2013-14
Rhode
Island
College
Senior
Tim Leigh
Men's
Golf
The 2013-14 Rhode Island College Men's Golf Team
(left to right):
Assistant Coach Gene St. Pierre, Peter Camerlengo, Eddie Francis, Jonathan Ducharme,
Corey Patalano, Kyle Garcia, Tim Leigh, Patrick Ford, John Roderick, Jonathan Cooper,
Ryan Butler, Head Coach Greg Gammell.
The 2013-14 Rhode Island College Men's Golf Roster
Name
Class
Hgt.
Wgt. Hometown/High School
Ryan Butler
Junior
5-8
140
Windham, N.H./Salem
Peter Camerlengo
Sophomore
5-7
145
Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke
Jonathan Cooper
Sophomore
5-8
145
Berkley, Mass./Bristol-Plymouth
Jonathan Ducharme
Freshman
6-6
165
Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield
Patrick Ford
Junior
5-11
160
Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake
Eddie Francis
Sophomore
5-9
145
Burlington, Mass./Burlington
Kyle Garcia
Senior
5-9
170
Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth
Tim Leigh
Senior
6-5
290
Somerset, Mass./Somerset
Corey Patalano
Freshman
5-8
150
Cranston, R.I./Cranston West
John Roderick
Sophomore
5-11
155
Hope, R.I./Bishop Hendricken
Head Coach:
Greg Gammell
Meet the Head Coach
Head Coach Greg Gammell
Greg Gammell enters his eighth season as Rhode Island College's head men’s golf coach. He is 28-9 in seven sea-sons guiding RIC on the links, which includes two titles and three second place finishes at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championships.
After leading the Anchormen to the program's first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Alliance Championship in 2011, which included a subsequent berth in the 2012 NCAA Men's Golf Championships, Gammell guided Rhode Island College to its second consecutive GNAC Alliance Championship in 2012 to go along with a trip to the 2013 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Gammell was named the GNAC Men's Golf Coach of the Year in both 2011 and 2012 for his efforts.
Under the tutelage of Gammell, the Anchormen placed sixth overall (35 teams) for the program's highest-ever fin-ish at the 78th Annual New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships, played at The Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass. on October 28. During the 2012-2013 campaign, RIC also notched first place finishes at the MCLA Invitational (Sept. 20), the Johnson & Wales Invitational (Oct. 12-13), the Wildcat Invitational (April 20-21), and the Blazers Invitational (April 24).
During the 2011-2012 season, the Anchormen placed 14th (35 teams) at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships, notched first place finishes at the Nichols Quad (Sept. 20), the RIC Fall Invitational (Oct. 21) and the Johnson & Wales Fall Invitational (Oct. 22-23), and finished second at the RIC Spring Invitational (March 30) and the Johnson & Wales Spring Invitational (April 21-22).
In 2010-11, RIC posted six top-three finishes under his leadership. The Anchormen placed third at the Alliance Championships with a score of 674. The Anchormen placed 26th (37 teams) with a score of 659 (334, 325) at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships on Oct. 18-19. Rhode Island College earned second place finishes at the RIC Fall Invitational (Oct. 8), the Mitchell Quad (Oct. 13) and the Elms Invitational (April 21).
In 2009-10, RIC placed second (seven teams) with a score of 648 at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference/Little East Conference Alliance Championship on Oct. 24-25.
The Anchormen placed 19th (39 teams) with a score of 640 at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships
on Oct. 19-20. Rhode Island College earned first place finishes at Johnson & Wales (Oct. 2), the RIC Fall Invitational (Oct. 9), and at the RIC Spring Invitational (April 23).
He led the Anchormen to a 3-0 record in 2008-09, which included a second place finish at the Little East Conference/GNAC Alliance Tournament. The Anchormen posted an 8-5 overall record in 2007-08, including an eighth place finish at the Alliance Tournament. Under his tutelage, Derek
Jensen was the Alliance Champion, the first RIC golfer ever to accomplish this feat, placing first among a field of 39 competitors.
Coach Gammell reviews a swing during practice.
He led the Anchormen to the greatest season in program history in 2006-07 as the club recorded a 14-3 overall record and a second place finish at the inaugural Little East Conference/Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament.
Gammell, a Coventry, Rhode Island native, is an outstanding golfer who is a six-time champion and four-time
runner-up at the Coventry Pines Golf Club. He was the runner-up at the 1981 Pawtuxet Valley Open. He was the Fenner Hill Golf Course Club Championship runner-up in 2013 and 2000.
In addition to his coach-ing duties, Gammell is the Associate Director of Facilities and Operations at Rhode Island College. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and resource technology from the University of Rhode Island in 1983. He played three seasons of golf for the Rams, placing fourth at the 1983 New England Intercollegiate Championships. Gammell earned Honorable Mention All-New England honors as a senior in 1983.
Meet the Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach Gene St. Pierre
Gene St. Pierre enters his sixth
season as the assistant men’s and
women's golf coach. He assists Head
Coach Greg Gammell with all
fac-ets of the RIC men’s golf program
including administering practices and
recruiting.
St. Pierre, who also serves as the
college’s photographer and videographer, also uses video and
photographic equipment to help analyze the student-athlete’s
swings in order for them to improve as golfers.
Coach St. Pierre recording high speed HD video of
play-ers' swings at practice.
“Over the past few years I’ve spent a lot of time
mentor-ing and trainmentor-ing high school students and RIC students in
photography,” St. Pierre said. “I look forward to expanding
that experience to include working closely with the student-athletes and helping them reach their full potential as
intercollegiate golfers.”
He is an avid and skilled golfer with extensive youth sports coaching.
St. Pierre earned a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College in 1977.
He resides in Cranston, Rhode Island with his wife Susanne ’77. They have two sons, Gregory (28) and Brian
(25).
2013 Rhode Island College Fall Men's Golf Schedule
Date
Opponent
Time
Sept. 19
at Trailblazer Invitational
10 a.m.
Sept. 21-22 at Williams Invitational
10 a.m.
Sept. 26
at Westfield State Invitational
10 a.m.
Oct. 2
at Elms Invitational
10 a.m.
Oct. 4
RIC Invitational
10 a.m.
Oct. 19-20 at GNAC Championship ^
10 a.m.
Oct. 27-28 at NEIGA Championship *
10 a.m.
^ played at Cranston Country Club
Junior
Patrick Ford
Final 2013 Spring Men's Golf Statistics
Team Results
Date Invitational PLACE Score
April 5-6 RIC Invitational 5th (13 Teams) 664 (322, 342) April 13 at Hampton Inn Classic 7th (20 Teams) 318
April 20-21 at Wildcat Invitational 1st (15 Teams) 619 (320, 299) April 23 at Rich Korzec Invitational 2nd (17 Teams) 322
April 24 at Blazers Invitational 1st (5 Teams) 327 April 26 at The Cup (vs. Johnson & Wales) Win 10-6
May 14-17 at NCAA Championships 34th (41 Teams) 659 (333, 326)
Individual Statistics
Name April 5-6 April 13 April 20-21 April 23 April 24 May 14-17 Average Ryan Butler 83, 87 85 81, 80 85 --- 88, 86 84.4 Pete Camerlengo 87, 89 --- --- --- 85 --- 87.0 Jonathan Cooper 81, 89 78 80, 76 78 84 85, 85 81.8 Brian Fitzgerald 95, 98 --- --- --- --- --- 96.5 Patrick Ford 78, 84 80 81, 70 85 85 83, 77 80.3 Eddie Francis 95, 91 --- --- --- --- --- 93.0 Kyle Harper 83, 84 81 * 78, 75 77 81 77, 87 80.3 Tim Leigh 80, 87 79 83, 78 82 77 89, 78 81.4 R.J. Soares 92, 89 --- --- --- --- --- 90.5 * Denotes medalist
Final 2012 Fall Men's Golf Statistics
Team Results
Date Invitational PLACE Score
Sept. 12 at Mitchell Win 320-394 Sept. 20 at MCLA Invitational 1st (4 Teams) 306 Sept. 26 at Blazers Fall Invitational 2nd (15 Teams) 311
Oct. 12-13 at Johnson & Wales Invitational 1st (8 Teams) 621 (312, 309) Oct. 20-21 at GNAC Championships 1st (8 Teams) 639 (316, 323) Oct. 28 at NEIGA Championships 6th-Tie (35 Teams) 316
Individual Statistics
Name Sept. 12 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 Oct. 12-13 Oct. 20-21 Oct. 28 Average Ryan Butler --- --- 82 76, 79 * 76, 82 80 79.2 Pete Camerlengo 88 78 --- --- --- 83 83.0 Jonathan Cooper 79 79 80 77, 83 77, 79 79 79.1 Brian Fitzgerald --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Patrick Ford --- 75 83 79, 77 82, 84 77 79.6 Eddie Francis 94 --- --- --- --- --- 94.0 Kyle Harper 78 74 * 76 84, 76 83, 78 80 78.6 Tim Leigh 75 * 82 73 * 80, 77 81, 87 --- 79.3 R.J. Soares --- --- --- --- --- --- ---* Denotes medalist
Meet the Team
Freshman Year (2012-13): Averaged
a score of 85.0 for the season through five competitions...carded a season-best score of 78 at the MCLA Invitational on Sept. 20. Camerlengo earned GNAC Rookie of the Week honors once on the season.
High School: Served as team captain
and earned All-Scholastic honors while at Pembroke High School...2012 graduate.
Personal: Born March 23, 1994...criminal justice major.
Peter Camerlengo
5-7, 145, Sophomore
Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke
Sophomore Year (2012-13): Earned
All-GNAC honors for a second consecutive sea-son after winning GNAC Rookie of the Year honors the season before. After tying his season-best score of 76 on the first day of the 2012-13 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship, shot an 82 on the second day to finish with a third-place score of 158 (+14)...competed at the 2013 NCAA Div. III Championships on May 14-15 and placed 193rd overall with a 174 (88; 86; +31)...earlier in the season, Butler fired a 155 (76, 79; +13) and earned medalist honors at the Johnson & Wales Fall Invitational on Oct. 12-13, keyed by a season-best score of 76 on the first day of competition...averaged a score of 82.1 through nine competitions.
Freshman Year (2011-12): Was the GNAC Champion and earned All-GNAC
honors by capturing the individual title with a score of 142 (68, 74) among a field of 40 competitors at the 2011-12 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship on October 8-9...his two-day total of 142 is a record score for the championships...for his efforts, he was named the GNAC Player and Rookie of the Year and was also named team MVP...averaged a score of 79.5 through 13 competitions... his season-best score of 68 came in the first round of the GNAC Championship on October 8...competed in the 2012 NCAA Div. III Men's Golf Championships on May 15-16, where he carded a 166 (81, 85) to tie for 169th overall.
High School: Named team MVP and served as team captain while at Salem High
School...2011 graduate.
Personal: Born March 26, 1993...finance major with a minor in economics.
Ryan Butler
5-8, 140, Junior
Windham, N.H./Salem
Freshman Year (2012-13): Named
the 2013 GNAC Rookie of the Year and earned All-GNAC honors after placing second among a field of 45 golfers with a two-day score of 156 (77, 79; +12) at the 2012-13 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship on October 20-21...competed at the 2013 NCAA Div. III Championships on May 14-15 and tied 177th overall with a score of 170 (85; 85; +27)...averaged a score of 80.5 through 12 competitions and carded a season-best score of 76 during the second day of competition at the Wildcat Invitational on April 21...earned GNAC Rookie of the Week honors once on the season.
High School: Mayflower League MVP while at Bristol-Plymouth High
School...2012 graduate...undefeated for three seasons.
Personal: Born June 15, 1994...computer information systems major.
Jonathan Cooper
5-8, 145, Sophomore
Berkley, Mass./Bristol-Plymouth
High School: Lettered in golf while
at Marshfield High School...2013 gradu-ate.
Personal: Born April 11,
1995...nurs-ing major.
Jonathan Ducharme
6-6, 165, Freshman
Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield
Meet the Team
Sophomore Year (2012-13): Averaged a
score of 80 on the year through 11 competi-tions...tied for 18th with a score of 166 (82, 84; +22) at the 2012-13 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship on Oct. 20-21 and followed that effort by tying for 12th place with a 77 (+5) to lead Rhode Island College to the highest finish in program history at the 2012 New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships on Oct. 28...later in the year, Ford tied for 118th place out of 210 golfers with a two-day score of 160 (83, 77; +17) at the 2013 NCAA Div. III Championships on May 14-15...fired a season-best score of 70 on the second day of action at the 2013 Johnson & Wales Wildcat Invitational on April 20-21.
Freshman Year (2011-12): Earned All-GNAC honors after placing seventh with
a score of 153 (74, 79) at the 2011-12 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships...averaged a score of 78.0 through 13 competitions...fired a season-best score of 72 at the Nichols Quad on Sept. 20 and then again in the first round of the Johnson & Wales Fall Invitational on Oct. 22...captured medalist honors at both of those competitions, while also earning medalist honors at the Anna Maria tri-match on Oct. 4 with a score of 77...competed in the 2012 NCAA Div. III Men's Golf Championships on May 15-16, where he carded a 166 (79, 87), which tied him for 169th.
High School: Two-time Patriot League All-Star while at Silver Lake High
School...2011 graduate...Patriot League Champion and served as team captain.
Personal: Born April 3, 1993...communications major.
Patrick Ford
5-11, 160, Junior
Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake
Freshman Year (2012-13): Averaged
a score of 93.3 for the year in two com-petitions...fired a season-best score of 91 during the second day of competition at the RIC Spring Invitational on April 5-6.
High School: Lettered in golf while
at Burlington High School...2012 gradu-ate.
Personal: Born August 20, 1994... undecided about a major.
Eddie Francis
5-9, 145, Sophomore
Burlington, Mass./Burlington
Junior Year (2011-12): Saw action in
seven competitions, averaging a score of 86.6...shot a season-low score of 77 in the second round of the GNAC Championship on October 9...competed in the 2012 NCAA Div. III Men's Golf Championships, where he carded a 181 (94, 87) to tie for 204th place on May 15-16.
Sophomore Year (2010-11): Averaged
a score of 84.2 in nine meets on the sea-son...competed in five contests in the fall, averaging a score 84.4...saw action in four meets in the spring, averaging a score of 84.0...shot a season-low score of 80 twice, at the Hampton Spring Invitational on April 9-10 and again at the Johnson & Wales Wildcat Invitational on April 17-18.
Freshman Year (2009-10): Competed in seven contests on the season
and averaged a score of 83.0...competed in two matches in the fall and aver-aged a score of 84.0, while averaging a score of 82.8 in five contests dur-ing the sprdur-ing...shot a season-low score of 75 durdur-ing the first round at the Worcester State Invitational on Apr. 20.
High School: Named a SCC All-Star while at Dighton-Rehoboth High
School...2009 graduate...also received the team's Coaches Award.
Kyle Garcia
5-9, 170, Senior
Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth
Junior Year (2012-13): Averaged a
score of 80.5 through 11 competitions... posted a 22nd place finish after card-ing a 168 (81, 87; +24) at the 2012-13 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship on Oct. 20-21 and later carded a 167 (89, 78; +24) to tie for 161st at the 2013 NCAA Div. III Championships on May 14-15...earned medalist honors to open the fall semester after firing a 75 to lead Rhode Island College to a victory over Mitchell College on Sept. 12...two weekends later, he shot a season-best score of 73 to earn a share of medalist honors at the Blazers Fall Invitational on Sept. 26...named the GNAC Golfer of the Week once on the season.
Sophomore Year (2011-12): Averaged a score of 80.7 through 12
competitions...shot a season-best score of 76 in the second round of the Johnson & Wales Fall Invitational on Oct. 23 and then again in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Div. III Men's Golf Championships on May 15...carded a two-day total of 161 (76, 85), which tied him for 141st overall to lead the Anchormen at the NCAA Championships...earned medalist honors after shooting a 79 in RIC’s season-opening win over Mitchell on Sept. 14.
Freshman Year (2010-11): Joined the team in the spring and averaged
a score of 78.9 in five competitions...shot a season-best score of 76 at the Johnson & Wales Wildcat Invitational on April 17-18.
High School: Earned Eastern Athletic Conference (EAC) All-Star
honors in both golf and track while at Somerset High School...2009 gradu-ate...EAC champion in the shot as a senior.
Personal: Born October 10, 1990...mass media communications
major...attended the Golf Academy of America in 2009-10.
Tim Leigh
6-5, 290, Senior
Somerset, Mass./Somerset
Sophomore
2012-13 GNAC
Rookie
of the Year
Jonathan Cooper
Meet the Team
High School: Lettered in golf while
at Cranston High School West...2013 graduate.
Personal: Born November 26, 1994... nursing major.
Corey Patalano
5-8, 150, Freshman
Cranston, R.I./Cranston West
High School: Earned Third Team
Division and Honorable Mention All-City honors while at Bishop Hendricken High School...2012 graduate.
Personal: Born February 24, 1994...
management major with a minor in finance/psychology.
John Roderick
5-11, 155, Sophomore
Hope, R.I./Bishop Hendricken
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Individual Champions
Ryan Butler
2011
Derek Jensen
2007
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Champions
2011-12
GNAC Champions &
NCAA Tournament
Participants
2012-13
GNAC Champions &
NCAA Tournament
