Gen Nagai

Chris Yeom

/ Men's Golf

Photo by: Stephen B. Morton for the BIG EA

Weight:
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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Mandaue Cebu City, Philippines
High School:
Cebu International School

CAREER / SEASON STATISTICS

** 2019 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2017 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2017 BIG EAST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **

2018-19: Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team… Named to the PING All-Region Team… Academic Merit Award recipient... Named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week on Feb. 28… Finishes his career at Seton Hall ranked third all-time with a 73.63 career stroke average, second in total rounds (122), second in sub-par rounds (30) and third in sub-par tournaments (eight)... Competed in all 11 tournaments… Led the Pirates and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST Conference with a 73.16 stroke average for the year... Recorded four top-10 finishes and three top-5 finishes… Had seven sub-par rounds and two sub-par tournaments… Shot a 17-over-par, 78-83-72-233, at the 2019 BIG EAST Championship... Fired an 8-over-par, 74-73-74-221, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate... Tallied a 3-over-par, 74-72-70-216, at the Princeton Invitational... Fired a 2-over-par, 74-68-73-215, at the Redhawk Invitational... Led the Pirates and tied for second overall with a 7-under-par, 71-72-66-209, at the Loyola Intercollegiate - his 66 in the third round is tied for the third-lowest single-round par-72 score in Pirate history... Opened the spring season with a 5-over-par, 75-73-73-221, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate... Led Seton Hall and tied for fourth overall with a 2-over-par, 71-71-73-215, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate... Notched a 16-over-par, 74-79-79-232, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate... Shot a 10-over-par, 74-74-75-223, at the Villanova Invitational... Tied for Fifth with a 5-under-par, 69-70-139, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational... Led Seton Hall and tied for seventh overall with a 1-over-par, 75-72-70-217, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2017-18: Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar... Competed in 10 tournaments… Finished second on the Pirates and 11th in the BIG EAST Conference with a 73.90 stroke average for the 2018-18 academic year… Recorded two top-10 finishes… Shot six sub-par rounds and two sub-par tournaments… Named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week on Sept. 21… Tied for 12th at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship with a 10-over-par, 74-80-72-226… Shot a 10-over-par, 74-74-75-223, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate… Shot a 22-over-par, 81-75-76-232, at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate… Fired a career-best 8-under-par, 68-71-69-208, at the Loyola Invitational… Shot a 4-over-par, 75-73-72-220, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate to open the spring season… Shot a 12-over-par, 79-68-81-228, at the Little Rock Intercollegiate… Tied for 10th with a 10-over-par, 78-73-72-223, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate… Shot a 6-over-par, 74-73-75-222, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate… Led the Pirates and tied for sixth with a 4-under-par, 71-69-72-212, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational… Opened the fall season with a 7-over-par, 75-76-72-223, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial.… BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016-17: Named to All-BIG EAST First Team…Named to the 2017 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team… Named to the Division I PING Men’s Golf All-Northeast Region Team…Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar... Named Seton Hall Sophomore Male Athlete of the Year…Competed in all 11 tournaments…Second on the team with a 72.42 stroke average for the 2016-17 academic year…Finished second on the team with a 71.36 stroke average in the fall season…Finished second on the Pirates with a 73.29 stroke average for the spring season…Recorded four top-10 finishes and two top-5 finishes…Fired 11 rounds under-par and finished four tournaments under-par…Had the second-lowest stroke average in the BIG EAST Conference in 2016-17… Fired a 2-over-par, 72-73-73-218, to finish tied for second at the BIG EAST Championship…Tied for 40th with a 13-over-par, 79-75-72-226, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate…Tied for 37th with a 10-over-par, 75-74-74-223, at the Princeton Invitational…Tied for 18th with a 5-over-par, 74-75-149, at the Towson Spring Invitational…Fired an even-par, 70-71-75-216, to finish fourth at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate…Tied for 23rd with a 2-under-par, 72-71-71-214, at the Loyola Intercollegiate…Tied for 17th with a 1-under-par, 70-74-71-215, at the Price’s Give’Em Five Invite…Tied for 39th with a 9-over-par, 80-74-71-225, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate…Tied for seventh at the Marquette Intercollegiate with an even-par, 69-70-71-210…Fired a career-best 4-under-par, 70-70-140, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational…Tied for 11th with a 1-under-par, 70-67-72-209, at The Doc Gimmler – first career tournament under-par… BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015-16: Competed in 11 of 12 tournaments... Finished third on the team with a 75.17 stroke average for the 2015-16 academic year... Finished fourth on the team with a 77.00 stroke average for the fall season... Finished second on the team with a 74.35 stroke average for the spring season... Recorded one top-10 and one top-5 finish... Recorded three sub-par rounds... Fired a 9-over-par, 76-76-73-225, at the 2016 BIG EAST Championship... Shot a 9-over-par, 76-71-75-222, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate... Shot an 11-over-par, 78-75-153, at the Princeton Invitational... Fired an 18-over-par, 77-79-74-230, at the Seattle University RedHawk Invitational... Shot a 13-over-par, 74-75-74-223, at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate... Fired a career-best even-par, 73-72-71-216, at the Loyola Invitational... Tied for third among all individual golfers with a 2-over-par, 69-71-78-218, at the Carlton Oaks WIU Invitational... Shot an 8-over-par, 79-73-152, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate... Shot a 13-over-par, 79-76-155, at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate... Shot an 18-over-par, 81-77-76-234, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational... Had a 10-over-par, 78-74-152, at the Navy Fall Classic... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School / Personal: Native of Japan, but grew up in the Philippines... Attended Cebu International School, Philippines K1-G12... Also played soccer... Won the Philippine Junior Amateur in 2014... Finalist for the Philippine Amateur in 2013... Had the Low Round of the Day at the Aboitiz Invitational ADT Day 2-67... Qualified for the Japan Junior... Named High School Athlete of the Year in 2015... Won the JGFP Visyas Interscholastic Championship in 2013... Shot a third round, 68, to repeat as the champion of the Alta Vista Challenge in 2014... Named Best in Math Studies... Member of the Ping Pong Club... Born Jan. 10, 1997.