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 Big 12 Champion ... First-Team All-Big 12 ... Big 12 All-Tournament Team ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year ... Big 12 Golfer of the Month for April .... led team in stroke average (73.21) and top-10 finishes (5) ... had a team-high 78 birdies and two eagles ... ranked No. Image copyright EGA Image caption Celia Barquín Arozamena won the European Amateur Championship in July 
 
 A homeless man has been charged in the murder of prominent Spanish golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, who was found dead on an Iowa golf course. Ames police on Monday night announced that Collin Daniel Richards has been charged following an investigation by several law enforcement agencies. Ms Barquín was found on Monday in Ames, about 30 miles (50km) north of Des Moines, after police were called to investigate an unattended golf bag on the course early on Monday. She was found on Monday at the Coldwater Golf Links in the city of Ames, with several stab wounds to her head, neck and upper body, police say. Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said authorities consider Richards homeless, and believe the crime to be "a random act of violence". "It's still very troubling for something like this to happen in broad daylight in a community that is as safe as Ames is," Police Cmdr Geoff Huff said at a news conference on Tuesday. Huff said Richards has no known address but appeared to be staying in a tent in a wooded area adjacent to the golf course. A police dog tracked Barquín's scent to a homeless encampment near the course where Richards had been living, according to the complaint. Image copyright Police handout Image caption Collin Daniel Richards was found with scratches on his face, police say 
 
 An acquaintance of Richards told police in recent days he spoke of his "urge to rape and kill a woman," according to the complaint. Investigators also found two pairs of shorts with traces of blood and a knife the suspect allegedly gave to two other people after the attack, according to the complaint. Those two individuals were driving Richards out of town after the slaying, but he asked them to drop him off near the camp so he could get his tent, and that's when officers arrested him, the complaint said. Officers found Richards with several fresh scratches on his face consistent with fighting, and a deep laceration in his left hand that he tried to conceal, according to the complaint. Iowa State said she "was one of the most accomplished players in Cyclone golf history", referring to the university's sporting nickname. Tributes from the golfing world 
 
 "We are all devastated," said Iowa State's head women's golf coach, Christie Martens. "Celia was a beautiful person who was loved by all her team-mates and friends." Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said Barquin had "broke down in tears" when she found out she had been named the school's 2018 female athlete of the year -- an achievement she had been set to be honored for during Saturday's football game. Barquin Arozamena finished her golf eligibility this spring but remained in school to complete her civil engineering degree in the fall semester. Her European win had secured her an invitation to the professional Women's British Open next year at Woburn, and she also qualified for the professional 2018 US Women's Open. Skip Twitter post by @EGA_golf When your friends are just as excited about your win as you are 🇪🇸💪🏻 
 
 
 
 Scenes from the 18th green at the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship after Celia Barquín holed the winning putt 🇪🇺🏆 pic.twitter.com/OMSH3LwgpV — European Golf Association (@EGA_golf) July 31, 2018 Report 
 
 Described as an "outstanding team player" by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, she was part of the Spanish team that came third and second at the 2015 and 2016 European Amateur Team Championships. Nacho Gervás, technical director of the Spanish Golf Federation, told the newspaper El País: "She was a player who was heading for the very top, without a doubt." 69 nationally by Golfweek ... season stroke average ranks third on ISU’s season list ... claimed medalist honors at the Big 12 Championship with a three-shot victory (73-71-69=213) ... was the only player under par (-3) ... just the second Cyclone to win a conference tournament title (Shelley Finnestad, 1993 Big Eight) ... tied for 23rd at the NCAA Madison Regional (73-73-71=217) ... tied for fourth at the Bruzzy Challenge (73-75-75=223) ... defeated one of the nation’s best players Hannah Kim (Northwestern), 3&1 in match play at the SDSU March Mayhem, going 2-1 in match play in the tournament ... tied for ninth in stroke play at the East and West Match Play (73-72=145) ... tied for 10th at the Dick McGuire Invite with a 215 tally (74-71-70) ... tied for 12th at the Stanford Invite, tying her career low with a second-round 68 ... was the runner-up medalist (219) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic ... broke the school record for career stroke average (73.44) ... totaled 16 career top-10 finishes, tying for second in school history ... her career 123 rounds played is seventh-most in ISU history ... one of only two players in school history to be named All-Big 12 First-Team three times ... owns four of the top-nine single-season stroke average marks in school history ... qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at Shoal Creek Country Club in Birmingham, Ala. ... fired a final-round 66 in the sectional qualifier to earn a spot. Funeral arrangements are pending for Barquin Arozamena, who will be honored during Iowa State's home football game Saturday.
– A 22-year-old golfer headed for the height of her sport was instead murdered on the course. Wrapping up a civil engineering degree at Iowa State University, where she'd been named female athlete of the year, Spain's Celia Barquín Arozamena was found dead a short distance from her unattended golf bag on the Coldwater Golf Links in Ames around 10:30am Monday, reports the BBC. After determining Barquín was assaulted, police by evening had charged 22-year-old Collin Daniel Richards of no known address with first-degree murder, per a release. Details weren't provided, though WOI-TV reports Richards has a history of arrests for intimidation with a dangerous weapon, trespassing, and public intoxication dating back to 2015. "This is a tragic and senseless loss of a talented young woman and an acclaimed student athlete," Iowa State president Wendy Wintersteen says, per ESPN. "She was a player who was heading for the very top, without a doubt," adds the technical director of the Spanish Golf Federation, per the BBC. Ranked 69th in the country by Golfweek, Barquín had secured an invite to next year's Women's British Open with a victory at the European Ladies' Amateur championship in July. Considered one of the most accomplished players in Iowa State golf history, the Puente San Miguel native also became the Big 12 women's golf champion and only the third Iowa State women's golfer to compete in the US Women's Open earlier this year, per the Independent.