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05/09/2012
Men's Golf Misses National Championship; Finishes Sixth
Senior Travis Shooks finished tied for 10th on the individual leaderboard
05/08/2012
Men's Golf In Fifth After Second Round of Regional
Senior Travis Shooks sits in third after two rounds
05/07/2012
Lakers Tied for Third at Midwest/South Central Regional
Senior Travis Shooks is tied for first after carding a first-round 68 (-4)
05/01/2012
Lakers Finish Fourth at GLIAC Preview
Olsen and Cunningham finish in the top three at even par
04/09/2012
Lakers Finish Eighth at Great Lakes Regional #4
Sophomore Jack Rider cards a six-shot improvement over his first round score
2009-10: Tabbed as the GLIAC Freshman of the Year, the first men's golfer in GVSU history to earn rookie of the year honors...Also earned All-GLIAC Honorable Mention plaudits for his overall stroke average of 73.67...Notched five top-25 finishes during his freshman campaign...Highest finish was at the GLIAC Championship, as he placed sixth with a 219 (+6) after rounds of 72-77-70...Olsen's tally helped the Lakers clinch back-to-back GLIAC Championships...Tied for seventh at the Al Watrous Memorial Tournament (9/13) with a 212 (-4), which featured a first-round score of 68...Shot a 148 (+4) at the NKU Spring Classic (3/21), tying him for seventh place...Also tied for 13th place at the Findlay Spring Invitational (4/17) with a 157 (+13)...Placed 24th at the Great Lakes Regional Invitational (9/21) with a two-day score of 147 (+3).
High School: Prepped at White Pigeon High School under head coach Mark Olsen...Won the 2009 MHSAA state championship...Earned all-state honors three times, as well as being named an NHSGCA All-American in 2008 and 2009...Tabbed as an all-conference selection three times and named the conference's most valuable player twice...Named to the MIGCA Super Team during his junior and senior seasons...Member of the White Pigeon team that qualified for the state tournament in 2005, 2006, and 2008, finishing as high as fourth place in 2008...Also won a pair of conference and regional championships (2005, 2006) and both the district and country titles (2005, 2008)...Also participated in National Honor Society in 2008 and 2009 at White Pigeon.
Personal: Son of Mark and Melanie Olsen...Enjoys music and relaxing...Majoring in criminal justice.
