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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

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Declan Hickton

Declan Hickton

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Pittsburgh, PA
  • Highschool:
    Sewickley Academy

Summary

Biography

At UR 2020-21: Had a career year as a senior, averaging a team-best 73.09 strokes per round...Named an Honorable Mention All-American by the GCAA...PING All-Northeast Region selection and was 1st Team All-UAA and All-Liberty League...Had five top-10's in six total events, being tournament medalist three times to start the season...Career-best round of 69 (3-under) at the St. John Fisher Midvale Invite, finishing the event at 4-under after a second round 71...Also, was medalist at SJFC Cobblestone Invitatonal and UR Fred Kravetz Invitational...Selected as a individual participant for the NCAA Division III Championships, where he finished tied for 86th after rounds of 76 and 78...Two-time UAA and Liberty League Athlete of the Week during the season...Named a UR Garnish Scholar during the fall...Selected as GCAA Division III All-America Scholar...Earned Liberty League and UAA All-Academic honors. 

At UR 2019-20: Selected GCAA All-Region in the Northeast after a solid junior season...Appeared in all five events and averaged a career-best 75.42 strokes, second best on the Yellowjackets...Had three rounds at even-par or better, including two at the Savannah Invitational where he finished T-26th of 90 after a score of 215 (73-72-70)...Was T-6th of 129 at the Williams Fall Invitational at shooting 75 and career-best 69 for total score of 144...UAA and Liberty League All-Academic for second straight year...GCAA All-America Scholar.

At UR 2018-19: One of two golfers to appear in all ten events for the Yellowjackets...Was in starting five for all ten, accumulating a scoring average of 79.68, which was third on the team...Tied for medalist honors at the Fred Kravetz Invitational with rounds of 76-74, finishing second after tiebreaker...11 rounds with a sub-80 score this season...Named UAA and Liberty League Player of the Week on Apr. 15...Finished 13th at the Liberty League Fall Preview and was 24th at Liberty League Championship in the spring...3&1 winner over NYU in the UAA Match Play Championship 3rd place match...Academically was named to UAA and Liberty League All-Academic teams.

At UR 2017-18: Appeared in nine all nine events, four in UR's starting lineup...Averaged 79.30 strokes per round for 20 total rounds...Named Honorable Mention All-Liberty League following the season...Placed as runner-up of 39 golfers at the Jekyll Island Individual Collegiate, shooting rounds of 78-74-71...Also, finished 6th at the UAA Individual Tournament and T-9th at the St. John Fisher Invitational...Had two rounds under par, second best on the team, with both being 1-under 71's...Named Liberty League Rookie of the Week on October 19th after back-to-back rounds of 75 at at the Royal Lakes/Olgethorpe Invitational.

HS: Attended Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, PA...Lettered in golf, basketball and baseball for the Panthers...Golf team captain as a junior and senior, basketball team captain in senior season...Golf team was 4-time sectional and district champions...Also, earned two state runner-up finishes and one state title...Basketball team posted two sectional titles, one district title and one state title.

Personal: Mother, Dawne, was a member of the Rochester class of 1979 and was a member of the UR women's swimming team...Brother, Keenan, attended Emory University and was a member of the golf team.

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