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Men's Golf
PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. ... three-time all-area and four-time first-team all-Bay League selection ... medalist at 2007 California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) team event ... team captain ... also lettered in soccer (2005-06) ... rose up to 17th among class of 2009 in Golfweek/Titleist rankings ... competed on all three major junior tours -- American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) and International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) ... IJGT first-team All-American in 2007 ... FCWT honorable mention All-American in 2008 ... FWCT all-academic honoree in 2008 ... amassed six tournament victories, 24 top-five finishes and 33 top-10 placements during his junior career ... in 2006-07 alone, won four IJGT tournaments and was runner-up three other times while logging 74.16 stroke average in 12-event season ... successfully qualified for 2008 Western Amateur, tying for 12th place with two-over par 72 at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course (despite using borrowed clubs when his own were lost by airline) ... finished four strokes shy of making 36-hole cut at Western Amateur, shooting six-over par 146 (71-75) at Point O' Woods Golf & Country Club in Benton Harbor, Mich. ... won Palos Verdes Golf Club Men's Championship at age 14 in 2005 ... one of four California natives on Irish roster, along with Connor Alan-Lee, Jeff Chen and Doug Fortner ... full name is Paul McNamara III ... older of two children born to Paul and Christine McNamara ... enrolled in Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program ... interested in pursuing a degree in business. |
    
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