John Hahn

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hudson, Ohio
High School:
Hudson [Ohio]

A Honorable Mention All-American in 2008-09 he is the only two-time MAC Golfer of the Year in school history ... His 72.48 career scoring average is second to only Ben Curtis in the KSU record book.

Fall 2009 (Junior)
Led the team with a 72.1 scoring average ... Earned three top ten finishes in six events ... One of just 32 players in the nation to play in the Western Refining All-American Classic ... Shot a six-under 207 (67-75-68) to finish eighth in the tournament ... Fired back-to-back 68s and just missed an entire tournament in the 60s with a seven-under 206 (70-68-68) at the David Toms Intercollegiate ... Took third at the event for his best finish of the fall ... Also placed in the top 10 at the Windon Memorial ... Finished tied for ninth after carding a final round 67.

2008-09 (Sophomore)
GCAA PING Honorable Mention All-American ... GCAA PING All-Midwest Region ... MAC Golfer of the Year ... First Team All-MAC ... MAC All-Tournament ... Academic All-MAC ... KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award ... Ranked 39th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 40th by Golfstat.com ... Just the third KSU sophomore to earn All-American status and first since Ben Curtis in 1998 ... Averaged a league best 72.1 strokes per round ... His average was the fifth lowest in school history behind only Ben Curtis (1999 & 2000) and Jon Mills (2000 & 2001) ... Had two wins on the year becoming the first player to do so since 2004-05 (Ryan Yip) ... Posted 20 rounds of par or better, including 14 of his last 22 rounds ... Shot nine rounds in the 60s ... Had an 81.6 finish percentage ... Earned four top five and six top 10 finishes on the year ... Became the first player in KSU history to earn MAC Golfer of the Year twice in a career and is just the third back-to-back winner of the award in league history joining Toledo’s Brad Heaven (2002, 2003, 2004) and Miami’s Maarten van den Berg (1996, 1997) ... Shot a four-over 217 (75-67-75) to finish tied for third at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... Just missed advancing to the National Tournament with a sudden death playoff loss on the second hole to eventual NCAA Championship runner-up Kyle Stanley of Clemson ... Won the 2009 MAC Championship with a nine-under 279 (71-68-66-74) ... His third round 66 was the lowest by a KSU golfer during the season ... Took eighth at the Administaff ASU Invitational with a seven-under 209 (70-67-72) ... Claimed his first collegiate individual title at the Towson Invitational with a five under 211 (68-73-70) ... Earned his third career MAC Golfer of the Week honor (Oct. 8) after finishing second at the Windon Memorial ... Shot a KSU low six-under 207 (68-70-69) to match the seventh lowest 54-hole score in school history ... Second time in his career he missed an entire tournament in the 60s by one stroke ... Named MAC Golfer of the Week three times during the season ... Was KSU’s top finisher in the last six events of the year..

2007-08 (Freshman)
GCAA PING All-Region ... MAC Golfer and Freshman of the Year – first ever unanimous selection for both awards ... First Team All-MAC and MAC All-Tournament ... Two-Time MAC Golfer of the Week ... Named to the Ohio Golfer of the Year watch list ... Ranked 71st in the country in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 107th in the Golfstat Cup ... Led the team with a 73.0 scoring average - lowest scoring average at KSU since 2004-05 and 11th lowest all-time ... Had 15 rounds of par or better, including six in the 60s ... Had three runner-up and four top five finishes ... Placed top 10 in eight of 13 events ... Produced a team best 111 birdies, averaging 2.9 per round ... Had a 71.58 average in the final round ... Tied for 33rd at the NCAA Championship (May 28-31) ... Shot a 17-over 305 (83-71-73-78) after opening play with an 11-over 83 ... Also was 33rd at NCAA Central Regional (May 15-17) ... Shot a final round 70 to take third at the MAC Championship (May 2-4) with a one-over 289 (74-73-72-70) ... Was second in the field with 15 birdies over four rounds ... Earned a second straight runner-up finish with an even par 140 (69-71) at the KSU FirstEnergy Intercollegiate (Apr. 26) ... Recorded the third lowest 54-hole score in Kent State history with an 11-under 205 (70-68-67) at the Boilermaker Invitational (Apr. 19-20) ... Placed second at the tournament following a final round 67 – matching his collegiate low round – to earn MAC Golfer of the Week honors ... Moved up 19 places into a tie for 10th with a final round 70 at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Apr. 12-13) ... His 70 marked the lowest round in the field for the 54-hole event ... Fired a two-under 214 (71-73-70) to take 10th at the National Invitational Tournament (Mar. 23-25) ... Earned a MAC GOW honor after he tied for second at the Bank of Tennessee ... His score of eight-under 208 (72-67-69) equals the ninth-lowest round in the KSU record books ... Also recorded top-10 finishes in the Purdue Midwest Shootout (Sept. 8) and the Windon Memorial Classic (Oct. 7-8) ... Carded a fall season-low score of 67 in the second round of the Bank of Tennessee Tournament (Oct. 10-12) ... Shot a 63 to match the non-competitive course record at KSU’s home course, Windmill Lakes Golf Club.

Amateur
Played in five events in the summer of 2009 averaging 70.7 in 19 rounds ... Won the 107th Western Amateur match-play championship ... Also finished top 10 at the Sunnehanna Amateur (t-9) and Monroe Invitational (t-7) ... Shot a final round 63 to earn a tie for fourth place at the 2008 Northeast Amateur Invitational ... Won the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial 70-66-66=202 by seven strokes ... Finished second in the 2007 Hudson Junior (78-72-71) ... Advanced to the second round of match play at the 2006 U.S. Men’s Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club ... Placed 22nd in stroke play at the U.S. Junior Amateur (72-73--145) advancing to match play ... Qualified for the event by winning the local qualifier (72-70--142), besting 64 other players ... Finish third at the 2006 Westfield Junior PGA Championship with a seven-under par (71-68-72-66--277) performance ... Representing the PGA of America at the Harder German Junior Masters, he finished second of 34 (76-72-69--217) ... Also captured the 2006 Good Park Junior, the 2005 Kiely Cup at Canterbury Golf Club and finished second at the 2006 Summitt County Amateur.

Prior to Kent State
Was the highest rated Ohioan and ranked 22nd nationally among the 2007 graduating class on the National Junior Golf Scoreboard (NJGS) ... Is the highest-ranked signee in the history of the Kent State golf program.

Personal
Born February 6 1989 ... Son of John Sr. and Marcy Hahn ... Majoring in pre-business management ... Is the first incoming freshman to be awarded the Ben & Candace Curtis Endowed Golf Scholarship.