2016-17 Men's Golf Roster

Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin
Steve McLaughlin

Matt DePalma

Matt DePalma

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    San Clemente, CA
  • Highschool:
    San Clemente
  • Major:
    Marketing

Summary

Biography

SENIOR YEAR (2016-17)
Competed in 10 events – six in the fall and four in the spring … posted a 76.33 stroke average over 27 rounds, including a 76.13 mark over 16 rounds in the fall … a regular in Hartford’s five-man lineup … recorded three rounds of par-or-better … had a pair of top-20 finishes … top finish (10th place) came at the VGA/UConn Collegiate Invitational … led the team at the Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge (+4), shot a career-low round of 70 at The Doc Gimmler, a par-70 course, before matching that score in the first round of the VGA/UConn Collegiate Invitational … career-best three-round score of 2-over 218 (70-73-75) also came at the VGA/UConn Collegiate Invitational … posted Hartford’s third-best finish at the Big Sky Championship, tying for 25th with a 17-over 233 (78-84-71).
 
JUNIOR YEAR (2015-16)
Played in 31 rounds over 12 events during debut season with the Hawks, averaging 77.39 per round … had two rounds of par-or-better … made first appearance in the Hawks’ five-man lineup at the Hartford Hawks Invitational, carding a 17-over 233 (75-80-78) … posted season-best finish at the Big Sky Championship, tying for 17th place with a season-low, three-round score of 5-over 221 (71-75-75) … matched a season-low round of 71 strokes on two occasions in the opening round of the Big Sky Championship and in the first round of The Connecticut Cup.
 
BEFORE HARTFORD
Transferred to Hartford after spending two seasons at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Sophomore (2014-15): Finished with a 78.17 average over four rounds … opened the spring at the Neville Kovacs Group Intercollegiate, where he recorded his season-low round of 74 in the second round (75-74-76=225). Freshman (2013-14): Held an 82.00 stroke average over three rounds … carded a season-low round of 79 at the Bill Ross Intercollegiate (79-81-86=246). Before UMKC: A First Team All-League selection as a senior after being named to the Second Team as a freshman, sophomore and junior … was the team’s most improved golfer as a sophomore, going from fifth to first position … received the Most inSPEARnational Award and finished second in league play as a senior … finished 45th in the state at the end of his senior season … improved his nine-hole scoring average each year, finishing at 40.2 as a freshman, 38.6 as a sophomore, 38.2 as a junior and 37.4 as a senior.

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  • 2015-16Junior

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