2011-2012 Golf Roster

Thom Swarr

Kent Hersom

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Edgecomb, Maine
  • Height 5-7
  • High School Wiscasset
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Season-by-Season Statistics
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12

2010-11: Competed in six tournaments for the Blue Jays as a junior...Carded rounds in the 80's in each of his last three tournaments...Fired a season-low round of 83 at the Elizabethtown Spring Blue Jay Classic on Apr. 7, and then matched it on Apr. 18 at the Misericordia Invitational...Best finish of the season came at the Penn State Harrisburg Spring Classic where he tied for 16th...Average round for the season was an 87, sixth best on the team...Scored two top 20 finishes...Earned a spot on the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2009-10: Claimed the best collegiate tournament finish of his career by tying for 15th at the Elizabethtown Spring Blue Jay Classic on Apr. 8, 2010...Registered a 79 in that tournament for his second career round in the 70's...Recorded a stroke average of 85.0 for the season...One of 10 Blue Jays to play a round in the 70's over the course of the season.

2008-09: Consistent during his freshman year, shooting a 79 and three rounds of 87...Put up the 79 in his first collegiate action, a tri-match with Albright and Lebanon Valley on Sept. 15, 2008...Three tournaments played included both Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classics (fall and spring) and the Messiah College Falcon Classic...Finished fourth out of 15 golfers in the tri-match with Albright and LVC.

High School: Played golf under Tim Flanagan at Wiscasset High School...Also a member of the school's tennis team...Earned seven varsity letters...Team finished as runners-up in the Class C State Championships during his senior season...Finished 15th in the Class C Individual Championships during the 2007 season...First team all-conference as a senior.

Personal: Born on Aug. 23, 1989...Son of Troy and Sandi Hersom...Has a younger sister...Mechanical engineering major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-2009Freshman

  • 2009-2010Sophomore

  • 2010-2011Junior

  • 2011-2012Senior

    5'7"