With four individual titles to his name this season, Simon Fraser University
junior Chris Crisologo was a hole-in-one lock for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and an the All-Conference First Team berth.
The Richmond native walked off with the hardware, joining teammate Kevin Vigna of Coquitlam, who was named to the 2016-17 GNAC Men’s Golf All-Conference Second Team.
Crisologo put together a dominating season for his second consecutive GNAC Player of the Year award, finishing in the top 10 at seven of nine tournaments.
The junior also placed in the top three among GNAC golfers at all but one event this year, before wrapping up the season with titles at the NNU Invitational and the GNAC championships.
Crisologo lead the conference with a 71.2 strokes per round average and carded under par scores in 16 of 25 rounds. At the GNAC championships, he shot a 5-under-par 208 to capture his first conference title with an even-par 71 in the
final round to win by two shots.
Vigna was an All-Conference First Team selection each of his first three years at SFU. This season, the senior averaged 74.9 strokes per round, with his best finish 10th at the InterWest Wildcat Classic.
Crisologo will compete in the NCAA Div. 2 West/South Central Super Regional, which will be held this year May 8 to 10 in Stockton, Calif. The tournament features 20 teams, with 10 teams from the West Region and 10 teams from the South Central Region, plus 10 individual golfers.
Last year, Crisologo finished tied for 17th place at the Super Regional, which was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
At a minimum, the top three teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each region will advance to the NCAA finals, May 22 to 26, at Reunion Resort in Kissimmee, Fla.
