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Campbell Men's Golf Signs Pair of Recruits

BUIES CREEK, N.C. –Campbell University has added a pair of men's golf recruits, head coach John Crooks announced on Friday. Cristobal Beltramin Sanchez of Santiago, Chile and Zak Drescher from Landisville, Pa., will join the Fighting Camel program in the fall of 2007.

Beltramin Sanchez is the latest product of South America to join the Fighting Camel program. He was the number-one ranked junior in his native Chile during 2005, when he also won the Chilean match play championship and finished in the top-five of the Chilean Open.

He won the Chilean match play doubles title in 2006 and is a two-time participant in the Callaway World junior championship. Beltramin Sanchez finished third in the 2003 South American junior championship and posted top-13 showings in the event both in 2005 and 2006. He also helped Chile to a third-place finish in the 2005 South American team match play championship.

"Cristobal is one of the finest players in South America," said Crooks, who is in his 17th year as head coach of the Campbell program. "He has represented Chile numerous times in international competition. He participated in the World Junior in San Diego and demonstrated the type of attitude and determination necessary to be successful."

Drescher joins the Camels from Hempfield High School after finishing seventh in the Pennsylvania state championship as a junior and sixth last fall during his senior season. He was runner up in the 2006 Pennsylvania District III championship last October. His senior season stroke average was 72.1.

In addition, he won the Lancaster Junior Championship last summer. Drescher also placed fifth in the 2005 Pennsylvania junior championship. He has also participated in a number of AJGA events along the eastern seaboard.

"Zak is an extremely talented athlete and he has a tremendous work ethic," said Coach Crooks. "He has prepared himself for college golf by playing in numerous national junior events. We are very fortunate that Zak chose Campbell over several other schools, and look forward to having him on our team."

During the 2006-07 season, Campbell tied a school Division I era record with four team tournament wins (Hartford, Old Dominion, Campbell, William & Mary). The Camels finished third in the Atlantic Sun Championship behind East Tennessee State and North Florida. Junior Fredric Sundberg received an individual berth in next week's NCAA East Regional at Alpharetta, Ga.

In 17 years as head coach at Campbell, Crooks has been named league coach of the year 14 times for either the men's or women's teams. He was inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January 2006.

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Fredric Sundberg

Fredric Sundberg

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Players Mentioned

Fredric Sundberg

Fredric Sundberg

6' 1"
Junior