Bio

Junior from  Groton, Vt. … 2021 graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy who is majoring in economics-finance … minor is in psychology … outstanding student.

Career, entering 2023-24:  in 11 tournaments during his first two seasons, posted a 76.7 stroke average over the course of 27 rounds … shot a 71 during the Penmen Invitational as a freshman, a personal best as a collegian … his best for 36 holes is 146 and his best for 54 is 223.

2022-23: was Bentley’s top golfer during the Northeast-10 championships Oct. 2-3, tying for tenth with a 77-74-74-225 … was selected to participate in the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Super Regional … tied for 59^th with an 84-76-74-234 … played 19 rounds during eight tournaments … was third on the team with  a 76.8 stroke average … 15 rounds in the 70s … Bentley’s top finisher in the Saint Anselm Hawk Invitational … tied for 13^th with 75-77-152 ... received the NE10 Elite 24 Award as the golfer at the championships with the highest GPA … honors also included GCAA All-America Scholar, College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Academic All-Northeast-10 … qualified for the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both semesters … D2 Academic Achievement Award.

2021-22: as a freshman, participated in three tournaments … had a 76.4 stroke average … tied for 19^th in both the Penmen Fall Invitational (75-71-77-223) and the Post Eagles Invitational (76-74-74) … 76 or better during six of eight rounds … best scores were 71 for 18 (Penmen Fall Invitational, par 70), 146 for 36 (first two rounds of Penmen Fall Invitational) and 223 for 54 (Penmen Fall Invitational).

Before Bentley: captain of St. Johnsbury’s golf team as a senior … 2020 Vermont Division 1 state champion and Vermont junior champion … played in New England Amateur is 2019, 2020 and 2021 … 2020 Vermont High School Player of the Year and USA Today State Player of the Year.

Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of Henry and Maureen Eaton … has one brother, Will (16) … mother ran cross country and track, and was on Yale’s 4x400 relay team that placed seventh nationally … father played football and was a decathlete at Yale … involved in the Bentley Spikeball Club.