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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Danny Auffant

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bellevue, Wash.
  • High School Issaquah

Biography

• 2024, ‘25 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2024-25 // Sophomore Year

• Competed in seven tournaments where he produced a 76.35 stroke average
• Recorded his first top-10 finish in the Mids’ opener where he placed ninth (E, 144) in leading Navy to the team title at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial
• Turned in a 14-over par 227 at The Goat
• Placed 24th at the Patriot League Championship where he shot a 9-over par 219
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in four team-scored tournaments where he owned a 78.55 stroke average
• Made his collegiate debut at the Folds of Honor Collegiate where he placed 76th with a 25-over par 238
• Earned his best finish of the year at the Veterans Intercollegiate where he placed 33rd with a 13-over par 157
• Turned in his best 54-hole score at the Grand Canyon Invitational where he closed out the tourney with a 17-over par 230
• Paired up with classmate Luke Lombardo to defeat John Heckel Jr. and Zach Clark 1-up in his Army-Navy Star Match debut
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School 
• 2023 graduate of Issaquah High School in Issaquah, Wash., he graduated Summa Cum Laude
• Two-sport athlete who earned letters in golf (4) and swimming (3)
• Three-year (So, Jr, Sr) golf team captain, who was also a three-time team MVP
• Garnered First-Team All-KingCo honors in golf as a senior and second-team recognition as a junior
• Served as swimming team captain as a senior
• As a senior, placed fifth individually at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) 4A State Tournament his senior year
• As a senior, placed third individually and second as a team at the KingCo League Tournament to lead Issaquah to its first state tournament berth since 2015
• Placed second at the KingCo League Tournament his junior year
• Finished fourth at the 2022 Washington Junior Golf Association Cup
• Selected to play in the Pure Insurance First Tee Pro Am and First Tee National Championship in 2022
• Served as the Issaquah High School band drum major his junior and senior years

Personal
• Son of Rob and Rachel Auffant
• Majoring in Political Science, he owns a 3.68 grade-point average
• Has earned Superintendent’s (S2024, F2024), Commandant’s (F2023, S2024, F2024, S2025) and Dean’s (F2023, S2025) List accolades
• Ranked among the top 20 percent of his class (1,108 members) in Academic Order of Merit and Overall Order of Merit

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior