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2012-13 Golf Roster

Mike Spiotta

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Batavia, N.Y.
  • High School Batavia

Biography

 

Spring 2013
• Played in all five events during the spring season.
• Placed 22nd at the 2013 MAAC Golf Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
• Tied for 13th in the field at the Rhody Invitational with his two-round score of 159.
• Played in 35 career events as a Griff, earning two top-five and six top-10 finishes.
• Was named to the 2012-13 MAAC All-Academic Team.

Fall 2012
• Played in five fall events and placed in the top-five two times.
• Took second at the 2012 Little Three Championships with his two-round score of 145.
• Placed third at the Cornell Invitational after he carded a 146.
• His even-par score of 72 in the second round of the Little Three Championship was his low round of the fall season.

Spring 2012
• Played in five events in the spring season.
• Played in his 25th college event at the 2012 MAAC Championship, where he tied for 16th overall.
• Shot a 219 for three rounds at Detroit to tie for 10th - his 10th career top-10 finish.
• His 158 at the 36-hole Siena/Homewood Suites event is his new career-low for a 36-hole tournament.

Fall 2011
• Played in five fall events and was the team's top finisher three times.
• Tied for 11th at the Bucknell Invitational with his 54-hole score of 216.
• His score of 216 at Bucknell stands as his career low for a 54-hole event.
• Shot a career-low 69 in the second round at Bucknell.

Spring 2011
• Played in all five spring events for the Blue and Gold.
• Placed second among Canisius golfers at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate.
• Shot a spring-season low 75 in the final round of the
Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State.

Fall 2010
• Tied for second at the Little Three Championships with his score of 72.
• Played in three events (seven rounds) during the fall.
• Tied for 21st at the Cornell Invitational, highlighted by his career-low score of 71 in the final round.

Spring 2010
• One of two Griffs to play in all eight events (fall and spring seasons) during the 2009-10 season.
• Was the top individual finisher for the Blue and Gold six different times.
• Ended his first MAAC Championship appearance by tying for 11th overall with his 54-hole score of 230.
• Tied for seventh in the field at the Detroit Titan Inviational.
• Posted a season-low 72 three different times as a rookie, including in the second round of the Detroit Titan event.

Fall 2009
• Played in four fall events in his first season with the Griffs.
• Shot a season low of 72 in the second round at the Bucknell Invitational and matched that number in the second round of the Cornell Invitational.
• Was the team's top finisher (20th overall) at the Turning Stone Intercolliegate, his first college event.

Before Canisius
• Won five varsity letters on the golf team at Batavia High School.
• Earned the Batavia High MVP award in 2006 and 2008.
• Won the 2008 Section V Golf Individual Championship at Stafford Country Club.
• A 2008 all-state selection, he was a four-time All-Monroe County selection.
• During his senior season, he averaged 37.4 strokes through 9 holes.
• Also earned two varsity letters as a guard on the school's basketball team.

Personal
• Born Nov. 21, 1989.
• The son of Ron and Deborah Spiotta.
• Has one sister, Lauren.
• Earned his degree from the College in management and is currently working on his MBA at Canisius.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2011-12Junior

    5'10"
  • 2012-13Senior

    5'10"