Gannon University Athletics

Career Accolades:

• 2024 NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional champion
• Won two tournament titles in 2023-24
• PING All-Region Team (2023-24)
• All-PSAC First Team (2023-24)
• Gannon Team MVP (2023-24)
• CSC At Large Academic All-District (2023-24)
• PSAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Week (3/13/24)
• All-PSAC Second Team (2022-23)
• 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholar
• PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)
• D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2022-23, 2023-24)

2023-24: Rama won the indiviudal championship at the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional while helping Gannon to the regional team title. Shot a 2-under-par 211 (71-70-70) while placing first among 108 golfers as the Golden Knights rolled to the team championship. ... Was voted team MVP. ... Finished second on the team with a 73.5 stroke average over 26 rounds in 11 tournaments. Turned in four top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes during 2023-24. ... Was named to the All-PSAC First Team and landed a spot on the PING All-Region Team. ... Opened the spring portion of the season by claiming the individual title at the Sea Trail Spring Golf Tournament with a 3-under-par 141 (71-70). ... Shot 78 or better in 25 of the 26 rounds he played. Shot 72 or better 12 times. ... Carded a season-best, 2-under-par 69 in the first round of the Cecil C. Spadafora Invitational. ... Tied for third among 130 golfers at the Atlantic/East Region Preview with a 4-over 146 total. ... Tied for 70th at the NCAA Division II Championships with an 8-over 221 (72-74-75).

2022-23: Was a key contributor to Gannon's lineup in his first season with the program. ... Played in all 12 tournaments and finished fourth on the team with a 25-round stroke average of 74.32, which was only 0.32 strokes off the team's leading average. ... Shot par or better seven times and had two rounds in the 60s. ... He recorded his first victory in a collegiate tourney by shooting a 3-under-par 69 in the rain-shortened Bud Elwell Classic at Whispering Woods Golf Club. ... Had six other top-10 finishes, including five top-five finishes. ... Shot his low round of the year with a 5-under 67 in the opening round of the PSAC Championships. He eventually placed fifth in the PSAC tournament after posting a three-round total of 222 (67-79-76). ... He also placed fourth in the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational, Mercyhurst Spring Invitational, and Gannon Spring Invitational. ... Was honored on the All-PSAC Second Team.

At Briar Cliff University (Sioux City, Iowa): In 2021-22, Rama set Briar Cliff's 54-hole record with a score of 4-under-par 209 at the U.C. Ferguson Classic. ...  Placed among the top 10 in four of his 12 tournaments. ... Tied for 13th at the GPAC Championships with 225 (76-70-79). … Was honored as All-Great Plains Athletic Conference Honorable Mention. ... As a freshman in 2020-21, he set the Briar Cliff record for lowest single round score with a 6-under-par 65 and set the program record for the lowest 36-hole total with a 2-under-par 140 (75, 65) at Northwestern College's Red Raider Cup. ... Placed among the top 10 in four of his seven tournaments, including a third-place effort in the Central Baptist College Mustang Invite. ... He was named All-GPAC First Team. 

Personal: Majoring in Business Administration. ... Son of Dharmesh and Dipti Rama ... Attended high school at St Stithians Boys School in Johannesburg, South Africa.