Chris Vandette

Chris Vandette Individual Title at Dorado Beach Collegiate

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Beaconsfield, Quebec
High School:
Collège de Montréal

2022-2023 (Senior): Named to the All-MAC men’s golf 2nd team…finished at the top of the pack for the Golden Flashes in the three tournaments leading up to the MAC championships…placed 2nd at the Robert Kepler Invitational in Columbus...also excelled at the Gopher Invitational shooting shooting six under while tying for 4th place

2021-22 (Junior)- Honored as the 2021-22 MAC Golfer of the Year... Named to the All-MAC First Team and MAC Tournament Team... Won two tournaments taking victory in the Minnesota Golf Classic to open the season and later the Quail Valley Collegiate... Played in all 11 tournaments taking a top-five finish four times and a top-ten finish six times... Finished the MAC Championship in fourth place... Runner up at Mobile Bay Intercollegiate... Earned MAC Golfer of the Week honors

2020-21 (Sophomore): Earned medalist honors at the 2021 Mid-American Conference Championship at Sycamore Hills Golf Club… Named First-Team All MAC… Named to the MAC Championship All-Tournament Team… Finished the year ranked 404 in the Golfweek NCAA Division I Player Rankings… Competed in nine tournaments… Earned two top-10 finishes… Shot a season-low round of 68 (-3) at the Golf Club of Tennessee during the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships, Nashville Regional... Shot 211 (-5) while finishing 7th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay… Finished the year with a 73.70 stroke average... Named to the Academic All-MAC Team… Named 2020-21 Srixon/Cleveland NCAA DI AllAmerican Scholar

2019-20 (Freshman): Competed in five tournaments… Tied 19th at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate 218 (+2) including a season-low 68 (-4) on the final day … Tied 21st at the Mea Lanakila Individual… Low tournament score was 211 (+1) at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate… Finished season with a 75.56 stroke average

Prior to Kent State: Won Back-to-back Canadian Junior Championships (2018 and 2019)… Was a Member of the Team Canada Junior Squad… Captured the 2018 Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy in Inverness, England… Won the 2017 Quebec Amateur Men's Golf Championship and the 2017 Quebec Junior Boys Championship

Personal: Attended College de Montreal prior to arriving at Kent State...was coached by Ben Lemieux...Son of Jimmy, has one brother, Tristan. Father Jimmy competed for the men's golf team at the College of Charleston from 1986-1989.

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