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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

Sam Aronoff

  • Class Senior
  • Major Economics
  • Hometown Santa Monica, Calif.
  • High School Buckley (Lafayette)

Biography

Collegiate Career Best: 66 (-4) 139 (-1), 214 (-2)
High School Bests: 68, 141, 215

2017-18/SENIOR
Appeared in 23 rounds during his senior season for the Tribe … Finished the season with a 74.09 stroke per round average, 419-226 (.650) win-loss record, and a tied for first finish … Opened the season with a 144 (+2) in the rain shortened Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (9/11) … Paced the Tribe with a 214 (+4) in the EKU Raising Cane’s Intercollegiate (9/16-17), while firing a 36-hole career low 139 (-1) … Fired a 211 (+1), including a career-low 66 (-4) in the final round, in the Fighting Irish Invitational (10/8-9) … His 66 (-4) is tied for the 17th best round in school history …  Finished tied for first, before falling in a playoff with a 219 (+6) in the Georgetown Intercollegiate (10/16-17) … Fired a 224 (+14) in the Kingsmill Intercollegiate (3/25-27) … Paced the Tribe at the CAA Championships (4/20-22) with a 230 (+14).

2016-17/JUNIOR
Played in 20 of 26 rounds for the Tribe during his junior season … Carded a 73.80 stroke per round average as a junior … Finished a 415-204 (.670) for the season … Made his season debut playing the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic (10/9-11) finishing with a 223 (+13) … Placed tied for fourth in the Invitational at Savannah Harbor (2/20-21) with a career-low 214 (-2), including a season-low 69 (-3) in the final round … Paced the Tribe at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate (3/19-21) shooting a 217 (+7), placing tied for 20th … Finished tied for eighth at the Towson Invitational (3/25-26), while shooting a career-low 36-hole score of 146 (+2) … Led the Tribe at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (4/10-4/11) with a 220 (+4) … Made his CAA Championship (4/21-23) debut at the Salisbury Country Club in Richmond.
 
2015-16/SOPHOMORE
Played in 12 rounds during his first season with the Tribe … Averaged a 75.33 stroke per round score … Finished the season with a 203-192 record … Made his debut with W&M as individual at the Badger Intercollegiate (9/27-29) … Appeared in the scoring lineup for the first time with the Tribe at the Firestone Invitational (10/5-10/6) … Fired a season-low 68 in the First Round of the Loyola Intercollegiate (2/28) … Went on to record a season-low score of 219 (+3) in the event, placing tied for 26th.

PRIOR TO WILLIAM & MARY
2014-15/FRESHMAN (at Lafayette)
Named to the Patriot League Honor Roll ... Ranked third on the team with a 75.76 average ... appeared in seven events and 17 rounds ... Fourth overall in winning percentage, at .641 (345-193) ... Best finish was a tie for 10th at the Lafayette/Coca-Cola Invitational ... Tied for 27th at the Patriot League Championships ... Best round was a 69 (-2) in the third round at Rutgers ... After two rounds, had a 146 (+6) at the Finegan Invitational and a 147 (+5) at the home tournament ... Best 54-hole tournament was Rutgers, where he finished 218 (+5) ... Improved through every round in five of his seven tournaments ... Never shot worse than 10-over ... Took 13th at the Long Beach Men's City Championships in the summer of 2015.

PREP
Was first-team all-league all four years at Buckley ... Named the league MVP as a senior ... Had four top-20 finishes on the junior tours, including third at the FCWT event at Mission Hills in 2013 ... Had two more 16th-place finishes on the AJGA tour in 2012, and took fourth in the FCWT tour at Sandpiper Golf Club that year as well.

PERSONAL
Son of David and Edye Aronoff ... Enjoys aviation, playing tennis, and watching football ... Plans to double-major in history and economics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior