Chris Melvin

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Photo by: Brad Phalin, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Right-handed
Height:
6-3
Weight:
234
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Medfield, Mass.
High School:
Medfield Senior

Career Scores & Highlights

2013-14: Turned in a stroke average of 74.19 over 31 rounds of play on the season … Carded seven sub-par rounds of play on the year, a team-high … Shot a low round 68 at both the Old Dominion/Outer Banks Collegiate and at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational … Recorded five top-20 finishes over 11 events on the season … Turned in a second-place finish at the John Piper Intercollegiate with a score of 214, -2 under par (71-71-72) … Placed in a tie for eighth-place overall with a score of 211, -2 under par (73-70-68), at the Old Dominion/Outer Banks Collegiate … Finished in a tie for 15th-place at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational with a score of 220 (68-78-74) … Turned in a top-20 showing with a 17th-place finish with his score of 222 (78-71-73) at the Cabo del Sol Intercollegiate … Finished in a tie for 18th-place overall with a score of 224 (79-70-75) at the inaugural Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational … Shot a 72-hole score of 302 (72-73-84-73) at the 2014 MAC Championships, finishing in a tie for 26th-place overall … Also competed at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational, the 2014 Desert Shootout, the 2014 Samford Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate … Tabbed the BGSU Pizza Hut Male Athlete of the Week on Sept. 23rd … 2013-14 MAC All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Finished his career with a stroke average of 76.13 over 99 rounds of play … Registered nine top-25 finishes overall … Played 20 rounds of golf or more each year at BGSU.

2012-13: Averaged a 76.95 through 20 rounds of action ... Finished in 27th-place overall at the MAC Championships (79-82-74-76) ... Placed in 53rd-place at the Marshall Invitational (77-73-72) ... Carded a score of 221 (74-71-76) at the Cardinal Intercollegiate to finish 28th ... Went 2-1-0 in the MAC Match Play event, helping the Falcons to win the tournament … A 2013 MAC All-Academic Team Honorable Mention.

2011-12: Played in seven events overall, as well as the MAC Match Play Tournament ... Posted a three round score of 225 (73-74-78) to record his second career top-20 with a tie for 16th-place overall at the MAC Championships ... His first-round 73 at the MAC Championships tied for his season-best round ... Also carded a round of 73 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate where he tied for 21st overall with a 231 (76-73-82) in BGSU tournament win ... Tallied a win versus Akron at the MAC Match Play event.

2010-11: Earned one of BGSU’s lowest-ever 54-hole scores in just his second career tournament by posting a 211 (70-71-70) at the Marshall Invitational for a 21st-place finish ... Placed in a tie for 36th overall in his team debut at the Tiger Intercollegiate with a 234 (87-74-73) ... Shot a 223 (76-73-74) at the Cardinal Intercollegiate ... Turned in a 37th-place finish at the John Piper Intercollegiate, BGSU’s only home event on the year, by shooting a 152 (73-79) ... Earned his first career top-20 finish with a score of 228 (74-80-74) at the Boilermaker Invitational ... Finished tied for 39th overall at the MAC Championships with his three round score of 320.

High School: Is a 2010 graduate of Medfield Senior High School ... Was a 2009 Tri-Valley All-Star … Won the league individual championship ... Earned Boston Globe First-Team All-Scholastic honors.

Personal: Full name -- Christopher Richard Melvin ... Born April 9, 1992 ... Son of Jeff and Jody Melvin ... Has one brother … Majoring in Finance.