Andrew Marler Jake Katz - Binghamton University Athletics

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the 2010-11 binghaMton golf teaM features a
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SENIOR LEADERSHIP
For the last decade, senior leadership has
played an instrumental role in shaping
BU’s success at the Division I level. The
Bearcats have relied on players like Adam
Fuchs (1999-2003) and Jeff Wolniewicz
(2004-2007), the all-time individual
scoring leaders, who have led BU to its
two lowest team scoring averages at
299.1 (2007) and 300.0 (2003). This
year’s wave of seniors Jake Katz and
Andrew Marler look to continue the
four-year increment of record-breaking
seasons. Co-Captains Katz and Marler
have played in at least ten tournaments
apiece over the past two seasons
and have contributed in the six team
titles over the 2008-09 and 2009-10
campaigns. With a reliable contributor
to the overall team score in Katz, the
rest of the team can compete in a more
relaxed state and concentrate on playing
their game. “He’s improved to a point
where it’s unbelievable,” head coach
Bernie Herceg said. “He inspires the rest
of the team because of his work ethic
and how good he’s become. It’s great to
have someone I can count on like that.
He has the ability to win every single
tournament.”
INDIVIDUAL SIGHTS
As the owner of the lowest single-season
scoring average record and lowest 18hole
round relative to par in BU history,
Jake Katz has made his mark in the
individual portion of a team sport. As
a junior, Katz etched his name into the
program’s record book with a scintillating
6-under-par (66) in the team’s win at
the Lafayette Invitational. With a current
ranking of fourth on the program’s
career scoring average list (75.10), Katz
has the opportunity to leapfrog Adam
Fuchs (74.73), Jeff Wolniewicz (75.07)
and Zach Vinal (75.09) as the all-time
scoring average leader. Katz has also
accumulated 16 top-10 finishes in his
career. He notched back-to-back seasons
with eight top-10 placements as a
sophomore and junior. The all-time record
for top10-finishes belongs to Adam Fuchs
(36), but Katz could surpass a few names
on the list, including Jeff Wolniewicz (23)
at second, if he continues his pace from
the last two years.
INCOMING FROSH
The Bearcats welcome two new faces
in Bryce Edmister and Paul Andrews
that look to make an immediate impact
on the squad. Edmister was a six-year
letterwinner at Webster-Schroeder High
School in Rochester. He will join Surdey
as the second left-hander on the team.
Edmister participated in qualifiers for the
Monroe Invitational and Porter Cup over
the summer. Meanwhile, Andrews racked
up plenty of tournament experience in the
summer months, including a third-place
finish at the NYS High School Federation
Tournament, which was played at
Bethpage, site of the 2009 US Open.
SUPPORTING CAST
The Bearcats have a sure-fire man in
Katz who has locked up the team’s No. 1
spot and led them in scoring during the
2009-10 campaign. However, scoring
from the third and fourth spot will
need to be consistent for the Bearcats
to match or improve upon three team
titles in consecutive seasons (2008-09,
2009-10). David Cellura represents a
sophomore-on-the-rise who held a 77.0
scoring average (third best on team)
in eight tournaments last season as a
freshman. The Bearcats will also need
contributions from Mike Surdey, who
returns as a redshirt junior after missing
much of the 2008-09 season due to
illness. Surdey registered three top-10
finishes last year en route to sharing a
77.0 scoring average with Cellura. Trevor
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Sophmore David Cellura Junior Mike Surdey
Fiedler, another redshirt junior, sat out his
first year (2007-08) in accordance with
NCAA rules for transfer players. Fiedler
looks to return his game to sophomore
form (2008-09), where he tied for a
team-best feat with two medalist honors
and notched four top-10 finishes in
seven tournaments. Fiedler, who has
competed in eight tournaments over the