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2025-26 Golf Roster

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Shawn Gillen

Alex Schickling

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hamburg, N.Y.
  • High School Frontier

Biography

CAREER BESTS
Low 18:
71 at 2023 Bucknell Invitational
Low 36: 145 at 2024 Alex Lagowitz Memorial
Low 54: 221 at 2023 Bucknell Invitational


2024-25 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Played in nine tournaments (20 rounds) during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Recorded three top-20 finishes, highlighted by his seventh-place effort at the N.Y./Pa. Quad Match.
• Shot a season-low 72 in the first round of the Alex Lagowitz Memorial, hosted by Colgate.
• His two-round score of 145 (+1) at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial serves as his career-low for a 36-hole tournament.
• Tied for 12th at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial and then tied for 14th at the 2024 Little Three Championship.


2023-24 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Played in nine events (23 rounds) during his first year with the program.
• His stroke average of 77.5 was third-best among Canisius golfers with at least five rounds played in 2023-24.
• Posted a 71 in the third round of the Bucknell Invitational, his lowest round of the season.
• His tournament score of 146 (+6) at the 2023 Little Three Championship was tops among Canisius golfers and placed him sixth in that tournament’s field.
• Tied for 17th at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic with his 36-hole score of 229 (+13).


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Earned six varsity letters as a member of the Frontier High School golf team.
• Served as a team captain for five seasons.
• As a senior, he was the top-ranked golfer in Section VI, and earned a berth into the New York State championship tournament field.
• Shot an ECIC record 28 in nine holes at 18 Mile Creek Golf Course in Hamburg, N.Y.


PERSONAL
• The son of Lance and Terri Schickling.
• Both of his parents graduated from Canisius.
• Has a brother, Lucas, and a sister, Erika.
• Majoring in computer science and cybersecurity.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    6'5"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'5"
  • 2025-26Junior

    6'5"