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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2018-19 USCI Golf

Austin Staiano

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Haddonfield, N.J.
  • High School Haddon Heights

Biography

Career Honors

5x Dean's List Honors

Collegiate Best Round: 74 on April 10, 2017 in Round One of the Battle at the Bay - Chesapeake Bay Golf Club (Rising Sun, Md.)

Career Averages

Year Rounds Average
2015-16 10 84.4
2016-17 15 83.7
2017-18 11 84.3
2018-19 13 84.5

2018-19: Finished second on the team with an 84.5 scoring average, as he was one of two Devils on the squad to play in all 13 rounds. 

  • Closed out his career by leading the Devils with an 80, shooting even on the back-nine to tie for 15th in the field of 68 at the Jefferson Invitational (4/16)
  • Shot an 81 to finish second in the field of 19, behind only the medalist round of 79, in a tri-match with Jefferson and Penn State Abington (4/10)
  • Had the biggest improvement of 13 strokes, following up his first round 96 with an 83, USciences' lowest round of the Second Annual Devils Classic (3/29) 
  • His 84 was good for fourth place out of 11 in spring-opener against Jefferson (3/18)
  • Fired a season-best 80 to finish tied for the third in the field of 15 of a tri-match with Jefferson and Neumann (9/17)
  • Led University of the Sciences with a season-best round of 84 at the par-71 Swarthmore/Neumann Invitational to nearly place in the top-third of the field of 73 in a tie for 24th (9/16)
  • Shot an 84 to tie for third as USciences opened the season against Jefferson at The ACE Club (9/10)

2017-18: Season average of 84.3 was second on the team and ninth in program history, dating back to the 2009-10 season

  • Carded an 85 to place in the top-half of the field of 60 in a tie for 29th at the season-ending Jefferson Classic. Tied for seventh in the field in par-3 scoring at +2 and was also tied for ninth with nine pars (4/17)
  • Became the first Devil - and just the second in program history - since Eric Jones in 2015 to card consecutive sub-80 rounds at the CACC Championship with his second straight 79. His two-day total of 158 was the second-best total in program history, while his 17th place finish was fourth (10/2)
  • Was one stroke better than his previous season-best round, set just the previous weekend, as he shot a 79 in the First Round of the CACC Championships (10/1)
  • Led USciences with a season-best round of 80 during the first round of the Charger Challenge (9/23)

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'1" 195 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    6'1" 215 lbs