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Santa Clara University

2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Santa Clara Athletics

Calder Overfelt

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School Corona Del Mar

Biography

3x WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26)
2x Cleveland/Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar (2023-24, 2024-25)
Fifth-lowest career scoring average in program history (72.60)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Silver" Honors (2022-23)

2x WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2023-24, 2024-25)

AT SANTA CLARA: Among the consistent players in program history ... Wrapped up his career with the program's fifth-lowest scoring average at 72.60 strokes in 137 rounds over 46 events ... Ranks fourth in program history in career rounds under par (46) and is fifth in rounds in the 60s (25) ... Tied for ninth with 12 career top-20 finishes ... Best finish and 54-hole score was a runner-up outing at the 2025 Palouse Collegiate (14-under 199) ... Three-time WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.

AS A SENIOR (2025-26): Closed out his career by putting together his best season as a senior ... Finished just behind Matt Robles for lowest scoring average on the team with a career-best 71.07 strokes per round - seventh-lowest in program history ... Posted 14 rounds under par and five at par with eight rounds in the 60s ... Began the season with a career-best runner-up outing at the Palouse Collegiate by turning in a 14-under 65-66-68--199 - tied for third-lowest 54-hole score to par in program history ... Recorded his second top-three finish of the year with a tie for third at the Saint Mary's Invitational (4-under 70-70-72--212) ... Shot 6-under 70-72-68--210 to tie for 12th at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational ... Closed the season with a tie for 21st at the WCC Championship (1-over 214). 

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25): One of four players to play in all 13 events ... Averaged 72.87 strokes per round ... Tied for second on the team with 15 rounds under par - tied for the 10th-most in program history ... Led the team with eight rounds at par ... Eight rounds in the 60s ... Tied for second on the team with six top-20 finishes with one inside the top-10 ... Shot a career-low 65 (-7) in the opening round of the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational en route to a season-best finish; tied for 10th at 2-under 214 ... His 65 is tied for the seventh-lowest score to par in program history ... Twice shot 5-under 211 - first at the N.I.T. where he tied for 22nd and lastly at the 2025 WCC Championship where he tied for 19th ... Was 3-under 70-67-70--207 at the par-70 John Burns Intercollegiate where he tied for 14th ... Tied for 19th in both of the first two tournaments of the year - the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate (2-under 214) and The Tucker (2-over 218). 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Played in 10 of 11 events where he compiled a 72.40 scoring average ... Best finish of the season was a tie for 20th at the White Sands Bahamas Invite at 4-under 212 ... Shot a 2-under 211 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate to tie for 42nd ... Was also 4-under 212 at the Arizona N.I.T. to tie for 46th ... Tied for 24th at the WCC Championship at 3-over 219. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23): Only player on the team to play in all 13 tournaments ... Had a 73.68 scoring average ... Posted one top-10 and two top-20 finishes ... Tallied six sub-par rounds and five at par with a low of 68 ... Three rounds in the 60s ... Had a season-best finish at the Bandon Dunes Collegiate where he tied for third at 71-72--143 (-1) ... Was Santa Clara's top finisher at the WCC Championship, carding a 1-under 71-71-73--215 to finish 11th ... Tied for 22nd at the St. Mary's Invitational (71-76-71--218).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time first team all-league selection ... Was named a Rolex Junior All-America pick ... Led his team to a CIF Championship and was both a AJGA and TTC Champion. 

GET TO KNOW CALDER: Majoring in communication ... Both parents were collegiate athletes at Westmont College - mother played tennis and father played baseball ... Enjoys surfing in his spare time.

OVERFELT'S COLLEGIATE BESTS

18 Holes 65 (-7)

Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational 1st Rd. (March 24, 2025)

54 Holes

65-66-68--199 (-14)

Palouse Collegiate (Sept. 9-10, 2025)

Finish 2nd Palouse Collegiate (Sept. 9-10, 2025)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior