Michael Caron
Michael Caron
Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Year: 2017
Hometown: Gorham, Maine
High School: Gorham
Major: Business & Sports Management

Accolades:
All-GNAC: 2016
NEIGA Guy Tedesco Award: 2016
NEIGA All-New England: (2013, 2014, 2015)
ECAC DIII Co-Golfer of the Month: 10/3/14
GNAC Golfer of the Week: 9/7/2014, 9/15/2014, 9/22/2014, 9/29/2014, 10/6/14, 9/7/201510/12/2015, 9/17/2016
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 9/23/2013, 9/30/2013, 10/14/2013
GNAC Honor Roll: 9/16/2013, 10/7/2013, 10/13/2014, 9/26/2016

2015: Competed in 14 events as a junior captain…won two tournaments with eight top-10 performances and 12 top-20 finishes overall…averaged a 78.2 card in 18-hole events with a 155.6 average in 36-hole tournaments…helped lead the Monks to a program-record eight tournament victories…finished in a tie for fifth, with teammate Cam Letourneau, with a 74 score in the UMF Invitational on September 3rd…placed 13th overall with a 156 (79-77) card in the Maine State Championship at Fairlawn Country Club on September 19th and 20th…teamed up with Letourneau to win the Southern Maine Cup with a 68 score in event, which features a Ryder Cup format…earned Medalist honors with a 144 (69-75) in the USM Fall Classic, which was held at the Gorham Country Club on October 11th and 12th…finished in a tie for 12th with a 163 (80-83) card in the GNAC Championship on October 17th and 18th…collected All-New England honors for the third consecutive season after placing sixth with a 152 (75-77) score in the NEIGA Championship at the Captains Golf Course on October 25th and 26th…finished in a tie for first with a 74 card in the USM Spring Tournament on April 29th…named as the GNAC Player of the Week on September 7th and October 12th…capped his junior season ranked second in program history in 18-hole average (76.1) and third in 36-hole average (156.0)…ranks as the Monks’ career leader in Medalist honors (9), top-10 finishes (24), and sub-80 rounds (36) and is second in total events (38) through three collegiate seasons.

2014: Competed in 13 tournaments as a sophomore…posted four top finishes and nine top 10 efforts...shot four par rounds…averaged 72.2 strokes in 18-hole events – the lowest single-season card average in team history - and a 154.5 average (4th-best) in 36-hole tourneys…placed seventh with a 151 card in the Bowdoin Invitational on September 6th and 7th…won the UMF Invitational with a 75 score at Sunday River on September 11th…finished fourth in the State of Maine Championship with a 147 (71-76) card at Bangor Municipal on September 13th and 14th…won the Thomas Golf Classic with a 71 at Waterville Country Club on September 21st…collected Medalist honors with a 72 score at the team’s annually-hosted event, the John Queenan Memorial, at Point Sebago Golf Resort on September 23rd…posted a career-best 70 card and captured Medalist honors in the UNE Invitational at Cape Arundel Golf Club on September 30th…finished 11th in the NEIGA Championship with a 153 (78-75) score at The Captains Golf Course on October 26th and 27th…was ninth in the Monks’ second of three spring events, posting a 158 (83-75) card at the Westport Hampton Inn Invitational on April 10th and 11th…selected as the GNAC Player of the Week five times and named as the ECAC DIII Golfer of the Month on October 3rd. 

2013: Appeared in all 11 of the Monks' events as a freshman...averaged team-bests in 18-hole (78.0) and 36-hole (158.5) tournaments...recorded seven top-10 finishes with nine top-20 efforts overall...shot two rounds of par golf and won a pair of tournaments individually...kicked off his NCAA career by winning the USM Dual Match with a 72 card on August 30th...tied for seventh with an 83 effort in the Husson Invitational at Penobscot Valley Country Club on September 21st...notched his second collegiate victory with a 74 score in the John Queenan Memorial at Point Sebago three days later...lost out on medalist honors via predetermined tiebreaker in the USM Fall Classic at Gorham Country Club on October 6th and 7th...shot a 144 (70-74) that day, the second-lowest 36-hole card by an SJC golfer in the last 15 years...finished in a tie for eighth with a 150 effort in the NEIGA Championship at Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass...his score and subsequent finish in the regional championship both count as SJC program-bests...selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on three occasions and also garnered GNAC Weekly Honor Roll mention twice.

High School: Played four years of varsity golf for Rick Altham at Gorham High School…made the All-State Team senior year…earned Honor roll senior year, Coaches Award, MVP Award, and Legacy Award for golf…his team made the state championship team the last three years, won the class A team state championship two out of three years and he also won the Class 'A' individual state championship senior year...he averaged a 37 for nine-hole matches senior year…he also played the Individual Maine State Golf Association Junior Tournaments

Personal:  Michael James Caron, born in Portland, Maine…son of James and Jacqueline Caron…majoring in Business and Sports Management.