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1 BALL STATE MEN S GOLF 2013 POSTSEASON NOTES The Lineup No Tyler Merkel (Jr.) Ranking (Golfstat/Golfweek): 88/104 Head-to-Head: Stroke Play Events (Rounds): 10 (30) Stroke Average: No Alex Stinson (Sr.) Ranking (Golfstat/Golfweek): 263/356 Head-to-Head: Stroke Play Events (Rounds): 10 (30) Stroke Average: No McCormick Clouser (So.) Ranking (Golfstat/Golfweek): NR/586 *Head-to-Head: *Stroke Play Events (Rounds): 10 (30) *Stroke Average: *Includes numbers from fall semester at Michigan State. Clouser has a average in 12 rounds at Ball State. No Tony Lazzara (Sr.) Ranking (Golfstat/Golfweek): 700/680 Head-to-Head: Stroke Play Events (Rounds): 8 (24) Stroke Average: No Joe Gasser (Sr.) Ranking (Golfstat/Golfweek): 278/315 Head-to-Head: Stroke Play Events (Rounds): 10 (30) Stroke Average: NCAA Championships May 28-June 2, 2013 Atlanta, Ga. Capital City Club Crabapple Course Par 70 7,319 Yards Live scoring at golfstat.com Ball State will be paired with Texas Tech and Coastal Carolina for the first and second rounds. The Cardinals will tee off Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. and Wednesday at 2 p.m. The teams will be re-grouped for Thursday s third round based on the 36-hole results. Ball State Earns Spot in NCAA Championships Ball State grabbed the fifth and final NCAA Championships qualifying spot out of the Pullman Regional by virtue of a one-hole playoff victory over San Diego State. The teams finished regulation tied for fifth place in the 14-team regional after 54 holes. The Cardinals are now the No. 30 seed in the NCAA Championships, which will be played May 28-June 2 at the Capital City Club Crabapple Course in Milton, Ga., just outside Atlanta. A total of 30 teams will compete in the opening 54 holes of the NCAA Championship, May The field will then be cut down to the top eight teams, which will be bracketed for a three-day match play tournament to determine the national champion. Cardinals Making First NCAA Championships Appearance Since 1986 Ball State has reached the NCAA Championships as a team for the 13th time in program history (11 at the University Division/DivisionI level) and the first time in 27 years. The Cardinals most recent appearance came at the 1986 Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C. Ball State reached this year s championship rounds by advancing out of the NCAA Regionals, which it competed in for the first time since A Quick Look at the Cardinals Ball State enters the championships ranked No. 55 nationally by Golfstat and No. 56 by Golfweek. The Cardinals reached a high ranking of No. 27 at the end of the fall season. In 10 team events this year, Ball State has two tournament wins -- the Firestone Invitational and the Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate -- and a pair of runner-up finishes -- the Pinetree Intercollegiate and the Mid-American Match Play. SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Tournament Location Finish Score Top Individual Sept. 8-9 Northern Intercollegiate Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club (Sugar Grove, Ill.) 7th/ (+64) T-8th, Gasser (222) Sept Golfweek Conference Challenge Spirit Hollow Golf Course (Burlington, Iowa) 5th/ (+14) T-4th, Merkel (213) Oct. 8-9 Firestone Invitational* Firestone Country Club (Akron, Ohio) 1st/ (-7) 2nd, Merkel (140) Oct Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational^ Delaware Country Club (Muncie, Ind.) T-2nd, Gasser (212) Oct Pinetree Intercollegiate Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2nd/ (+20) T-3rd, Merkel (219) Feb Mid-American Match Play Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club (Dade City, Fla.) 2nd/8 2-1 record Clouser (3-0 record) March Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst Village, N.C.) 1st/ (+37) 1st, Merkel (214) March Memphis Intercollegiate Colonial Country Club (Cordova, Tenn.) 7th/ (+58) T-24th, Gasser (229) April 8-9 Jim West Intercollegiate TPC Craig Ranch (McKinney, Texas) 6th/ (+34) 6th, Merkel (220) May 3-5 MAC Championships+ Longaberger Golf Club (Nashport, Ohio) 3rd/ (+48) 4th, Merkel (291) May NCAA Pullman Regional Palouse Ridge Golf Club (Pullman, Wash.) T5th#/ (-8) T-16th, Stinson (212) May 28-June 2 NCAA Championships Capital City Club Crabapple Course (Atlanta, Ga.) * Shortened by rain to 36 holes; ^ Individual event with no team scoring; + 72-hole tournament; # Advanced in playoff

2 BALL STATE MEN S GOLF ROSTER Name Class Elig. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) James Blackwell Fr. Fr. HS Buffalo, N.Y. (St. Joe s Collegiate Institute) McCormick Clouser So. So. TR Bluffton, Ind. (Norwell/Michigan State) Joe Gasser Sr. Sr. 3L Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) Albert Jennings So. R-Fr. RS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Homestead) Tony Lazzara 5th-Sr. Jr. 3L Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) Tyler Merkel Jr. Jr. 2L Evansville, Ind. (Central) Connor O Neal Jr. Jr. 1L Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) Tyler Ostrom Fr. Fr. HS Warsaw, Ind. (Warsaw) Alex Stinson Sr. Sr. 3L Anderson, Ind. (Liberty Christian) Brodie Williams Sr. Sr. 3L Lapel, Ind. (Lapel) Zach Yinger So. So. 1L Sidney, Ohio (Sidney) Head Coach: Mike Fleck (Ball State, 1993); 15th year Graduate Assistant: TJ Carpenter (Ball State, 2012); 1st year A Look Back at Pullman (Complete regional recap on page 5) Ball State improved its position every day at the Pullman Regional, climbing from 10th place after round one to a tie for seventh after round two and a tie for fifth at the end of regulation. The Cardinals then topped San Diego State by one stroke in a one-hole playoff featuring all five golfers from each team competing with the low four scores counting. Alex Stinson was the last player to hole out and tapped in for the only birdie among either team to push Ball State through with a one-shot victory. Stinson tied for 16th place individually at 4-under par 212, while Tyler Merkel tied for 30th at 1-under 215 and McCormick Clouser tied for 37th at even-par 216. Joe Gasser tied for 41st at 1-over 217 and Tony Lazzara tied for 55th at 5-over 221 to round out the Ball State lineup. Cardinals Play Better Than Seed Ball State, which entered the Pullman Regional as a No. 10 seed, was the highest seeded team to emerge from the regional round. Arizona State and Coastal Carolina, both seeded ninth in their regionals, also advanced. Beyond those three teams, no team seeded higher than seventh made it to the NCAA Championships. Playoff Prowess Ball State is one of two teams to reach this year s NCAA Championships through a playoff. The Cardinals tied for fifth place at the Pullman Regional but defeated San Diego State on the first playoff hole. Oklahoma claimed the fifth spot in the Tallahassee Regional by virtue of a playoff victory over South Florida. The Sooners also needed only the first playoff hole. Red Numbers in Regional (Complete NCAA Tournament history on pages 15-17) Ball State turned in some of its top rounds of the year and re-wrote the program s NCAA Tournament record book at the Pullman Regional at Palouse Ridge Golf Club. Alex Stinson recorded the lowest 54-hole total ever by a Ball State golfer in NCAA Tournament play at 212. McCormick Clouser s opening round of 4-under par 68 is the lowest 18-hole score by any Cardinal in NCAA Tournament play, while Stinson s pair of 69s are tied for second on that list and Tyler Merkel s pair of 70s are tied for fifth. The Cardinals team score of 281 in the first round in Pullman is the lowest NCAA round in school history, and the regional total of 856 is the best for any Ball State team over 54 holes of an NCAA event. QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION School...Ball State University Location... Muncie, Ind. Founded Enrollment...17,851 Nickname... Cardinals Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...Mid-American Conference President...Dr. Jo Ann M. Gora Athletics Director...Bill Scholl MEN S GOLF INFORMATION Head Coach...Mike Fleck (15th year) Graduate Assistant...TJ Carpenter (1st year) MAC Championships...3 (1975, 1982, 1986) NCAA Appearances... 14th in 2013 Last NCAA Appearance Last NCAA Nationals Appearance MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Director Men s Golf Contact... Tyson Mathews Office Phone Cell Phone temathews@bsu.edu Associate A.D....Joe Hernandez Assistant Director...Brad Caudill Assistant Director... Paula Haughn Broadcasting/Multimedia... Joel Godett Graduate Assistant...Jessica Souto Secretary... Robin Carter 2 Ball State Men s Golf

3 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Tuesday, May 28: First Round of stroke play (tee times start at 7 a.m.) Wednesday, May 29: Second Round of stroke play (tee times start at 7 a.m.) Thursday, May 30: Final Round of stroke play (tee times start at 7 a.m.) At the conclusion of 54 holes of stroke play, an individual national champion will be crowned and the field will be cut to the top eight teams for the match play portion of the competition. The first-round match play pairings will be determined based upon each team s stroke play finish. Friday, May 31: Saturday, June 1: Sunday, June 2: First round of match play (first match begins at 10 a.m.) Semifinals (first match begins at 10 a.m.) Championship match (10 a.m.) (Portions of the tournament Thursday through Sunday to be streamed on ncaa.com) Stinson Comes Up Clutch Ball State senior Alex Stinson turned in the best tournament of his career at the Pullman Regional and jumped 118 spots to No. 263 in the Golfstat national rankings in the process. Stinson matched his career-low 18-hole score of 69 in each of the final two rounds at the regional on the way to a career-best 54-hole score of 4-under par 212. Not only was Stinson Ball State s best finisher at the tournament in a tie for 16th, but he also recorded the clinching birdie in the one-hole playoff with San Diego State to send the Cardinals on to the NCAA Championships. Ball State vs. the Championships Field Ball State has seen seven of the teams at the NCAA Championships at previous tournaments this season, including four -- California, TCU, Southern California and Saint Mary s -- at the Pullman Regional. It was the third time this season the Cardinals played an event with Saint Mary s, having finished ahead of the Gaels once at the Firestone Invitational. The Cardinals also saw Kent State at the Mid-American Conference Championships, UCF at the Northern Intercollegiate and Texas Tech at the Memphis Intercollegiate. Ball State topped Texas Tech by five strokes at Colonial Country Club in Memphis and finished just two shots back of UCF at Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club. Merkel s Career Numbers Junior Tyler Merkel, who won the Pinehurst Intercollegiate and has placed in the top-5 in six tournaments this year, is already making his mark on the Ball State record book. He owns three career tournament titles to rank in a tie for ninth in program history. His stroke average this season ranks fourth in program history, while his average over his first three years is on pace for the Ball State career record. Highly Decorated by MAC Ball State had three players selected to the All-Mid-American Conference teams. Junior Tyler Merkel was named to the five-man first team, while seniors Joe Gasser and Alex Stinson were recognized on the six-man second team. The only team with more selections was MAC champion Kent State with four. The Cardinals and Golden Flashes combined for seven of the 11 all-conference picks. The three selections were the most for Ball State since the Cardinals had a school-record four all-conference golfers in 1982 (Dean Prange, Brian Tennyson, Kirk Schooley and B.G. Winings). Winning at Famous Locations Ball State posted its wins this year at two of the most well-known facilities in the country. The Cardinals first victory of the year came in October at the Firestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club (North Course) in Akron, Ohio. Ball State ran away from the field on its way to a 13-stroke victory at 7-under par. The second win came at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate in Pinehurst Village, N.C. The event was spread over Pinehurst s No. 2 course, host to major championships, and its No. 6 course. THE FIELD Here are the participating teams and individuals in the 2013 NCAA Championships (listed in order of seed) along with their Golfstat ranking and the regional site from which they qualified... Teams 1 -- California, No. 1 (Pullman) 2 -- Alabama, No. 2 (Baton Rouge) 3 -- UCLA, No. 3 (Tempe) 4 -- Texas, No. 4 (Fayetteville) 5 -- Washington, No. 5 (Tallahassee) 6 -- New Mexico, No. 6 (Columbus) 7 -- Georgia Tech, No. 7 (Tallahassee) 8 -- Arkansas, No. 9 (Fayetteville) 9 -- TCU, No. 10 (Pullman) Florida, No. 11 (Baton Rouge) Southern California, No. 12 (Pullman) Georgia, No. 14 (Tempe) Florida State, No. 15 (Tallahassee) North Florida, No. 18 (Tallahassee) Illinois, No. 26 (Fayetteville) Oklahoma State, No. 16 (Fayetteville) LSU, No. 17 (Baton Rouge) Auburn, No. 19 (Columbus) South Carolina, No. 20 (Columbus) Texas A&M, No. 21 (Tempe) Saint Mary s, No. 23 (Pullman) Kent State, No. 24 (Fayetteville) Oklahoma, No. 27 (Tallahassee) UNLV, No. 28 (Columbus) UCF, No. 31 (Tempe) Tennessee, No. 32 (Baton Rouge) Arizona State, No. 38 (Tempe) Texas Tech, No. 39 (Columbus) Coastal Carolina, No. 46 (Baton Rouge) Ball State, No. 55 (Pullman) Individuals 1 -- Denny McCarthy, Virginia (Columbus) 2 -- Dustin Korte, Austin Peay (Tempe) 3 -- Rodolfo Cazaubon, North Texas (Pullman) 4 -- Daniel Walker, Richmond (Tallahassee) 5 -- Mario Clemens, SMU (Fayetteville) 6 -- Tyler Klava, South Alabama (Baton Rouge) THE COURSE The NCAA Championships will be played at the Capital City Club Crabapple Course outside Atlanta. For the Championships, the course will play to a par-70, 7,319-yard layout. The course was built in 2002 and designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio. It hosted the 2003 World Golf Championship won by Tiger Woods. It also previously hosted the NCAA Men s Golf Southeast Regional in Ball State Men s Golf 3

4 Homegrown Talent All five golfers in the Cardinals NCAA Championships lineup are from the state of Indiana, including four from within a one-hour radius of Ball State s campus. Joe Gasser is from Yorktown, Ind., a Muncie suburb, while Alex Stinson (Anderson, Ind.), McCormick Clouser (Bluffton, Ind.) and Tony Lazzara (Carmel, Ind.) are also from near Muncie. The golfer farthest from home in the Ball State lineup is Tyler Merkel, who comes from Evansville, Ind., in the southwest corner of the state. Of the 11 golfers on the Cardinals full roster, nine come from within the Hoosier state. Experienced Cardinals Ball State will take an experienced group to the NCAA Championships. The Cardinals lineup features three seniors, Joe Gasser, Tony Lazzara and Alex Stinson, and one junior, Tyler Merkel. That quartet has combined to play in 133 career stroke play events for Ball State (Gasser 39, Stinson 33, Merkel 31, Lazzara 29). The fifth golfer in the lineup is sophomore McCormick Clouser, a transfer who has played in 20 stroke-play events as a collegian between Michigan State (16) and Ball State (4). Clouser Joins Cardinals as Mid-Year Transfer Ball State added Michigan State transfer McCormick Clouser to its roster in January. Clouser, a sophomore, is from Bluffton, Ind., an hour s drive from Muncie and played at Norwell High School. After competing in all six events during the fall season for Michigan State, Clouser has played in five of Ball State s six events this spring. He made his impact felt immediately when he posted a perfect 3-0 record at the Mid- American Match play, his first event for Ball State, and was named MAC Golfer of the Week. Coach Fleck in 15th Year Ball State alum Mike Fleck is in his 15th season leading the Cardinals men s golf program. Fleck has guided the Cardinals to 14 tournament titles during his tenure while coaching 14 All-Mid-American Conference selections and 41 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars. This season has been one of the best for Fleck, the MAC Coach of the Year. Ball State has won twice, finished runner-up twice and been ranked as high as No. 27 in the country in addition to reaching the NCAA Championships. Fleck was a member of the last Ball State team to play in an NCAA Tournament in 1991, though that team did not advance past the regional and Fleck did not compete. Earl Yestingsmeier Still Following the Cardinals Mike Fleck is one of only two head coaches in the past 51 years for Ball State. He took over for his former coach Earl Yestingsmeier, who guided the Cardinals for 36 years. Yestingsmeier was inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981, the Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in Yestingsmeier continues to have a close relationship with the Ball State men s golf team, traveling to watch the Cardinals compete at virtually every tournament. BALL STATE AWARD WINNERS All-Mid-American Conference Tyler Merkel (first team) Joe Gasser (second team) Alex Stinson (second team) MAC Golfers of the Week Tyler Merkel (March 18) McCormick Clouser (Feb. 14) Tyler Merkel (Oct. 10) NOTEWORTHY Ball State is one of just three teams at the NCAA Championships to come from the Midwest, joining Kent State and Illinois. The Cardinals join Kent State to give the Mid- American Conference two teams in the field. MAC RECAP Ball State placed third at the Mid-American Conference Championships, held May 3-5 at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio. The Cardinals, which held a share of second place at the halfway point of the 72-hole event, finished behind Kent State, which won its fifth straight league title, and Toledo. Tyler Merkel, who earned all-tournament honors, placed fourth to lead Ball State individually with a four-round total of 3-over par. It was the second top-10 performance at the MAC Championships for Merkel, who tied for seventh two years ago as a freshman. Alex Stinson tied for 11th at this year s event and Tony Lazzara tied for 14th to give the Cardinals three among the top 15. FUTURE REGIONAL HOST Ball State will be host institution for one of the six NCAA Men s Golf Regionals in The Cardinals will host the event as a joint effort with the Hamilton County Sports Authority, a leading promoter of regional and amateur sports development, at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind. The PGA Professional at the Sagamore Club is Dan Witt, a Ball State alum who lettered in golf for the Cardinals from The other regionals for 2015 were awarded to the UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C. (host North Carolina), The Farms Golf Club in San Diego, Calif. (host San Diego), The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas (host Texas Tech), Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. (host Washington) and The Course at Yale in New Haven, Conn. (host Yale). The Cardinals celebrate after defeating San Diego State in a regional playoff to advance to the 2013 NCAA Championships. 4 Ball State Men s Golf

5 NCAA PULLMAN REGIONAL RECAP CARDINALS PUNCH TICKET TO NATIONALS IN PLAYOFF NCAA Regional May 16-18, 2013 Palouse Ridge Golf Club Pullman, Wash. Par 72 7,308 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: T-5th of 14; 856 ( ) Defeated San Diego State in a playoff to advance to NCAA Championships. PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Ball State men s golf team earned its first trip to the NCAA Nationals since 1986 after defeating San Diego State in a playoff for the fifth and final qualifying spot out of the Pullman Regional. Alex Stinson s up-and-down for birdie out of a greenside bunker on the par-5 18th hole sealed the playoff victory for Ball State, whose four counting scores on the hole bettered San Diego State s by one. With all the other regionals complete at the time of the playoff, Ball State became the 30th and final team to punch its ticket to Capital City Club in Atlanta for Nationals. It s absolutely amazing, Ball State coach Mike Fleck said. Our motto the last few years has been to stay relevant, and we did that this week. Coming down those last few holes (in regulation), I kind of thought we had lost the opportunity, but we didn t. It s amazing what these guys have done and what they continue to do. And we re still relevant. The celebration that followed Stinson s birdie looked less likely nearly two hours earlier when the Cardinals finished a challenging final round in cold and windy conditions three shots behind San Diego State at 8-under par for the tournament. But the Aztecs were still on the course, and by the time they finished, the teams were tied for fifth. A playoff ensued with the 10 golfers from the two teams going off in two groups from the 18th tee. The top four scores from each team would determine the winner. All five San Diego State golfers had looks at birdie but could not make them and settled for pars. After Ball State s Tony Lazzara made a sand save for par in the first group, Stinson s playing partners, Tyler Merkel and McCormick Clouser, each made pars of their own in the second. Then Stinson, who was in the bunker in two and knocked his sand shot within a foot, tapped in for what was the only birdie. It s something the guys talked about on the tee before the playoff hole, Fleck said. They said it was really going to come down to the shots around the green, and it definitely did. San Diego State looked like they were in much better position, but our last three guys got it done. It was awesome to watch. Stinson s playoff birdie capped an impressive week at Washington State s Palouse Ridge Golf Club. In Saturday s final round, the senior matched his career best for the second day in a row with a 3-under par 69 to lead Ball State to a final-round total of 291. Stinson opened with back-to-back birdies for the second straight day on his way to a 33 on his first nine holes and then made all pars on his second nine. He was Ball State s top individual for the tournament in a tie for 16th at 4-under par after a career-low 54-hole total of 212. Merkel, who overcame a late triple bogey to post a 75 on Saturday, tied for 30th individually at 1-under par. Clouser ended the tournament in a tie for 37th with a careerbest 54-hole total of even-par 216. He posted a 76 in the final round. Joe Gasser fired a final-round 72 that put him in a tie for 41st at 1-over par, and Lazzara closed with a 75 to tie for 55th at 5-over. Ball State s regional total of 864 as a team was the program s best in a 54-hole NCAA event. The Cardinals, which started the day in a tie for seventh in the 14-team field, were in and out of fifth position all day. Ball State closed with all pars on its final hole of regulation, the ninth, except for an up-and-down birdie from Gasser that proved to be just what the team needed to get into the playoff. 1. California ( ) 2. TCU ( ) 3. Saint Mary s ( ) 4. USC ( ) T5. Ball State ( ) T5. San Diego St ( ) 7. Pacific ( ) 8. BYU ( ) 9. Memphis ( ) T10. Baylor ( ) T10. Virginia Tech ( ) 12. North Texas ( ) 13. Princeton ( ) 14. St. Francis (Pa.) ( ) T16. Alex Stinson ( ) T30. Tyler Merkel ( ) T37. McCormick Clouser E 216 ( ) T41. Joe Gasser ( ) T55. Tony Lazzara ( ) Co-Medalists Sam Smith, USC ( ) Michael Weaver, Cal ( ) Advancing Individual Rodolfo Cazaubon, North Texas, T-6th -7, 209 ( ) Ball State Men s Golf 5

6 Ball State Individual Statistics Stroke Play Career Match Top Top Name - Class Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Score Low Score Best 54 Play 60s Best Tyler Merkel - Jr (2x) 68 (4x) 213 (2x) st Joe Gasser - Sr (10/16) 65 (10/16) T2nd Alex Stinson - Sr (4x) 69 (4x) T5th McCormick Clouser - So (5/16) 68 (5/16) th Tony Lazzara - Sr (2x) 67 (11-12) T4th Albert Jennings - R-Fr (10/15) 73 (10/15) T17th Brodie Williams - Sr (4x) 69 (11-12) T13th Tyler Ostrom - Fr (10/15) 69 (10/15) T8th Zach Yinger - So (10/15) 69 (10/15) T8th James Blackwell - Fr (4/18) 73 (4/18) nd Best 18-Hole Scores (Team) in NCAA Pullman Regional 1st Round 282 Pinehurst Intercollegiate 3rd Round 282 Firestone Invitational 1st Round 284 NCAA Pullman Regional 2nd Round 287 Firestone Invitational 2nd Round Best 54-Hole Scores (Team) in NCAA Pullman Regional 878 Golfweek Conference Challenge 884 Pinetree Intercollegiate 885 Pinehurst Intercollegiate 898 Jim West Intercollegiate Best 54-Hole Scores (Individual) in Alex Stinson NCAA Pullman Regional 212 Joe Gasser Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 213 Tyler Merkel Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 213 Alex Stinson Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 213 Tyler Merkel Golfweek Conference Challenge 214 Tyler Merkel Pinehurst Intercollegiate Best 18-Hole Scores (Individual) in Joe Gasser Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 3) 68 McCormick Clouser NCAA Pullman Regional (Rd. 1) 68 Tyler Merkel Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 2) 68 Tyler Merkel Firestone Invitational (Rd. 1) 69 Alex Stinson NCAA Regional (Rd. 3) 69 Alex Stinson NCAA Regional (Rd. 2) 69 Tony Lazzara Pinehurst Intercollegiate (Rd. 3) 69 Tony Lazzara Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 2) 69 Tyler Ostrom Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 1) 69 Alex Stinson Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 2) 69 Zach Yinger Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 2) 69 Alex Stinson Golfweek Conference Challenge (Rd. 1) 69 Joe Gasser Northern Intercollegiate (Rd. 2) Best 54-Hole Scores to Par (Individual) in (212) Alex Stinson NCAA Pullman Regional -3 (213) Tyler Merkel Golfweek Conference Challenge -1 (215) Tyler Merkel NCAA Pullman Regional E (216) McCormick Clouser NCAA Pullman Regional +1 (217) Joe Gasser NCAA Pullman Regional *Tyler Merkel was -4, Joe Gasser -3, Tony Lazzara +1 and Alex Stinson +2 at the rain-shortened, 36-hole Firestone Invitational. Best 18-Hole Scores to Par (Individual) in (65) Joe Gasser Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Rd. 3) -4 (68) McCormick Clouser NCAA Pullman Regional (Rd. 1) -4 (68) Tyler Merkel Firestone Invitational (Rd. 1) -3 (69) Alex Stinson NCAA Pullman Regional (Rd. 3) -3 (69) Alex Stinson NCAA Pullman Regional (Rd. 2) -3 (69) Alex Stinson Golfweek Conference Challenge (Rd. 1) -2 Nine times Merkel 6, Gasser 2, Lazzara 1 6 Ball State Men s Golf

7 Results (* indicates competed as individuals) Northern Intercollegiate Sept. 8-9, 2012 Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club Sugar Grove, Ill. Par 71 7,218 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: 7th of 11; 916 ( ) T8. Joe Gasser ( ) T20. Tyler Merkel ( ) T25. Alex Stinson ( ) 31. Brodie Williams ( ) T53. *James Blackwell ( ) T56. *Tyler Ostrom ( ) 63. Tony Lazzara ( ) 1. Indiana ( ) 2. Saint Mary s ( ) 3. Liberty ( ) 4. Purdue ( ) T5. Virginia ( ) T5. UCF ( ) 7. Ball State ( ) 8. Michigan State ( ) 9. Iowa State ( ) 10. Augusta State ( ) 11. Northern Illinois ( ) Golfweek Conference Challenge Sept , 2012 Spirit Hollow Golf Course Burlington, Iowa Par 72 7,010 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: 5th of 15; 878 ( ) T4. Tyler Merkel ( ) T15. Alex Stinson ( ) T21. Brodie Williams ( ) T24. Joe Gasser ( ) T57. James Blackwell ( ) 1. Missouri ( ) 2. Wake Forest ( ) 3. Tulsa ( ) 4. Iowa ( ) 5 Ball State ( ) 6. Central Arkansas ( ) 7. Jacksonville State ( ) 8. San Francisco ( ) 9. Xavier ( ) 10. Kansas ( ) T11. Long Beach State ( ) T11. UL-Lafayette ( ) T11. San Jose State ( ) 14. FGCU ( ) 15. Campbell ( ) Firestone Invitational Oct. 8-9, 2012 Firestone Country Club North Course Akron, Ohio Par 72 7,125 yards 36 Holes shortened by weather BSU Finish: 1st of 17; 569 ( ) 2. Tyler Merkel (68-72) T3. Joe Gasser (71-70) T12. Tony Lazzara (72-73) T17. Alex Stinson (71-75) T30. Brodie Williams (77-72) T68. *James Blackwell (77-77) 1. Ball State ( ) 2. Saint Mary s ( ) 3. Davidson ( ) 4. Akron ( ) 5. USC-Aiken ( ) 6. Kansas State ( ) T7. Louisville ( ) T7. Maryland ( ) 9. Eastern Michigan ( ) 10. Iowa State ( ) 11. Samford ( ) 12. Miami Univ ( ) 13. Nebraska ( ) T14. Bowling Green ( ) T14. Illinois State ( ) T14. Wisconsin ( ) 17. Ohio ( ) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Oct , 2012 Delaware Country Club Muncie, Ind. Par 70 6,438 yards 54 Holes INDIVIDUAL EVENT, NO TEAM SCORING T2. Joe Gasser ( ) T5. Alex Stinson ( ) T5. Tyler Merkel ( ) T8. Zach Yinger ( ) 10. Tony Lazzara ( ) 11. Tyler Ostrom ( ) T13. Brodie Williams ( ) T19. Albert Jennings ( ) T31. James Blackwell ( ) Pinetree Intercollegiate Oct , 2012 Pinetree Country Club Kennesaw, Ga. Par 72 7,108 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: 2nd of 12; 884 ( ) T3. Tyler Merkel ( ) 5. Tony Lazzara ( ) T15. Brodie Williams ( ) T20. Joe Gasser ( ) T20. Alex Stinson ( ) T52. *Zach Yinger ( ) 1. Kennesaw State ( ) 2. Ball State ( ) 3. Louisiana Tech ( ) T4. South Alabama ( ) T4. Middle Tennessee ( ) 6. Troy ( ) 7. Samford ( ) 8. Florida Gulf Coast ( ) 9. Northern Illinois ( ) 10. Jacksonville ( ) 11. Gardner-Webb ( ) 12. Marquette ( ) Mid-American Match Play Feb , 2013 Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club Dade City, Fla. Par 72 7,153 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: Runner-up (1) Ball State 4.5, (8) Ohio, 1.5 Tyler Merkel (BSU) def. Byron Firestone (OU), 4 and 2 Joe Gasser (BSU) def. Michael Lamping (OU), 3 and 2 Alex Stinson (BSU) def. Connor Coldwater (OU), 5 and 4 Brad Burgess (OU) def. Brodie Williams (BSU), 5 and 4 McCormick Clouser (BSU) def. Mike Engelman (OU), 3 and 2 Tony Lazzara (BSU) vs. Thomas Leech (OU), AS (1) Ball State 4.5, (4) Eastern Michigan 1.5 Tyler Merkel (BSU) vs. Brian Churchill-Smith (EMU), AS Joe Gasser (BSU) vs. Spencer Slade (EMU), AS Alex Stinson (BSU) def. Casey Olsen (EMU), 6 and 4 Brodie Williams (BSU) vs. Josh Heinze (EMU), AS McCormick Clouser (BSU) def. Brian Burt (EMU), 3 and 2 Tony Lazzara (BSU) def. Stuart Grehan (EMU), 6 and 5 (6) Bowling Green 3.5, (1) Ball State 2.5 West Gates (BG) def. Tyler Merkel (BSU), 1-Up Ryan Triller (BG) def. Joe Gasser (BSU), 1-Up Alex Stinson (BSU) vs. Joe Cooper (BG), AS Brodie Williams (BSU) vs. Charlie Olson (BG), AS McCormick Clouser (BSU) def. Chris Melvin (BG), 2-Up Tony Lazzara (BSU) vs. Holden Pahr (BG), AS (Continued on next page) Ball State Men s Golf 7

8 Results (* indicates competed as individuals) 1. Bowling Green (3-0) 2. Ball State (2-1) 3. Eastern Michigan (2-1) 4. Northern Illinois (1-2) 5. Toledo (2-1) 6. Miami University (1-2) 7. Akron (1-2) 8. Ohio (0-3) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate March 10-12, 2013 Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst Village, N.C. 54 Holes No. 6 Course -- 1st & 3rd Round Par 71 6,832 yards No. 2 Course -- 2nd Round Par 70 7,393 yards BSU Finish: 1st of 16; 885 ( ) 1. Tyler Merkel ( ) T4. Tony Lazzara ( ) T22. Alex Stinson ( ) 30. McCormick Clouser ( ) T33. Joe Gasser ( ) T36. *Brodie Williams ( ) 1. Ball State ( ) T2. VCU ( ) T2. Richmond ( ) 4. Winthrop ( ) 5. UNCG ( ) T6. Belmont ( ) T6. Old Dominion ( ) T8. Toledo ( ) T8. Eastern Michigan ( ) 10. Miami University ( ) 11. Ohio ( ) 12. Xavier ( ) 13. Marshall ( ) 14. Eastern Kentucky ( ) 15. Villanova ( ) 16. Campbell ( ) Memphis Intercollegiate March 25-26, 2013 Colonial Country Club South Course Cordova, Tenn. Par 72 7,334 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: 7th of 16; 922 ( ) T24. Joe Gasser ( ) T29. Tyler Merkel ( ) T37. Alex Stinson ( ) T37. McCormick Clouser ( ) 87. Tony Lazzara ( ) 1. Austin Peay ( ) 2. UL-Lafayette ( ) 3. Memphis ( ) 4. Louisville ( ) 5. Vanderbilt ( ) 6. South Alabama ( ) 7. Ball State ( ) 8. UMKC ( ) 9. Western Kentucky ( ) 10. Texas Tech ( ) 11. Southern Miss ( ) 12. Middle Tennessee ( ) 13. Cleveland State ( ) 14. Cincinnati ( ) 15. Arkansas State ( ) 16. DePaul ( ) Jim West Intercollegiate April 8-9, 2013 TPC Craig Ranch McKinney, Texas Par 72 7,417 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: 6th of 11; 898 ( ) 6. Tyler Merkel ( ) T19. Joe Gasser ( ) T21. Alex Stinson ( ) 45. McCormick Clouser ( ) T54. Brodie Williams ( ) 1. Vanderbilt ( ) 2. Oral Roberts ( ) 3. UALR ( ) 4. Texas State ( ) 5. Stephen F. Austin ( ) 6. Ball State ( ) 7. Florida Gulf Coast ( ) 8. UTSA ( ) 9. Campbell ( ) 10. Northern Illinois ( ) 11. McNeese State ( ) Butler Spring Invitational April 18, 2013 Prestwick Country Club Avon, Ind. Par 72 6,960 yards 18 Holes INDIVIDUAL SCORING, BSU DID NOT COMPETE AS A TEAM 2. James Blackwell T8. Tyler Ostrom T17. Albert Jennings Zach Yinger Mid-American Conference Championships May 3-5, 2013 Longaberger Golf Club Nashport, Ohio Par 72 7,243 yards 72 Holes BSU Finish: 3rd of 9; 1200 ( ) 4. Tyler Merkel ( ) T11. Alex Stinson ( ) T14. Tony Lazzara ( ) T24. Joe Gasser ( ) T35. Brodie Williams ( ) 1. Kent State ( ) 2. Toledo ( ) 3. Ball State ( ) 4. Akron ( ) 5. Bowling Green ( ) 6. Eastern Michigan ( ) 7. Miami University ( ) 8. Ohio ( ) 9. Northern Illinois ( ) NCAA Regional May 16-18, 2013 Palouse Ridge Golf Club Pullman, Wash. Par 72 7,308 yards 54 Holes BSU Finish: T-5th of 14; 856 ( ) Defeated San Diego State in a playoff to advance to NCAA Championships. T16. Alex Stinson ( ) T30. Tyler Merkel ( ) T37. McCormick Clouser E 216 ( ) T41. Joe Gasser ( ) T55. Tony Lazzara ( ) 1. California ( ) 2. TCU ( ) 3. Saint Mary s ( ) 4. Southern California ( ) T5. Ball State ( ) T5. San Diego State ( ) 7. Pacific ( ) 8. BYU ( ) 9. Memphis ( ) T10. Baylor ( ) T10. Virginia Tech ( ) 12. North Texas ( ) 13. Princeton ( ) 14. St. Francis (Pa.) ( ) 8 Ball State Men s Golf

9 Mike Fleck Head Coach 15th Season (Ball State, 93) Mike Fleck, who was a member of the Ball State University golf team from 1988 through 1992, was named the third head men s golf coach in Ball State history Aug. 20, Fleck replaced Earl Yestingsmeier, who was Ball State s head coach for 36 years before his retirement in June of Now in his 15th season, Fleck has coached the team to 14 tournament titles, including victories at some of the nation s top courses. He has guided the Cardinals to a pair of wins at Firestone Country Club (2006 and 2012), the most recent of which came this season. This year s team also won at Pinehurst. Fleck s teams have won Ball State s own Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational a total of six times. The season has been one of Ball State s best under Fleck. In addition to the tournament victories at Firestone and Pinehurst, the Cardinals posted runner-up finishes at the Pinetree Intercollegiate and the Mid-American Match Play. In the fall of 2012, Fleck guided the Cardinals to a ranking as high as No. 27 in the nation by Golfweek. He led the team in its first NCAA Regional since 1991 and now has the Cardinals in the NCAA Championships for the first time since Additionally, Fleck has coached individual NCAA Regional participants in each of the past two seasons -- Eric Steger in 2011 and Tyler Merkel in Fleck was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year for the season after a year that included a win at the Yestingsmeier and a second-place finish at the MAC Championships. The Cardinals have finished among the top-4 at the league tournament for three straight seasons. Fleck has had 14 All-MAC selections at Ball State, and the Cardinals three this year -- Merkel on the first team plus Joe Gasser and Alex Stinson on the second team -- marked the most for the program since In Fleck s first year as head coach in 1999 he coached All-American and MAC Golfer of the Year Jamie Broce. In addition to the on-course success, a Ball State golf student-athlete has been named a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar on 41 occasions. In , four Ball State golfers earned Scholar All-America status in TJ Carpenter, Tony Lazzara, Gasser and Stinson. In , Ball State was the only school in the nation with five selections -- Brandon Boomsma, Patrick Wilkes-Krier, Wayne Denger, C.D. Hockersmith and Andy Skillman. Additionally, Fleck has had 15 Academic All-MAC selections and a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (Broce in 1999 and Dan Witt in 2002). Fleck, who graduated from Ball State in 1993, served as an assistant coach with the Cardinals for the season. He then became the head pro at Hickory Hills Golf Club in Farmland, Ind., for four years before returning to lead the men s golf program at his alma mater Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Personal Information: High School: Batesville H.S. (1989) in Batesville, Ind. Four-time Most Valuable Player College: Ball State University (1993) Earned two letters ( ) for Coach Earl Yestingsmeier as a member of the golf team... Posted five top-15 finishes as a senior. Family: Married to the former Dama Dawson (Ball State 93; Master s 95), who is the rehabilitation manager for the Muncie Health and Rehabilitation Center... the couple has one daughter, Braelyn, born April 11, Experience: 1998-Present: Head Men s Golf Coach, Ball State : Head Golf Professional at Hickory Hills Golf Course in Farmland, Ind : Assistant Men s Golf Coach, Ball State Other: Assistant Golf Professional at Greensburg, Ind., Country Club... Golf Shop Attendant at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club in Batesville, Ind. Tournament Titles: 2013 Pinehurst Intercollegiate 2012 Firestone Invitational 2012 Mid-American Match Play 2011 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2009 Dayton Flyer Invitational 2009 Cardinal Collegiate 2006 First Energy Intercollegiate 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2004 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2003 Bullock Collegiate Classic 2001 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2000 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 1999 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 1999 St. Louis Billiken Invitational 1999 Morehead State Eagle Classic TJ Carpenter Graduate Assistant After completing his playing career for the Ball State men s golf team in , TJ Carpenter was named a graduate assistant coach for the Cardinals for the season. A Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, Carpenter was an Academic All-Mid-American Conference honorable mention selection in Carpenter held the third-best scoring average on the Ball State team his senior year at He matched the Cardinals best round of the year with a 5-under par 67 on his way to tying for first at the 2011 Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational A former standout at Triton High School, the Bourbon, Ind., product was a four-year letterwinner at Ball State. Ball State Men s Golf 9

10 McCormick Clouser Sophomore Bluffton, Ind. (Norwell) A mid-year transfer who joined the Cardinals in January after a year and a half at Michigan State. Career Highlights Played in 16 stroke-play events in his one and a half seasons at Michigan State and four this spring at Ball State... owns a career match play record... posted a career-low 68 in the opening round of the NCAA Pullman Regional for Ball State s lowest ever 18-hole score in NCAA tournament play. Season Highlights at Ball State Owns a stroke average in four spring stroke play events for Ball State... made his debut for the Cardinals by posting a record at the Mid-American Match Play (Feb )... named MAC Golfer of the Week after that performance... had his best stroke-play result of the spring with a 30th-place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 10-12)... spent the first two rounds of the Pullman Regional in the top 20 and finished in a tie for 37th at even par. At Michigan State Competed in all six events in the fall of 2012 for the Spartans, carding a stroke average over 18 rounds... posted three top-20 finishes and had his best result in October at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic, where he tied for ninth... as a freshman at Michigan State in , Clouser competed in 11 of the team s 12 events and logged a stroke average... managed four top-20 results his freshman year, including a tie for 18th (second-best among Spartan golfers) at the Big Ten Championship. CLOUSER S CAREER LOG Tournament Finish Rounds Total Sophomore Season at BSU (Spring 2013) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-30th (+16) Memphis Intercollegiate T-37th (+16) Jim West Intercollegiate 45th (+17) NCAA Pullman Regional T-37th (E) Sophomore Season at MSU (Fall 2012) Northern Intercollegiate T-58th (+34) Wolf Run Intercollegiate T-20th (+7) Inverness Intercollegiate T-15th (+7) Windon Memorial T-32nd (+13) Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic T-9th (+5) Georgetown Intercollegiate T-33rd (+11) Freshman Season at MSU ( ) Fossum Invitational T-12th (+5) Wolverine Intercollegiate T-25th (+5) Inverness Intercollegiate T-7th (+1) Rees Jones Invitational T-50th (+22) Georgetown Intercollegiate T-19th (+11) Seminole Intercollegiate T-75th (+13) FAU Spring Break Championship T-40th (+7) Irish Creek Collegiate T-40th (+7) Boilermaker Invitational T-37th (+13) Big Ten Championship T-18th (+12) Additional Amateur Golf Highlights Tied for 22nd at the Dixie Amateur in January finished runner-up at the 2011 Indiana Amateur before his freshman year of college. CLOUSER S CAREER STATS Year Tourn. Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Match Play 60s Top-10 Top-20 Best Finish * (3x) T-7th *Fall (3x) T-9th Spring th Career T-7th *Results from Michigan State 10 Ball State Men s Golf

11 Joe Gasser Senior Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) Honors All-Mid-American Conference Second Team (2013) Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention (2011) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar (2012) Career Highlights Has played in 39 career stroke-play events, more than any other golfer on the Ball State roster... his 65 in the third round of this year s Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational is tied for the fourth-lowest round in program history. Season Highlights A second-team All-MAC selection... tied for second among Ball State s golfers with a stroke average of 74.47, the best of his career... owns three top-10 finishes and two top-3 results through 10 stroke play events... posted his best career finish by tying for second at Ball State s Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Oct )... fired a career-low 54-hole score of 212 and carded a career-best round of 65 over the final 18 holes of the Yestingsmeier... tied for third place a week earlier at the Firestone Invitational (Oct. 8-9)... tied for eighth at the seasonopening Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-9) and played the final 36 holes better than every golfer in the field except the eventual medalist... posted a record at the Mid-American Match Play (Feb )... tied for 41st at the NCAA Pullman Regional and birdied his final two holes, which helped Ball State get into a playoff for fifth place. Additional Amateur Golf Experience Tied for 16th at the 2011 Indiana Amateur Championship and tied for 20th in qualified and advanced to the final 32 of the 2010 Indiana Amateur Match Play Championships... tied for 15th at the 2010 Monticello Open... tied for 17th at the 2009 IGA Match Play Championship... placed 32nd at the 2008 Indiana State Amateur. GASSER S CAREER LOG Tournament Finish Rounds Total Senior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-8th (+9) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-24th (+7) Firestone Invitational T-3rd (-3) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-2nd (+2) Pinetree Intercollegiate T-20th (+11) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-33rd (+18) Memphis Intercollegiate T-24th (+13) Jim West Intercollegiate T-19th (+9) MAC Championships T-24th (+20) NCAA Pullman Regional T-41st (+1) Junior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-56th (+18) Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational T-51st (+10) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-18th (+4) Cobra-PUMA Invitational T-37th (+8) Firestone Invitational T-30th (+3) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-55th (+19) ASU Thunderbird Invitational T-61st (+12) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate T-52nd (+24) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-20th (+14) MAC Championships T-10th (+5) Sophomore Season ( ) Wolf Run Intercollegiate T-47th (+15) Cardinal Intercollegiate T-73rd (+15) Dayton Flyer Invitational T-22nd (+10) SIUE Double Tree Intercollegiate T-6th (+9) Rio Pinar Invitational T-68th (+12) COG Mizzou Intercollegiate T-23rd (+18) adidas Hoosier Invitational T-29th (+6) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-20th (+16) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate T-33rd (+9) MAC Championships T-11th (+12) Freshman Season ( ) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-24th (+12) Xavier Invitational T-12th (-1) Cincinnati Bearcat Invitational T-15th (+8) Dayton Fall Invitational T-42nd (+14) Xavier Renaissance Invitational T-20th (-2) Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-43rd (+12) Ball State Cardinal Collegiate T-9th (+6) Adidas Hoosier Invitational T-57th (+18) Crooked Stick Invitational 51st (+25) GASSER S CAREER STATS Year Tourn. Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Match Play 60s Top-10 Top-20 Best Finish (2x) T-9th T-6th T-10th T-2nd Totals T-2nd Ball State Men s Golf 11

12 Tony Lazzara Senior Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) Honors Academic All-Mid-American Conference Honorable Mention (2011) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar (2012) Career Highlights A fifth-year senior who has competed as part of the Ball State lineup at the MAC Championships the past four years... posted a career-best round of 67 as a junior at the Cobra-PUMA Invitational. Season Highlights Owns a stroke average and has competed in eight of Ball State s 10 stroke play events... tied for 14th at the MAC Championships (May 3-5) for his fifth top-15 result of the year... posted four straight top-15 finishes spanning the fall and spring seasons... closed the fall by placing fifth at the Pinetree Intercollegiate (Oct )... then posted the best finish of his career by tying for fourth at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 10-12)... tied for 10th at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Oct ) with a career-best 54-hole total of tied for 12th at the Firestone Invitational (Oct. 8-9)... managed an unbeaten record at at the Mid-American Match Play (Feb ). Additional Amateur Golf Highlights Tied for fifth at the 2011 Indiana Amateur Championship and tied for eighth in tied for 15th at the 2010 E-Z Go Indianapolis Open... tied for 20th at the 2010 Indiana State Amateur... tied for fifth at 2009 Indiana Golf Association Match Play Championships... tied for seventh at 2009 IGA Indianapolis Amateur... tied for 13th at 2009 IGA McDonald s Stroke Play Series... tied for 22nd at 2009 Indiana PGA Monticello Open... tied for 24th at 2009 Indiana Amateur Championships. LAZZARA S CAREER LOG Tournament Finish Rounds Total Senior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate 63rd (+41) Firestone Invitational T-12th (+1) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 10th (+6) Pinetree Intercollegiate 5th (+4) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-4th (+8) Memphis Intercollegiate 87th (+35) MAC Championships T-14th (+15) NCAA Pullman Regional T-55th (+5) Junior Season ( ) Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational T-62nd (+12) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-44th (+10) Cobra-PUMA Invitational T-29th (+5) Firestone Invitational T-56th (+8) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-21st (+9) ASU Thunderbird Invitational T-38th (+8) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 46th (+22) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-43rd (+21) MAC Championships T-24th (+12) Sophomore Season ( ) Wolf Run Intercollegiate T-44th (+14) Cardinal Intercollegiate T-38th (+5) Renaissance Invitational T-26th (+6) Bearcat Invitational T-34th (+8) Rio Pinar Invitational T-88th (+19) adidas Hoosier Invitational T-48th (+10) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-38th (+20) MAC Championships 35th (+27) Freshman Season ( ) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-65th (+25) COG Mizzou Intercollegiate T-20th (+5) Crooked Stick Invitational T-44th (+21) MAC Championships T-40th (+27) LAZZARA S CAREER STATS Year Tourn. Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Match Play 60s Top-10 Top-20 Best Finish T-20th T-26th T-21st (2x) T-4th Career T-4th 12 Ball State Men s Golf

13 Tyler Merkel Junior Evansville, Ind. (Central) An individual NCAA participant in 2012 when he tied for 49th place at the Ann Arbor Regional. Honors All-Mid-American Conference First Team (2012, 2013) All-MAC Second Team (2011) MAC Co-Freshman of the Year (2011) MAC All-Tournament Team (2013) Academic All-MAC (2012) Career Titles 2013 Pinehurst Intercollegiate Medalist 2011 adidas Hoosier Invitational Medalist 2011 Northern Intercollegiate Co-Medalist Career Highlights Named All-MAC in each of his three seasons (twice firstteam, once second-team)... has led Ball State in stroke average in each of the past two seasons... has competed in every one of Ball State s team events in his three seasons... has finished in the top 10 in nearly half of his career events (14 of 31)... his stroke average this season ranks fourth in program history, while his career average of is on pace for the best ever by a Ball State golfer. Season Highlights A first-team All-MAC selection... leads the team with a stroke average... owns seven top-10 finishes and six top-5 results in 10 stroke play events... twice named the MAC Golfer of the Week -- Oct. 10 after finishing second at the Firestone Invitational and March 18 after winning the Pinehurst Intercollegiate... matched the lowest round of his career with a 68 at the weather-shortened Firestone event... tied for third at the Pinetree Intercollegiate (Oct )... placed fourth at the MAC Championships (May 3-5) and was named to the all-tournament team... posted a record in the Mid-American Match Play (Feb )... tied for 30th at the NCAA Pullman Regional at 1-under par. Additional Amateur Golf Highlights Won the 2012 Indiana Amateur Championship and tied for fifth in tied for second at the 2012 Indiana Open Championship and finished third in qualified for the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championships. MERKEL S CAREER LOG Tournament Finish Rounds Total Junior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-20th (+16) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-4th (-3) Firestone Invitational 2nd (-4) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-5th (+3) Pinetree Intercollegiate T-3rd (+3) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate 1st (+2) Memphis Intercollegiate T-29th (+15) Jim West Intercollegiate 6th (+4) MAC Championships 4th (+3) NCAA Pullman Regional T-30th (-1) Sophomore Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-1st (-4) Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational T-21st (+3) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-4th (-2) Cobra-PUMA Invitational T-37th (+8) Firestone Invitational T-27th (+2) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-2nd (+3) ASU Thunderbird Invitational T-48th (+9) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate T-47th (+23) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 7th (+6) MAC Championships T-28th (+14) NCAA Ann Arbor Regional T-49th (+10) Freshman Season ( ) Wolf Run Intercollegiate T-58th (+17) Cardinal Intercollegiate T-12th (E) Renaissance Invitational T-32nd (+8) Bearcat Invitational T-12th (+3) Rio Pinar Invitational T-44th (+8) COG Mizzou Intercollegiate T-58th (+24) adidas Hoosier Invitational 1st (-7) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2nd (+5) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate T-23rd (+6) MAC Championships T-7th (+7) MERKEL S CAREER STATS Year Tourn. Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Match Play 60s Top-10 Top-20 Best Finish st T-1st (2x) 213 (2x) st Career (4x) st (3x) Ball State Men s Golf 13

14 Alex Stinson Senior Anderson, Ind. (Liberty Christian) Honors All-Mid-American Conference Second Team (2013) Academic All-MAC (2011, 2012) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar (2012) Career Highlights His 33 career stroke play events are the second-most on the team behind only fellow senior Joe Gasser... posted the best finish of his career as a sophomore during the season when he placed third at the COG Mizzou Intercollegiate... made the clinching birdie in a playoff for fifth place at the Pullman Regional to send Ball State to the NCAA Championships. Season Highlights A second-team All-MAC selection... owns a career-best stroke average to rank tied for second among the Ball State golfers... led the team with a tie for 16th place at the Pullman Regional at 4-under par, matching his career-best with a 69 in each of the final two rounds... has finished in the top 25 in nine of the team s 10 stroke play events... tied for fifth at Ball State s Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Oct ) at 3-over par 213 for the best 54-hole score of his career... Ball State s second-best finisher at the MAC Championships (May 3-5) in a tie for 11th... tied for 15th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept ) and tied for 17th at the Firestone Invitational (Oct. 8-9)... managed an unbeaten record at the Mid-American Match Play (Feb ). Additional Amateur Golf Highlights Qualified for the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championships... tied for 26th at the 2010 Indiana Open Championships and tied for 41st in tied for third in the 2010 Indiana Golf Association Match Play Championship... tied for ninth at 2010 Indianapolis Amateur... tied for 39th at the 2010 Indiana State Amateur... tied for 17th at the 2009 Indiana Golf Association Match Play Championship. STINSON S CAREER LOG Tournament Finish Rounds Total Senior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-25th (+18) Golfweek Conference Challenge T-15th (+4) Firestone Invitational T-17th (+2) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-5th (+3) Pinetree Intercollegiate T-20th (+11) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-22nd (+14) Memphis Intercollegiate T-37th (+16) Jim West Intercollegiate T-21st (+10) MAC Championships T-11th (+13) NCAA Pullman Regional T-16th (-4) Junior Season ( ) Northern Intercollegiate T-17th (+7) Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational T-43rd (+8) Golfweek Conference Challenge 72nd (+25) Cobra-PUMA Invitational T-14th (E) Firestone Invitational T-16th (-1) Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate T-28th (+10) ASU Thunderbird Invitational 91st (+26) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-46th (+22) Sophomore Season ( ) Wolf Run Intercollegiate T-40th (+13) Cardinal Intercollegiate 55th (+9) Renaissance Invitational T-18th (+3) Bearcat Invitational T-74th (+19) SIUE Double Tree Intercollegiate T-31st (+23) COG Mizzou Intercollegiate 3rd (+6) adidas Hoosier Invitational T-53rd (+11) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-10th (+10) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate T-39th (+12) MAC Championships T-19th (+15) Freshman Season ( ) Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational T-37th (+15) Xavier Invitational T-34th (+5) Dayton Fall Invitational T-25th (+11) Xavier Renaissance Invitational 63rd (+18) Pinehurst Intercollegiate 82nd (+26) STINSON S CAREER STATS Year Tourn. Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Match Play 60s Top-10 Top-20 Best Finish T-25th (5x) rd T-14th (4x) T-5th Career (4x) rd 14 Ball State Men s Golf

15 Ball State s Team NCAA Tournament History NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES Year Location Finish Score 2013 Pullman, Wash. T-5th*/ Bartlesville, Okla. 17th/ *Advanced in playoff to NCAA Championships. Ball State in the NCAA Championships Ball State is making its 13th all-time appearance in the NCAA Championships. That total includes two appearances as a member of the college division in 1967 and The Cardinals are making their first appearance in the championships since This year marks the first time Ball State has qualified for the championships through regional play. The previous 12 appearances came before there were regional rounds. Ball State s best championships finish at the Division I level came in 1972 with a tie for 14th in a 35-team field in Cape Coral, Fla. The Cardinals placed 16th in 1973, 18th in 1983, 19th in 1961, 20th in 1975 and tied for 20th in both 1962 and Ball State finished fifth at the 1968 college division championships. The Cardinals appeared in eight NCAA Championships in a 16-year stretch from under former coach Earl Yestingsmeier, including five straight appearances from Ball State Individuals in the NCAAs The Cardinals have also had a total of 12 golfers compete in the NCAA Championships as individuals, most recently Jamie Broce in 1999 and Darrett Brinker in Broce and Brinker each advanced through a regional to reach the championships, while the previous 10 participants competed in the championships before there were regional rounds. The Last Time Ball State s most recent NCAA appearance as a team came in 1986 in Winston Salem, N.C. The Cardinals, coached by Earl Yestingsmeier, finished 27th out of 31 teams at the event. Ball State s lineup for the regional featured Jeff Gallagher, Joel Padfield, Dave Carich, Kevin Kozlowski and Dave Witt. Ball State s Low Scores in NCAA Rounds Score Golfer Year 68 McCormick Clouser 2013 Regional (1st Round) 69 Alex Stinson 2013 Regional (3rd Round) 69 Alex Stinson 2013 Regional (2nd Round) 69 Jamie Broce* 1999 Regional (1st round) 70 Tyler Merkel 2013 Regional (2nd Round) 70 Tyler Merkel 2013 Regional (1st Round) 70 Jamie Broce* 1999 Regional (3rd round) 70 Darrett Brinker* 1993 Regional (2nd round) 70 Dean Prange 1982 Championship (1st round) 70 Rockey Schooley 1973 Championship (1st round) 71 Six times -- *Competed as an individual. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES Year Location Finish Score 1986 Winston Salem, N.C. 27th/31 908* 1983 Fresno, Calif. 18th/32 900* 1982 Pinehurst, N.C. T-20th/31 892* 1975 Columbus, Ohio 20th/37 607^ 1974 San Diego, Calif. 24th/32 612^ 1973 Stillwater, Okla. 16th/ Cape Coral, Fla. T-14th/ Tucson, Ariz. T-32nd/37 608^ 1962 Durham, N.C. T-20th/ West Lafayette, Ind. 19th/ * Missed cut (two rounds); ^ Missed cut (three rounds) (College Division) 1968 Beaumont, Texas 5th/ Paducah, Ky. 13th/ Individual NCAA Championships Participants Year Individual Location 1999 Jamie Broce* Chaska, Minn Darrett Brinker* Lexington, Ky Andy Soley Columbus, Ohio 1980 B.G. Winings Columbus, Ohio 1979 Andy Soley Winston-Salem, N.C Scott Steger Eugene, Ore Brent Loeloff Columbus, Ohio 1969 Paul Bessler Colorado Springs, Colo Larry Jester Colorado Springs, Colo Dave Libler Colorado Springs, Colo Jon Hatcher Wichita, Kan Pat Riley Wichita, Kan. *Advanced from Regional. Individual NCAA Regional Participants Year Individual Location 2012 Tyler Merkel Central Regional (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 2011 Eric Steger Central Regional (Zionsville, Ind.) 1999 Jamie Broce Central Regional (Columbus, Ohio) 1993 Darrett Brinker Central Regional (Columbus, Ohio) Ball State Men s Golf 15