Ping All-Region Release

HAMILTON – Colgate's Ryan Skae has been named a Division I Ping All-Northeast Region honoree, capping one of the best careers in Raider Golf history.
 
Selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America, Skae becomes Colgate's first All-Region honoree after finishing with program record-setting scoring averages of 73.85 and +2.58. He was an All-Patriot League First Team selection last year after tying for conference medalist honors (lost the NCAA bid in a five-hole playoff) at Seven Oaks Golf Club.
 
"In the years I've been a coach, we rarely come across someone as talented as Ryan," Colgate head coach Keith Tyburski said. "A lot of players get nervous when they got to 1 or 2 under par. Ryan kept trying to get as far into red numbers as possible.
 
"He holds almost every record in our program's history, but know that everything he's accomplished individually doesn't matter to him without the successes we've had as a team."
 
Skae also won the 2016 Cornell Invitational on his way to setting program records for lowest 18-hole, 36-hole and 54-hole scoring marks, career rounds of par or better (29, 11 ahead of second place), career birdies with 233 (32 ahead of second place) and a tie for first in career eagles.
 
His current season scoring average of +1.21 over par easily would have broken the program mark of +1.70, but he finished one round shy of the minimum number of rounds to quality after Colgate's spring season was canceled with the rest of collegiate athletics.