April 21, 2008

Pocatello, ID--The Bengal men's golf team competed in their final sanctioned varsity golf tournament for Idaho State University at the Cougar Classic. The men had some of their best performances of the year as a team with the completion of their season and numerous Bengals made their way into the individual career records for Idaho State.

As a team the Bengals achieved the 15th lowest round in school history with their first round score of 288 at the Cougar Classic. The men's team also achieved their best finish of the season when they took ninth place out of 14 teams at the tournament.

Junior Kyle Prolo finished his career as a Bengal by capturing Idaho State's lowest career scoring average record in their last year of competition with a 74.22 average. In 2007, Prolo achieved the lowest scoring average for a season with 74.04 in Idaho State history. This season, Prolo finished just under the school record he set with a scoring average of 74.14 over nine events.

Prolo also finished his career with a tie for the 3rd lowest round in school history with a first round score of 68 (-4) in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate. Prolo finishes his career with seven top-ten finishes, the second best in Idaho State men's golf history. He also holds the second best career rounds of par or better with 17 rounds. Prolo has achieved seven top-twenty finishes as well.

Junior's Mark Cowman and Dylan Meyer also made their way into the Idaho State record books. Meyer and Cowman both achieved two-top ten finishes in their careers. Meyer had nine career rounds of par or better while Cowman achieved five rounds. Holding the sixth lowest career scoring average is Meyer with 75.87 over nine events. Cowman had a career scoring average of 77.60 over his three years as a Bengal.