College Preview: Eastern Michigan Men and Women
By Greg Steiner
The Eastern Michigan University men’s golf program will look much different during the 2022-23 season than in past years. Men’s Head Coach Bruce Cunningham’s squad graduated five student-athletes from last year’s squad, but has reloaded with a talented group of freshmen to go along with senior captain Cam Kellett and junior Patrick Deardorff (Clarkston), who was this year's Michigan Amateur runner-up.
The freshmen class will need to help replace a graduating class that included two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection Ty Celone, all-time career round leader Cougar Collins and multiple-time MAC Player of the Week selection Zack Mason
The newcomers include Logan Graf (Sylvan Lake, Alberta), Victor Caliguri (Cleves, Ohio), Ryan Somerville (Aurora, Ontario), Cooper Eberle (Richmond, Ky.), Sam Yono (West Bloomfield, Mich.), and Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Guelph, Ontario).
The Eagles once again have a competitive fall schedule planned that includes tournaments at Marshall, Davidson, Purdue, Michigan State, and Dayton. The first fall tournament is scheduled for Sept. 12-13 at Guyan CC in Huntington, W.Va.
Conversely, the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team returns all nine members of last year’s team in 2022-23. Head Coach Stephanie Jennings’ crew posted the eighth-lowest team scoring average in program history at 307.5 and won three tournaments.
Junior Anna Watson was selected Second Team All-MAC by the league's head coaches after leading the Eagles' scoring efforts throughout the season with a 76.1 stroke average. She ranked 7th overall in the MAC for scoring. Meanwhile, sophomore Kyleigh Dull had a tremendous freshman campaign that saw her post three top-10 showings in her first four career events and four top-10 showings overall.
EMU opened the fall campaign at A-Ga-Ming Invite, Sept. 4-5, before traveling to Muncie, Ind., Sept. 19-20, for the Cardinal Classic. Eastern’s fall is also highlighted by a trip to Wolcott, Colo., Sept. 26-28, for the Red Sky Classic, as well as hosting the annual Shirley Spork Invitational at Eagle Crest Club in Ypsilanti, Oct. 3-4.
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