Yianni Kostouros

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Photo by: Ball State Athletics

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Crown Point, Ind.
High School:
Crown Point

Career Honors
• Academic All-MAC (2021)

2020-21 (Jr.): Academic All-MAC … competed in three events, twice as part of the BSU lineup … managed a 76.56 scoring average over nine stroke play rounds … had his best finish with a tie for 26th while competing as an individual at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational … carded a season-best 72 in the final round of that event … posted season-best 54-hole totals of 228 at the Hoosier Collegiate and the Boilermaker Invitational.

2019-20 (So.): Competed in six events and 15 stroke play rounds … season was cut short when the last four spring tournaments, including the MAC Championships, were canceled because of COVID-19 … managed a stroke average of 74.60 … recorded his best career finish with a tie for 12th out of 87 golfers at the Musketeer Classic to close out the fall schedule … finished that event with a career-best 54-hole total of 216 (+3) … posted four rounds of even-par or better for the season … carded a career-low round of 69 (-3) to open the Golfweek Conference Challenge … tied for 27th at that event, the first of the season, to help BSU to a 15-stroke team victory … the win earned the Cardinals an initial Golfweek national ranking of No. 20, the program’s best ever.

2018-19 (Fr.): Competed in nine events as part of the Ball State lineup … managed a 74.95 scoring average over 22 stroke play rounds … had his best finish of the season with a 16th-place result at the Butler Spring Invitational … tied for 30th as BSU’s second-best finisher at the Chatham Hills Collegiate … fired season-best rounds of 70 at Chatham Hills (-2) and the Musketeer Classic (-1) … his season-best 54-hole mark of 218 came at the Trinity Forest Invitational … went 2-0-1 at the No. 6 position in the lineup at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play.

High School: All-state as a senior … won the State Preview that year with a 5-under 67 at Prairie View Golf Club … also won his sectional championship … qualified for the IHSAA state finals twice … conference and regional medalist as a junior … set the scoring record at the Duneland Athletic Conference Tournament with a round of 67 … named the Chicago Post Tribune Golfer of the Year in 2016 … selected to participate in the 2016 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach … won the 2016 Rocky Mountain Junior Tour Tournament of Champions … placed in the top 10 in 2017 Golfweek Junior Tour events at The Fort and Notre Dame … won his age group in the event at The Fort … the 2013 Greece Junior national champion in Athens … tied for ninth at the Indiana Amateur, 15th at the Northern Amateur and 21st at the Indiana Open Championship in the summer before enrolling at Ball State.