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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2021-22 Men's Golf Roster

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Ryan Kauppila

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Frankfurt, Germany
  • Highschool Rochester Adams

Biography

Career Best
Low Round - 68
36 Holes - 137
54 Holes - 217
18 Hole average - 75.04


2021-22 (R-Sr.): Finished second on the team in scoring average for 2021-22 with a 74.75 thanks to 2,093 total strokes in 28 rounds...finished in a tie for fifth at the GLIAC Tournament with a 142 (71-71)...tied for the lowest score of any Panther against Ferris State in the match play finals with a 71, which was even with Noah Bridgeman... tied for 21st with a 223 (73-73-77) at the program's first ever NCAA Midwest/Central Super Regional...that finish was knotted with Noah Bridgeman for the best among Davenport's five scorers...also placed among the top 10 when he finished seventh at the Cedarville Medal Match Play...named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC...named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team.

2020-21 (R-Sr.): Led the team in scoring average (74) for the second-straight season...set a program record for lowest 36-hole score thanks to a five-under 137 (69-68) at the GLIAC Championships played at Stoatin Brae Golf Club on April 16-17...one of just three Panthers to play in all 11 of the team's rounds along with Noah Bridgeman and Brandon Bodis and did so with a total of 814 strokes...broke 70 for the first time in his DU career with those two sub-70 rounds at the GLIAC Championship...was the only Panther to shoot below 70 in 2020-21...finished among the top 10 in three of the five tournaments competed in including a tie for second at the KWC Panther Invite, fifth at the GLIAC Championships and sixth at the Mister Bee Intercollegiate...went below 80 in 10 of the 11 rounds he played...named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team.

2019-20 (R-Jr.): Led the team in scoring average (76.5) and was one of four Panthers to play in all 13 of the team's rounds totaling 995 strokes...had just one stroke fewer than the second-best scoring average on the team, which was 76.6 and came from the team's other Ryan, Ryan TenBrink...turned in the second-best single round on the team when he shot a 72 in the second round of the GLIAC North Invitational on Sept. 15...on the season, 11 of his 13 rounds played had a score below 80 and five of them were 75 or lower...earned a top 10 finish when he tied for sixth out of 25 golfers at the GLIAC North Invitational.

2018-19 (Jr.): Redshirted.

2017-18 (So.) (Mott Community College): MI Eastern Conference First Team...MI All-Region XII Team...Eastern Conference Champions...MCCAA State Champions...NJCAA Region XII Champions.

2016-17 (Fr.) (Mott Community College): MI Eastern Conference Freshman of the Year...MI Eastern Conference All-Freshman Team...MI Eastern Conference First Team...MI All-Region XII Team...Eastern Conference Champions...NJCAA Region XII Champions.

High School: Prepped at Rochester Adams High School...played for coach Dan Picot...carried a scoring average of 75 during senior year...First Team Oakland County during junior and senior year...2016 Divison 1 State appearance.

Personal: Son of Bruce Kauppila and Cindy Stein...majoring in Business Management and Marketing...born on September 2...favorite movie is Lion King.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Junior

    6'2"
  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

    6'2"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    6'2"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Senior

    6'2"