Canyon's Sahya Kitabatake Brings Home 3C2A Individual State Championship
NIPOMO — College of the Canyons freshman Sahya Kitabatake capped her phenomenal freshman season by winning the 3C2A Women's Golf Individual State Championship with a two-day score of one-over par at Monarch Dunes Golf Club on Monday. | ORIGINAL RELEASE
Kitabatake finished the two-day event at 143 (73/70) on the par-71 course. She began day-two action on Monday ranked second in the field, two shots behind Michelle Khin of Orange Coast College before battling cold and blustery conditions to surge ahead in the standings.
The freshman out of Kobe, Japan was crowned the 2024 Individual Champion with Mt. San Antonio College bringing home the team state title.
Kitabatake, who also earns a spot on the 2024 All-State team, was the only golfer representing Canyons at the state championship event. Kitabatake placed third at the 3C2A Southern California Regional Championships earlier this month to qualify for the state championship tourney as an individual.
She concluded the regular season by winning Western State Conference (WSC) Player of the Year honors and leading the Cougars to a third place conference finish. Kitabatake averaged a score of 71.44 strokes per round through nine conference rounds. During that span she also earned tournament medalist honors at six conference events, while finishing runner-up on two occasions. She also held the top spot at three straight events from Sept. 16-30 while posting under-par rounds of 70, 68, 66 in those tournaments.
The COC women's golf program now boasts four individual state champions in its history with Jenny Lee (2007), Kristin Grimes (2011), Haruka Koda (2019) and Kitabatake (2024) all holding that claim
Canyons previously won the team state championship in 2023, its most recent of five such titles in program history (2001, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2023), with all coming under longtime head coach Gary Peterson.
Kitabatake's state championship is the 41st overall in school history (22 team, 19 individual), and the 12th among women's sports programs (five team, seven individual).
| 3C2A WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch Dunes Golf Course (Nipomo, CA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Par 72; 5,320 yards | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nov. 17-18, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Final) | ||||||||||||||||||
| PLAYER STANDINGS | TEAM STANDINGS | |||||||||||||||||
| PL | Name | College | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | TOT | PL | College | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | TOT | ||||||||
| 1. | Sahya Kitabatake* | Canyons | 73 | 70 | - | 143 | 1. | Mt. San Antonio | 317 | 314 | - | 631 | ||||||
| 2. | Lisette Orellana* | Moorpark | 75 | 73 | - | 148 | 2. | Modesto | 308 | 330 | 638 | |||||||
| T3. | Natalie Neal* | Mt. San Antonio | 77 | 74 | - | 151 | 3. | Reedley | 316 | 329 | - | 645 | ||||||
| T3. | Maya Promwongsa* | Reedley | 77 | 74 | - | 151 | 4. | Orange Coast | 323 | 333 | - | 656 | ||||||
| T5. | Kiana Glossner* | Cuyamaca | 80 | 74 | - | 154 | 5. | Moorpark | 336 | 339 | - | 675 | ||||||
| T5. | Jordan Williams* | Modesto | 79 | 75 | - | 154 | 6. | Sacramento City | 329 | 353 | - | 682 | ||||||
| T5. | Michelle Khin | Orange Coast | 71 | 83 | - | 154 | 7. | Cuyamaca | 351 | 341 | - | 692 | ||||||
| 8. | Annie Betts | Santa Barbara | 77 | 78 | - | 155 | 8. | Santa Barbara City | 354 | 343 | - | 697 | ||||||
| T9. | Alana Lo | Mt. San Antonio | 81 | 78 | - | 159 | 9. | Napa Valley | 369 | 380 | - | 749 | ||||||
| T9. | Jill Obelleiro | Napa | 78 | 81 | - | 159 | ||||||||||||
| 11. | Kaitlyn Wang | Mt. San Antonio | 75 | 85 | - | 160 | ||||||||||||
| T12. | Viv Rojas | Delta | 80 | 81 | - | 161 | ||||||||||||
| T12. | Kylie Lau | Mt. San Antonio | 84 | 77 | - | 161 | ||||||||||||
| T12. | Delylah Collins | Orange Coast | 79 | 82 | - | 161 | ||||||||||||
| T15. | Lucy Allbaugh | Modesto | 76 | 86 | - | 162 | ||||||||||||
| T15. | Monet Sayadian | Modesto | 81 | 81 | - | 162 | ||||||||||||
| T17. | Emily Cogswell | Modesto | 76 | 88 | - | 164 | ||||||||||||
| T17. | Madison Randolph | MSJC | 81 | 83 | - | 164 | ||||||||||||
| T17. | Madi Paulsen | Sacramento City | 81 | 83 | - | 164 | ||||||||||||
| 20. | Ava Arredondo | Reedley | 80 | 85 | - | 165 | ||||||||||||
| 21. | Ethel Asequia | Reedley | 78 | 89 | - | 167 | ||||||||||||
| 22. | Jacie Johnson | Reedley | 87 | 81 | - | 168 | ||||||||||||
| T23. | Jeanie Tahvildari | Orange Coast | 84 | 86 | - | 170 | ||||||||||||
| T23. | Kiley Menne | Sierra | 82 | 88 | - | 170 | ||||||||||||
| T25. | Alyssa Qualio | Delta | 82 | 89 | - | 171 | ||||||||||||
| T25. | Holly Reese | Modesto | 77 | 94 | - | 171 | ||||||||||||
| T25. | Kennedy Sever | Reedley | 81 | 90 | - | 171 | ||||||||||||
| T28. | Tegan Syverson | Sacramento City | 84 | 88 | - | 172 | ||||||||||||
| T28. | Kimberly Luby | Santa Barbara | 89 | 83 | - | 172 | ||||||||||||
| T30 | Kayla Speer | Desert | 88 | 85 | - | 173 | ||||||||||||
| T30 | Taylor Waters | Moorpark | 91 | 82 | - | 173 | ||||||||||||
| T30 | Gavrtiella Distefano | Sacramento City | 79 | 94 | - | 173 | ||||||||||||
| T30 | Ashraya Vang | Sacramento City | 85 | 88 | - | 173 | ||||||||||||
| 34. | Emma Rahn | Cuyamaca | 88 | 86 | - | 174 | ||||||||||||
| T35. | Danica Williams | Cuyamaca | 85 | 90 | - | 175 | ||||||||||||
| T35. | Makayla Low | Moorpark | 85 | 90 | - | 175 | ||||||||||||
| 37. | Kariss Whitford | Allan Hancock | 87 | 89 | - | 176 | ||||||||||||
| 38. | Sophia Tipton | Orange Coast | 95 | 82 | - | 177 | ||||||||||||
| 39. | Miya Zolkoske | Reedley | 88 | 90 | - | 178 | ||||||||||||
| 40. | Kaila Aparicio | Moorpark | 85 | 94 | - | 179 | ||||||||||||
| T41. | Camille Salmeron | Fresno | 89 | 91 | - | 180 | ||||||||||||
| T41. | Sophia Miller | Mt. San Antonio | 90 | 90 | - | 180 | ||||||||||||
| 43. | Lilly Thurston | Orange Coast | 89 | 94 | - | 183 | ||||||||||||
| 44. | Libby Webb | Napa | 90 | 94 | - | 184 | ||||||||||||
| T45. | Aaliyah Martinez | Modesto | 88 | 97 | - | 185 | ||||||||||||
| T45. | Mylie Pavelis | Santa Barbara | 95 | 90 | - | 185 | ||||||||||||
| 47. | Ella Arce | Santa Barbara | 93 | 95 | - | 188 | ||||||||||||
| T48. | Charlize Withers | Cuyamaca | 98 | 91 | - | 189 | ||||||||||||
| T48. | Kira Petty | Santa Barbara | 97 | 92 | - | 189 | ||||||||||||
| 50. | Samantha Tom | Sacramento City | 92 | 102 | - | 194 | ||||||||||||
| 51. | Hanna Ruggles | Napa | 99 | 96 | - | 195 | ||||||||||||
| 52. | Viddhi Sanghavi | Fullerton | 98 | 99 | - | 197 | ||||||||||||
| 53. | Felicia Conteras | Taft | 103 | 98 | - | 201 | ||||||||||||
| T54. | Michelle Oh | Fullerton | 100 | 102 | - | 202 | ||||||||||||
| T54. | Julissa Garcia | Mt. San Antonio | 100 | 102 | - | 202 | ||||||||||||
| 56. | Jayden Wharff | Sierra | 97 | 106 | - | 203 | ||||||||||||
| T57. | Jillian Thor | Fresno | 100 | 104 | - | 204 | ||||||||||||
| T57. | Taylor Tuxford | Orange Coast | 97 | 107 | - | 204 | ||||||||||||
| 59. | Lindsay Jones | Sacramento City | 104 | 102 | - | 206 | ||||||||||||
| 60. | Julie Garcia | Fullerton | 100 | 107 | - | 207 | ||||||||||||
| T61. | Hazel Zastrow | Napa | 102 | 109 | - | 211 | ||||||||||||
| T61. | Lydia Harms | Sierra | 106 | 105 | - | 211 | ||||||||||||
| 63. | Savanna Carte | Delta | 113 | 109 | - | 222 | ||||||||||||
| 64. | Myah Urquidez | Desert | 108 | 124 | - | 232 | ||||||||||||
| 65. | Brianna Baker | MSJC | 122 | 126 | - | 248 | ||||||||||||
| + - All-State | Avg. Score | - | 89.3 | |||||||||||||||