Bio

Captain … 2009 graduate of Danvers High School … outstanding student majoring in both corporate finance and accounting and liberal studies, with a concentration in global perspectives … Career entering 2012-13 season: 49 rounds, 78.0 stroke average, career low of 67 …  2011-12: Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America (men’s at-large third team) … Northeast-10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award for Golf … Academic All-Northeast-10 for the second time … Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-District … Division II All-New England … All-Northeast-10 … Ping Division II All-East Region … led team with 75.5 stroke average … shot 79 or better in 18 of 20 rounds, including a 67 in the opening round of the UMass-Lowell River Hawk Invitational Apr. 14 … was the medalist in that tournament with a 67-73-140 … opened season with two second-place finishes, at the Saint Rose Fall Shootout (75-71-146) and the Northeast Intercollegiate (72-74-146) … tied for sixth in New Englands (76-73-149) and tied for eighth in Northeast-10 Championships (75-78-153) … Northeast-10 Golfer of the Week twice (Sept. 20, Apr. 16) … NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll three times … 2010-11: was fourth on the club with a 79.1 stroke average for 19 rounds … shot in the 70s 11 times … was Bentley’s top finisher in three tournaments, including the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional when he tied for 43rd (77-75-78-230) … had a 71 in the second round of the Dowling September Shootout Sept. 25 … Academic All-Northeast-10 … 2009-10: played in six tournaments and finished with an 80.8 stroke average for 10 rounds … shot in the 70s in half of his rounds, with a best of 75 in the Rhode Island College Invitational Oct. 9 … was named the Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week on Oct. 15 … Other Achievements: 2012 Bass Rocks club champ … 25th at 2012 New England Amateur … fourth in 2012 North Shore Amateur … lost in a playoff in the Patriot Classic at Mount Pleasant CC in Boylston in July 2011 …  Before Bentley: was a team MVP and captain at Danvers, who he helped to four straight conference championships … four-time Northeastern Conference All-Star … had a 49-3-3 match record, setting a school record for match play wins … also lettered in baseball … Personal: Beta Gamma Sigma Academic Honor Society … son of Bob and Sue Michel … father was a basketball captain at Bates College … age as of Sept. 1: 21.