2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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Ryan Ferry

  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Meadville, Pa.
  • High School Meadville
  • Major Finance

Biography

Career Accolades
  • PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24)
  • 2022-23 All-PSAC First Team
  • 2022-23 NCAA Division II PING All-Atlantic Region Team
  • 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholar
  • PSAC Men’s Golf Athlete of the Week (4/19/23)
  • 2021-22 All-PSAC First Team (at Mercyhurst)
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2022-23, 2023-24)
  • PSAC Men’s Golf Athlete of the Week (9/7/23)
2023-24: Ferry closed his college career by recording a 75.1 stroke average over 30 rounds in 13 tournaments. ... Recorded three top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes. ... He opened the 2023-24 season by winning the California (Pa.) Vulcan Fall Invitational among a field of 103 golfers with a 54-hole total of 2-under-par 214 (71-73-70). ... Shot a season-best, 5-under-par 67 in the opening round of the Dr. Wally Edgell Invitational on his way to tying for 11th with a 7-under 209 total. He also shot a 3-under 69 in the third round. ... Tied for seventh in the Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Invitational with a 1-under 143 (72-71). ... Placed second among 84 golfers in the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational with a 1-under 143, including a 2-under 70 in the second round. ... Tied for 18th among 49 players in the PSAC Championships. ... Shot a 1-over 145 (73-72) to tie for fourth place in the Bill Blazer Memorial Tournament. ... Tied for seventh in the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational with an 8-over 152 (76-76). ... Shot an even-par 71 in the second round of the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional and tied for 27th among 108 players with a 54-hole total of 13-over 226. 

2022-23: Earned All-PSAC First Team accolades in his first season as a Golden Knight. … Was also named to the NCAA Division II PING All-Atlantic Region Team. … Finished second on the team with a 74.12 average over 25 rounds, with two rounds in the 60s and 14 rounds of 75-or-better. … Had six top-ten finishes including a sixth-place showing at the PSAC Championships in the fall. … Finished either first or tied for first in four tournaments, losing in a playoff or tiebreaker to teammate Abe Holmes three times … Burst onto the scene at Gannon at the Vulcan Invitational with rounds of 64 and 68 for a 132 total. The 64 is believed to be an all-time low for a Gannon golfer. … Also tied for first in the Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial with rounds of 71 and 70 for a 141 total, along with shooting 71-72 for a 143 total to tie for first at the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational … Came in first at the Gannon Invitational with a round of 70.

At Mercyhurst: Played for Ron Coleman, the father of Gannon head coach Dustin Coleman … was a first team All-PSAC selection in 2021-22 … in the fall of 2021-22 posted the best scoring average on the team at 73.7 for 13 rounds and finished year with a team-best 74.4 average ... tied for fifth at the PSAC Championships … had five rounds of even-par or better ... concluded the season with four consecutive top-five finishes highlighted by a runner-up showing at the Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Invittaional ... shot low rounds of 71 on two occasions in the fall and had a low season round of 70 while winning the Crofton Invitational in the spring … in 2020-21 had the second-best scoring average on the team with a 77.4 ... came in fifth at the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational and also posted a top-10 finish at the Walsh Invitational.

High School: Was a four year letter winner and team captain at Meadville High School ... earned medalist honors seven times over the course of his high school career ... qualified for the PIAA State Tournament three-times and was the 2019 PIAA runner-up ... three-time District 10 runner-up ... also played baseball and basketball for the Bulldogs.

Personal:  Finance major … son of Shelby and Michael Ferry … has two siblings (Paige and Luke) … father is the head pro at the Country Club of Meadville and played collegiately at Methodist College and Slippery Rock.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

    6'0" 180 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    6'0" 180 lbs