Joe Lanza
Joe Lanza
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bainbridge Island, WA

High School:
Bainbridge HS

Height:
5-7

Experience:
3V

2004-05: Was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year after capturing the WCC Individual Tournament Title with a score of 208 (-8) on April 11-12...became just the third SMC player to win the WCC Individual title by defeating All-American Michael Putnam from Pepperdine by two strokes...currently ranks 19th in the country in scoring average, and 31st overall in the individually ranked players...posted a first place individual finish at the Bill Cullum/Countrywide Intercollegiate with a score of 208 (-8)...the scores of 208 at the WCC Championships and the Countrywide Intercollegiate were career lows...finished the season with the second lowest stroke average in school history at 71.8...had scores of 75 or lower in 28 of 33 rounds, including 24 rounds of par or better and seven rounds in the 60s...shot a career-low, and team season low, round of 65 in the third round Lexus Naples Intercollegiate Invitational, to help SMC capture the team title and post a school record 16-under score in the final 18 holes...in seven of the 11 tournaments, he posted total scores of even par or better...had six top-10 individual finishes...currently ranks 11th in the nation in greens in regulation at 73.0 percent and 24th in the nation in fairways hit at 79.5 percent...is 36th in the country in total birdies with 115 and ranks ninth nationally in scoring on par-3s at 3.05...he was named First team Cleveland Golf and Golf Coaches Association Academic-All American...was the team captain and leader of the best team in SMC history...held the #1 position at SMC for 3.5 years and has only missed one tournament in his four years...is the reigning Washington State Amateur Champion...posted a second place finish at the 2004 Pacific Coast Amateur Championship. 2003-2004:Named to the 2004 All-WCC First Team following his third place finish at the 2004 WCC Championships...finished his season as the No. 66-ranked player in the nation according to Golfstat...seventh in nation in fairways hit with a .814 percentage...set a new Saint Mary's single season record for lowest stroke average with 73.0...played in every event for Saint Mary's and participated in a total of 28 rounds during his junior campaign...recorded six top-10 individual finishes...placed fourth at the 2003 Vandal Fall Classic after posting a second round score of 66 and finishing the tournament with a total of 209 strokes...took top individual honors at the Santa Clara Shootout with a round of 74 against LMU and Santa Clara... was the highest placed WCC golfer at the competitive Turtle Bay Intercollegiate after finishing sixth and the Bite/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate after finishing in a tie for eighth... posted two of the Gaels three lowest rounds on the season with a 66 during the second round of the 2003 Vandal Fall Classic and a 67 during the second round of the 2004 WCC Championships...led the Gaels with a total of 14 rounds of par or better.

2002-2003: Named to the 2003 All-WCC First Team after recording one of the most impressive years by a Saint Mary's golfer in recent memory...named to the 2003 All-WCC Golf Academic Team after finishing the spring season with a 3.70 GPA...selected as the 2002 WCC Men's Golf October co-Player of the Month...finished as Saint Mary's highest finisher in eight of their 10 events... at the 2002 Vandal Fall Classic and UC Barbara Invitational, he posted a round of 66 at each, to set and match his own record of the two lowest rounds in Saint Mary's golf history...captured medallist honors at the Santa Clara Men's Invitational with 215 strokes (1-under par)...took 2nd place at the 2002 Vandal Fall Classic with a season low 207 total strokes (6-under par)...tied for 3rd place at the Sacramento State Invitational...finished in a tie for 4th place at the 2003 WCC Championships with 216 total stokes (Even par).

2001-02: Played in eight tournaments with a total of 22 rounds... posted the teams lowest average score with only 74.4 strokes per round...was the team's low man three times, shooting a one-over par (217) to place third in the 2002 Spring Invitational and a four-under par (212) to place third in the Cal Poly Intercollegiate as well as a 25th place finish with a 222 at the Family Motors Invitational...also placed second in the Intercollegiate at Diablo Grande, where he lost by just three strokes to teammate Brent Jensen...finished 12th at the WCC Championships with a score of 227...posted the team's lowest round (67), of the season, in the Cal Poly Intercollegiate.

High School: Graduated from Bainbridge High School in Seattle, WA...letter for four years in golf with an average of 71.2 strokes per round...Finished 2nd at State Championships...10th at the Washington State Amateur tourney...Four-time Olympic League First-Team.