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Bentley University

2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Nelson Eaton

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Groton, Vt.
  • High School St. Johnsbury Acad.

Biography

Senior from  Groton, Vt. … 2021 graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy who is majoring in economics-finance … minor is in psychology … outstanding student.

Career, entering 2024-25:  in 16 tournaments during his first three seasons, posted a 76.3 stroke average over the course of 40 rounds … shot a 70 during the Hartford Hawks Invitational in September 2023, a personal best as a collegian … his best for 36 holes is 144 and his best for 54 is 223.
 
2023-24: registered a career-best 75.3 stroke average during the fall portion of the schedule … missed the spring due to injury … tied for 18th in the Northeast-10 Championships with a 76-75-74-220 … tied for 30th in the :Post Eagles Invitational (78-71-76-225) … Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar … Academic All-Northeast-10 … Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both semesters … D2ADA Academic Achievement Award … Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll Sept. 13.

2022-23: was Bentley’s top golfer during the Northeast-10 championships Oct. 2-3, tying for tenth with a 77-74-74-225 … was selected to participate in the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Super Regional … tied for 59th with an 84-76-74-234 … played 19 rounds during eight tournaments … was third on the team with  a 76.8 stroke average … 15 rounds in the 70s … Bentley’s top finisher in the Saint Anselm Hawk Invitational … tied for 13th with 75-77-152 ... received the NE10 Elite 24 Award as the golfer at the championships with the highest GPA … honors also included GCAA All-America Scholar, College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Academic All-Northeast-10 … qualified for the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both semesters … D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2021-22: as a freshman, participated in three tournaments … had a 76.4 stroke average … tied for 19th in both the Penmen Fall Invitational (75-71-77-223) and the Post Eagles Invitational (76-74-74) … 76 or better during six of eight rounds … best scores were 71 for 18 (Penmen Fall Invitational, par 70), 146 for 36 (first two rounds of Penmen Fall Invitational) and 223 for 54 (Penmen Fall Invitational).

Before Bentley: captain of St. Johnsbury’s golf team as a senior … 2020 Vermont Division 1 state champion and Vermont junior champion … played in New England Amateur is 2019, 2020 and 2021 … 2020 Vermont High School Player of the Year and USA Today State Player of the Year.

Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … son of Henry and Maureen Eaton … has one brother, Will (17) … mother ran cross country and track, and was on Yale’s 4x400 relay team that placed seventh nationally … father played football and was a decathlete at Yale … involved in the Bentley Spikeball Club.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior