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Bentley University

2020-21 Men's Golf

Tommy Ethier

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Nashua, N.H.
  • High School Bishop Guertin

Biography

Team captain ... senior from Nashua, N.H. .... 2017 graduate of Bishop Guertin High School who is majoring in accounting ... excellent student with a minor in finance ... three-time PING Division II All-East Region ...three-time All-Northeast-10, including first team the last two years ... two-time Academic All-Northeast-10 ... owns two of the three best single season scoring averages in program history (74.12 in 2017-18, 75.23 in 2018-19) as well as the best career scoring average in Bentley history (74.45).

Career entering 2020-21: In 53 rounds during 24 tournaments, posted a 74.45 stroke average and played to +2.72 vs. par ... shot in the 60’s eight times and finished at par or better 18 times .. low round of 68.

2019-20: Was selected as the Northeast-10 Player of the Year after posting a 73.0 average during five tournaments in a COVID-shortened season ... played to +1.2 versus par ... tied for first among 59 golfers in the Saint Rose Fall Shootout (70-70-140) ... tied for sixth of 84 in the Le Moyne Fall Invitational (71-71-142) ... tied for seventh of 74 in the Franklin Pierce Invitational (77-69-146) ... tied for 17th of 50 in Northeast-10 Championships (75) ... ranked eighth in the East Region by GolfStat ... repeat selection as first-team All-Northeast-10 ... selected for PING Division II All-East Region for third straight year ... received NE10 Sport Excellence Award for Golf ...  Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... D2ADA Achievement Award ... NE10 Weekly Honor Roll three times (Sept. 11, Oct. 16, Oct. 23).

2018-19: Achieved a team-beat 75.23 stroke average during 12 tournaments (26 rounds) ... +3.31 vs. par ... low round was a 68 Sept. 30 during first day of Northeast-10 Championships ... honors included first-team All-Northeast-10 and PING Division II All East Region ... was also selected to the Academic All-Northeast-10 team ... received a D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the NE10 All-Championship Team after placing second with a 68-72-140 ... first among 56 in the AIC Invitational (69-73-142) ... second of 48 in the Crofton Invitational (77-70-69-216) ... tied for third among 72 in The Trojan (76-71-147) ... tied for sixth of 105 in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional (77-72-73-222) ... tied for 62nd of 108 in NCAA Division II Championships (79-69-76-224) ... NE10 Golfer of the Week Sept. 23 ... NE10 Weekly Honor Roll Apr. 3 ... three eagles was a Bentley single season record.

2017-18: Was second on the team in stroke average, posting a 74.12 during seven tournaments (23 rounds) ... +2.48 vs. par ... debuted with a 68-69-137 in the Penmen Fall Invitational Sept. 18-19, tying for second of 80 ... also tied for second, in a field of 71, in the Coaches Invitational Classic (75-74-76-225) ... fifth of 35 in the NEIGA Division II Championships ... tied for fifth of 59 in The Trojan (77-68-75-220) ... PING Division II All-East Region ... All-Northeast-10 second team ... NE10 Golfer of the Week Apr. 3 ... NE10 Rookie of the Week Sept. 20 and Apr.3 ... NE10 Weekly Honor Roll Oct. 24. 

Before Bentley: Won the individual division one state tournament during his junior year of high school at the Hanover Country Club ... captured the New Hampshire junior championship in 2017, and also qualified for both the New England Amateur and New Hampshire State Amateur ... qualified for the IMG Junior Worlds at Torrey Pines in 2016 ... as a junior, was the Nashua Telegraph Player of the Year ... four-year letterwinner who helped Bishop Guertin to the division one state championship at Canterbury Woods Golf Course ... team captain as a junior and senior ... National Honor Society ... Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 22 … son of Laurie and Dan Ethier … has one sister, Megan (21) ... mother played collegiate golf at South Carolina ... grandfather played golf at Duke ...  has volunteered with Special Olympics basketball.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior