Riley Wheeldon

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Courtenay, B.C.

2009-10: Named Men's BIG EAST Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST Team... appeared in all nine tournaments, playing 24 total rounds and posted the team's best stroke average at 73.7 per round... tied for fourth at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a round of 68, 2-under par... finished the BIG EAST Championship tied for eighth with rounds of 72-74-71=217 (+4)... was the Cardinals' top scorer at the Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational , finishing in a tie for 15th-place.

2008-09: Finished second on the team with a 72.94 stroke average... recorded one top five finishes and three in the top 10... named the BIG EAST's Freshman of the Year... also earned All-BIG EAST accolades... placed 30th at the NCAA Central Regional with 74-74-76=224... recorded a 19th-place finish at the Wolf Run and was 18th at the Cardinal Intercollegiate... tied for 13th place at the abbreviated Memphis Intercollegiate... tied for seventh overall atthe Bridgestone Invitational with 74-71-72=217... was 11th at the Rio Pinar Invitational... tied for seventh at the USF Invitational with 66-74-74=214... posted a career-best third-place finish at the Palisades Collegiate with 71-61-72=204... his 61 in the second round tied a school record... his 54-round score of 204 was the third-best in school history... tied for seventh at the BIG EAST Championships with 70-73-70=213... earned medalist honors in record-setting fashion at the British Columbia Junior Championship with scores of 69-67-70-64--270 (-18) to win by eight shots... placed 4th in the Canadian Junior Championship in Ontario with rounds of 72-71-71-74--288 (-4)... competed at the Sahalee Players Championship finishing in 11th place with rounds of 71-73-71-76--291.

Before Louisville: Joins the program as the 31st-ranked junior in the country according to Golfweek/Sagarin Junior rankings... member of the Canadian National Developmental Team and represented Canada in several international competitions... competed with the National Team at the 2008 Ron Moore Intercollegiate and finished tied for 28th... tied for fifth at the 2008 Callaway Junior World Championships and was 21st at the Canadian Junior Amateur... earned two top four finishes in the Royal Canadian Golf Association Future Links Championships... placed eighth at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Personal: Son of Bill and Leah Wheeldon... born 10/10/90... major is undecided.