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Career
Stats: 24 tournaments, 53 rounds; Scoring average 75.89; Low round 70
Awards
- All-Patriot League Second Team – 2022-23
- Academic All-Patriot League – 2022-23
- Colgate Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year – 2022-23
- Colgate Golf Leadership Award – 2021-22
- All-American Scholar – 2020-21
- 2x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2x Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll (4.0 recipient in 2019)
2022-23 (Senior)
Stats: 7 tournaments, 18 rounds; Scoring average 74.94; Low round 70
- Helped lead Colgate to a second place finish at the Patriot League Championship (4/30), matching its best finish in program history
- Tied for 10th at the conference championship to secure All-Patriot League Second Team honors for the first time in his collegiate career
- Finished with a 77-72-80=229 three-day total at the championship
- Chipped in on the final hole to secure a top 10 finish in the championship
- Concluded his Colgate career with three consecutive top 10 finishes, highlighted by a seventh-place finish at the Upstate Battle at Seven Oaks (4/23)
- Named Academic All-Patriot League and garnered Colgate Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year honorsÂ
2021-22 (Junior)
Stats: 8 tournaments, 18 rounds; Scoring average 76.39; Low round 70
- Fired a career-low even-par 70 on the second day of the Duel at Bartlett to place fifth on the individual leaderboard
- Opened the tournament with a one-over-par 71 to fish with a 141 two-day total
- Competed in career-best eight tournaments and 18 rounds as a junior
- Member of Colgate’s scoring contingent for the Patriot League championship, placing 42nd
- Tied for 25th at the Wildcat Spring Invitational with 71-77=148 two-day composite score…earned the team’s Leadership Award
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Stats: 5 tournaments, 8 rounds; Scoring average 75.50; Low round 73
- Best Colgate finisher at Patriot League Men's Golf Championship after shooting 78-74-74 to place 13th
- Opened with season-low 73 to finish third in Battle at Troy
- Shot 74 to finish seventh at Upstate Spring Escape
- Carded 76 to finish 38th at Rolling Spring Intercollegiate
- Counted toward team score in six of eight rounds played
- Fall season canceled because of Covid-19 Pandemic
2019-20 (Freshman)
Stats: 4 tournaments, 9 rounds ... Scoring average 77.11, Low round 72
- Raiders set team program scoring record of 293.8 and +10.07
- Best finish was tie for 19th at weather-shortened Matthews Auto Intercollegiate
- Shot 74 in only completed round
- Backed that up with season-low 72 playing as individual at Bucknell Invitational
- Shot 78 in Round 2 to finish in tie for 45th place and then celebrated with teammates as Raiders captured team title
- Rallied from opening 85 to shoot 74-77 at Macdonald Cup hosted by Yale
- Finished in tie for 61stÂ
- Opened Colgate career by carding 75-77-82 at Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational
- Earned starting lineup position in three of four tournaments and counted toward team score in six out of seven rounds
- No spring season after coronavirus outbreak led to university's closure and international sport cancellations
Before Colgate
Attended Moorestown High School, where he served as team captain during his final three seasons.
Stats: Scoring average of 75 during senior campaign.
Honors: Recorded two top 10 finishes in 2018 AJGA events ... Second Alternate for 2018 US Junior Amateur Championship Qualifier ... Helped lead Quakers to 13 first place finishes, including a Group 3 State Championship in 2019, and four Group 3 Sectional Championships ... Two-time First Team All-Burlington County ... Earned Third Team Boys All-State in 2017, and Second Team Boys All-State in 2019 ... Three-time team MVP.
Get to Know: Also played basketball ... Helped the team to a State Championship in 2019 ... Four-time National Honor Society member.
Personal
Born: Akhil Venkata Giri in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Family: Parents are Kartik and Veda Giri … Has one sister.
