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Career Notes: Joined Ryan Stocke as just the second player in program history to earn All-Horizon League honors three times…only the fourth player in program history to garner All-Horizon League honors multiple times…competed in 46 of the 47 tournaments that YSU played during his five-year career…finished his career ranking second in program history with 124 rounds played…74.3 career strokes-per-round average matched Brandon Pluchinsky (2013-16) for the lowest career scoring average by a Penguin since 2000…owns three of the eight-lowest single-season scoring averages in program history.
2021-22 (Senior): Participated in all 12 tournaments and 32 rounds…averaged a team-best 73.1 strokes per round with a low round of 68…named Second-Team All-Horizon League…earned six top-10 finishes and seven top-15 finishes…was YSU’s top finisher on four occasions…73.1 strokes-per-round average matched his career best and is tied for the third-lowest single-season scoring average in program history…tied for sixth at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational with a three-round score of 212 (70-71-71)…tied for fourth at the Dayton Flyer Invitational with a three-round 213 (71-74-68)…tied for sixth at the Towson Fall Invitational with a three-round 217 (73-72-72)…placed fourth at NKU’s The Jewell with a two-round 144 (71-73)…tied for fifth at the Wright State Invitational with a two-round 146 (73-73)…tied for ninth at the Horizon League Championships with a three-round 219 (77-72-70)…tied for 13th at the Bucknell Invitational with a three-round 213 (70-73-70)…tied for 27th at the Orlando Invitational with a three-round 225 (75-76-74)…recorded a two-round 151 (76-75) at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational…posted a three-round 223 (74-75-74) at the Sea Palms Invitational…carded a two-round 149 (73-76) at the Butler Spring Invitational…earned his fifth letter.
2020-21 (Senior): Participated in five tournaments and 14 rounds…named Second-Team All-Horizon League…named a 2020-21 GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar…averaged a team-best 74.3 strokes per round with a low round of 67…earned two top-10 finishes and was YSU’s top finisher on two occasions…tied for 31st at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a three-round score of 225 (75-72-78)…finished fifth at the Battle at Rum Pointe with a two-round total of 145 (72-73)…recorded a three-round 223 (71-76-76) at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate…tied for third at the Wright State Invitational with a three-round 212 (67-74-71)…tied for 31st at the Horizon League Championships with a three-round 235 (77-80-78)…earned his fourth letter.
2019-20 (Junior): Participated in all seven tournaments and 18 rounds…averaged a team and career-best 73.1 strokes per round with a career-low round of 64…scoring average is tied for the third-lowest single-season mark in program history…earned three top-five finishes and was YSU’s top finisher on three occasions…won medalist honors for the first time at The Heath Plan Mountaineer Invitational with a three-round score of 213 (70-72-71)…became YSU's first tournament medalist since Oct. 2015...tied for second at the Towson Fall Invitational with a three-under-par 69…tied for fourth at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational with a career-best three-round total of 204 (64-69-71)…performance ranks as the second-lowest 54-hole mark in school history and the lowest since Oct. 2007…first-round 64 (-7) is tied for the second-lowest round in program history and is the lowest since Sept. 2013...tied for 18th at the George Mason Orlando Invitational with a three-round 230 (77-78-75)…tied for 27th at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate with a three-round 225 (81-73-71)…carded a three-round 223 (78-70-75) at the Firestone Invitational…turned in a two-round 152 (80-72) at the Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Invitational…named a GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar...earned his third letter.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed in all 11 tournaments and 30 rounds…named First-Team All-Horizon League…averaged a team-best 74.0 strokes per round…ranks as the eighth-lowest single-season average in program history…earned three top-10 finishes and was YSU's top finisher in six events…notched a fourth-place finish at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational with a three-round 212 (70-69-73)…two-under-par 69 marked his low round of the season…tied for eighth at the Titans Motown Collegiate with a three-round 222 (73-74-75)…tied for 12th at the Fuzzy Zoeller Intercollegiate with a 213 (71-70-72)…carded a career-best two-round score of 145 (71-74) at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational...tied for 27th with a three-round 224 (79-73-72) at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate…led YSU with a three-round total of 222 (76-74-72) at the Firestone Invitational…fired a three-round 227 (73-75-79) at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate…tied for ninth at the Towson Spring Invitational with a two-round 147 (75-72)…recorded a two-round 150 (73-77) to tie for 25th at the Southern Intercollegiate…tied for 20th at the Horizon League Championships with a three-round score of 230 (77-82-71)…earned his second letter.
2017-18 (Freshman): Participated in all 11 tournaments and 30 rounds…averaged a team-best 76.7 strokes per round...earned two top-10 finishes and three in the top 20...was YSU's top finisher on two occasions...was the team's top finisher at the Horizon League Championships with a sixth-place finish...posted a three-round 224 (73-75-76) and was in second place after the first round of play...finished seventh at the Titans Motown Collegiate with a three-round total of 223 (72-78-73)...first-round 72 featured his second eagle of the season...finished tied for 18th and carded his first eagle at the Cleveland State Invitational with a three-round 226 (77-76-73)...was the team's top finisher at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a three-round total of 224 (74-79-71)...third-round 71 was his low round of the year and featured his team-best third eagle of the season...turned in a two-round 146 (72-74) at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational...earned his first letter.
HIGH SCHOOL: Shot rounds of 69 and 75 to win the PIAA Class 3A boys state title as a senior...became the first District 11 player to claim a state boys golf championship in 20 years...competed in 31 junior, men's amateur and high school tournaments, with a 0.0 USGA Handicap Index...as team captain, helped led Nazareth High School to an undefeated regular season in the PIAA 3A Eastern Pennsylvania Conference...first-place at PIAA 3A Team East Regional, District XI and EPC Championships...second place at PIAA 3A Team State Championship...won eight individual tournaments, including three first-place finishes in high school: PIAA 3A Individual State, District XI and EPC Championships...earned first-team all-state, All-District XI and All-EPC honors in the fall of 2016...The Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame presented him with the Lehigh Valley Junior Golf Tour Player of the Year Award in 2015 & 2016.
PERSONAL: Parents are Charlie and Patricia...has a brother (Jeffrey) and a sister (Christine)...major is accounting...recipient of the 2021-22 Joshua J. Zarlenga Scholarship.
