Ben Furth (2005) - California Athletics Hall of Fame - California Golden Bears Athletics

Ben Furth

Induction:
2005
Class:
1990

Unquestionably one of the most inspirational student-athletes ever to compete at Berkeley, overcame a debilitating back problem to earn college All-America honors as captain of Cal’s men’s golf team … two-time first-team All-America Scholar in 1989-90 … placed third in the Pac-10 Tournament and won both the Falcon Invitational and USF Invitational as a junior in 1989, when he led the Bears with a team-low average of 71.8 strokes per round … also placed among the Top 15 at both the 1987 and 1988 Pac-10 tournaments … after an on-and-off struggle with back pain, he was diagnosed with congenital spinal defect that ended his career in the summer of 1990.