2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
Spring Spirit of Service Award (2024)
JUNIOR (2024-25)
• Participated in five events.
• Recorded a stroke average of 76.07 over 15 rounds, posting three rounds at or under par.
• Totaled 30 birdies, including four rounds with at least five.
• Was the top Bulldog at the Hal Williams Collegiate, tying for 28th (season-best finish) after shooting one under (71-69-72=212).
• Shot a season-low 69 (-3) in the third round of the CUSA Championship, tallied a season-high six birdies.
SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
• Saw action in four events.
• Registered a stroke average of 77.50 over 12 rounds.
• Shot two rounds at or under par.
• Totaled 29 birdies, including a season-high five at the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational (10/15).
• Best finish was a tie for 39th (+3) out of a 93-player field at the Argent Financial Classic, the season-opening event.
• Shot a season-low 71 in the final round of the Argent Financial Classic (9/12).
FRESHMAN (2022-23)
• Appeared in three events as a freshman.
• Tallied a stroke average of 76.22 over nine rounds.
• Shot at or under par in three rounds.
• Totaled 18 birdies and one eagle, which came in round three of the UL-Lafayette Classics (3/14).
• First round as a Bulldog was a 72 (E) in the season-opening home event Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (9/11).
• Shot a season-low 71 (-1) in the third round of the Tiger Invitational (3/7), finished tied for 47th.
PRIOR TO LA TECH
• Five-year letterwinner at St. Paul's School in Covington, Louisiana.
• Member of the 2021 Division I 5A state championship team.
• Earned the Tommy Brennen Award in 2020.
• 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year and 2017 Rookie of the Year.
• Member of the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour (LJGT) since its inception in 2019.
• Won the 2020 Louisiana Junior Golf Tournament after shooting 141 (-3).
PERSONAL: Full name is Riley Christopher Hnatyshyn ... Son of Chris and Allison Hnatyshyn ... One older brother, Owen ... Born June 10, 2004 in Old Jefferson, Louisiana.
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