2007-08: Team captain ... Competed in eight of
Penn's nine events ... Stroke average of 76.2 over 18.5 rounds ... Low
round of 71 twice at The McLaughlin where he tied for 44th overall
(71-71-78--220) ... Penn’s No. 2 finisher in two events ... Shot
78-76--152 at the Notre Dame Spring Invitational where he tied for 39th
overall ... Tied for 19th at the Princeton Invitational (74-73-72--219)
... Tied for 21st at White Clay Creek Scotty Duncan (75-80--155) ...
Shot 78-77-81--236 at Ivy League Championships to tie for 25th ... Tied
for 48th at the Big 5 Classic (71-86--157) ... Following graduation,
competed in the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst (N.C.)
Resort & Country Club but did not advance beyond stroke play.
2006-07: Competed in all 10 events ... Finished
third on team with 75.7 stroke average ... Low round of 71 two times, at
Navy Fall Invitational and The McLaughlin ... Earned All-Ivy after
tying for seventh (second among Penn players) at the Ivy League
Championships (74-75-76--225) ... Clinched Quakers' first team title
since 1998 with closing-round 76 ... Tied as Penn's low scorer, sixth
overall at Navy Spring Invitational (74) ... Seventh overall, and third
among Penn players, at George Washington Invitational (73-72--145) as
Penn won team title ... Tied for 118th (third among Penn players) at
NCAA West Regional in Tempe, Ariz. (75-76-73--224) ... In the fall,
finished as Penn's second player in three tournaments ... Placed sixth
overall at Big 5 Classic (74-75--149) ... Tied for 11th overall (t-2
among Penn players) at Navy Fall Invitational (74-71--145) ... Took 31st
overall, and tied for second among Quakers, at The McLaughlin
(71-75-72--218) ... Tied for 33rd overall at the Macdonald Cup
(77-77-82--236) ... In August, competed in 2007 U.S. Amateur
Championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco but did not advance
beyond stroke play.
2005-06: One of just two players to compete in
all nine tournaments ... Second on the team with a 75.2 stroke average
... Low round of 68 was best on the team and came at Yale's Macdonald
Cup during the fall ... Tied for 28th overall at Ivy League
Championships (82-82-76--240) ... Second among Penn players and t-8th
overall at Navy Invitational (74-71--145) ... Top Penn player and t-4th
overall at Princeton Invitational (72-74--146) ... Shot 73-81--154 to
finish t-48th overall at the George Washington Invitational ... Tied
for 29th (second among Penn players) at Braveheart Classic
(77-70-77--224) ... Tied for 50th overall at Big 5 Classic (78-80--158)
... Penn's top finisher, and tied for third overall, leading Quakers to
MacDonald Cup victory at Yale (68-72--140) ... In three-round Sea Trail
Intercollegiate, placed second among Penn players and t-40th overall
(77-71-74--222) ... Tied for 24th overall -- second among Penn players
-- at season-opening Navy Fall Invitational (73-77--150).
2004-05: Finished tied for 26th at the Ivy League
Championships after shooting a 231 (77-77-77) at Ballyowen Golf Club ...
Competed in the Princeton Invitational and shot a three-round total of
243 (81-82-80) ... Carded a 76 against Saint Joseph's at the PGA West
Norman Course in Palm Desert, Calif. ... Tied for 56th at the Braveheart
Classic at UC Irvine after finishing with a 227 (81-75-71) ... Shot
76-79--155 at the Penn/Big 5 Classic at Philadelphia Cricket Club ...
Tied for 19th at the James Madison Invitational after shooting
71-72-72--215 ... Penn's top finisher after placing fourth at the
Cornell Invitational with 71-72-75--218 ... Shot 76-79--155 at the Navy
Fall Invitational.
High School: Varsity letterwinner in golf,
basketball and soccer ... Two-time Missouri State 2A champion, in 2002
and 2003 ... Missouri State 2A runner-up in 2004 ... Member of Missouri
State 2A championship teams in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Named first-team
all-state Missouri three times ... Kansas City Star High School
Player of the Year in 2003 ... Winner of Kenneth Smith Award in 2004
for best Kansas City high school golfer ... Soccer captain ... Kansas
City Country Club Junior Club Champion in 2002 ... Kansas City Golf
Association Junior Match Play champion in 2002 ... PGA Midwest Section
Junior Player of the Year in 2004.
Personal: Born July 22, 1986 ... Son of Nancy and Scott Merrill ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
