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2009-10 Golf (M) Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Galesburg, Ill.
    Hometown
  • Galesburg H.S.
    High School
Zach Wanken
Zach Wanken
Senior
Class
Galesburg, Ill.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Honors and Awards
First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V (2009-10)
Second-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V (2008-09)
Three-Time First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2007-08, 2008-09 & 2009-10)
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009

 
2009-10: Ranked second on the team with a 77.3 stroke average and 19 rounds in the 70's ... Was a First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete ... Posted five top 20 finishes, including tying for 12th at the State Farm MVC Championship ... Was Bradley's top finisher in five of 10 tournaments, including the Valley Championship ... Placed in the top 12 in each of his last three events ... Carded a season-low 69 in the opening round of the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Tied for 11th at the Branson Creek Invitational and finished in a tie for 12th at the Hawkeye Invitational ... his 61 career rounds in the 70's is tied for 17th in school history.

2008-09: Earned Second-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V honors ... Named a First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete ... Joined Ryan Blask as the only two-time First-Team Valley Scholar-Athlete in program history ... Led the team with a 77.2 stroke average ... Owned a 74.2 stroke average in the Fall ... Had a team-high three top 20 finishes ... Was Bradley's top finisher in three events and was one of the Braves top two finishers in five of nine tournaments ... Tied for 17th at the Murray State Invitational ... Shot a season-low 69 in the opening round of the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate en route to a season-best 11th place finish ... Had a streak of nine consecutive rounds below 80 ... Tied for 22nd at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship.


2007-08: Emerged as the Braves top golfer, posting a team-best 77.6 stroke average ... One of two players to play in every round last year ... Named a first-team Missouri Valley Conference scholar-athlete, marking the first time a Bradley men's golfer earned the distinction since the 1998-99 season ... Was the team's top finisher in five of 10 tournaments and was one of Bradley's top two performers in nine of 10 events ... Posted a 75.4 stroke average in the fall ... Opened play at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate with a career-best 68 and went on to tie for 23rd (219) ... His 68 is tied for the sixth lowest individual round in school history ... Shot 76 or better in eight of his first nine rounds and 12 of his first 15 rounds overall ... Top BU finisher at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship, tying for 25th ... Followed up opening day rounds of 79 and 78 with his lowest round of the spring (70) on the last day of play at the MVC Championship.

2006-07: Ranked fourth on the team with an 80.3 stroke average ... Posted two top 20 finishes and shot seven rounds in the 70's ... Finished 13th at the season-opening Butler Fall Invitational, shooting a season-low 73 in the second round ... Played as an individual at the Bradley Fall Classic, tying for 17th ... Shot a 79 in the final round at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship

Personal: The son of Mark Larry and Vicki Wanken ... Majoring in chemistry ... Named to the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll following all seven of his semesters at Bradley 

Career Stats
Season    Rounds    Strokes      Average       Titles    Top 10     Top 20    70's     Low
2006-07    22           1767          80.3                0          0             2         7         73
2007-08    26           2017          77.6                0          0             0         20       68
2008-09    24           1853          77.2                0          0             3         15       69
2009-10    29            2241         77.3                0          0             5         19       69
Totals      101           7878         78.0                0          0            10         61      68