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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Brett Bosley
Perry Laskaris '07
Perry Laskaris '07
Perry Laskaris '07

Matt Buckley

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Elmhurst, IL

Biography

2023-24: Co-Captain...Honorable Mention All-American…First Team All-Liberty League…NCAA Ping All-Region…Liberty League Player of the Week (4/15/24)…Top-ranked golfer, as he led the Engineers in per-round scoring average (73.27), in addition to posting the lowest single round (66) and 36-hole tournament score (136) of the year in Liberty League and NCAA Region II...Shares or owns 21 of 36 program golf and academic records, while ranking top-five in nine others...  Three top-five and four top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments played...Best finish was runner-up at the Tim Brown Invitational (Ballston Spa)...Scored in 70's or better in all 22 rounds played... Liberty League All-Academic Team...CSC Academic All-District …GCAA All America Scholar....Presenting research at NASA’s Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop at its John Glenn Research Center in August 2024...Partnered in the design and mass production of a model dump truck for the RPI Manufacturing Innovation Learning Lab...Partnered in the design of a model electric drone with 12-hour capability for Capstone project...Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering...2023 Internship at RPI Thermal Hydraulics Lab...2024 Internship in Automated Manufacturing Systems at Allendale Manufacturing in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey...M.S.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Candidate 2025

2022-23: Competed in all 23 rounds over 10 tournaments ... Averaged 75.04 per ... Season-best 68 in first round of Liberty League Championship ... Shot in 70s in 20 rounds with 70s at Middlebury and Williams ... Top finish was fifth at Farmingdale (72) ... Sixth at Williams (77-70) and conference tournament (68-75-76) ... Was +6 (71-74-74-75) to finish 35th (tied) at NCAA Championship ... All-Liberty League First Team ... GCAA All-Northeast Region ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CSC At-Large Academic All-District ...  GCAA All America Scholar … GCAA All-Academic Team Award … Team’s seven tournament wins is most in program history … Team’s eighth place finish is best in program history … Became all-time program leader (tied) in career NCAA team tournament wins with ten.

2021-22: Competed in 13 rounds over six tournaments ... Averaged 75.69 per ... Shot in 70s in 12 rounds with season-best 70 at Hershey Cup ... Top finish was second (tied) at Hershey (70-73) ... Third at St. John Fisher (73-77) ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll twice ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... GCAA All-Northeast Region ... Liberty League All-Academic ... GCAA All-American Scholar ...

2020-21: Competed in all eight rounds ... Averaged 75.5 strokes per round ... Shot 75 (+3) to finish second vs. Skidmore ... Shot 72 (E) to finish second at Liberty League Preview ... Was tied for fourth (+3, 147) at Liberty League Championship ... Played in  first NCAA Championship in program history ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League First Team ... Liberty League Rookie of the Year ... GCAA All-Northeast Region ... GCAA All-Freshman Team (Northeast Region) ... 

High School: Four years of golf ... Three-year starter ... Two-year All-Conference … Captain for one ... Three-time medalist in 2019 (IHSA Addison Trail Regional, Hinsdale Central Invite, Lake Park Invite) ... All-Conference, All-Region, All-Section and All-State in 2019 (first player in program history to do so)... Team won 2019 Conference Championship ... Regional Champions in 2018 and 2019 ... Led 2019 team to best State finish in program history (Fourth)… Third best stroke average in program history in 2019 … Rensselaer Medalist ... 

Personal: Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List ... RPI Athletics 2020-21 Male Freshman Athlete of the Year ... Research Assistant, RPI Thermal Hydraulics Lab …  Son of Anne and John Buckley.

On attending Rensselaer: "I attended RPI in order to get a good education while pursuing my dream of playing collegiate golf." - July 2021

Benefits of undergraduate community: "RPI has an atmosphere where everyone wants to succeed and it is a good thing to be around." - July 2021

"At Rensselaer, you are around people who want to succeed and love what they do. The community pushes everyone to be great." - August 2022

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'11" 175 lbs
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    2023-24Senior

    5'11" 175 lbs
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    2024-25Graduate Student

    5'11" 185 lbs
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