2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
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2023-24: Earned First-Team All-NSIC honors for the third straight year... Finished second at the Maverick Invite with a 72-69--141, good for three-under par... Finished tied for third at the Tulsa Cup with a 70-68-74--212 (+4)... Laffen finished tied for fifth at the Bemidji State Invite with a 68-76--144... Finished t11th at the Watkins Invitational with a 70-73--143... Laffen turned in fourth-place finish at the Missouri Western Holiday Inn Express Classic where he shot a 72-68-66--206 which was seven under par... The 66 was a career low as a Maverick... Laffen, who recorded a 79 or lower in 52 of his final 54 rounds, played a team-high 106 rounds as a Maverick and owns a 13 top-ten finishes and 29 top-20 finishes to go with a career scoring average of 73.3... Was named the NSIC Golfer of the Week after finishing four-under-par at the Tulsa Cup shooting a 70-68-74— 212... Earned the award following the Maverick Desert Classic where he finished tied for 12th with a 75-71... Was the league’s Golfer of the Week following a 74-73-79--26 effort at the Show Down at Shangri-La.. Finished second at the NSIC Championships with a 72-74-67--213... Played in 30 rounds – one of two golfers to do so – and average a team-best 71.9.
2022-23: Saw action in six tournaments in the fall...Averaged 72.7 over the course of 14 rounds...Shot a season-low 67 at the Holiday Inn Express Classic (Oct. 11)...Finished 3rd at the Maverick Invitational (Aug. 30) with rounds of 73-70 for a total of 143 and tied for 3rd at the Holiday Inn Express Classic (Oct. 11) with rounds 75-74-67) for a total of 216... Was the NSIC Golfer of the Week on Oct. 5... Was a First-Team All-NSIC selection... Played in all four events in the spring... Shot sub 79 in every round in 2022-23 except for one... Shot a spring-low round of 71 at The Mule where he turned n a 71-76-7---223... Was tied for 17th at the NSIC Championships with a 77-73-78--228.
2021-22: 2022 NSIC Men's Golfer of the Year...2021-22 First Team All-NSIC...Named NSIC Men's Golfer of the Week three times in 2021-22...Saw action in nine tournaments and averaged 72.9 over the course of 22 rounds...Tied for 19th at 2022 NSIC Championship...Shot rounds of 69 twice during the season (first round of Holiday Inn Express Classic and first round of The Mule)...Placed first at Bemidji State Invitational (71-72--143)...Was first at Fall Hardrocker Invite (70-72-73--215)...Placed fifth at Watkins Invitational (75-70--145)...Placed fifth at Holiday Inn Express Classic (69-71--140)...Placed 11th at FHSU Tiger Invite (77-72-71--220).
2020-21: Played 14 rounds for the Mavericks as a junior and averaged 74.1 for the year...Shot a season-low 69 at The Mule...Tied for 10th at the NSIC Men's Golf Championship (73-73-74=220)...Named 2020-21 First Team All-NSIC.
2019-20: Played 13 rounds for the Mavericks as a sophomore and averaged 75.4 for the year...Shot a career-low 67 at MSSU Fall Invitational...Tied for 20th at the Watkins Invitational (74-74=148).
2018-19: Saw action in 6 rounds averaging an 81.8...Shot a season-low 77 at NSIC Preview tournament en route to tying for 75th...Placed 18th at Upper Iowa Invitational shooting 83 and 76 for a total of 159.
Personal: All-Conference for five years from his eighth grade year through his senior season and was also the
Tomahawk Conference Player of the Year during that time... All-State as a freshman, sophomore junior and senior.... Tomahawk Conference player of the year in eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade... Made Minnesota State A tournament appearances as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior... Class A State champ in 2018... Member of National Honor Society... Son of Shane and Nancy... Majoring in sports management at Minnesota State.
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