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2026-27 Youngstown State Men's Golf Roster

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Michael Porter

Michael Porter

  • Year:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    McDonald, Ohio
  • High School:
    McDonald
  • Major:
    Accounting

Summary

Biography

2025-26 (R-Junior): Participated in all 12 tournaments and was one of three Penguins to set a new school record with 36 rounds played…averaged 73.4 strokes per round with a low round of 67…earned three top 10 finishes and six top 25 performances…73.4 scoring average tied for the ninth-lowest single-season mark in program history…earned a career-best second-place finish at even par with a three-round score of 216 (72-77-67) at the Mercyhurst Laker Fall Invitational…placed seventh at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a three-round score of 213 (71-70-72)…tied for seventh at NKU's The Jewell with a three-round 216 (74-74-68)…finished tied for 14th the Horizon League Championship with a three-round total of 223 (75-76-72)…tied for 21st at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational with a with a career-best three-round score of 211 (70-71-70)…finished tied for 23rd at the Xavier Invitational with a three-round total of 222 (76-75-71)…tied for 32nd at the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational with a three-round 216 (71-73-72)…finished tied for 34th at the Bucknell Invitational with a three-round score of 219 (73-70-76)…tied for 35th at the Wright State Invitational with a three-round total of 222 (73-76-73)…turned in a three-round 225 (75-73-77) at the Virtues Intercollegiate…carded a three-round score of 226 (73-74-79) at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational...earned his third letter.

2024-25 (R-Sophomore): Participated in 10 tournaments and 25 rounds…averaged 75.0 strokes per round with a low round of 69…earned four top 25 performances…tied for 11th at the Bucknell Invitational with a three-round score of 213 (73-71-69)…tied for 20th at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational with a two-round score of 142 (72-70)…tied for 21st at the Wright State Invitational with a three-round total of 213 (71-70-72)…tied for 21st at the Red Bandana Invitational with a three-round 228 (76-78-74)…tied for 27th at the Red Flash Invitational with a two-round score of 152 (76-76)…fired a three-round total of 226 (72-75-79) at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational…turned in a three-round 223 (75-77-71) at the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational…finished with a three-round 235 (78-75-82) at the Jackrabbit Invitational…carded a two-round 165 (83-82) at the World Golf Village Collegiate…recorded a second-round 79 as a substitute at the Horizon League Championship…earned his second letter.

2023-24 (R-Freshman): Participated in seven tournaments and 21 rounds…averaged 76.0 strokes per round with a low round of 68…fired a three-round score of 220 (68-76-76) in his collegiate debut at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational…three-under-par 68 in the first round of his career represents the lowest round by a YSU freshman since Brandon Pluchinsky carded a 66 at the Horizon League Championships in April 2013…recorded a three-round total of 229 (77-78-74) at the Virtues Intercollegiate…turned in a three-round 222 (74-77-71) at the Bucknell Invitational…posted a three-round score of 229 (82-72-75) at the World Golf Village Collegiate…finished with a three-round total of 230 (78-73-79) at NKU’s The Jewell…carded a three-round 227 (75-75-77) at the Highland Meadows Intercollegiate…earned his first letter.

2022-23 (Freshman): Did not see action in any tournaments…redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner and three-time First-Team All-Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) selection at McDonald High School…named the MVAC Player of the Year in 2021…two-time First-Team All-Northeast Ohio honoree…recorded a nine-hole average of 36.3 and an 18-hole average of 72.8 as a senior…holds individual records for low nine-hole and 18-hole score at McDonald High School…two-time Greatest Golfer of the Valley champion and the Karpis Shootout Invitational record holder…career-low round of 64 came during the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at Avalon Lakes Golf Course…honored as the WKBN Student-Athlete of the Week as a senior…helped the Blue Devils to the best 18-hole score in program history during his senior campaign…helped lead McDonald to the MVAC Scarlet Division championship in each of his final two seasons…was a member of the basketball team, National Honor Society and student council.

PERSONAL: Parents are Timothy and Michele...has a brother (Matthew)...major is accounting...recipient of the 2024-25 Tony Joy Sr. Golf Scholarship.

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  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

  • 2026-27Redshirt Senior