Mark Benevento

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Somers Point, N.J.
High School:
St. Augustine Prep
Major:
Entrepreneurship

AT DELAWARE
Two-year member of the Blue Hens who earned a pair of letters.

2016-17 SEASON
Appeared in nine tournaments during his second season as a Blue Hen • averaged 74.91 shots per round • tied for 10th place at the Finegan Invitational with a 73-75-148 • tied for 18th place at the season-opening Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational and tied for 16th at the Navy Fall Classic • tied for 36th place at the CAA Championship • named to CAA All-Academic Team.

2015-16 SEASON
Appeared in nine tournaments during his freshman year, averaging 76.92 shots per round • tied for sixth place at the Binghamton Fall Invitational with an even par 70-74-144, while his opening round 70 was his lowest of the season • tied for 26th place at the CAA Championship • Tied for 16 in the Navy Fall Classic • tied for 43rd at the season-opening Navy Fall Classic and tied for 46th place at the Cornell Invitational

HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIORS
Led St. Augustine Prep to a 69-3 career record • named Daily Journal Player of the Year in 2013-15 • selected first team Atlantic City Press from 2012-15 • won the Francis X. Hussey Memorial and Jock MacKenzie Memorial over the summer of 2015 • won the JGA Tour Wildwood with a 74-66 • finished in third place for the GAP Harry Hammond Award • placed 11th at the AJGA Philadelphia Junior • tied for 12th at the U.S. Amateur qualifier • 2015 Greate Bay Club champion.

PERSONAL
Mark Anthony Benevento, Jr. • born June 10, 1997 • son of Mark and Melissa Benevento • has an older sister, Victoria • entrepreneurship and technology innovation major at Delaware.

CAREER STATISTICS