Ryan Dornes Season 2017-18

Career Notes & Records
Finished career with a 73.64 stroke average in 27 events and 69 total rounds…Won one individual title with four career top-five finishes and eight career top-10 finishes …Tied for Kingsmill Intercollegiate title in fall 2016 with career-low 209 total (1-under)…Saw action in all four years and earned four letters.
 
Senior Year (2018-19): Played in all nine events with a 73.54 stroke average over 24 rounds…Recorded three rounds in the 60s with 3-under 69 and 4-under 68 as bookends to 2018 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/12-14, 2018)…Three single-round scores (vs. par) rank among the season’s top 11 with 4-under 68 in final round of Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/14) as his season low…Had back-to-back competitions as top Nittany Lion finisher with 16th place at Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/13-15) with a season-best 6-under 210 (69-73-68)…Made 12 birdies at Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate with five in first round…Topped the Penn State results chart with a tie for 10th at UNCG/Grandover Intercollegiate (10/27-28) with 2-over 218 (73-69-76)…Fired a 69, second-best score of the second round at East Grandover Course…Carded 1-under 215 (71-73-71) and had 10 birdies on weekend for 12th-place finish to help Nittany Lions win Rod Myers Invitational (9/8-9) to open fall season…Returned to spring tournament play with an 8-over 224 at Colleton River Collegiate (3/4-5) to tie for 43rd place…Registered an opening-round 73 at Linger Longer Invitational (3/15-17) and finished with a 7-over 223 to tie for 50th…Moved up 13 places to 28th with a final-round 71 (E) and 7-over total of 220 at Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/13-14)…Battled through gusty second round of Big Ten Championships and carded one of the best Nittany Lion scores with a 72 in final round…Tied for 39th in final Big Ten Championship with a 16-over 226 (74-80-72).

Junior Year (2017-18): Competed in 11 events, including the Big Ten Championship...Played 25 rounds with a 74.16 average...Posted a top-10 finish in the Windon Memorial Classic as only Nittany Lion to play under par in multiple rounds...Carded a 1-under 69 in first round and tied career-best 68 in final round of Windon event...Helped Nittany Lions to Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate team championship with a 1-under 215 total...Contributed to Nittany Lions second-straight Athletic Director’s Trophy with a 2-over 74...Went 2-0 on first day of Big Ten Match Play and did not trail in morning session...Extended unbeaten streak to 3-0, but lost in final round 3&2...Shot a 1-over 72 for Nittany Lions’ third-best score inn Challenge at Champions event...Competed as an individual in Rutherford Intercollegiate and posted back-to-back rounds of 1-over 72 to finish in a tie for 18th...Played solid in second and third rounds in Big Ten Championship as an injury substitute.

Sophomore Year (2016-17): Competed in six events...Played 14 rounds with a 73 average...Co-champion at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate. 

Freshman Year (2015-16): Competed in two events...Played six rounds with a 73.3 average.

Before Penn State: Two-time Lancaster-Lebanon League Golfer of the Year...Four-time All-State selection...Four Lancaster-Lebanon League titles...Holds low-score records at Manheim Township High School...Finished as runner-up at 2012 AJGA Under Armour Championship...Took fifth at 2013 Hank Haney AJGA Junior Open...Won championship at 2014 PGA Junior Series at Penn State.

Personal: Born January 31, 1997...Resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania...Parents are Jim and Glenda Dornes...Has one brother, JD, who played golf at Penn State (2012-16)...Father played football at Shippensburg University...Majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management.

Why Penn State?
“I love the Penn State atmosphere and the sports culture that comes along with it. Penn State provides me with a variety of new opportunities everyday.”