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2018-19 Men's Golf Roster

Eric Shelly

Eric Shelly

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    150
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fernandina Beach, FL
  • High School:
    Fernandina Beach

Summary

Biography

2018-19: Competed in all nine tournaments...Completed 19 rounds...Averaged 78.26 strokes per round...Ranked second on the team in scoring average...Shot a season-low 70 at The Doc Gimmler...CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection in the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019...2017-18: Competed in all 10 events...Totaled 23 rounds...Averaged 78.91 strokes per round...Shot a season-best 73 at the Metropolitan Intercollegiate...Tied for 22nd out of 96 golfers at the Coca-Cola Lehigh Valley Intercollegiate with a 150 (+6)...Shot a 77 (+7) and tied for 14th (out of 29) at the Father George Hill Memorial...2016-17: Competed in all 10 events on the season...Completed 21 rounds...Averaged 77 strokes per round...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring average...Opened the season with a low round of 69 at The Doc Gimmler...Tied for second at the Father George Hill Collegiate Invitational at +5...Tied for fifth at the Lehigh Invitational at +5...Tied for seventh at the Hofstra Quad at +4...CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...2015-16: Competed in all 12 events, totaling 24 1/2 rounds...Averaged 78.69 strokes per round, which ranked third on the team...Won the 43-player Saint Peter's Peacock Invitational with an even par 72...The 72 was a season best score...Tied for fifth out of 24 golfers at the Glen Oaks Shootout #2...CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...High School: Played four years of golf and one year of baseball and basketball at Fernandina Beach High School...Three-time First Coast All-Star selection in golf...FHSAA District Golf Medalist in 2013 and 2014...FHSAA Regional Golf Medalist in 2014...Baseball rookie of the year in 2012...Averaged 71.2 strokes per round as a senior...Member of the National Honor Society...National Scholar-Athlete Class of 2015...Graduated with honors...Helped FBHS to District Golf Championships in 2013 and 2014...Personal: Has one sister, Jacqueline, who played collegiate golf at Mercer and Florida Atlantic...Lists Jordan Spieth as his favorite athlete...Serves on Hofstra's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Plans to pursue a career in finance...Accounting major.
 
Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Rnd. Top 10 Top 20
2015-16 12 24.5 1928 78.69 72 2 5
2016-17 10 21 1617 77.00 69 3 3
2017-18 10 23 1815 78.91 73 0 2
2018-19 9 19 1487 78.26 70 0 0
Career 41 87.5 6847 78.25 69 5 10

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'11" 150 lbs