2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
BIG EAST All-Academic |
2024-25 |
GCAA All-America Scholar |
2024-25 |
Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
CAREER STATS |
Year |
Tourn./Rds. |
Strokes |
Average |
Low 18 |
Low 54 |
1-10 |
11-20 |
2024-25 |
10/26 |
1,966 |
75.60 |
68 |
213 |
0 |
3 |
TOTAL |
10/26 |
1,966 |
75.60 |
68 |
213 |
0 |
3 |
2024-25: Competed in all but one tournament in his first season as a Wildcat … Registered a 75.6 stroke average in 26 rounds with just under 2,000 strokes on the campaign … Compiled a trio of top 20 finishes and finished second among the lineup six different times … Made his Villanova debut at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial … Tied for 15th at the UConn Invitational … Earned a top-15 finish at the Nassau Intercollegiate with a three-round nine-over … Finished second among Villanovans at the Big 5 Championship to close the fall semester … Tied for 14th at The People's Championship with a season-low 68 in round two to finish at even par … Generated a win and a tie in BIG EAST Match Play … Tied for 24th at Lafayette's spring event with a five-over … Helped Wildcats to a fourth place finish with a four-over in the 2025 BIG EAST Championship.
Saint Joseph's University: Two year competitor for the Hawks … Earned his top finish with a tie for third place at the Cornell Invitational in 2023-24 … Earned two more top-20 finishes as a sophomore … Tied for 37th at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men's Golf Championship after T-38 at the 2023 conference final … Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on 4/16/2023 … Tied for fifth at the Columbia Invitational in his freshman year.
Emmaus High School: Earned four varsity golf letters as a scholastic … Three-time First Team All-Conference with one Second Team nod as a freshman … Earned 2019-20 Player of the Year from the Allentown-based newspaper The Morning Call … Ranked second in Pennsylvania on Junior Golf Scoreboard as a senior … Earned a top four finish at the District XI championship in each year of high school … Ended in top 30 at the state championship three times with a top finish of T-12 in 2021-22 … Finished fourth and fifth at the AJGA in back-to-back years … Member of the National Honor Society, multi-time selection to the principal's honor roll, graduated with academic honors.
Personal: Born 3/16/2004 … Son of Derek and Kerri Zerfass … Has one sibling, Ava, who plays field hockey at Monmouth … Mom played volleyball at University of the Sciences from 1994-98 … Plans to major in Finance … Chose to attend Villanova because of "the academic prestige in the business programs, the family-like community, the phenomenal golf program and coaches."
Historical Player Information