “I love the support from the students and faculty around campus, the coaching staff is awesome, the facilities are spectacular, along with the team/family environment felt welcoming when I stepped foot on campus, and the school itself felt like home” … Contemplated profession is a teacher … Graduated with a degree in English.