2007-08 Men's Golf Roster

A.J. Oleksak

  • Position:
    Player
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Feeding Hills, MA
  • Highschool:
    Agawam
  • Prev School:
    Gardner-Webb

Summary

Biography

As a Senior in 2007-08: Team co-captain ... played in all five tournaments ... logged 13 rounds and finished the fall season with a stroke average of 72.5 ... tied for second overall at the Seascape Collegiate Invitational, carding back-to-back rounds of 69 ... his 138 total tied for the second-best 36-hole score in school history ... finished 10th at the Agua-Caliente Air Force Academy Collegiate Invitational, breaking the school record for low 54-hole score at 201 ... tied his career-low round of 66 twice at the Agua-Caliente, which tied for the fifth lowest 18-hole score in school history.

As a Junior in 2006-07: Team co-captain ... played in 10 tournaments ... logged 26 rounds and finished with a stroke average of 75.9 ... tied for 15th overall at the Purple & Red Invitational while helping the Hawks to a team victory ... carded a career-low round of 66 in the second round of the Purple & Red Invitational ... also broke 70 in the second round of the Hawks Invitational, posting a three-under-par 69 en route to a tie for 23rd overall ... carded rounds of 73 and 74 to finish as runner-up at the America East Championship, earning all-conference honors ... shot 241 and tied for 128th overall at the NCAA East Regional ... named to the America East All-Academic Team ... named America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s golf ... selected by the GCAA as a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar, the first one in Hartford’s history ... during the summer, was one of 64 competitors to advance to match play at the 2007 U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club ... started as one of 315 players fighting for a spot in the match play portion of the Amateur and advanced through a 36-hole stroke-play event ... survived a four-hole playoff to earn the last spot in the match play event ... was eliminated in the first round of match play by top-seeded Jason Kokrak (2-and-1).

As a Sophomore in 2005-06: Played in all 11 tournaments ... best finish (T-5th) of the year came at the New England Championship ... shot a four-under-par round of 68 on the final day, tying for the low round of the tournament ... placed 11th at the America East Championship.

As a Freshman in 2004-05 (at Gardner-Webb): One of the top golfers at Gardner-Webb as a rookie, playing in nine of 10 tournaments and posting the second-best stroke average (76.2) on the team.

Before Hartford: Played golf for four years at Agawam High School, helping his team to top-five finishes in the state tournament every year ... won the Massachusetts state high school championship as a senior with a round of 69 ... a four-time All-Western Mass selection ... was named to the W-Mass Academic All-Scholastic Team as a senior ... teamed with his father to shoot 67 and win the 2001 Massachusetts Father and Son Championship at Fall River Country Club ... medalist in the 2002 U.S. Junior Qualifying at Tumble Brook Country Club en route to competing at the National Championship, where he missed the cut, posting a score of 158 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, GA.

Personal: Born January 9, 1986 ... son of Mike and Rita Oleksak ... has two brothers, Matt and Pat ... enrolled in the Barney School of Business ... majoring in economics and finance.

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