Michael Rudnick

Blake Wisdom

/ Men's Golf

Photo by: Scott Flanders/UC San Diego

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Glencoe, Ill.
High School:
New Trier

Spring 2025: Featured in the lineup for all six spring events, averaging a 74.7 over 17 rounds ... shot 75 or lower in 12 of his 17 rounds with two rounds under par ... low mark was a two-under 70 in the third round of the Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State ... shot a one-under par in the second round of the Loyola Intercollegiate at Palm Valley GC in Arizona, where he finished tied for 48th with a 73, 71, 74 ... finished in 18th at the PL Championships at Bucknell GC, shooting 71, 72, 73 for a six-over par finish ... Fall 2024: Averaged a 75.2 over five events in the fall ... shot a season-low three-under 67 at the Bucknell Invitational at Bucknell GC ... finished T-23rd at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational at Seven Oaks GC in New York, shooting 75 and 72 for a three-over finish ... Spring 2024: Played in the final five events of the spring season, posting a 75.3 average to bring his full-season mark to 75.2 ... broke par twice: a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Loyola Invitational in Arizona and a 1-under 70 in round two of the Highland Meadows Intercollegiate in Ohio ... shot 78-76-77 in a T-28th finish at the Patriot League Championship at Saucon Valley CC ... Fall 2023: Injured at the start of the season but did play in two events as an individual later in the fall ... posted a solid 74.8 average in six rounds, highlighted by an even-par 70 in round two of the Bucknell Invitational ... Spring 2023: Played in all but one spring event ... averaged 75.3 in the spring and 74.5 for the full 2022-23 season ... posted three-under-par rounds, including a career-best 69 (-2) at the Wildcat Invitational at Lulu CC ... carded 1-under 71s at the Loyola Intercollegiate and the UC San Diego Intercollegiate at Torrey Pines North ... finished T-33rd at the Patriot League Championship (86-73-80) ... Fall 2022: Played in four of the five fall events, finishing third on the squad with a 73.5 average .. best finish was T-8th at the Bucknell Invitational (74-71-70) ... finished T-11th at the Nassau Invitational (73-72-73) ... Spring 2022: Finished his rookie season with a bang, earning All-Patriot League honors with a T-6th finish at the Patriot League Championship at Steel Club ... shot 76-71-74 to finish second among freshmen at the championship ... 1-under 71 in round two was a season best ... averaged 75.5 for the spring and 75.7 for the full season ... Fall 2021: Posted a 76.1 average in 11 rounds over four events ... shot 70-70-71 to finish T-10th at the Bucknell Invitational ... finished T-13th a week later to help Bucknell win the Howard Bison Invitational ... Personal: Born Sept. 14, 2002 in Chicago, Ill. ... son of Caroline and Jeff Rudnick ... three-year golf letterman at New Trier High School ... team captain and all-conference performer ... CSL Scholar-Athlete ... Mel Sheets Award winner ... in 2019 helped his team to conference, regional and sectional championships, followed by a third-place finish at the state championships ... team was regional champ and sectional runner-up in 2020 ... individual runner-up at 2019 regionals ... qualified for the state championship and shot a 2-under 34 on the back nine to finish the tournament ... ranked No. 15 in the state of Illinois for the class of 2021 ... finished T-5th at the Illinois Open qualifier, posting a 5-under 31 on the front nine ... placed 3rd at the 2019 IJGA-CDGA Junior Am and 8th in 2020 ... majoring in economics ... member of 2022 and 2024 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.