Calvin Pearson

Wichita State Athletics

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Position Player
Height 6-3
Weight 0
Class Senior
Hometown Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Highschool Durban High School

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2013 All-Conference

2012 All-Conference

2012 MVC Scholar Athlete

3-time MVC Golfer-of-the-Week (Feb. 23, 2011, Sept. 14, 2011, and April 24, 2013)

As a junior... Named MVC All-Conference for second-straight season… Earned four top-10 finishes… Finished with a 73.53 stroke average over 11 events… Named MVC Golfer-of-the-Week for April 24, 2013 after tying for fourth place at the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational (72-71-73=216)… Placed third at the MVC Championship (73-70-74=217)… Recorded a fifth place finish in the season-opening Shocker Invitational (66-70-74=210) and followed up with a fourth place finish at the Ram Master Invitational (73-72-69=214)… Placed 71^st at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (84-78-79=241).

As a sophomore... Named MVC All-Conference and MVC Scholar-Athlete... Earned five top-10 finishes... Finished with a 72.46 stroke average... Named MVC Golfer-of-the-Week for Sept. 14 after tying for medalist honors at the 2011 Diet Pepsi Shocker Invitational... Shot a career-best 204 (68-66-70) to match his teammate Hunter Sparks for the tournament title... Recorded a ninth-place finish to end the fall season at the Herb Wimberly Invitational... Scored a 211 (71-70-70) to help the Shockers to a second-place team finish... Tied for 10^th at the Rice Intercollegiate and tied for sixth at the Bancorp South Intercollegiate... Placed fifth at the MVC Championship with a 54-hole total 221 (72-73-76)... Tied for 27^th at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a tournament total 211 (71-70-70).

As a freshman... Finished with a 74.77 stroke average in his first year at Wichita State... Named the MVC Golfer-of-the-Week for Feb. 23 after taking second place at the Rice University Intercollegiate... Shot 210 (67-72-71) and led WSU to a third-place team finish... His 5-under 67 helped WSU set the tournament record with an opening round score of 281... Tied for 6^th at the Hawkeye Invitational... Shot a 36-hole total 147 (78-69) and jumped 20 spots in the standings after his second round charge... Tied for 11^th at the MVC Championship with a 54-hole total 231 (81-77-73)... Tied for 67^th at the NCAA Regional at Indiana University.

Before he was a Shocker... Placed third and advanced to quarterfinals of the 2010 South African Amateur Championship... Won the individual title at the 2009 KawZulu-Natal Amateur Championship... Served as a member of the South Africa Junior National Team in 2009... Member of KwaZulu-Natal Under-19 Team from 2007-2009.

Personal... Calvin Guy Pearson was born July 24, 1991 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa... Son of Garth and Amanda Pearson and younger brother of Jaynee... Majoring in Exercise Science and lists career goal as turning pro on the PGA Tour... Chose WSU because of the "coaches and golf program."