2012-13 Men's Golf Roster

Andrew Yeager
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- Forest Hills Central
- Swing:
- Right
Michigan Career
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2015)
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2014, '15, '16)
• 4x U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2013, '14; High Honors 2015, '16)
• Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Team Academic Honor (2015)
• U-M's Thomas Trueblood Award for Most Improved Player (2014)
Senior (2015-16)
• Added depth to U-M's lineup playing in two events with one start
• Valuable team member helping U-M reach NCAA regional as a team for the second straight season -- Franklin Regional (May 16-18), did not participate
• Averaged 71.67 strokes per round with two sub-70 rounds, including a career-best-tying 68 (-4) in the third round of the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 5-6)
• Posted a 1-1 record at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 12-13)
Junior (2014-15)
• Played in four tournaments, with three starts
• Guided U-M to two runner-up finishes at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 14-15) -- 2-1 record -- and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 6-7) -- tying for 27th (226)
• Helped U-M return as a team to an NCAA regional for the first time in four years, but did not participate in the event
• Averaged 77.00 strokes per round; shot a season-best 73, two times -- first and third rounds of the Wolverine Intercollegiate, which helped lead to a season-best 54-hole total of 223 (73-77-73)
Sophomore (2013-14)
• Played in six tournaments, with five starts
• Competed in first Big Ten Championships (May 2-4), tying for 55th with a career-best 72-hole total of 321 (81-85-81-74)
• Posted a one top-five finish -- a career-best tie for third as an individual at the NYX Hoosier Invitational (April 12-13) posting a career-best 54-hole total of 213 (74-68-71, E)
• Averaged 75.21 strokes per round with one sub-70 round -- a career-best 68 (-3) in the second round of the NYX Hoosier Invitational
Freshman (2012-13)
• Played in eight tournaments, with six starts
• Made collegiate debut as an individual at the Fightin' Irish Gridiron Classic (Oct. 7-9), tying for 64th (79-79-76/234), made first collegiate start at the Stanford Classic (Oct. 29-30) -- a match play event
• Helped U-M to the team title at the Detroit Golf Club Invitational (April 12), tying for 14th with a career-best 36-hole total of 146 (75-71)
• Averaged 77.60 strokes per round; shot a season-best 71 (-1) in the second round of the Detroit Golf Club Invitational
• Posted a 0-4-2 match play record after competing in the Stanford Classic (0-3; Oct. 29-30) and the Big Ten Match Play Championship (0-1-2; Feb. 8-9).
Prep Career
• Played at Forest Hills Central under coach Paul Ten Eyck
• 2x MHSAA Division I State Championship team member (2009, '11), runner-up (2010)
• MHSAA All-State Super Team (2011), first team (2010, '12)
• 2x Division I State Finals All-Tournament Team (2009, '11)
• 3x O-K Black All-Conference (2009, '10, '11)
• 2x O-K Black Conference Medalist (2010, '11)
• 3x Grand Rapids (Cascade) Advance Newspaper All-Area (2009, '10, '11)
• Individually at Division I State Finals: t-20th (2012, 79-74/153), t-9th (2011, 73-75/148), t-11th (2010, 73-72/145) and t-8th (2009, 77-76/153)
• Medalist at 2011 District Championship (72) and Regional Championship (70)
• 2x Medalist at the O-K Black Conference Championship: 2010 (73), 2011 (69)
Personal
• Given name is Andrew Yeager
• Son of Lisa and Phil Yeager
• Born November 24, 1993 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Enrolled in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business
• Business Administration major
What is in Andrew's Bag?
• Driver: TaylorMade R9
• Woods: TaylorMade Burner 3- and 5-wood
• Irons: TaylorMade R7
• Wedges: Titleist Vokey 52 degree, 56 degree and 60 degree
• Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2
• Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
• Glove: FootJoy
• Favorite Club: Putter
• Favorite Course: Bay Harbor, Links/Quarry (Bay Harbor, Mich.)
• Best Career Round: 68 at Diamond Springs Golf Club (Hamilton, Mich.)
• Superstitions: None
Year | Events | Starts | Rds | Total | Avg. | T-18 | T-36 | T-54 | T-72 | T-5 | T-10 | T-20 | U-Par | MP |
2012-13 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 1164 | 77.60 | 71 | 146 | 232 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-4-2 |
2013-14 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 1429 | 75.21 | 68 | - | 213 | 321 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0-0 |
2014-15 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 693 | 77.00 | 73 | - | 223 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1-0 |
2015-16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 215 | 71.67 | 68 | - | 215 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-1-0 |
Career | 20 | 15 | 46 | 3501 | 76.11 | 68 | 146 | 213 | 321 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3-6-2 |