Rider University Athletics

At Rider:
Entrepreneurial Studies and Sports Management dual major...Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree.

2016-17:

• 78.67 average in nine rounds as a senior.
• Season-low 151 at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Invitational, shooting a 75 and 76 to open the fall season.
• Season-low 73 in the first round of at the Hartford Hawk Invitational.

2015-16:

• 78.27 average in 15 rounds as a junior.
• Tied for 18th with a 229 at the 2016 MAAC Championships and helped set a Rider record MAAC round of 293 on the last day with a final 18 hole score of 73 as Rider placed third overall.
• Season-low round of 73 a total of three times including MAACs, at Rutgers and at La Salle.
• Finished the Spring 2016 season with six straight rounds in the 70s and including the Fall of 2015 is on a nine-round streak with scores in the 70s.
• 12 of 15 rounds during the 2015-16 year were in the 70s.

2014-15:

• Averaged just over 78 in 12 rounds during his sophomore season.
• Tied for 33rd and shot his low round of the season with a 74 on the final day of the Lafayette Invitational.
• Scored a final round 75 at the Princeton Invitational and had a round of 75 at the Peacock Invitational.
• Placed 24th at the Fall ECAC Championship with rounds of 82 and 80.
• Played in the U.S. Open qualifier in May 2014 and shot two over par (74) to place 14th.

2013-14:

• Averaged 80.6 in 10 rounds as a Rider rookie, competing in the Fall of 2013.
• Low round of the season was a 76, achieved at Colgate and matched at Binghamton.
• Shot rounds of 77 and 78 at Cornell.

At Hopewell Valley Central High School:
Four-year letterwinner and team captain for golf…earned Third Team All-Group and First Team All-County honors…39.1 four-year average…team won the New Jersey State Championship three times…was also a top 10 finisher at the Mercer County Tournament…several top 10 finishes in the NJPGA and JGA…was the Mercer County Junior Masters winner (69) and was part of the Bergen County vs. Mercer County Ryder Cup at Ridgewood Country Club…hobbies include fishing, cars and hanging out with friends…personal: son of Bill and Lori DiGaetano.