Eric Steger

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Noblesville, Ind.
High School:
Noblesville

*** 2011 PING Division I All-Midwest Region ***

*** 2011 All-Mid-American Conference First Team ***

*** 2011 All-MAC Tournament Team ***

*** 2010 and 2011 Indiana Golf Association
John K. David Player of the Year ***

*** 2011 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Medalist ***

*** 2010-11 Ball State Team Co-Captain ***

*** 2010 All-MAC Second Team ***

*** 2010 Ball State Travis J. Smith Most Valuable Player Award ***

2010-11 (Sr.): Tallied his first collegiate victory with a 67-72-75=214 win at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational . . . advanced to the NCAA Regional and tied for 49th out of 75 golfers . . . named the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week for his performance at the EY Invitational . . . led the team with a 72.74 average . . . season low score of 67 at the EY Invitational . . . five rounds in the 60's . . . five top-10 finishes -- first at EY, second at Wolf Run Intercollegiate, tied for ninth at Renaissance Invitational, third at the Bearcat Invitational and tied for 10th at the Rio Pinar Invitational . . . tallied a season low 212 for 54 holes at Wolf Run . . . managed a three round total of 2 under par 214 at the Bearcat Invitational . . . managed a 2-3-2 record in match play competitions . . . earned fourth letter.

2009-10 (Jr.): Played in all 12 events . . . earned third letter . . . led the team with a 73.00 average, which tied for the third best single season average in Ball State history . . . tallied career low 64 at Xavier Renaissance Invitational in Fort Myers, Fla. . . . the 64 ties for the second best 18-hole round in Ball State history . . . the 64 was 8-under par, which set the Ball State record for low 18 holes under par . . . set personal best 54-hole score with a 204 at Renaissance . . . the 204 is the second best 54-hole score in Ball State history . . . Ball State's top competitor at six events . . . four rounds in the 60's . . . four top-10 finishes . . . season best second place finish at Cincinnati Bearcat Invitational and Dayton Fall Invitational . . . tied for fifth at Renaissance and tied for seventh at Adidas Hoosier Invitational . . . tied for 13th at Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational . . . Ball State's top competitor at the Crooked Stick Invitational with a tie for 14th . . . tied for 19th at the Mid-American Conference Championships.

2008-09 (So.): Played in 35.5 competitive rounds . . . earned second letter . . . tallied five top-20 finishes, including a third place showing at Ball State's Cardinal Collegiate . . . tied for 15th at the Mid-American Conference Championships . . . tied for 17th at the Rutherford Intercollegiate . . . tied for 20th at the Marshall Invitational and Ball State's Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational . . . season low 69 at Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational.

2007-08 (Fr.): Played in 26 competitive rounds . . . season best tie for fourth at the IPFW Fall Classic . .. Ball State's top finisher with a tie for 18th at the Indiana Invitational . . . tied for 31st at the MAC Championships as a true freshman . . . managed a career low 67 at the IPFW Fall Classic.

SUMMER GOLF: Won the 2011 E-Z-GO Indianapolis Open . . . competed at the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championships at Chambers Bay in Washington, and advanced out of the first two rounds of stroke play . . . named the Indiana Golf Association John K. David Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010 . . . won the 2010 Indiana State Amateur . . . won the 2010 Indianapolis Open and the IGA Four Ball . . . tied for second at the 2010 Indiana Open and the Indiana PGA Monticello Open . . . tied for third at the 2010 IGA Public Links Championships . . . finished 11th at the Mobile ProShop Northern Open . . . tied for 21st at the Indiana PGA Pro-Am in 2010 . . . qualified for the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championships by winning the U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier in Cincinnati, Ohio . . . tied for ninth at the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championships in Tulsa, Okla., after two rounds of stroke play . . . managed a 72-71 at Southern Hills Country Club at the U.S. Amateur . . . the first round 72 was the fourth lowest score at Southern Hills on that day . . . eliminated in match play at the U.S. Amateur . . . won the 2009 Indiana Public Links Championship with a 67-65 . . . won the 2009 Indiana Golf Association Match Play Championships . . . tied for 25th at the 2009 Indiana Open . . . tied for third at the 2008 PGA Southern Open and the IGA Public Links Championship . . . tied for fourth at the 2008 Indianapolis Open and tied for fifth at the 2008 IGA Match Play Championship . . . tied for ninth at the 2008 IGA Indiana Amateur and tied for 15th at the 2008 PGA Northern Open . . . tied for fifth at the 2007 Indianapolis Amateur . . . fourth at the 2007 Indiana District Qualifier . . . tied for 23rd at the 2007 Indiana Amateur . . . placed 20th at the 2007 Indiana Open . . . a two-time USGA Junior Amateur qualifier (2005 and 2006) . . . won the 2006 Indianapolis Amateur . . . tied for 21st at the 2006 Indiana State Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in golf for Coach Gary Dealsyne . . . all-county and all-conference as a senior plus placed in the top 15 at the state championships . . . three-time state qualifier . . . helped team to second-place finish at the state as a sophomore . . . tied for sectional medalist honors as a freshman . . . shot a 65 at the regional as a junior.

PERSONAL: Son of Ball State alums Scott and Donna Steger . . . Scott played golf at Ball State from 1975-78 and was inducted to the BSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988 after earning All-America honors in 1977 and 1978 . . . Donna was a member of the Ball State women's golf team during the 1980-81 season . . . born March 8, 1989 . . . one brother and one sister . . . owns a 3.011 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale.