Mike Ross
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- Hometown:
- Bryan, Ohio
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- Year:
- So
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- High School:
- Bryan
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- Major:
- Sport Management
Bio
Sophomore (2011-12): Played in all 13 rounds and seven tournaments during breakout season … Led Defiance in four of those events … Also topped Yellow Jackets with a 79.8 scoring average and average finish of 18.1 … Carded a sub-80 score in eight rounds …Used steady play to stack up team-leading six finishes inside the top-20 … Shot a career-best 74 in second round at Hanover on April 1 and ended 13thin 36-hole tournament … Opened season with third-place showing against USC-Beaufort in Hilton Head, S.C. on March 16.
Freshman (2010-11): Started in all six events and played 11 rounds during freshman campaign … Ranked second on squad with scoring average of 82.1 … Led Jackets with a 157 (81-76) and 16th-place finish at Defiance Invitational on April 10 … Registered trio of top-20 finishes to lead DC … Member of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s All-Sportsmanship Team.
Prep: Four-year letterman for Bryan High School in golf for coach John Ruffer and Mitchell Owens ... Ohio State Championships participant in junior and senior seasons ... Named most improved player in freshman and junior seasons ... Earned second team all district in sophomore and junior seasons ... Also lettered in tennis.
Personal: Michael Ross ... Born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ... Son of Dana and Keith Ross ... Has one sister; Michala ... Majoring in Sport Management with a minor in Business Administration..
News mentions
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Sophomore Mike Ross and freshman Hurst Talbott tied for a team-best 78 as the Defiance College men’s golf team shot 321 to end the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in fifth place.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Senior Matt Gehring shot a team-best 76 at the third round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday.
HANOVER, Ind. – Senior Brian Jones shot a team-best score of 74 to move up the leaderboard at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
HANOVER, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s golf team posted an opening round score of 320 at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Senior Brian Jones led the Defiance College men’s golf team as the team competed at the Franklin Invitational held at Honeywell Golf Course on Sunday. The Yellow Jackets finished third at the event.
TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – Sophomore Mike Ross led the Defiance College men’s golf team to a seventh-place finish at the Rose-Hulman Invitational. The team shot 651 (320-331) over two days of action.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Senior Matt Gehring finished tied for sixth place overall after carding a round of 77 at the Defiance College Spring Invitational.
HANOVER, Ind. – Sophomore Mike Ross led the Defiance College men’s golf team at the Hanover Invitational with a two-day score of 153 (79-74). The team posted matching rounds of 314 to finish with an overall team score of 628.
NORTH BEND, Ohio – Sophomore Mike Ross led the Defiance College men’s golf team at the Mount St. Joseph Invitational held on Saturday and Sunday at Aston Oaks Golf Club.
BLUFFTON, S.C. – The Defiance College men’s golf team opened its spring season with a dual match against the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Defiance dropped the match at Eagle Pointe Golf Club, 313-327.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Mike Ross (79-81) and Brian Jones (83-77) both carded a total score of 160 to lead the Defiance College men’s golf team to a fourth-place finish at the Manchester Invitational.
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Defiance’s Brian Jones finished in seventh-place overall to lead the Yellow Jackets to a fourth-place finish at the Kenyon Invitational, held at Mount Vernon Country Club. Defiance posted a team score of 684 (339-345) over the two-day event.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Senior Brian Jones fired a 77 at the Defiance College Invitational to claim 12th-place overall on Sunday. Jones and the rest of the Jackets posted a team score of 333 to finish in 8th place at the event.
WAUSEON, Ohio – Defiance College sophomore Mike Ross earned all-tournament team honors at the Jon Spiess Memorial Tournament with round of 77 to lead the Yellow Jackets to a fifth-place overall finish.