Julia Poca - Men's Golf Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Julia Poca

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
pocaj@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-2403

Julia Poca completed her fourth year as assistant coach for the Bowling Green State University men’s golf program in 2016-17. Poca assists head coach Kevin Farrell in helping with all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the golf team, including team travel, on-campus recruiting and working with the team budget.

On its way to carding a stroke average of 294.74 in the 2016-17 campaign, the Falcons marked three top-10 finishes on the year, including a runner-up finish at the 2017 Border Olympics. As a team, the Falcons earned 20 rounds with a team score of 300 or below on the year.

Individually, Max Rispler was named MAC Golfer of the Week on two occasions, while as a senior, Jose Narro was named to 2017 All-MAC Second Team honors. Narro matched his 2014-15 single season stroke average of 73.22 in the 2016-17 season, to tie for second all-time in the Bowling Green record books, ultimately concluding his career with the best career scoring average of 73.51 in program history. Additionally, Narro and Pablo Heredia Iglesias we named to 2017 Academic All-MAC honors.

In 2015-16, the Falcons made history carding the lowest 18-hole team score in BGSU history and the second lowest 54-hole team score in the Falcons’ men’s golf program history at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational. BGSU’s final round team score of 269, -15 under par, at the Marshall Invitational marked the lowest 18-hole team score in BGSU history. Their final score of 835, -17 under par, is the second lowest 54-hole tournament team score in BGSU history behind only a score of 831 at the 2010 APSU Intercollegiate.

As a team, the Falcons three top-five team finishes in 2015-16, including a runner-up finish at both the 2015 Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational and the 2015 ODU/OBX Intercollegiate. The Falcons carded a total of 16 rounds with a team score of under 300 on the season in what was one of their most challenging schedules in program history.

In 2014-15, Poca helped to grow the Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational from seven teams in its inception in 2013-14 to a total of 13 teams in its second year of existence. She was also instrumental in the team’s travel plans, which included trips to Hawai’i, California, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

In her first year on staff in 2013-14, Poca was instrumental in helping the Falcons men’s golf program host the inaugural Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational event at The Greenbrier’s Old White TPC Golf Course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The three-day event included not only seven intercollegiate men’s golf teams competing in 54-holes of play, but it also incorporated a “BGSU College-AM” event prior to the start of the tournament, as well as a banquet as part of the alumni festivities over the weekend.

Poca, who is from Swanton, Ohio, is currently attending BGSU and majoring in telecommunications. She decided to become part of the Falcon family because she immediately fell in love with that campus, which also allowed her to be close to her family and friends.