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2025-26 Golf Roster

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Jake Dantonio

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lancaster, N.Y.
  • High School St. Mary's
  • Instagram jxd523

Biography

CAREER BESTS
Low 18:
70 at 2024 Colonel Shootout
Low 36: 145 at 2024 Little Three Championship
Low 54: 220 at 2024 Colonel Shootout


2024-25 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• One of four golfers to play in 10 events and all 23 rounds during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Recorded a scoring average of 76.1.
• Posted a career-low score of 70 in the second round of the 2024 Colonel Shootout, which was hosted by Eastern Kentucky.
• Finished the Colonel Shootout with a three-round score of 220, which stands as his lowest score for a 54-hole event.
• Carded a 36-hole score of 145 (+1) at the 2024 Little Three Championship, where he finished fourth in the field (third among Canisius golfers).
• His final score at the 2024 Little Three Championship (145) is his career-low for a 36-hole tournament.
• Named to the 2024-25 MAAC All-Academic Team.


2023-24 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• One of three golfers to play in 10 events and all 25 rounds in 2023-24.
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Posted a scoring average of 76.1, which ranked second on the team among players with at least five rounds played.
• Shot a season-low 72 in the final round of the 2024 MAAC Men's Golf Championship in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

• Carded a two-round total of 147 at the 2023 Matthews Auto Collegiate and finished second among Canisius golfers.
• His 54-hole score of 22
1 at the 2024 MAAC Men's Golf Championship was his lowest three-round tally of the season.


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Was a four-year letterwinner at St. Mary's High School in Lancaster, N.Y.
• Posted a scoring average of 35.0 in his senior year en route to being named the St. Mary's High School Athlete of the Year.
• Was a four-time All-Catholic League champion. Was the Catholic League scoring champion four times.
• A four-time qualifier for the New York State Golf Championship. Earned a berth into the Federation State Golf Championships once.
• Was the runner-up at the 2022 New York State Junior Golf Championship.
• Served as a team captain.
• Played four years of varsity hockey at St. Mary's and served as a team captain.
• Helped the hockey team win a state championship and a league title as well.
• Honored as a two-time Bowman Cup selection.
• Named to the senior All-Western New York All Star Team after the 2022-23 campaign.


PERSONAL
• The son of John and Dana Dantonio.
• Has an older brother, John.
• His brother, John, was a member of the Canisius golf team from 2015-19.
• Majoring in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'9"