2017-18 Men's Golf Roster
VanDeventer, Michael
Michael VanDeventer
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ind.
- High School:
- North
Bio
Career Honors
• Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2017, 2018)
• Academic All-MAC (2016, 2017, 2018)
• MAC Golfer of the Week (twice)
• MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (March 14, 2018)
Won two tournaments – the 2017 Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational and the 2018 Pinehurst Intercollegiate … finished with a career stroke average of 74.59 … helped Ball State to consecutive runner-up finishes at the MAC Championships in 2017 and 2018 … posted four top-25 individual finishes at the MAC Championships.
2017-18 (Sr.): Second on the team with a 74.25 stroke average … carded seven rounds of par or better … won the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a 2-over-par total of 215 on the No. 8 course … shared MAC Golfer of the Week honors for that performance and was named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week … tied for seventh at the MAC Championships, where he held the 54-hole lead … matched his career-best round with a 67 on day one of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic … posted his best 54-hole total of the season with a 212 (-1) at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate.
2016-17 (Jr.): A Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar and Academic All-MAC selection … competed in all 12 events and 33 stroke-play rounds with a scoring average of 74.00 … provided a counting score in 28 of those rounds … posted four top-20 finishes, three top-10’s and two top-5’s … recorded his first collegiate victory by sharing individual medalist honors at the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational with a career-best score of 2-under par 208 … shared MAC Golfer of the Week recognition for that performance … carded three rounds in the 60’s for the season, including a career-best 67 at the Yestingsmeier Memorial … tied for fifth at the Firestone Invitational at 5 under par … posted three of the team’s top four 54-hole scores for the year … helped BSU to the team championship at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate … went 2-1-0 at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play … managed an overall head-to-head record of 482-380-23.
2015-16 (So.): An Academic All-MAC selection … competed in all but one event and managed a 74.85 scoring average, the second-best on the team … posted five top-20 finishes, highlighted by a tie for 12th at both the Badger Invitational (Sept. 27-29) and Ball State’s Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational (April 15-16) … led Ball State with a 14th-place finish at the MAC Championships (April 28-30) … tied for 17th at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic (Sept. 21-22) and 20th at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) … recorded a career-best score of 69 on the final day of the Mason Rudolph Championship (April 3) … managed a season-best 54-hole total of 215 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic … went 2-1-0 at the No. 2 position at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play (Feb. 8-9) … provided a counting score in 30 of his 33 stroke-play rounds.
2014-15 (Fr.): Played in nine total events and finished second on the team with a 75.46 stroke average … broke into the Ball State lineup in the fourth tournament of the year and stayed there the rest of the way … had four top-25 finishes … his best finish came with a tie for seventh at the Firestone Invitational with a 54-hole total of 1-over par 217 … tied for 16th at the MAC Championships, tied for 20th at the Talis Park Challenge and tied for 21st in his first collegiate tournament at the Fighting Irish Golf Classic … posted a season best 54-hole total of 215 (+2) at the Talis Park Challenge … managed a season-best round of 71 on three occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time all-state selection ... shared medalist honors with his teammate Christian Fairbanks at the 2014 state championships ... also finished fifth at the state finals as a freshman and seventh as a junior ... competed in the state finals all four years ... helped Columbus North to the team state title in 2014 to go along with a pair of previous runner-up finishes ... a three-time individual sectional champion ... regional medalist as a freshman ... helped Columbus North to four sectional and four regional titles as a team.
• Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2017, 2018)
• Academic All-MAC (2016, 2017, 2018)
• MAC Golfer of the Week (twice)
• MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (March 14, 2018)
Won two tournaments – the 2017 Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational and the 2018 Pinehurst Intercollegiate … finished with a career stroke average of 74.59 … helped Ball State to consecutive runner-up finishes at the MAC Championships in 2017 and 2018 … posted four top-25 individual finishes at the MAC Championships.
2017-18 (Sr.): Second on the team with a 74.25 stroke average … carded seven rounds of par or better … won the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a 2-over-par total of 215 on the No. 8 course … shared MAC Golfer of the Week honors for that performance and was named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week … tied for seventh at the MAC Championships, where he held the 54-hole lead … matched his career-best round with a 67 on day one of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic … posted his best 54-hole total of the season with a 212 (-1) at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate.
2016-17 (Jr.): A Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar and Academic All-MAC selection … competed in all 12 events and 33 stroke-play rounds with a scoring average of 74.00 … provided a counting score in 28 of those rounds … posted four top-20 finishes, three top-10’s and two top-5’s … recorded his first collegiate victory by sharing individual medalist honors at the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational with a career-best score of 2-under par 208 … shared MAC Golfer of the Week recognition for that performance … carded three rounds in the 60’s for the season, including a career-best 67 at the Yestingsmeier Memorial … tied for fifth at the Firestone Invitational at 5 under par … posted three of the team’s top four 54-hole scores for the year … helped BSU to the team championship at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate … went 2-1-0 at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play … managed an overall head-to-head record of 482-380-23.
2015-16 (So.): An Academic All-MAC selection … competed in all but one event and managed a 74.85 scoring average, the second-best on the team … posted five top-20 finishes, highlighted by a tie for 12th at both the Badger Invitational (Sept. 27-29) and Ball State’s Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational (April 15-16) … led Ball State with a 14th-place finish at the MAC Championships (April 28-30) … tied for 17th at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic (Sept. 21-22) and 20th at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) … recorded a career-best score of 69 on the final day of the Mason Rudolph Championship (April 3) … managed a season-best 54-hole total of 215 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic … went 2-1-0 at the No. 2 position at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play (Feb. 8-9) … provided a counting score in 30 of his 33 stroke-play rounds.
2014-15 (Fr.): Played in nine total events and finished second on the team with a 75.46 stroke average … broke into the Ball State lineup in the fourth tournament of the year and stayed there the rest of the way … had four top-25 finishes … his best finish came with a tie for seventh at the Firestone Invitational with a 54-hole total of 1-over par 217 … tied for 16th at the MAC Championships, tied for 20th at the Talis Park Challenge and tied for 21st in his first collegiate tournament at the Fighting Irish Golf Classic … posted a season best 54-hole total of 215 (+2) at the Talis Park Challenge … managed a season-best round of 71 on three occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time all-state selection ... shared medalist honors with his teammate Christian Fairbanks at the 2014 state championships ... also finished fifth at the state finals as a freshman and seventh as a junior ... competed in the state finals all four years ... helped Columbus North to the team state title in 2014 to go along with a pair of previous runner-up finishes ... a three-time individual sectional champion ... regional medalist as a freshman ... helped Columbus North to four sectional and four regional titles as a team.
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