Daniel Chazen

Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Diego, CA
High School:
Classical Academy

BEFORE AIR FORCE: Lettered four years in golf … First-team all-league … Team qualified for the state championships as a sophomore and to the regionals as a senior … Two-year team captain … Had four Toyota Tour Cup Top-6 places, including two runner-up finishes … One SDJGA victory and two runner- up finishes … Nike Junior Invitational eighth-place finish and AJGA Imperial Hawaii Open eighth-place finish ... Made it to CIF Regionals as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Finished in the top eight in CIF San Diego Championship as a freshman and sophomore … Finished in the top four in SDJGA Points Standings 2024 … Tied for first in scoring average for SDJGA season of players who played over five events … Second-best scoring average for Toyota Tour Cup season of players who played over five events … Played basketball as a freshman as the point guard … Member of National Honor Society … Earned the AP Pre-Calc Math award … Graduated with a 4.3 GPA … Earned the Scholar-Athlete Award … Member of the Entrepreneurship Club … SDJGA Scotland team MVP (undefeated 6-0 record).

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 10 … Son of Miriam and Benjamin Chazen … Has one younger sister … Plans to major in civil engineering … Hobbies are playing basketball, working out, running, surfing and playing the guitar … Long-term goal is to become a civil engineer for the Space Force … If he had a walk-up song, it would be “Master of Puppets” by Metallica … His father is the only golf coach he has ever had before coming to the Academy … Greatest individual moment in sports was getting his first hole in one at the age of six … Career best round was a 62 (-10), an SDJGA record, at Twin Oaks Golf Course on the first day of the Junior World Qualifying Charley Hoffman Jr Championship … Shot a 68 (-4) in round two to win by five strokes in a field of 65 players … Grandfather served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam … Great grandfather served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.