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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

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Tripp French

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dayton, Ohio
  • Highschool Oakwood

Biography

Fall 2017 (Senior)
• Saw action in all 17 rounds over six events during the fall
• Posted a 74.24 scoring average and had four rounds at par or below
• Tied for 12th place at the EKU Raising Canes Intercollegiate with his score of 69-70-73=212 (+2)


2016-17 (Junior)
• Played in all 11 events this season for the Flyers
• Posted a new career-low round of 68 at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, which tied for the second-lowest round on the team this season
• Finished the year with a 75.00 stroke average

• Closed out the season with a 29th-place finish at the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship with a score of 73-75-74=222 (+6)
• Tied for 29th at the Dayton Flyer Invitational, carding rounds of 76-76=152 

2015-16 (Sophomore)
• Played in 11 tournaments for Dayton
• Averaged 73.58 strokes per round, which was second best on the team
• Tied for eighth place with rounds of 69-69-69 = 207 (-6) at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational 
• Helped the Flyers to a third place finish at the Loyola Whistling Straits Intercollegiate

• Placed third at the Wright State Invitational with rounds of 71-73-71 = 215 (+2) to help the team win the tournament
• Named A-10 All-Conference in a vote by league coaches

Prior to UD:
2014-15 (Freshman)
• Played in nine events during the fall of 2014 at Xavier University and averaged 76.85 strokes per round

High School
• Played four years of varsity golf at Oakwood
• Won three team state titles in 2010, 2012 and 2013
• Won Division II Individual State Championship in 2013
• Was State Individual runner-up in 2012
• Tied for second at the Payne Stewart Bass Pro Shop AJGA in 2013
• Tied for fifth at the AJGA Ravenwood Championship in 2014
• Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in 2014
• Played two years of varsity basketball

Personal
• Major: Business
• Birthday: 08/25/95 (Milwaukee, Wis.)
• Son of Jim and Leigh French
• Mother played Tennis at University of Georgia
• Has a younger brother, Joseph, and two older sisters, Sara and Hanna
• Hanna plays field hockey at Appalachian State

Career Statistics*
Season Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2017-18 29 2,158 74.41 69 t-3rd
2016-17 32 2,400 75.00 68 29th
2015-16 31 2,281 74.68 69 3rd
Career 92 6,839 74.34 68 3rd
*at Dayton

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior