PLAYER PROFILES
ROYALS’ MEN’S GOLF 2012
Chris Schank Junior
Dunmore, Pa.
THE UNIVERSITY
OF
SCRANTON MEN’S GOLF TEAM
Two-year letterman. ... Has led Royals in scoring average in each of the past two seasons. ... Holds a career scoring average of 78.41. ... Has 19 sub-80 rounds in his career. ... Two-time Empire 8 Conference championship participant. ... One of five players on this year’s roster to have graduated from nearby Scranton Preparatory School. Sophomore Year (2010-2011): Continued his solid play by leading the Royals in scoring average again with a 78.13 per round average. ... 11 of his 15 rounds were sub-80. ... Came through in the clutch to help the Royals win the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational tournament on April 10-11 at the Glenmaura National Golf Club in nearby Moosic; shot a season-low final round 73 as Scranton finished tied with McDaniel College for the team title; in the four-score, one-hole cumulative playoff, was one of three players to birdie the 18th hole as the Royals sealed the victory with a three-under-par 13. ... Opened the year by tying for team-low honors with a 77 as the Royals won the Utica Invitational on September 4 at the Hidden Valley Golf Course in Whitesboro, New York. ... Shot three sub80 rounds to finish 11th with a 72-hole total of 323 at the Empire 8 Conference championships, the first two rounds of which were held at the Yahnundasis Golf Club in New Hartford, New York, and the final two rounds at the Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville, Pennsylvania. ... Placed fourth at the Moravian College Spring Invitational on March 31 with a 77 at Woodstone Country Club. ... One of four players to break 80 as the Royals ended the season with a season-low total of 297 in recording wins over Wilkes University and William Paterson University on April 26 at Wilkes-Barre Golf Club in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Freshman Year (2009-2010): Another talented freshman who made an immediate impact on the program. ... Led Royals with a 78.71 strokes per round average. ... Carded eight sub-80 rounds. ... Shot an even-par 71 to earn medalist honors in wins over King’s and Misericordia on April 21 at Glenmaura National Golf Club. ... Four days later, carded a 75 to finish fourth at the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational on the same course. ... Tied for 17th place with a 72-hole total of 329 (82.25 per 18-hole average) at the Empire 8 Conference championships, a split-season tournament in which the first two rounds were played at the Blue Heron Country Club in Macedon, New York, and the final two rounds were played in the spring at the Susquehanna Valley Country Club in Hummels Whorf, Pennsylvania. ... Carded back-to-back rounds of 80 to end up tied for 18th after the first two rounds of the Empire 8 Conference championships. ... Picked up medalist honors in two victories over King’s College at the Wyoming Valley Country Club; on September 21, shot a one-over-par 73 to lead the Royals to a 304-344 victory and carded a 75 in a 317-346 victory on April 12.
Year Rounds 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 15 Total 29
Strokes 1102 1172 2274
Avg. 78.71 78.13 78.41
CAREER STATISTICS Low Round 71, vs. King’s/Misericordia; Glenmaura National, Apr. 21 73, 2nd Rd., Glenmaura Inv., Glenmaura National, Apr. 11 71, vs. King’s/Misericordia; Glenmaura Nat., Apr. 21
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