2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Joe Zak

Danny Fisher

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School Lake Forest

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
  • Second-team All-MAC selection in 2022 and 2023
  • Named MAC Golfer of Week twice in March 2023
  • Recognized as All-America Scholar in 2022 and 2023
  • Earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2022 and 2023
  • Picked for MAC All-Tournament Team in 2023 after runner-up finish
  • Picked for MAC All-Tournament Team in 2024 after top five finish
  • 2024 Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award Winner
  • Selected as 2024 First Team All-MAC 
  • Named a Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar in 2023
2023-24 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Averaged 71.08 strokes per round through 36 rounds 
  • Finished in the top 20 at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, Gopher Invitational, Boilermaker Invitational, Flyer Invitational, Border Olympics, Ross Collegiate Classic, Highland Meadows Intercollegiate, and MAC Championship
  • Finished tied for fourth place at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (67-67-73–204)
  • Finished in second at the Ross Collegiate Classic (74-68-68–210)
  • Finished tied for third at the Highland Meadows Intercollegiate (68-67-71--206)
  • Finished tied for fourth at the MAC Championship (68-69-75--212)
  • Named a Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Named Second Team All-MAC for second consecutive year
  • Picked for MAC All-Tournament Team
  • Earned GCAA Scholar All-America recognition
  • Played 38 rounds and averaged 72.89 strokes per round
  • Earned MAC Golfer of Week honors twice in March
  • Finished tied for fifth at Desert Mountain Collegiate (71-72-74=217)
  • Took first place at Miami's home tri-match with his lowest two rounds of season (66-67=133)
  • Finished T-10th at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (72-71-75=218)
  • Came in second at MAC Championship (71-71-70=212)
  • Named Academic All-MAC for second year in a row
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Second-team All-MAC honoree
  • Academic All-MAC selection
  • Recognized as Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
  • Led Miami in scoring at five different events
  • Averaged 72.92 strokes per round, appearing in 12 tournaments
  • Fired lowest round of any RedHawk all season with 65 in third round at Purdue Fall Invitational
  • Finished tied for seventh place at MAC Championship (76-76-71=223)
  • Carded a 208 (68-72-68=208) at Gopher Invitational, finishing tied for sixth
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Appeared in two tournaments
  • Averaged 76.33 strokes per round
  • Fired season-best 70 in first round of Spartan Collegiate
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Appeared in eight tournaments during freshman season
  • Averaged 74.18 strokes per round
  • Tied for 29th at Badger Invitational (76-72-71=219)
  • Tied for 30th at Marquette Intercollegiate (79-73-69=221), with 69 being his season-low round
  • Tied for 40th at White Sands Intercollegiate (75-71-70=216)
  • Shot round of 72 in dual match against Michigan State to finish fourth overall
PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Four-year letterwinner for Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Ill.
  • Averaged 71.5 strokes per round during senior year and finished fourth in Illinois State finals
  • Finished in second place in state tournament as junior
  • Named All-Conference as junior and senior, winning Conference Championship during senior campaign
  • Placed sixth in the 2019 Illinois State Junior Amateur
PERSONAL
  • Majoring in Marketing

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior