2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin

Elias Gross

Elias Gross

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Calabasas
  • Major:
    Entrepreneurial Studies

Summary

Biography

GRADUATE YEAR (2020-21)
SEASON ABBREVIATED, PLAYED IN SPRING 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • Played the fourth-most rounds in program history (112)
  • Posted the seventh-best career stroke average in program history (75.00)
  • Big Sky All-Academic Team
  • Played in all eight events, posting four top-10 finishes
  • Third on the team with a 75.33 stroke average over eight rounds
  • Opened season with three straight top-10 efforts
  • Tied for sixth to lead team at the Peacock Invitational, posting a 73 (+3) in the season opener
  • Shot an even-par 72 for a season-best finish (t-5th) at the Hartford Invitational at Tumble Brook
  • Season-best round of an even-par 70 came in the final round of the Doc Gimmler
  • Tied for 27th at the Big Sky Championship (79-79-75, +17)
 
SENIOR YEAR (2019-20)
SEASON HALTED ON MARCH 12 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • Srixon/Cleveland Golf GCAA All-America Scholar
  • Big Sky Scholar-Athlete
  • Big Sky All-Academic Team
  • Played in six tournaments of seven tournaments in 2019-20
  • Posted a 75.63 stroke average over 16 rounds
  • Two top-25 finishes
  • Tied for seventh with a 145 (72, 73, +1) for season-best finish at the Ryan Lee Memorial Tournament 
  • Shot a season-low round of 70 (-1) in the final round of the ODU/OBX Collegiate
 
JUNIOR YEAR (2018-19)
  • Participated in nine tournaments, combining for 29 rounds 
  • Four top-25 finishes, including two in the top 10 
  • Second on the tam with a 74.48 stroke average 
  • Carded a team-best eight under-par rounds with two rounds in the 60s 
  • Led the team at three tournaments
  • Tied for 18th at the Doc Gimmler (70-71-72, +3) 
  • Runner up at the UConn Invite at Great Horse after posting first career top finish with a 218 (75-73-70, +2) 
  • Big Sky Golfer of the Week on Oct. 11 after the runner-up finish at UConn 
  • Posted a team-best finish (t-29th) at the FAU Spring Championship with an even-par 216 
  • Entered the final day of the Big Sky Championship tied for first and finished in a tie for sixth to lead the team 
  • Fired season-best rounds of 69 twice at the conference championship, totaling a career-low 210 (69-69-70, -6)
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2017-18)
  • Played in 10 tournaments, combining for 27 rounds 
  • Second on the team with a career-low 74.15 stroke average 
  • Carded four under-par rounds 
  • Posted five top-25 finishes 
  • Tied for 21st for season-best finish at the Sacred Heart Invitational with an 81 
  • Shot two rounds under par for a 214 at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, tying for 24th (71-70-73, +1) 
  • Carded a career-low 68 in the final round of the Loyola Intercollegiate (70-73-68, -5), tying for 24th
  • Finished 24th at the Big Sky Championship 
  • Runner up at the Connecticut State Amateur Championship 
 
FRESHMAN YEAR (2016-17)
  • Competed in nine tournaments
  • Third on the team with a 75.92 stroke average over 25 rounds 
  • Posted a pair of top-10 finishes 
  • Tied for 23rd to lead the team at the Macdonald Cup (72-73-72, +6) 
  • Finished one stroke off the winner at the Big Sky Championship, tying for runner-up honors with an even-par 216 (75-69-72) 
  • Fired season-low round of 69 in the conference tournament’s second round, the lowest score for that day
 
BEFORE HARTFORD
  • Enjoyed a standout four-year career at Calabasas High School 
  • Posted the program’s lowest single-season stroke average as a senior (2016) 
  • Led team to runner-up honors at the CIF Central Section Championship (2016) 
  • Recorded the team’s lowest stroke average in each of his four seasons 
  • Posted a trio of top-five finishes at the Toyota Cup Tour 
  • Placed in the top-15 of the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournament on three occasions, including a sixth-place finish at Butte Creek 
  • Second in season points at the Southern California PGA Players Tour (2013)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'8"
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    5'8"