Michael Harris

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Troy, Mich.
High School:
Troy
Swing:
Right

Michigan Career
• Two-time National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-American Scholar
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Four-time U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award recipient
• 2000 Bob Ufer Senior Award recipient
• Two-time All-Big Ten, first team
• Two-time All-Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship team
• Eight time individual tournament champion
• 1999 Big Ten Conference Tournament medalist
• Two-time team captain
• Holds Michigan record for stroke averaged in a season, 72.23
• Led the team in stroke average three straight seasons (1997-98, 98-99, 99-00)
• Holds Michigan record for career stroke average, 72.90
• Did not miss a tournament in four seasons, playing in 50 straight
• Michigan’s top scorer in 31 of 50 career tournaments
• Amassed 33 top 20 finishes; 16 top 10 finishes and 15 top five finishes
• Amassed 20 rounds below 70, with career best 64
• Amassed 58 rounds below par 72
• Never shot above 80 in his entire career. Hit 80 twice during entire career.
• Set new tournament record at Falcon-Cross Creek Invitational with 207 three-round total
• Helped lead Michigan to NCAA championship during the 1996-97 season, first time in 30 years
• Helped lead Michigan to NCAA Central Regional championship during the 1999-2000 season

Fifth-Year (1999-2000) ... National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-American Scholar... Academic All-Big Ten... U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award recipient... Bob Ufer Senior Athlete Award recipient... All-Big Ten First Team ... All-Big Ten Tournament team... broke his own school record for stroke average with a 72.23 average, lowest in Michigan history... played in all 13 tournaments... was Michigan leading finisher in nine tournaments... had 10 top 10 finishes... recorded Michigan’s lowest three-round tournament total with a 206 at the Tanglewood Intercollegiate... recorded Michigan’s lowest four-round tournament total with 293 at the Big Ten championship... Collected four individual medalist honors... Won the Falcon-Cross Creek Invitational (Sept.1 7-19) after rounds of 67-71-69 for a 207 total, which was a new tournament record, the old record was 209 held by Nebraska’s Steve Fries... Won the Stan Sheriff Invitational (Nov. 22-23) after rounds of 75-73-73 for a 221 total... Won the Tanglewood Intercollegiate (Mar. 25-26) after rounds of 70-67-69 for a 206 total... Tied for medalist honors at the Mauna Kea Collegiate (Nov. 25-26) after rounds of 74-69-73 for a 216 total... finished as the tournament runnerup at the Kepler Intercollegiate (April 14-15) after rounds of 75-71-71 for a 217 total... finished fifth at the Big Ten Conference Championship after rounds of 70-73-75-73 for a 293 total... finished tied for 21st at the NCAA Central Regional Championship after carding rounds of 73-73-68 for a 214 total... finished tied for fifth at the Wolverine South Invitational (Mar. 4-5), finished tied for sixth at the Marshall Invitational (April 7-8), finished tied for ninth at the Fossum Invitational (April 28-29) and finished tied for 10th at the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 11-12)... had eight rounds below 70 and 18 par or better...

Senior (1998-99) ... National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award winner ... Big Ten co-champion, Michigan’s 15th Big Ten medallist ... All-Big Ten First Team ... All-District IV First Team ... All-Big Ten Tournament team... team captain ... competed in all 12 of Michigan's tournaments ... averaged 72.72 strokes per round ... recorded career-low round of 64 at the Northern intercollegiate ... notched 10 top-20 finishes, including five top-10 and two top-five ... best finish was first at the Big Ten Championship ... was Michigan's top placer in eight events ... for his career, has amassed 23 top-20 finishes including 13 top-10 and eight top-five ... he has won four tournaments in his career...

Junior (1997-98) ... Honorable Mention All-American ... All Big Ten Team selection ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award winner ... averaged a Michigan all-time record low, 72.35 strokes per round ... low scorer for Michigan in three of the five tournaments during the fall season ... won the Kroger Intercollegiate and Persimmon Ridge Intercollegiate ... spring season was equally impressive ... took second at Fripp Island Intercollegiate, with a season low of 67 in the third round ... (73-69-67/209) ... won the Marshall Invitational with a season low 54-hole score of 208 (72-67-69) ... tied for 14th at the Wolverine Invitational with rounds of 70-69-76/215 ... tied for seventh at the Big Ten Championships with rounds of 73-80-73-67/293 ... 67 was a career low, as well as the low round of the tournament ... earned All-Big Ten honors ... perhaps most impressive accomplishment of his career came in June of 1998 where he won the Northeast Amateur Invitational, defeating many of the top amateur golfers in the nation and setting a Wannamoisett Country Club (Rumford, R.I. ) course record with a second round tally of 62 ... total for the four-round tournament was 274, the third best in tournament history (70-62-72-70).

Sophomore (1996-97) ... Academic All Big Ten ... U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award winner ... played in every tournament as one of Michigan's top golfers ... twice finished as Michigan's low scorer and eight times finished as the second lowest scorer on the team ... had a season best second place finish at the Fripp Island Invitational with rounds of 69-74-73/ 216 ... season low round was 69 at the Fripp Island Invitational.

Freshman (1995-96) ... Academic All Big Ten ... U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award winner ... redshirted ... did not see tournament action ... summer 1996, qualified for the 1996 U.S. Amateur Tournament in Cornelious, Oregon.

Prep ... Troy High School ... four-year honor roll student ... three-year varsity letter winner ... named team MVP as a junior and senior ... selected to state of Michigan's "Dream Team" as a senior, earning all conference, all-area and all-region honors ... helped team to fourth place finish in Class A state finals and placed second amongst individuals ... won the Golf Association of Michigan Junior Championship in 1994 and 1995.