Fore • James
Logeman is an excellent competitor for
the LBSU men’s golf team. 49er
Golf
Passion
for the game evident in Logeman
By
Kim Oswell
Daily Forty-Niner
Sports Editor
The men’s golf team at Long Beach State has a positive outlook on the
upcoming season, partially due to team member James Logeman.
Logeman is a senior and ready to graduate this May with a degree in criminal
justice. He was born and raised in Torrance and transferred to Oak Park High
School in Thousand Oaks after his freshman year.
Logeman came to Long Beach State on a scholarship to play for the golf team
right out of high school.
Coming from a small family, Logeman had the passion of golf instilled in him
thanks to his grandparents. He started playing when he was 8 years old and
it has been a part of him ever since.
“Golf has just come natural to me,” Logeman said. “I wasn’t
big enough or good enough to play football or any other sport.”
Since his career began at an early age, he has many awards and achievements
under his belt, including being an Academic All-Star every semester he has
attended LBSU.
The Academic All-Star Award is for athletes who have a GPA higher than 3.0.
Logeman was also”named the Cleveland Golf All-American, which is awarded
to athletes who have a high GPA, compete in a certain number of tournaments,
and have a collectively high golf score.
There are only 60-70 athletes in the nation who receive this award annually,
so it is quite an honor for Logeman and LBSU.
Along with the Academic All-Star achievement, Logeman has also been on the
Dean’s List and the President’s List a few times.
When he isn’t teeing off on the golf course, Logeman can be found watching
sports, reading or going to movies.
“I am pretty much a sport addict, but especially love basketball, particularly
the Dallas Mavericks,” Logeman said.
After graduation, Logeman wants to continue his golf career, but as a competitive
amateur.
The men’s golf team kicked off their season Sept. 10 at the Air Force
Falcon Invitational in Colorado where they tied for third place.
“We’ve got two good recruits that came in and we didn’t lose
anyone from last year,” Logeman said. “We should be in a position
to be pretty good and compete well.”
Logeman is modest in saying he is a scratch golfer and for the non sports fans,
that is good. |
