2007-08: 5 rounds, 79.6 stroke average, low round 71 (1st round Big 5 Classic)
2008-09: 11 rounds, 80.9 stroke average, low round 76 (1st round Navy Fall Classic
2009-10: 22 rounds, 77.7 stroke average, low round 71 (twice, most recent 3rd round Princeton Invitational)
2010-11: 2 rounds, 78.0 stroke average, low round 77 (1st round Navy Fall Classic)
2010-11: Played in the season-opening Navy Fall
Classic, shooting 77-79--156 and tying for 57th overall ... Missed the
rest of the year due to injury.
2009-10: Played in nine events, tied for most on the
team ... Scored for Penn in four of six varsity events ... Had a 77.7
stroke average over 22 rounds ... Low round of 71 two times ... Shot
84-78-81--243 at Ivy League Championships ... Fourth among Penn players
at Caves Valley Intercollegiate (84-80--164) ... Shot low of 71 to
finish at 225 and tie for 32nd overall at Princeton Invitational ...
Playing as an individual, tied for 12th overall at Rehoboth Beach Spring
Invitational (76-74--150) ... Penn's top finisher at Pioneer Shootout
during spring break ... Playing as an individual, shot 77 and tied for
third overall at the Swarthmore Fall Invitational ... Shot low of 71 to
finish at 151 and tie for 27th overall at ODU/SeaScape Collegiate.
2008-09: Competed in six tournaments ... In 11
rounds, had an 80.9 stroke average ... Low round of 76 came in first
round of the year, at Navy Fall Classic ... Followed that up with a 77
for a two-round 153, good for 46th overall ... Shot an 81 at the Cornell
Invitational to tie for 68th overall ... Penn's third scorer, tied for
56th overall, at the Big 5 Invitational (79-79--158) ... Tied for 73rd
overall at the Columbia Invitational (84-83-88--255) ... Opened spring
with 82-81--163 to tie for 72nd at the GW Invitational ... Followed that
up with an 80 to tie for 24th overall at Rehoboth Beach.
2007-08: Competed in three events as a freshman ...
Competed as an individual at the Big 5 Classic and tied for 17th overall
(71-80--151) ... Finished as Penn's No. 5 at the Don Mershon Classic
(164) ... Also took part in the Penn-UC San Diego dual.
High School: Lettered four times in golf and soccer
... Three-time captain in golf, two-time captain in soccer ... Led team
to 2006 Missouri Class 2 state title as a junior, winning medalist
honors ... Also helped team to a pair of second-place finishes during
his career ... Three-time first-team all-state in golf ... In soccer,
two-time first-team all-state selection ... Helped Pembroke Hill to 2005
Class 2 state championship as a junior ... Team also finished second in
2004 and third in 2006 ... Senior class representative.
Personal: Son of Nancy and Scott Merrill ... Older
brother, Dean, was captain of Penn's 2007-08 golf team ... Enrolled in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
