Andy Skillman

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

2005-06 (Jr.)
Competed in 29 rounds . . . compiled a 75.86 stroke average for the year . . . fired career-best 64 in the final round of the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational on the way to tying for fifth place . . . the 64 tied for the 19th lowest round in the nation by any Division I men’s golfer and stood as a BSU school record for just minutes before teammate Wayne Denger came in with a 63 . . . his 54-hole 207 score was one shy of the Ball State record . . . was also Ball State’s top finisher the next week at the Xavier Invitational . . . played in the 2006 Western Amateur in July . . . tied for third in the Western Amateur Qualifier . . . sixth in the U.S. Amateur Qualifier . . . 21st in the Indiana State Open.

2004-05 (So.)
Played in 24 competitive rounds . . . averaged a 76.42 for the season . . . tied for 15th place at the First Energy Intercollegiate . . . fired a season-low 71 in the third round of the MAC Championships.

2003-2004 (Fr.)
Competed in nine competitive rounds . . . managed an overall average of 78.11 . . . posted a season-low 74 at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational to tie for 48th at the event . . . shot a spring-low 76 at the El Diablo Intercollegiate.

High School
Earned four letters in golf and tennis at Jasper . . . a Presidential Academic Scholarship and admitted to the Honors College at Ball State . . . was the 2002 Pepsi/Indiana 17-year-old Division Age Group Champion plus finished third at the 2002 Westfield PGA Junior Qualifier . . . a 2002 Indiana High School Athletic Association State Finals qualifier after winning the conference and sectional titles . . . Big Eight Conference Champion as a junior . . . two-time all-conference selection . . . competed in the Indiana State Open . . . competed in the United States Amateur Qualifier and the Indiana State Match Play event . . . won the 2002 IHSAA State Tennis Mental Attitude Award.

Personal
Son of Jim and Carol Skillman . . . has one brother, Eric . . . posted a 3.82 grade-point average at Jasper . . . majoring in accounting at Ball State . . . owns a 3.67 overall grade-point average on BSU’s 4.0 scale.