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2014-15 Men's Golf Roster

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Ben Kaestner

Ben Kaestner

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Hometown:
    Glyndon, Md.
  • Highschool:
    Franklin

Summary

Biography

2013-14: Averaged an 82.5 for the season…Was third on the team with 13 rounds shot…Shot a career-low 75 on the second day of the McDaniel Mason-Dixon Collegiate Classic, finishing with a 158 (83-75)…Also posted a 79 at the Gettysburg Fall Invitational…Tied for 30th at the Centennial Conference Championship with a 250 (82-85-83).

2012-13: Finished second on the team in rounds shot (17)…Averaged an 80.9 for the season…Broke 80 on nine occasions…Carded a season-low 77 in five different rounds…Tied for fifth among 72 golfers at the Lebanon Valley Invitational with a 77…Fired a 154 (77-77) to tie for sixth in a field of 60 at the Glenmaura Invitational…Tied for 13th out of 35 competitors at the Centennial Conference Championships with a 236 (79-77-80).

2011-12: Transferred to Gettysburg for the spring semester and competed in 12 rounds…Carded a season-low 80 at the Gettysburg Spring Invitational, tying for eighth among 48 golfers…Also shot an 81 at both the Myrtle Beach Shootout and the Messiah Invitational…Finished with a 254 (90-82-82) at the Centennial Conference Championships.

High School: Played soccer, golf and lacrosse at Franklin H.S….Earned First Team All-County status in lacrosse…Served as captain of lacrosse and golf teams…Won districts in golf…A member of the National Honor Society…An AP Scholar with distinction.

Family Connections: His father, Bob Kaestner, competed in the U.S.G.A. Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championship, British Amateur, and was a four-time Baltimore City Amateur champion…His grandfather, George Taylor, was a golf columnist for the Baltimore Sun…His great-grandfather, Alec Taylor, was a professional in St. Andrews, Scotland…His grandfather, Bud Kaestner, is in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame and was a First Team All-American at Johns Hopkins University.

Major: Economics. Minor: Business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    6'2"
  • C

    2013-14Junior

    6'3"
    C
  • 2014-15Senior

    6'3"