Bavake Sihota

/ Men's Golf

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography

Bavake Sihota and Andy Walker on the course, 2024

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography

Bavake Sihota

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Caledon, Ontario
High School:
Independent Learning Center

EMU: 2024-25: Joins Eastern Michigan as a transfer from Big 10 Conference member, Michigan...MICHIGAN: 2023 Academic All-Big Ten...Twice earned U-M Academic Athletic Achievement (2022, '23)...Played in 14 events with a 77.0 stroke average with four sub-par rounds...2023-24: Did not play in any events...2022-23: Played in six tournaments; with three starts...Finished season with a 77.77 scoring average...Posted one sub-par round...Shot a season-low 71 (-1) in the third round of the Island Resort Invitational (Sept. 4-5)...Averaged 233.33 per 54-hole event...Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 218 (74-73-71) at the Island Resort Invitational...2021-22: Played in eight tournaments; with six starts...Made collegiate debut (individual) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 5-6); tying for 68th (245)...Made first career start at the Border Olympics (Feb. 14-15); tying for 49th (229)...Played in his first Big Ten Championships...Helped U-M to 13th (919) at the French Lick Resort (April 29-May 1)...First season with a 76.42 scoring average...Recorded three sub-par rounds...Shot a career-low 68 (-4) in the first round at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24)...Averaged 229.38 per 54-hole event...Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 219 (68-78-73) at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate...HIGH SCHOOL: Balanced junior play while prepping at the Independent Learning Center...At his highest point in 2019 and 2020, was ranked as high as 38th in the class of 2021 on Junior Golf Scoreboard and Golfweek and top-three in the 2021 class in Canada...At 17 years old, was ranked inside 1800 on the World Amatuer Golf Rankings and 1350 on Scratch Players World Amatuer Golf Ranking...Two-time CJGA Mizuno National Championship winner (2016 and 2019), with both wins coming by 10 shots...Finishing fifth at the 2019 Optimist International Junior Worlds and ninth at the 2019 Bubba Conlee National Junior...In 2021, tied for 36th (69-75-75/219) at the Ontario Amateur and missed cut by a shot at the Canadian Amateur (77-71/148)...On the Canadian Junior Golf Association circuit, highlighted 2020 with a 15th-place finish at the Florida Azalea Amateur (71-72-71/214); added 10 top-15 finishes during 2019, showcased by a 10-shot win at the Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) Mizuno National (67-74-73-72/286)...Additionally in 2019, posted a fourth-place finish at the Ontario Junior Boys Championship (75-74-68-69/286), a sixth-place showing at the Optimist International Junior Worlds at Blue Monster (68-73-72-79/292), and a ninth-place finish at the Bubba Conlee National Junior (71-68-71/210)...Highlighted 2018 winning the CJGA Eastern Canadian Junior Championship (74-66-70/210)...PERSONAL: Full name: Bavake Satnam Singh Sihota...Son of Parmjit and Parveen Sihota...Has two sisters, Manisha and Daveena...Political science major.