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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

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Jason Paek

Jason Paek

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Glenview, IL
  • High School:
    Glenbrook South

Summary

Biography

At UR 2017-18: Enjoyed a career year as a senior...Led the team with a 75.40 scoring average across 20 rounds, over two strokes better than his previous season low, also ranking 11th in UR single-season history...Earned GCAA All-Region accolades...Named Liberty League Player of the Year and 1st Team All-Conference...1st Team All-UAA honors...Was a tournament medalist twice, coming at the Liberty League Fall Preview and Liberty League Spring Championship...Recorded career low round of 1-under 71 at the Jekyll Island Invitational in March...Winning percentage of .762 (464-145) was a career best...Added T-4th place result at the Roberts Wesleyan Redhawk Invitational, T-6th at the UR Fred Kravetz Invitational and T-16th of 102 at the Royal Lakes/Oglethorpe Invitational...Two-time UAA and Liberty League Performer of the Week...Earned two wins at the UAA Match Play Championship, winning 2&1 over CMU and 1-Up over NYU...Ends career with 77.07 scoring average, 7th all-time in Rochester history...Academically, was honored by the GCAA As an All-American Scholar...Selected to the UAA and Liberty League All-Academic squads for the third straight season.

At UR 2016-17: Played as one of the teams top golfers during junior season, averaging a career best 77.45 across 20 rounds (9 events)...Was second on the team in scoring and posted two top-5's and four top-10's...Earned All-Region honors from the GCAA and was a 1st Team All-Liberty League selection and 2nd Team All-UAA choice...Finished T-4th in the overall Liberty League Tournament (combining Fall and Spring) with a 308 score for 72-holes...Was 5th in the first event of the year at the St. John Fisher Invitational and T-5th two weeks later at the Liberty League Fall Tournament...Had low round of 74 twice, including in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament where Rochester finished in 26th place...Honored by UAA and Liberty League as member of All-Academic team...GCAA All-America Scholar.

At UR 2015-16: Moved into the starting lineup as a sophomore, competing in all eight events and carded 17 rounds, averaging 77.94 strokes, 3rd on the team...Finished the first tournament of the year in T-5th at the Flower City NCAA Preview after rounds of 74-75...Had a season low round of 73 three times on the year, including in the opening round of the Jekyll Island Invitational where he helped UR post its season best team score of 290 (+2)...Earned 2nd Team All-UAA accolades following the season...Named to UAA and Liberty League All-Academic teams.

At UR 2014-15: The freshman played in two events, carding a scoring average of 79.75 in his four rounds...Ended T-15th at the Fred Kravetz Invitational after recording his best two rounds of the year (76-79).

HS: Glenbrook South HS graduate earned three letters for the Titans golf team...Two-time team captain (jr.-sr.) and team MVP as a senior...Earned All-Conference and was Mid-American Junior Golf Tour All-Midwest Team selection in 2013-14...Member of the National Honor Society and Cum Laude Society...Illinois State Scholar, Senior Athletic Academic Award winner and Central Suburban League Scholar Athlete.

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