Eastern Illinois University Athletics

2014-15 ... Played in 25 rounds while starting in every meet during his senior campaign, leading all Panthers with a 76.7 stroke average... best season finish was a 14th place tie at the DePaul Memorial in the fall season... ends his EIU career with a 77.8 average behind 5,289 strokes and 68 rounds of golf.

2013-14 ... Saw action in every event as a junior... fired a 77.7 average to rank second on the squad as he competed in nine events and 23 rounds of golf... earned a Top 20 finish as he tied for 13th at the Butler Bulldog Florida Invitational during the spring portion of the season... tied for 22nd at the end-of-season OVC meet... tied for third best individual round of play thanks to his 72 strokes in the first round of the league event.

2012-13 ... Played in all eight meets as a sophomore transfer... earned a 79.2 stroke average over 20 rounds of play... tallied a pair of Top 20 finishes as he tied for 12th and 14th places to open the spring portion of the schedule at the two consecutive Butler Invites... tied for 40th at the OVC championship.

HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR COLLEGE ... Graduated from Colegio Vicentino Sao Jose in Foz do Iguassu, Parana... before transferring to EIU he attended New Mexico Junior College where he helped his squad clinched conference regionals at the NJCAA DI meet.

PERSONAL ... Finance major... son of Oscar Ramiro Borda & Lidia Mercedes Gomez... born on August 1... his sister, Adriana Borda, was also a collegiate athlete... No. 1 sports highlight was "when i first represented the Panthers in my first college tournament"... credits his parents for having the biggest influence on his sports career, "because since I was a little kid they wanted me to come to the U.S. to play collegiate sport."

OFF THE LINKS WITH OSCAR ... Chose EIU "for its location, quality of its business faculty and to play golf at a competitive level"... feels one of Eastern's advantages over other schools in the state and in the league include "the fact that the community of Charleston provides great activities off campus"... in his free time he enjoys playing ping-pong, pool and tennis, as well as watching movies and hanging out with friends... drives a 2007 Mercury Montego... enjoys eating Brazilian bbq, Thai-food and Shawarama... he can't go anywhere without his headphones... favorite tv shows include How I Met Your Mother, Suits, Entourage, and The League... since coming to EIU he has learned "the importance of friendship, time-management skills, leadership and networking"... his favorite building on campus is Lumpkin Hall... enjoyed watching former Panther football great Jimmy Garoppolo perform at EIU's O'Brien Field... his advice to a younger golfer would be "if you want to compete in a higher level, they should spend more time trying to improve their short-game instead of the long-game... because if a player is able to hit his approach shots close to the hole, the chances are very good that the player will shoot lower scores"... his favorite quote is -- "by looking back, you soon realize how important looking forward can be."