CCX Sports Spotlight: Sacchi Deshmukh, Wayzata Girls Golf

In this week’s CCX Sports Spotlight, Chaz Mootz profiles Wayzata senior golfer Sacchi Deshmukh. Ever since she made the varsity team in seventh grade, Deshmukh has been in the Trojans top six lineup. She’s currently ranked second in the state in the Minnesota Golf Association rankings and Deshmukh finished sixth at the class AAA state tournament last year. Not only is Deshmukh a great golfer, she’s also a key member of the Wayzata orchestra, playing the violin. An excellent student as well, Deshmukh will be continuing her education at the University of Texas, where she plans to get a degree in chemical engineering.

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[Music] Wisa girls golf has made it to the state tournament eight times in program history last year the Trojans took second overall in the class 3A field in this week’s CCX Sports Spotlight Chaz moot profiles a senior standout who’s led the Trojans since she was in seventh grade and her talents go far beyond just golf the game of golf was introduced to yetta’s Sachi deshmuk at a young age I’ve like competing since I was 11 but I’ve been playing probably since I was like three I was basically the little like plastic clubs and then I think I really got into it when I was probably like around seven when I got the real set sa’s name has been one that her head coach Mike Schumacher sa has said a lot over the past six years she’s a very humble kid she’s a super hardworking kid she’s a perfect role model for what you want in your program in the latest State rankings by the Minnesota Golf Association is second in the state her confidence and steadiness have climbed with her State ranking I wasn’t super confident in my like risk-taking abilities but I think through the sport like I I really improved on that a lot of kids are are kind of up and down and you can tell what their body language how they’re playing sa’s very even ke really smart player of course ball striking is always super important to be a great player like she is Sachi plays well on the course but she can also play well [Applause] in the class her Orchestra director Mark gch thinks she’s up to par she’s she is a solid violin player I mean she’s a kind of you know engulf she’s at the top of the top of the world um here in Orchestra she’s in our top Ensemble which is one of the best in the state the string and the swing have more in common than one would think there’s so many like finetuning things and golf and violin and I think that’s where they overlap with each other alive having that ability to see the world through multiple lenses that brings a strength to each of those worlds that she sees and I think uh because she uses her mind so well she sees and looks for those connections her Musical and golf talents provided Sachi with several Avenues she could have pursued in post graduation but her education and an opportunity to study chemical engineering at the University of Texas is where Sachi is taking aat I did want to play golf in college for a really long time but then after taking like a couple more like harder courses last year I really kind of discovered that I wanted to take my education more seriously in her time at y Zetta The Balancing Act of school Golf and violin has been a challenge for Sai but her drive to excel has made her a leader in all three kids don’t have to listen to her they just watch her you know I’ve said to younger kids in our program you want to get good at this game do what she does stand out in the classroom stand out in all walks of life she embodies student athletes you know there’s that competitive drive that comes from Athletics and she’s able to bring that sense of drive into her music making and there’s the the problem solving abilities that come in the academic world and she brings that to her violin playing and then the craft in the community that she develops as a violinist she brings out to her other activities and before she wraps up her competitive golfing career Tachi is hoping to lead her team back to the mshsl state meet one last time I’m going to miss the team environment for sure the friends I’ve made and the connections I’ve made they’ve all been so like meaningful to my journey in golf in life and I’m really grateful for [Music] all thank thanks Chaz Sachi played sixth overall at the class 3A state tournament last year she hopes to use her chemical engineering degree to then go into the pharmaceutical field for the CCX Sports Spotlight I’m John Jacobson find more Prep sports games and highlights at CCX media.org and follow us on social media [Music]