2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2020–21 Highlights:
Earned CCAA All-Academic honors for the 2020–21 academic year.
2019–20 Highlights:
Earned First Team All-CCAA honors…Averaged 73.7 strokes per round in six tournament appearances…Racked up three top 10 finishes…Shot 67-71-70-208 to win the October 14–15 Sierra Central Wildcat Classic…Posted five sub-par rounds on the season…Shot low round of 4-under par 67 October 14 at the Sierra Central Wildcat Classic.
2018–19 Highlights:
Appeared in 11 tournaments, averaging 74.29 strokes a round…Posted four top 20 finishes, including a pair of top 10 performances…Shot 71-74-72-217 to place 10th April 1–2 at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational…Posted a 77-73-70-220 score April 23–24 at the CCAA Championships, sharing 10th place on the individual leader board.
2017–18 Highlights:
Named All-CCAA Honorable Mention…Averaged 73.9 strokes per round in 10 tournament appearances, notching five top 15 finishes…Posted back-to-back top 10 showings April 2–3 at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational (fourth place, 71-76-69-216) and during stroke play April 23–24 at the CCAA Championships (seventh place, 76-72-72-220)…Won all three rounds of medal-match play at the CCAA Championships…Racked up three sub-70 rounds, including a 67 March 6 at the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout.
2016–17 Highlights:
Averaged 75.4 strokes per round in five tournament appearances…Posted two top 15 finishes…Shot 70-76-73-219 to place 10th October 3-4, 2016 at the InterWest Wildcat Invitational…Fired season-low round of 69 on the way to an 11th place finish April 10-11 at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational…Broke par in two rounds during the season.
Pre-Chico Highlights:
A 2016 graduate of Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin First Team All-State selection in 2014 and 2015…Two-time GCAOW Second Team All-State honoree…Wisconsin Flyway Conference Player of the Year 2013–16…Led Vikings to a conference championship in 2014…Shot 68-72-140 to win the 2014 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division II State Championship…Three-time medalist in the WIAA Sectional…Two-time All-Regional selection…Twice selected to play for Team Wisconsin in the Wisconsin-Minnesota Cup (2014 and 2015)…Three-time Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin Academic All-State selection.
Personal:
Born October 29, 1997, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…Son of Michael and Jennifer…The person he most admires in the sports world is Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton (“A humble, unbelievably dominant athlete who isn’t afraid to use his platform to promote social change”)…Favorite course at Chico State is Cultural Landscapes, taught by Dr. Scott Brady…Chose to attend Chico State because “The warm weather, downtown atmosphere, and competitive athletic teams”…His greatest sports moment was winning the 2018 CCAA conference championship at Butte Creek Country Club…The most interesting thing he’s ever done is tour Vienna and Austria…Has learned by playing golf that “good things happen if you stay patient and work hard”…Enjoys watching sports and playing guitar when he has some free time…His biggest talent outside of golf is songwriting…Can play piano, guitar, and harmonica…Competed in the Scripps National Geography Bee in eighth grade…At the top of his bucket list: “Travel to New Zealand”…Best advice ever received: “Don’t throw away your shot”…Currently working towards a master’s degree in social sciences…Plans to pursue a career in city planning, urban design, or economics.
