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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

John Abbott

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 145
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Higganum, Conn.
  • Highschool Haddam-Killingworth

Biography

2018 (Senior Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...CCC Golfer of the Year/Senior Scholar-Athlete..posted a team-best 73.72 stroke average while medaling at both the CCC Fall Qualifier in early October and the CCC Championship in late April...paced the 99-player field at the Johnson & Wales Wildcat Spring Invitational with a two-day score of 146, and he placed in the top-10 in ten of Western New England's 11 tournaments this season with eight top-five showings...All-America Scholar accolades from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA)...earned DIII Ping All-Northeast Region honors...CCC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 11, Oct. 10 & 16, Apr. 23 & 30) 

2017 (Junior Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...registered a team-best 76.8 stroke average in ten events and 16 rounds...carded a season-best score of 73 at the RIC Invitational while also recording a pair of 74s during the fall portion of Western New England's schedule...All-America Scholar accolades from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA)...CCC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 26)

2016 (Sophomore Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...averaged a 78.1 in 17 rounds and ten events this past season...posted five top-ten finishes, including a tie for first with a season-best score of 70 at the Western New England Invitational...CCC Golfer of the Week (Apr. 25)

2015 (Freshman Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...CCC Rookie of the Year...played in five rounds this season, while earning a 75.4 stroke average...Made his first debut in the WNE Invitational, capturing the medalist honors with a score of 73...CCC Rookie of the Week (Apr. 20, 27)...CCC Golfer of the Week (Apr. 20)...ECAC Golf Rookie of the Month (April), first in school history

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Redshirt

    0 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    6'0" 145 lbs