AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans… One of four southpaws on the 2018-19 team… Seven rounds of under par golf… One top-10 individual finish… 29 out of 52 counting rounds to a team score… Earned 2018 Academic All-Mountain West honors.
2018-19: Played in nine tournaments… Third on the team in stroke average at 73.24… First top-10 career finish was a tie for ninth at the Husky Invitational… Six rounds of under par golf… Major college best four-under 68 in the first round of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational (10/25/18)… 17 out of 25 counting rounds heading into the NCAA Austin Regional.
2017-18: Played in nine tournaments – two of them as an individual entry… fifth on the team in stroke average at 74.59… Best finish was a tie for 33rd place at the Bandon Dunes Championship… Best round of the season was a two-under 69 in the final round of The Goodwin (3/31)... 12 out of 27 counting rounds for the season.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at College of the Canyons... Helped his team to the 2017 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) state championship... Finished 18th at the 2017 CCCAA state championship... 2016 CCCAA state champion and led his team to a second-place finish.
MORE ON BEN: Majoring in psychology.
CAREER TOURNAMENTS 2018-19 GolfWeek Conference Challenge 72-76=148 T-47th Husky Invitational 72-73-75=220 T-9th Alister MacKenzie Invitational 72-71-70=213 T-35th Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational 68-73-75=216 T-42nd Amer Ari Invitational 73-75-78=226 T-90th Southwestern Invitational 74-71-76=221 T-20th Bandon Dunes Championship 78-70-wd=148 73rd Western Intercollegiate 72-71-72=215 T-33rd Mountain West Championship 79-71-74=224 49thTOTALS 25 rounds 1,831 strokes 73.24 avg.
| 2017-18 | ||
| Alister MacKenzie Invitational | 79-79-76=234 | 88th |
| Price’s Give Em Five Invitational (ind.) | 74-81-71=226 | T-55th |
| The Visit Stockton Invitational | 77-73-76=226 | T-86th |
| Amer Ari Invitational | 72-74-75=221 | T-72nd |
| Bandon Dunes Championship (ind.) | 71-72-73=216 | T-33rd |
| 29th Oregon Duck Invitational | 75-77-72=224 | T-36th |
| 49th The Goodwin | 71-79-69=219 | T-65th |
| 72nd Western Intercollegiate | 75-71-74=220 | T-62nd |
| Mountain West Championship | 72-80-76=228 | T-38th |
| TOTALS 27 Rounds | 2,014 strokes | 74.59 avg. |
| CAREER TOTALS 52 rounds | 3,845 strokes | 73.74 avg. |