Wagner College Athletics

2020-21 (Senior): Recorded a per round average of 80.86 across seven rounds spanning three tournaments... Shot under 80 in all three rounds of the Doc Gimmler Invite, finishing tied for 46th ... Fired a season-low 77 during the final round of the NEC Championship, finishing the event tied for 26th. 

2020-21 Results (80.86 avg. per round)
Peacock Invitational  88 (+18) / T-74
Doc Gimmler Invite  79+78+78=235 (+25) / T46
NEC Championship  85+81+77=243 (+27) / T-26

2019-20 (Junior): Recorded a per round average of 80.17 across three tournaments ... Finished 67th at the Ryan T. Lee Invitational after rounds of 80-77 ... Posted a season low 76 during the second round of play at the Hartford Invitational.

2019-20 Results (80.17 avg. per round)
Ryan T. Lee Invitational 80-77=157 / 67th
Hartford Invitational 79-76-86=241 / 86th
Metropolitan Invitational 83 / 76th
 
2018-19 (Sophomore) Heads into his junior year with the lowest scoring average of all returning Seahawks, having averaged 80.0 strokes per round as a sophomore … Recorded 11 sub-80 scoring rounds … Best finish was a tie for 10th at the URI Invitational on rounds of 78-73-79=230, with his second-round 73 being his lowest score of the season … Second-best round was a 75 at the Monmouth Hawk Invitational, which was contested at Deal Country Club, just a few miles from his hometown of Spring Lake, NJ.
 
Ben Steenland, Wagner (80.0 average)
Ryan T. Lee Invitational 78-81=159 T53
Patriot Intercollegiate 76-82=158 T70
Monmouth Hawk Invitational 75 T13
Metro. Intercollegiate Champ. 77-86=163 T70
Lonnie Barton Invitational 86-88=174 T110
Wildcat Invitational 76-79=155 T96
URI Invitational 78-73-79=230 T10
NEC Championship 85-83-78=246 39

 
2017-18: Competed in eight of the Seahawks’ nine matches on the season … Played to an 80.4 stroke average in 18 competitive rounds … Best finish was a T-15^th effort in the one-round Monmouth Fall Invitational with a round of 76 in his first collegiate start … Low score of the season was a second-round 73 at the Villanova Wildcat Invitational … Finished T-35 in the final regular season evet of the season on rounds of 79-75-154 at the Rhode Island Invitational … Closed his season on a high note with a T-17 showing at the NEC Championship, following an opening-round 81 with scores of 75 and 76 … Carded seven sub-70 rounds for the year ... Member of the NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 Results: (80.4 avg. per round)
Event                                                  Scores                         Finish
Ryan T. Collegiate Memorial              DNP                            -
Monmouth Fall Invitational                  76                              T15
Patriot Intercollegiate                          84-86-78=248            90
Metropolitan Intercollegiate                83-81=164                  54
Lonnie Barton Invitational                   82-90=172                  T72
Manor Collegiate                                 82-85-76=243            T58
Wildcat Invitational                              85-73=158                  T89
Rhode Island Invitational                    79-75=154                  T35
NEC Championship                            81-75-76=232             T17
 
Before Wagner: Ben Steenland competed for four seasons on the tradition-rich boy’s golf team at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, NJ … Won Junior PGA Player of the Year … Helped lead the Colts to the state championship as a senior … Has been playing golf since the age of six … Avid skier … Son of Doreen and Richard … Has two sisters, Anna (21) and Sarah (17).