COC Standout Golfer Haruka Koda Heading to Fullerton

Story and photo by Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director

College of the Canyons standout golfer Haruka Koda will take her game to California State University, Fullerton after signing a National Letter of Intent with the Titans' women's golf program.

Koda, who is from Miyoshi City, Japan, put together a stellar two-year run with Cougars' women's golf program, leading Canyons to back-to-back California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) state championships in 2018 and 2019.

By doing so, the women's golf team earned the distinction of being the first COC athletic program to win back-to-back state championships in the college's 50-year history. 

As a sophomore in 2019, Koda also claimed the CCCAA individual state championship becoming just the third golfer in women's golf program history to do so.

She also won the CCCAA individual SoCal regional championship and was named the Western State Conference (WSC) Player of the Year after earning medalist honors in six conference events including the two-day WSC Finals tourney.

As a team, the Lady Cougars also claimed the program's fourth CCCAA Southern California Regional Championship, as well as the 10th Western State Conference (WSC) title.

Canyons finished the 2019 season a perfect 94-0 through 13 events, and won 25 straight tournaments dating back to the start of 2018 season. Included in that number is 19 straight conference events.

During her freshman campaign in 2018 Koda was the individual state runner-up, finishing one stroke off the championship mark. She also earned WSC Player of the Year Honors and finished runner-up, behind teammate Jessie Lin, for the individual CCCAA SoCal regional title.

CSU Fullerton is an NCAA Division I program competing in the Big West Conference. 

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