As a Senior (2011-12)
Named to the All-GLIAC First team for the second straight year...Finished in the top-10 in four tournaments and recorded eight top-25 finishes...Opened the season with a one-under 143 at the Al Watrous Memorial Invite (9/11) to tie for ninth...Followed that up at the Northwood Invitational (9/18), finishing in a tie for fifth with a 146 (+2)...Placed second at the GLIAC Championship (10/3), shooting 73-72-74 for a score of 219 (+3)...Carded a 148 (+4) at the Findlay Invite (10/9)...Defeated SVSU's Kreg Sherman 1-up in match play (3/8)...Tied for 13th at the North Kentucky Spring Classic (3/18) shooting an even 144 which including a season-low round of 69...Recorded a score of 148 (+4) to tie for 24th at the Jewell (4/1)...Tied for 12th at the Great Lakes Regioanl No. 4 (4/9), notching a 153 (+9)...Close out the season with a three-round score of 219 (+3) after shooting 76-74-69 at the Division II Super Regional (5/9) to tie for 12th.
As a Junior (2010-11)
Named to the All-GLIAC First Team...Finished in the top-10 in four tournaments and tallied eight top-20 finishes...Placed first at the GLIAC Preview (4/23) with a 69 (-3) for best finish of the year...Helped Lakers to second-place finish at the Arendsen Invitational (9/26) in Allendale by shooting a 140 (-4) on rounds of 72-68...Tied for fifth at Northern Kentucky's The Jewell (4/3) with a 145 (+1) on rounds of 71-74...Also shot a 145 (+1) at the Tusculum Invitational (3/13) by tallying another 71-74 performance to tie for ninth place...Finished in a tie for 14th place at the Lake Superior State Invitational (9/12) in season's opening tournament by shooting a 153 (+9) on rounds of 78-75...Tied for 15th at Great Lakes Region Invitational #1 (9/21) with a 148 (+4) after shooting 71-77...Placed in a tie for 17th at Great Lakes Regional #3 (4/11), as he shot 76-74 for a 150 (+6)...Tied for 18th at the GLIAC Championship (10/4), as Lakers finished in a tie for third place, by shooting 73-76-80 for a 229 (+16)...Helped GVSU place sixth at the Midwest/South Central Regional (5/4) with a 223 (+7) on rounds of 72-76-75.
As a Sophomore (2009-10)
Recorded five top-10 finishes and seven top-15 finishes during the year...Finished fourth at the NKU Spring Classic (3/21) with a 145 (+1) after rounds of 73-72...Tied for fourth place at the Findlay Spring Invitational (4/17) after shooting a 153 (+9)...Placed sixth at the Great Lakes Region Invitational (9/21) with a 143 (-1), which included a second-round score of 67 (one shot shy of the GVSU school record)...At the NCAA Midwest/South Central Regional Tournament (5/5), shot a 223 (+7) and tied for seventh place, finishing just four shots out of first place...Also placed eighth at the Wisconsin Parkside Invitational (3/28) with a 147 (+3), finished 11th at the Great Lakes Regional #2 (4/3) with a 146 (+2), and notched a 14th place tally at the Al Watrous Memorial Tournament (9/13) with a 218 (+2).
High School
Prepped at Ovid Elsie High School under head coach Jerry Gunthorpe...Earned First Team All-State honors in 2008 after being an honorable mention selection in 2006...Tabbed as an all-conference selection and named team most valuable player three times (2004, 2006, 2008)...Member of 2005 team that won a conference championship...Qualified for the state tournament in 2006...Competed in basketball for four years at Ovid Elsie...Also participated in National Honor Society.
Personal
Son of Jerry and Joan Gunthorpe...Majoring in business.
