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2015-16 Men's Golf Roster

Jake Sherwin

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Fort Myers, Fla.

Biography

Career Overview | Career Stats
Graduated as FGCU’s all-time leader in birdies (332), eagles (12) and rounds played (120) … tied for the program’s most counting scores with 97 … 35 par-or-better rounds were the 4th-most all-time … 74.69 scoring average was the 10th-best in program history.
 
As A Senior (2015-16) | Tournament-By-Tournament Stats
Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team … 74.30 scoring average was second on the team … finished in the top 10 three times in nine tournaments … of 27 rounds played, his score was used 24 times … best finish was a 7th-place showing at the Pinetree Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-20) with rounds of 75-72-70 (217) … best three-round score of the year was a 213 (69-70-74) at the FAU Slomin Autism Championship (Mar. 25-27) … led FGCU with nine par-or-better rounds … finish percentage of .789 also paced the team … season-low round was a 69 (-2) at FAU … six eagles were tied for the second-most in single-season program history … finished inside the top 20 in seven of nine tournaments … tied for 8th at The Legacy Intercollegiate (Feb. 29-Mar. 1) with rounds of 70-72-77 (219) … posted a 10th-place finish at the East Carolina Intercollegiate (Apr. 4-5) after rounds of 75-72-78 (225) in windy conditions.
 
As A Junior (2014-15) | Tournament-By-Tournament Stats
At-large NCAA Championship selection who competed as an individual in the Lubbock Regional (hosted by Texas Tech) May 14-16 … finished with a three-round 224 total … Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team choice and A-Sun Academic Team selection … stroke average of 72.97, 9th best in single-season program history … participated in nine of FGCU’s 10 tournaments …  25 of his 27 rounds for the season (exclusing three more in the NCAA Tournament) were used toward FGCU’s team score … finished in the top 20 in eight tournaments … recorded five consecutive top-10 finishes … carded 14 rounds of even par or better … posted eight-consecutive rounds of even par or better … fired a career-low-tying 67 (-5) in the second round of the St. Mary’s Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to finish 12th out of 91 golfers … began his hot streak at the Homewood Hilton Airport Invitational (Oct. 27-28) with scores of 73-76-73 (222, +6) to finish tied for 10th out of 77 golfers … tied for 10th out of 78 golfers at the Talis Park Challenge (Mar. 15-16) after posting scores of 67-68-75 (211, -2) … the 1st-round 67 matched his career high, and his two-round 135 (-7) total was the 4th-best 36-hole output in program history … tied for 6th at the Grub Mart Intercollegiate (Mar. 23-24) with rounds of 76-68-72 (216, E) … finished a career-best tied for 2nd out of 113 golfers at the FAU Slomin Autism Invitational (Mar. 27-29) with rounds of 70-70-71 (211, -2) … finished the regular season tied for 4th out of 79 golfers at the Jim West Intercollegiate (Apr. 6-7) with scores of 69-71-71 (211, -5) … recorded scores of 78-71-76 (225, +15) to finish up junior year at the A-Sun Championship (Apr. 19-21) … his 14 par-or-better rounds are tied for the 5th most in a single season … rolled in 98 birdies to tie for the 3rd most in a single year, and his three eagles also tied for the 3rd best in single-season history … played par-5 holes to a stroke average of 4.72 to rank as the 6th-best performance in single-season history.

As A Sophomore (2013-14) | Tournament-By-Tournament Stats
Led FGCU with a stroke average of 74.93 … played in 10 of FGCU’s 11 events, finishing with 30 total rounds … 23 of those rounds were used in FGCU’s team score, including 16 of 18 rounds over the course of six spring tournaments … his best finish was a tie for 3rd out of 73 golfers at the Talis Park Challenge (Mar. 16-17) after carding rounds of 73-72-72 (217, +1) … posted three top-10 finishes on the season … the first was a tie for 10th at the Saint Mary’s Invitational (Sept. 23-24) with rounds of 72-71-76 (219, +3), and the second was another tie for 10th Mar. 2-4 at the Harmony Preserve Intercollegiate with rounds of 75-70-74 (219, +3) … low round was a 70 (-2) at the second round of the Harmony Preserve Intercollegiate – an event FGCU won … posted a team-high 89 birdies, which was good for ninth in single-season program history … his three eagles tied for the third-most in program single-season history … improved his stroke average by 1.43 from his freshman season in 2012-13 (76.36) … had a streak of three straight tournaments finishing inside the top 20 from Mar. 2-Mar. 30 … most greens in regulation in one round occurred at the Pinetree Intercollegiate when he had 15 … fewest putts in a round: 24 at season-opening Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-17) … has 157 birdies through his first two years, and is on pace to set the program record of 312 currently held by 2011 graduate Daniel Mazziotta.

As A Freshman (2012-13) | Tournament-By-Tournament Stats
Played in 11 tournaments and had a stroke average of 76.3, good for third on the FGCU roster … finished inside the top 5 in two of his final three tournaments … tied for 4th at the Harmony Golf Preserve Intercollegiate (Mar. 4-6) with rounds of 75-70-75 (220) … a few weeks later he tied for 3rd out of a 96-member field at the FAU Spring Break Championship, shooting a 71-69-71 (211) on Mar. 29-31 … rolled in 68 birdies on the year to rank inside the top-10 percent of all golfers in the nation … also finished inside the top 20 at the Stetson/CFSC Invitational (Nov. 5-6) to tie for 16th by shooting 76-73-74 (223) … tied for 21st at the Atlantic Sun Championship (79-77-76, 232).

High School
2012 Fort Myers News-Press Golfer of the Year … attended Evangelical Christian School.

Personal
Born on June 27, 1994 … communication major … son of Peter and Suzanne Sherwin … favorite sports moment was Bubba Watson winning the 2012 Masters … favorite athlete is Dustin Pedroia … favorite sport to watch is baseball, and favorite sports movie is Happy Gilmore … favorite book is Going For The Green … would like to meet Ben Crane.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

  • 2014-15Junior

    6'0"
  • 2015-16Senior

    6'0"