Sterling McIlravy

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Solon, Iowa
Prev School:
Kirkwood (Iowa) CC
High School:
Solon

2020-21 (Jr.): Competed in all six of BSU’s full-team events … managed a 77.57 scoring average over 14 stroke play rounds … had his best finish with a tie for 22nd at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate … posted a season-best score of 73 in each of the final two rounds at Craft Farms … finished the event with a season-best 54-hole total of 221 (+5) … posted a 2-1-0 record at the No. 5 position in the lineup in his BSU debut at the season-opening Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play.

PRE-BALL STATE: Played two seasons of junior college golf in Iowa, first at Lakes Community College and then at Kirkwood CC … reached the top 20 in Golfstat’s national JUCO Division II individual rankings in the fall of 2019 and finished at No. 31 … Kirkwood was ranked second as a team when the season was halted by COVID-19 … posted three top-5 finishes during the 2019 fall schedule and led Kirkwood to a pair of tournament titles in four events … finished the fall with a 73.55 scoring average … won the Klocke Family Classic, matching the school record with a 6-under-par 66 in the opening round … broke Kirkwood's 9-hole scoring record that day with an 8-under 28 … a member of the NJCAA All-Academic First Team … managed four top-3 finishes and one win in 11 starts as a freshman at Lakes CC … finished ninth in 2019 at the U.S. Amateur qualifier at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines and 13th at the Iowa Amateur Championship at The Ridge Golf Club in Sioux Center.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time sectional champion at Solon … named the Iowa Junior PGA Player of the Year in 2016.