Joe Juszczyk

Joe Juszczyk

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Dearborn Heights, Mich.

High School:
Divine Child

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 190

Birthdate:
03/20/1987

Experience:
3L


2008-09: Served as team co-captain ... selected to the All-GLIAC First Team ... played in all 13 events (32 rounds) and posted an average of 73.344, the third-lowest recorded average in program history ... totaled seven rounds with a score under 70 ... opened the season with three top-four finishes ... tied for fourth Sept. 6-7 at the NMU Invitational (68-68-74--210) before earning medalist honors Sept. 12 at Oakland C.C. (68) ... finished third Sept. 15 at the Motor City Invitational (70-74--144) ... placed in the top 20 in all three regional tournaments ... tied for second at the GLIAC Championship, coming in one stroke under his old 54-hole school record but four strokes behind teammate Steve Cuzzort ... matched the 18-hole school record in the third round (71-74-67--212) ... tied for fourth March 28-29 at Ashland (71-75-76--222) ... shot 68 in the opening round of the NCAA Super Regional, where he finished 23rd overall (68-76-75--219) ... tied for 33rd at the NCAA Championship (78-69-78-75--300) ... finished the season ranked 53rd in Division II according to Golfstat ... placed in a tie for 11th at the 2009 Michigan Open (73-68-70-74--285), the fourth-best score among amateurs in the tournament ... was the stroke play medalist at the Michigan Amateur, firing consecutive scores of 66 to set a new 36-hole scoring record.

2007-08: Earned PING/GCAA All-America Honorable Mention accolades ... also selected to the PING/GCAA All-Region and All-GLIAC Honorable Mention teams ... competed in all 14 team events and posted a team-low 73.82 average (second-lowest recorded average in school history) ... finished eighth or better in three of the first four events in the fall, including a season-opening second place finish at Northern Michigan (76-72--148) ... tied for fourth Sept. 10 at Northwood (71-76--147) and tied for eighth a week later at GVSU (77-73--150) ... finished 21st at the GLIAC Championship (77-77-72--226) ... had a very successful spring in which he finished no worse than 11th in all six team events ... named GLIAC Men's Golf Co-Athlete of the Week (Apr. 8) after tying for medalist honors at the second Great Lakes Regional ... was the only player in the field to shoot under 70 both days (69-69--138) and tied Ryan Johnson's school record for 36 holes ... placed 11th at Findlay and fourth at Ashland before finishing second in the Great Lakes Regional at Purgatory, losing in a playoff (71-70--141) ... became the first NCAA Super Regional medalist in school history and tied the 54-hole school record (68-68-77--213) ... went on to compete at the NCAA Championship, the first WSU golfer to do so since head coach Mike Horn in 1986 ... shot 295 to finish in a tie for 74th.

2006-07: Competed in all 15 events ... finished in the top 20 five times ... shot 147, his best 36-hole score, Sept. 16 at Ferris State ... tied for second (71) at Oakland Community College on Sept. 22 ... posted his best single-round score of the season (70) on Sept. 24 in the first round of the Great Lakes Regional at HawksHead ... finished tied-for-18th overall (148) ... placed 43rd at the GLIAC Championship (76-78-81--235) ... shot 149, including a one-under 71 in the first round, to tie for 19th Mar. 24-25 at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational ... tied for 15th April 13-14 at Ashland (77-77--154) ... tied for 23rd at the NCAA Super Regional (75-77-72--224).

2005-06: Did not compete ... was redshirted.

High School: A 2005 graduate of Divine Child ... was a three-year letterwinner in golf for the Falcons ... earned all-state honors in 2004 and 2005 ... also lettered three times in bowling (2002, 04-05) and twice in baseball (2004-05) ... helped the Falcons win the state championship in baseball in 2004 and 2005 ... earned all-state honors in bowling in 2004 and 2005, as well as all-district honors in baseball in 2005 ... was team captain for golf and bowling.

Personal: Full name--Joseph R. Juszczyk ... born March 20, 1987, in Royal Oak ... son of George and Nancy Juszczyk ... George is a former basketball player for Oakland University, while Nancy played softball for the University of Michigan - Dearborn ... has two brothers, George, who is a bowler at Saginaw Valley State University, and Jared ... is a management major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2005, Fall 2007 and Fall 2008.


Joe Juszczyk's Career Statistics
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2006-0729222576.7270
2007-0834251073.8268
2008-0932234773.3467
Career 95 7082 74.55 67