Ben Hoagland

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Evansville, Ind.
High School:
Reitz Memorial High School

Michigan Honors
• (4x), Academic All-Big Ten (2022, '23, '24, '25)
• (3x), U-M Academic Athletic Achievement (2022, '23, '24)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship, U-M honoree (2025)

Michigan Career
• Started in 29 or 35 tournaments
   • Posted three top-10, three top-5 and one medalist honor
• Averaged 74.32 per round for career
   • Recorded 30 of 101 rounds at 72 or better
   • Recorded 20 sub-par rounds, with 10 sub-70
   • Shot a career-low 64 (-8) in the second round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 3-4, 2023)
• Carried a 223.0 average per 54-hole event
   • Recorded seven career sub-par 54-hole total events
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 147, +3 (75-72) at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29, 2024)
• Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 206, -10 (72-64-70) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate
• Tallied a 1-1-2 match play record

Big Ten Career
• Competed in two Big Ten Championships (2024, '25)
• 2024: Tied for 39th (75-78-76/229); U-M tied for 10th (907) at the Scotio Country Club
• 2025: Tied for 83rd (75-74-80/229); U-M finished 15th (879) at the Baltimore Country Club

Team Titles (5x)
• 2022 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 5-6); did not travel
• 2023 Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 3-4); had 1-1-2 record
   • As the No. 8 seed, U-M defeated the top three seeds to win the championship
   • First Round: No. 7 Penn State (3-2)
   • Quarterfinal: No. 2 Michigan State (3.5-1.5)
   • Semifinal: No. 3 Indiana (3-2)
   • Championship: No. 1 Northwestern (3-2)
• 2023 Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 3-4); third (206, -10)
• 2023 Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 25-26); medalist (207, -9)
   • The Wolverines' 830 (-34) total was the second-lowest team 54-hole total in program history
   • Four of the five starters finished among the top 10
• 2024 Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29); tied for 37th (147, +3)
   • Shortened to a 36-hole tournament due to weather

Medalist (1x)
• Medalist (tri) at the 2023 Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 25-26)
   • Tallied a 207 (68-73-66, -9) 54-hole total
   • Tied with teammate Yuqi Liu and Ohio’s Will Kates for individual title

Season: 2024-25
• Played in 11 events: with nine starts
• Guided U-M to seven top-five finishes in 12 events, with four top-three finishes
   • Helped U-M in its repeat as team champions at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29)
• Finished season with a 74.59 scoring average
   • Recorded eight rounds at 72 or better
   • Recorded four sub-par rounds, with one sub-70 round
   • Shot a season-low 66 (-6) in the third round of the Palmas del Mar Collegiate (Feb. 9-11)
• Posted one sub-par 54-hole total, averaging 224.00 per event
   • Tallied a season-low 215, -1 (75-74-66) at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate
   • Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 147 (75-72) at the Virtues Intercollegiate

Season: 2023-24
• One of four Wolverines to start 12 tournaments (Hunter Thomson, Will Anderson, Yuqi Liu)
• Guided U-M to eight top-five finishes in 11 events: with four top-three finishes
   • Helped U-M to team title at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 3-4)
   • Helped U-M to team title at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 25-26)
• Led U-M in one event; posted two top-five finishes
   • Island Resort Intercollegiate; third (206, -10)
   • Virtues Intercollegiate; medalist (207, -9)
• Finished season with a career-low 72.61 scoring average; third on U-M
   • Recorded 15 of 36 rounds at 72 or better
   • Recorded 12 sub-par rounds (second on U-M), with seven sub-70 tallies
   • Shot a career-low 64 (-8) in the second round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate
       • Second lowest single round in U-M history; one of eight Wolverines to record a 64
• Posted five sub-par 54-hole totals; averaging 217.83 per event
   • Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 206, -10 (72-64-70) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate

Season: 2022-23
• Played in nine tournaments: with eight starts
• Guided U-M to six top-five finishes in 12 events: with three top-three finishes
   • Helped U-M to the Big Ten Match Play Championship
   • Posted a 1-1-2 match play record
   • No. 8-seed U-M defeated the top three seeds to win the second title in program history
• Led U-M in one event, as an individual
   • Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 4-5); tied for fourth (210, -6)
• Finished season with a 74.96 scoring average
   • Record seven of 24 rounds at 72 or better
   • Recorded four sub-par rounds, with two sub-70 tallies
   • Shot a season-low 67 (-5) in the second round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate
• Posted one sub-par 54-hole total; averaging 224.88 per event
   • Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 210, -6 (72-67-71) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate

Season: 2021-22
• Played in three tournaments: all as an individual
   • Made his collegiate debut at the White Sands Bahamas Invitation (Oct. 29-31); 66th (229)
• Finished season with a 78.44 scoring average
   • Shot a season-low 74 in the first round of the Border Olympics (Feb. 14-15)
• Averaged 235.33 per 54-hole event
   • Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 229 (79-75-75) at the White Sands Bahamas Invitation

Season: 2020-21
• Elected to redshirt the season
• U-M's fall season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Prep & Junior Career
• Four-year varsity golfer at Reitz Memorial High School
• Senior season (2020) was canceled following the global coronavirus pandemic
• 2x All-Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) honors (2018, '19)
• 3x Academic All-SIAC (2017, '18, '19)
• 3x All-City and Academic All-City honors (2017, '18, '19)
• Medalist at the 2019 SIAC Championship (63, -9)
• Medalist runner-up at the 2019 IHSAA regional (69, -3) and was third in 2018 (72, E)
• Two-time qualifier for the IHSAA State Finals, tying for 12th (2019) and tying for 40th (2018)
• IHSAA created Class of 2020 Indiana Open for seniors affected by COVID-19; finished seventh 74-74/148)
• In junior play, medalist at the 2019 Golfweek Junior Tour event at U-M's Radrick Farms Golf Course (75-70/145)
• Additional Golfweek junior events in 2018 & 2019: earned top-10 finishes at Hermitage (2nd; 71-72/143, -1), Harmony Landing (t-6th; 70-73/143, -1), Victoria National (t-7th; 80-74/154), Purdue (t-9th; 74-70/144) and Kentucky Big Blue (t-10th; 75-72/147)
• Indiana Junior Golf Association: State Junior Championship, tied for seventh (2019; 73-72/145) and tied for 16th (2018); Indiana Junior PGA Championship, tied for 14th (2019; 72-79/151) and Age Group Championship medalist runner-up (2017, '19), third (2018) and 13th (2016)

Personal
• Hometown: Evansville, Indiana
• Prep Schooling: Reitz Memorial High School
• Graduate from U-M's College of Literature, Science and Arts
• Undergraduate: Political Science

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	18	36	54	72	T-5	T-10	T-20	Sub-Par	Par	MP
2020-21 (RS)	0	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0-0-0
2021-22	3	0	9	706	78.44	74	-	229	-	0	0	0	0	0	0-0-0
2022-23	9	8	24	1799	74.96	67 (-5)	-	210 (-6)	-	1	1	2	4	3	1-1-2
2023-24	12	12	36	2614	72.61	64 (-8)	-	206 (-10)	-	2	2	6	12	2	0-0-0
2024-25	11	9	32	2387	74.59	66 (-6)	147 (+3)	215 (-1)	-	0	0	1	4	2	0-0-0
Career	35	29	101	7506	74.32	64 (-8)	147 (+3)	206 (-10)	-	3	3	9	20	7	1-1-2