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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

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Michael Cascino

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palos Park, Ill.
  • Highschool Providence Catholic

Biography

*2021 BIG EAST Co-Medalist (won playoff on third hole)
*2021 All-BIG EAST First Team
*2021 GCAA All-Region
*Butler's 2020-21 nominee for 
BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
*2019-20 and 2020-21 First wave Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
*Third over the past 20 seasons of Butler golf with a 74.76 scoring average (entering 2021 season; 71 rounds)
*His 73.61 scoring average in 2019-20 is the fourth-best, single-season average for the Butler program over the past 20 seasons

2021:
Captured co-medalist honors at the 2021 BIG EAST Championship and earned the conference's automatic NCAA berth by winning the title on the third playoff hole...finished the 54-hole BIG EAST Championship at 209 (-7)...his first-round 66 (-6) tied Butler's school record for the best score of a par-72 course and tied the third-best single-round score in BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship history...became Butler's first BIG EAST champion in men's golf...earned a berth in the 2021 NCAA Regional (at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind.)...tied for 56th as his final-round 79 moved him to 227 (+11) overall. He shot rounds of 75 and 73 over the first two days. There were 75 players in the field with Cascino as one of 10 individuals...selected by the conference's coaches as All-BIG EAST First Team...selected to GCAA All-Region Team...earned GCAA All-American Scholar honors...the 2021 schedule was limited to five events (all in the spring) due to COVID-19...placed in the Top 10 of all five tournaments, including the BIG EAST Championship...led the Bulldogs with a scoring average of 72.41...six of his 17 rounds were at par or better, including three in the 60s...tied for second at the Pinehurst Invitational (won by teammate Logan Sabins) with a 54-hole total of 217 (+4)...there were 71 players in the field...tied for fourth at the season-opening Don Benbow Invitational at 148 (+6)...placed sixth at the Butler Spring Invitational (213; +3)...tied for eighth at the Wright State Invitational (87 players in the field) at four-over 217...has six rounds of par or better on the season, including three in the 60s.

2019-20: Named BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week Oct. 3 after taking medalist honors at the Skyhawk Fall Classic Sept. 30-Oct. 1...Cascino's Skyhawk Fall Classic title came in a playoff victory...for 54 holes, Cascino shot a two-under 214 (72-69-73) and defeated Murray State's Dalton Bagwell on the first playoff hole...played in all seven of Butler's events (the 2019-20 season was canceled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)...finished second on the team with a 73.61 scoring average...had a team-best seven rounds of par or better, including four in the 60s...finished T8 in the season-opening Crusader Collegiate...posted a three-under 69 in the final round, matching his best score of the season...finished at two-under 214 among the 88-player field...finished T19 at the Orange County Collegiate Classic at seven-over 223, including a three-under 69 in the final round...placed third in the single-round head-to-head match with USC-Beaufort to end the season, carding an even-par 72...placed T27 at both the Georgetown Intercollegiate and the Musketeers Classic...earned First wave Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) with a stroke-average under 76.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2.

2018-19: Played in all 12 events, one of three Bulldogs to do so...his scoring average of 74.6 was third on the team for those who played in at least half of Butler's tournaments...played 29 rounds, including seven rounds of par or better and two rounds in the 60s...had four Top 10 finishes...placed second at the Don Benbow Invitational (48 players) at two-under 142...placed third at the Savannah State Spring Fling (46 players) with an even-par 72 in the single-round event...placed in a tie for third at the Butler Fall Invitational at even-par 210 over 54 holes...opened with a two-under 68 and followed that with a 69 (-1) in the second round...those were his two best rounds of the season...finished fifth at the Big Four Classic at Crooked Stick, shooting a five-over 77...finished the season-ending BIG EAST Championship at 236 (+20), including an even-par 72 in the final round...placed 34th. 

2017-18: One of three Bulldogs to play in all nine of Butler's events...posted a scoring average of 75.79 in 24 rounds...his scoring average was third on the team and included three rounds of par or better...finished in the Top 10 in four events...at the 2018 BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship, he shot a 12-over 228 to finish T16...finished sixth in the 86-player field at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic (four-over 217)...also placed sixth at the Butler Fall Invitational...his score of 216 was six-over...finished T7 at the Benbow Invitational (four-over 148) and T9 at the Bulldog Florida Invitational (157, +13).

PRIOR TO BUTLER: Three-year varsity letterwinner...posted a scoring average of 74.8 as a senior...won two tournaments individually...three all-regional selections as well as two all-sectional honors and one all-conference accolade...as a team, qualified for the state championships in all four seasons of high school...won the conference championship once...also played two seasons of hockey...all-academic honors for both golf and hockey.

Son of Tony and Tammy...has a brother, Dom.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'10"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'10"
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