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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

Mike Graboyes

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Watchung, N.J.
  • Highschool Watchung Hills Regional HS

Biography

• Ivy League Championship medalist (2017)
• All-Ivy First Team (2017, 2018)
• All-Ivy Second Team (2015, 2016)
• PING All-Northeast Region Team (2018)


As a senior (2017-18)

• Became Cornell men's golf's first four-time All-Ivy League winner, garnering first-team honors after finishing third at Ivy League Championship.
• Earned medalist honors twice — first at Connecticut Cup in October, then at Princeton Invitational in April.
• Finished in top three individually in six of team's eight tournaments, still placing in top 15 of other two events.
• Led Ivy League with scoring average of 0.4-over par (71.60).
• Carded nine rounds under par, including team-best 66 in first round of Princeton Invitational.

As a junior (2016-17)
• Became Cornell's second medalist at Ivy League Championships in as many years, carding 3-under-par 69 in first round at The Stanwich Club before cruising through final 36 holes to win with three-shot cushion.
• Became second Cornell golfer to make the NCAA tournament since event began using regionals in 1989, following in footsteps of older brother, Luke, after latter's Ivy title in 2016.
• Became program's first three-time All-Ivy League honoree.
• Earned automatic berth into NCAA Regionals, competing at Stanford.
• After failing to crack top 20 in four fall tournaments, rejuvenated putting spurred second-half run.
• Team's top finisher at Towson Invitational, then carded second-round 68 to move up to second place of Yale Spring Invitational.
• Scoring average of 74.00 (plus-2.5) was new personal best, ranking second on team.

As a sophomore (2015-16)
• Became first Cornell golfer to garner All-Ivy League honors in both freshman and sophomore seasons with second-team honors after eighth-place finish at Ivy League Championships.
• Finished top 10 in five of eight tournaments.
• Won medalist honors twice — first at Colgate Invitational (after a three-way playoff) and Cornell Spring South Florida Invitational.
• Joined older brother, Luke, as only two members of the team to play all 19 of team's competitive rounds.
• Posted squad's low score of the year with 4-under-par 68 in final round of Florida event.
• Carded five rounds of even par and finished second on team with scoring average of 74.58.

As a freshman (2014-15)
• Became just second Cornell freshman to win All-Ivy League Golf honors, earning spot on second team with seventh-place finish at season-ending Ivy League Championship on Grace Course at Saucon Valley Country Club.
• Was tied for fourth after a first-round 75, which was five strokes better than any other Big Red golfer.
• Best round at Ivy event was 74 on final day, and received some votes for Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
• Including fourth-place finish at limited-field RTJ Individual Shootout, had three consecutive Top-10 finishes.
• Best round of the year was 1-under 69 during the first round of Princeton Invitational on April 11 at Aronimink Golf Club. Finished the tournament in ninth place.
• Competed in all of team's 19 tournament rounds and was second on squad in scoring average at 76.11 (plus-5.0). 

Prior to Cornell
• Won 2014 New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament of Champions.
• Somerset County champion and subsequently named 2014 boys golfer of the year by both The Star-Ledger and Courier News.
• Runner-up at New Jersey State Golf Association Junior Championship.
• Had three top-five finishes at AJGA tournaments in 2013, and was age group winner of prestigious 2012 Optimist International Junior Golf Tournament.

Personal
• Michael Graboyes is the son of Fred and Karen Graboyes, and he has an older brother, Luke, who also competed on the Cornell golf team and is Class of 2017.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2016-17Junior

    6'2"
  • 2017-18Senior

    6'2"