Kellen Dean

Height:
5-10
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
High School:
Saratoga Springs

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2024-25 All-BIG EAST All-Academic Team
1x BIG EAST Golfer of the Week

FRESHMAN (2024-25)
Ranked sixth on the team in stroke average (73.0)… played in 10 tournaments, totaling 30 rounds… took home medalist honors at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational on Oct. 8 with a score of 209 (-7)… had three top-10 finishes… had rounds of 70 or below seven times… hit a season-low 66 in round two of the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational on Oct. 8… placed tied for 10th at the Xavier Invitational on Oct. 22 with a score of 216 (+6)… placed tied for seventh at the BIG EAST Championships on April 28 with a score of 214 (-2), one of only two freshman inside the top-10 of the individual standings… helped Xavier finish second at the BIG EAST Championships on April 28, the highest finish for the Musketeers at the BIG EAST Championships since 2016 (also finished second)… helped the Musketeers win the Xavier Invitational on Oct. 22, the program’s first tournament title since 2016… helped Xavier win the Wexford Intercollegiate on Feb. 18 with a score of 863 (-1).

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in golf... was the 2022 Section 2 Boys Golfer of the Year... earned Section 2 First-Team honors in 2021... named the 2022 Suburban Council Player of the Year... earned All-State honors in 2021 and 2022... earned Suburban Council Medalist honors in 2021 and 2022... led his team to four Suburban Council Championships... led his team to a Section 2 Championship in eighth grade.... placed first at the 2023 NYS Junior Championships... placed seventh at the 2023 Northern Junior Championships... placed 10th at the 2023 AJGA UHY event... placed fourth t the 2022 AJGA UHY event... qualified for the 2022 JR PGA Championships, placing 43rd.

PERSONAL
Son of Peter and Cynthia Dean... sister, Aubrey, is on the Xavier women's lacrosse team.