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    Conference preview: Pac-10

    September 08, 2008

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    2008-09 outlook

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    Predicted champion: Stanford

    Predicted player of the year: Sihwan Kim, Stanford

    Predicted freshman of the year: Bjorn Akesson, Arizona State

    __NCAA Regional bound:__Stanford, UCLA, USC, Arizona State, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, California

    Team on the rise: Stanford ... a healthy Joseph Bramlett makes strong team even stronger

    Biggest question mark: Arizona ... have talent, but do they have a legit No. 1 player?

    Wouldn't surprise me to see: Five golfers from the conference—Stanford's Kim, USC's Jamie Lovemark, UCLA's Erik Flores, Washington's Nick Taylor and Arizona State's Jesper Kennegard—play well enough to earn first-team All-American honors.

    Would shock me to see: Arizona, the most high profile victim of the ".500 rule" a year ago, fail to have a winning record and advance to NCAA Regionals

    2007-08 Accolades

    Team champion: Arizona State

    Player of the year: Kevin Chappell, UCLA

    Freshman of the year: Sihwan Kim, Stanford

    Coach of the year: Chris Zambri, USC

    Pac-10 medalist: Creighton Honeck, Arizona

    All-Pac-10 First team:

    James Allenby, Oregon State

    Kevin Chappell, UCLA

    Erik Flores, UCLA*

    Rob Grube, Stanford

    Rory Hie, USC

    Creighton Honeck, Arizona

    Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State*

    Sihwan Kim, Stanford

    2008-09 predicted finish:

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    2008-09 outlook

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    Predicted champion: Arizona State

    Predicted player of the year: Tiffany Joh, UCLA

    Predicted freshman of the year: Carlota Ciganda, Arizona State

    NCAA Regional bound: Arizona State, UCLA, USC, Arizona, Stanford, California, Washington, Oregon

    Team on the rise: Arizona State ... no question about having a solid No. 5 player anymore.

    Biggest question mark: USC ... how will national champs handle loss of two first-team All-Americans?

    Wouldn't surprise me to see: Three different teams—ASU, UCLA and USC—be ranked No. 1 in the Golf World/NGCA coaches' poll at some point during the 2008-09 season.

    Would shock me to see: The conference get fewer than eight bids to NCAA regionals.

    __2007-08 Accolades

    Team champion:__ USC

    Player of the year: Tiffany Joh, UCLA

    Freshman of the year: Lizette Salas, USC

    Coach of the year: Andrea Gaston, USC

    Pac-10 medalist: Paola Moreno, USC

    All-Pac-10 First team:

    Tiffany Joh, UCLA*

    Paola Moreno, USC

    Belen Mozo, USC*

    Azahara Munoz, Arizona State*

    Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State*

    Dewi Claire Schreefel, USC

    Alison Walshe, Arizona

    Glory Yang, UCLA*

    2008-09 predicted finish:

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