Spencer Levin Class: Senior Hometown: Elk Grove, CA High School: Elk Grove Height / Weight: 5-8 / 135 R/L: Right

Summer 2002 — Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2002 U.S. Amateur before losing 4&3 to eventual champion Ricky Barnes of Arizona … Posted rounds of 70-71—141 to tie for 28th in the stroke play format … Defeated Russ Cunningham of Dewitt, MI, in 14 holes in the first round and beat Brad Mooris 4&3 of Clay City, KY, in the second round … Won the Northern California Amateur at Pebble Beach with a 6&4 victory over Jason Higton of San Joaquin … Tied for third at 146 (73-73) in medal play … Tied for 31st at the Western Amateur with scores of 67-73-71-76—276, three-over par … Enters UCLA as the nation’s No.2 ranked junior amateur.

Junior Golf (2001-02) — Veteran AJGA player who won the PoloClassic in November, 2001, with a 4&3 victory over Jessie Mudd at the Magnolia Course at Walt Disney World … He tied for 12th in medal play at 141 (72-69) … Placed second in the FCWT California Jr. Classic at 215 (72-70-73) … Won the FCWT Shootout at Turkey Creek with scores of 71-71-75—217 … Finished sixth at even par 144 (71-73) in the WorldCom Jr. Classic … Earned AJGA Second Team All-America honors in 2001 … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2001 U.S. Jr. Amateur.

High School — Lettered four years in golf … Earned Player of the Year honors from the Sacramento Bee in 2002 and ’01 … Two-time winner of the NorCal sectional prep individual title … Won his league’s individual title as a senior … In baseball, he played on the freshman and junior varsity teams as a second baseman and pitcher … The freshman team was 21-0 and his JV team was 19-2 … As a 15-year old he pitched for his Babe Ruth All-Star team in the state championship game, allowing one run in seven innings … He drove in the winning run in that game in the bottom of the 11th inning to advance his team to the regional finals.

Personal — Full name is Spencer Joseph Levin (pronounced la-VEEN) … Middle name of Joseph given after Joe Montana, the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame quarterback … Father Dan Levin was a two-time All-America golfer at San Jose State and ejoyed a short career on the PGA TOUR … Chose UCLA because of its “location, the team, and the education” … Began playing golf regularly at age 14 and started playing competitively at 15 … Favorite MLB team is the San Francisco Giants … Undeclared major.