Ben Wanichek

Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Eugene, Ore.
High School:
Sheldon

- Appeared in 26 events (73 rounds) in his Spiders career, posting a stroke average of 75.22
- Registered nine career rounds under par with four top-10 finishes and eight top-20 finishes

Senior (2018-19)
- First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection
- Competed in six events with a stroke average of 73.00, which would have been the ninth-best in a single season in school history if he appeared in the minimum of eight events
- Tied for 17th at Atlantic 10 Championship with a score of 221 (+5) ... Shot a 71 (-1) in his final collegiate round
- Finished 6th at the Steelwood Collegiate, the best individual finish of his career ... Shot 215 (-1), finishing at or below par in all three tournaments in the fall
- Fired a career-best 211 (-5) at the Autotrader Collegiate to finish tied for 16th ... Shot a career-low 68 (-4) in the first round ... 138 (-6) total over the first 36 holes tied for ninth-lowest 36-hole score in program history ... 211 total tied for 13th best 54-hole score in program history
- Shot a career-low 216 (E) at the season-opening River Run Collegiate ... Carded a 72 (E) in all three rounds ... Finished tied for 10th, his third career top-10 finish and first since the 2016 A-10 Championship

Junior (2017-18)
- Competed in nine events, completing all 27 rounds
- Fired a career-best stroke average of 75.48
- Low round of 70 (-2) came at the Seahawk Intercollegiate, also carded three rounds of 71 (-1)
- Low tournament of 218 (+2) came at the VCU Janney Shootout where he posted a pair of 71s

Sophomore (2016-17)
- Competed in three events
- Posted a low round of +2, 74 on two occasions

Freshman (2015-16)
- Had a season stroke average of 75.80, playing in eight events
- Went under par once for a career round of 71 (-1)
- Posted his best tournament performance of the season at the A-10 Championships, finishing seventh with a score of 223 (+7)
- Had two top-10 finishes

High School
- Two-time Southwest Conference Player of the Year
- Four-time All-Conference honoree
- Two-time 6-A All-State performer
- Posted two top-10 finishes in AJGA Junior Opens
- Led Sheldon High School to the Southwest Conference team championship twice
- Competed at the state tournament all four years of high school

Personal
- Honor Roll all four years of high school
- National Honor Society member