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2024-25 Golf Roster

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Shawn Gillen
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Ken Morey
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Ryan Edholm

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • High School Sweet Home
  • Twitter ryanedholm22

Biography

AWARDS
2024-25 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year
2025
All-MAAC Championship Team

2024-25 All-MAAC First Team

2024 Buffalo District Golf Association Player of the Year
2023 All-MAAC Championship Team


CAREER BESTS
Low 18: 67 at 2022 Bucknell Invitational

Low 36: 139 2x, last at 2023 Matthews Auto Collegiate
Low 54: 215 at 2025 MAAC Championship


NOTES
ERIE COUNTY (N.Y.) AMATEUR CHAMPION - 2023, 2024
2024 PORTER CUP - RUNNER UP


2024-25 • SENIOR SEASON
• Ended his career with the Canisius program having played in 36 career events from 2021-25.
• Finished the 2025 MAAC Golf Championship tied for sixth. Had 13 top-20 finishes in his 36 career collegiate tournaments.
• Voted as the 2024-25 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year, making him the first member of the Golden Griffin golf program to earn the honor.
• Named to the 2024-25 All-MAAC First Team, one of seven golfers in the conference to earn that distinction.
• Is just the fourth golfer in program history to earn multiple All-MAAC accolades during his career.
• His top-10 performance at the MAAC Championship earned his All-MAAC Tournament status.
• One of four golfers to play in 10 events and all 23 rounds during the 2024-25 season.
• Had a team-best 72.3 stroke average.
• Posted a career-low score of 215 over three rounds at the 2025 MAAC Golf Championship. That score of 215 is the lowest for a Canisius golfer since the tournament moved to a 54-hole format in 2002.
• Finished with five top-10 finishes, highlighted by a pair of top three results.
• Finished third at the 2024 Little Three Championship with his two-round tally of 143 (71-72).
• Shot a season-low 68 in the second round of the 2024 Colonel Shootout, hosted by Eastern Kentucky.
• That 68 at the Colonel Shootout was his sixth career round in the 60s.


2023-24 • JUNIOR SEASON
• One of three golfers to play in all 10 events (25 rounds).
• Led the team with his 75.8 stroke average.
• Was the Griffs' top finisher in five events, including two of the team's four spring tournaments.
• Shot a season-low 69 in the second round of the 2023 Little Three Championship. Matched that score in the second round of the 2023 Matthews Auto Collegiate and the Bucknell Invitational.
• Matched a career-low score for a 36-hole tournament with a 139 (-5) at the Matthews Auto Collegiate. In that event, he placed seventh in the field.
• Had a stretch in the fall season where he was at-par or better in seven rounds.
• Shot a two-round score of 148 (+8) at the Little Three Championship, where he tied for eighth in the field, his best career finish in that event.
• Tied for 18th overall, and first among Canisius golfers, with his three-round score of 221 (+9) at the 2024 MAAC Men's Golf Championship.


2022-23 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Played in all eight tournaments (20 rounds) and posted a scoring average of 74.5.
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Was the team's top individual performer three times.
• Became the first Canisius sophomore since 2018 to earn All-MAAC Championship Team honors after he finished tied for fifth at the 2023 MAAC Championship in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

• Shot a three-round total of 216 (E) at the 2023 MAAC Golf Championship, the lowest score for a Griff since the event moved to a 54-hole event in 2002.
• Finished the season by shooting under-par in three of his final five rounds of the season.
• His two-round score of 139 (-1) at the Cornell/Temple Invitational set a new career-low for a 36-hole event
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• Only player on the 2022-23 roster to shoot under 70 in a round, as he posted a 68 in the first round of the Cornell/Temple Invitational in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.


2021-22 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Played in all nine events (20 rounds) in his first year with the program.
• His 77.3 stroke average was the lowest among the team's freshman for the season.
• Placed 13th with a two-round score of 149 (+5) at the 2021 Little Three Championship.
• Fired a career-low 67 at the 2021 Bucknell Fall Invitational.
• Was the team's top performer (T44) at the Matthews Auto Collegiate tournament with his 36-hole score of 150 (+6).


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Was a six-year letterwinner in golf at Sweet Home High School.
• A three-time team captain and a three-time team MVP, he was a state qualifier in 2019.
• Named All-ECIC two times in his career.
• Also played hockey and baseball at Sweet Home High.


PERSONAL
• The son of John and Laura Edholm.
• His older brother, Tyler, was a member of Niagara's golf team.
• His mother, Laura, played volleyball at Coastal Carolina, and served as the director of athletics at Medaille University.
• Majoring in economics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    6'5"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'5"
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'5"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'5"