Chico State’s Naoki Easterday collects FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week honors Apr 9, 2025 Share: Complete list of weekly winners >>> Naoki Easterday of the Chico State men’s Golf Team has been named the FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week. The junior earned Golfer of the Week honors for the second consecutive week after shooting a 12-under 204 to place third at the RJGA Men’s Palm Valley Classic in Goodyear, Ariz. Easterday went 3-under (69) in each of the first two rounds, before shooting a 66 (-6) in the final round to climb the leaderboard. He finished ahead of 10 nationally ranked golfers, and the only two he finished behind are ranked No. 5 and No. 6 in the country. Easterday’s efforts helped Chico State place second at the tournament with a 27-under 837. Like Easterday, the Wildcats only got stronger as the tournament progressed. They shot a 284 (-4) in the first round, before going 11-under (277) in the second round and 12-under (276) in the final round. Click here to see results from the tournament. Easterday shared the CCAA Golfer of the Week honors on March 26. This is his first outright FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week award. Click here to see a complete list of past weekly award winners. Chico State will close out its regular season at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational on Apr. 14-15 in Turlock, Calif. Related Stories 10.15.25 Pioneers’ Peyton Hendricks makes late charge up the charts to claim FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week 10.08.25 Aaron Parayno of CSUSB tops CCAA field at Nationals Preview to earn FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week nod 10.01.25 Cal State East Bay’s Easton Hether picks up third career FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week award 09.17.25 Chico State’s Vineet Vallamsetty and Naoki Easterday share FloCollege/CCAA Golfer of the Week honors Related Videos Now Playing: Play Video