Canton, NY – The men's golf team competed in 12 tournaments over 18 days while the women's golf team took part in nine events over 13 days during their fall and spring seasons during the 2024-25 school year.  

The men finished in the top three in three tournaments, while the women were led by senior Gwendolyn Glennon who earned medalist honors at one event in the fall and finished in the top 15 at the conference championship in the spring.

The Canton men finished second out of four teams at the Lou Jarvis Memorial Invitational at Jay Peak on September 8th. Freshman Kahontiio Lazore earned medalist honors shooting an 81 (+9) in extremely difficult conditions to best the field of 19 golfers by three strokes.

The Roos finished third out of seven teams at the SUNY Poly Invitational on September 20th as Lazore tied for fifth individually. Canton was second out of three total competing teams on September 25th as John McCall tied for first at the Utica dual match.

   
SUNY Canton joined the Empire 8 Conference as an affiliate member in the sport of men's golf in the fall of 2024 and competed in the four round conference championship. Two rounds took place in October 2024 with the final two rounds in April 2025. McCall and Brody Fuhrey both finished in the top 20 of those players competing in all four rounds of the championship. Anthony Marion, who rejoined the Roos for the spring semester, shot the lowest score among 13 players that only played the two rounds of the spring championship.
Marion led the Roos with an 80.4 scoring average over five 18-hole rounds during the spring semester. Among those players competing in both semesters Lazore averaged 83.1 strokes per round while McCall had an 84.6 scoring average.
Kyle Murphy was named to both the Empire 8 Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 President's List, while Mason Dumas and Anthony Marion joined him on the Spring 2025 President's List. Recipients of this honor must earn a 3.75 grade-point average or higher during the semester, while participating in an NCAA-sponsored sport.
   
The Lady Roos were led by Glennon as she posted the low Canton score in all nine events during the 2024-25 academic year. Glennon earned medalist honors at the SUNY Poly Invitational on September 20th carding a round of 84, just three strokes off her career low round besting the field of 11 golfers.
Glennon finished in 12th place out of 52 golfers at the Northeast Women's Golf Conference (NWGC) Championship on April 26th and 27th. Glennon earned the Elite Academic Award for the third consecutive season following the NWGC Championship. The Elite Academic Award is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA who is competing in the NWGC Championship.
   
Glennon led the Roos with an 89.7 scoring average across 12 18-hole rounds and one nine-hole round. Maddy Thompson (108.6) and Raven Murphy (115.0) rounded out the women golfers competing in multiple rounds.

Glennon was recognized at the SUNY Canton Athletics department's end-of-year banquet as the graduating female with the highest cumulative GPA. She was also named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large Academic All-District Team.
   

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