--- title: "College Golf: Catalina Wins Most Improved Student Ambassador Award" description: College Golf is growing in Connecticut thanks to our new Southern New England Region led by Joe Catalina of Southern Connecticut State University. image: https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/college-golf-providence.png --- [![nextgengolf-white-logo.png](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/themes/theme46788/images/nextgengolf-white-logo.png "nextgengolf-white-logo.png")](https://nextgengolf.org/) - [NCCGA](https://nextgengolf.org/college-golf/nccga/) - [City Tour](http://nextgengolf.org/city-tour) - [Blog](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/) - [About](https://nextgengolf.org/about-us/) - [About Us](https://nextgengolf.org/about-us/) - [Press](https://nextgengolf.org/press/) - [Golf Jobs](https://nextgengolf.org/job-board/) - Resources - [Golf Equipment Deals](https://nextgengolf.org/golf-equipment-deals-nextgengolf-members/) - [Find Golf Discounts](https://nextgengolf.org/best-golf-discounts-in-each-state/) - [Indoor Golf Facilities](https://nextgengolf.org/app/find-indoor-golf-facilities) # Where college students go for golf Subscribe NCCGA City Tour Industry Subscribe Enter a valid email address - [College Golf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf) - [Golf Help](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help) - [Golf Industry](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-industry) - [All Topics](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/topics) - [New Posts](https://blog.nextgengolf.org) - [College Golf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf) - [Golf Help](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help) - [Golf Industry](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-industry) # [College Golf: Catalina Wins Most Improved Student Ambassador Award](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf/college-golf-catalina-wins-improved-regional-coordinator-award) By [Nextgengolf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf/author/nextgengolf) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![College Golf: Catalina Wins Most Improved Student Ambassador Award](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/college-golf-providence.png)](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf/college-golf-catalina-wins-improved-regional-coordinator-award) With potentially over 20 teams competing in our New England Region this fall, we explored the possibility to start a [Southern New England Region](https://nextgengolf.org/app/regions/Southern-New-England) to accommodate new teams starting up in Connecticut. With teams such as UCONN and Quinnipiac coming together in early September just before our first Student tournaments, we needed someone to step up and be the Student Ambassador to help these new teams get involved. Joe Catalina of Southern Connecticut willingly stepped up and ran two fantastic tournaments this fall. ## Why Did you want to be a Student Ambassador? I've been with NCCGA as a player for the past two years, seen how Conor McCormack (the Boston College New England Student Ambassador) ran the tournaments, and felt like I was well-suited for the job. Further, I knew that the new Region would help out a lot of the budding teams in Connecticut. Speaking for Southern, it helped us tremendously because we didn't have to pay for hotels. The same goes for Central Connecticut and Quinnipiac.   [![College-Golf_Providence](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/college-golf-providence.png)](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/college-golf-providence.png) Providence represented Southern New England at Nationals where they finished in 5th Place at Dancing Rabbit ## Biggest Challenge Running a College Golf Tournament? While I expected it to be a little hectic, overall I'm thrilled with how it went. The biggest challenge would have to be getting everyone on the same page with the tee times, who they were playing, and the weather at our first tournament. ## What did you Learn about yourself? I learned that I'm actually a pretty good leader and more organized that I thought I was. I'm an easy guy to communicate with, I guess! ## Most rewarding? Getting the feedback from the presidents. I had a few guys text me and say that I did a great job. ## Goals for Growing Golf? We had 5 or 6 teams play in the first two events. For next semester, I'd love to see 9 or 10 teams. UCONN thinks they'll have two teams, Providence will have their standard A and B teams, and new teams like Yale, New Haven, and Marist will likely be joining up too. ## How was Pace of Play? What is the #ReadyGolf Campaign? The first day of our first Student with the rain was a little slow, around 4.5 hours. All other rounds were around 4:14 with our final round at Stanley coming in at four hours even. The #ReadyGolf campaign helped a lot. I stressed having people hit provisional ball in my pre-round speech and to simply do what the campaign suggests; to play ready golf! From what I can tell, the campaign appeared to have a lot of success around the country. 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