Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Honors
2002-03 All-Big South
2002 NCAA Regional participant
2001-02 All-Big South
2000-01 Academic All-Big South


2002-03 (Redshirt Senior)

• Earned All-Big South honors, posting a top-10 finish at the championship event
• Finished in a tie for seventh at the PUPS/Big South Conference Championship, shooting rounds of 75, 73 and 76 for a 54-hole score of 224
• Played in 12 events on the season
• Posted a season stroke average of 76.62 on the year
• Carded eight rounds of par or better on the season, including a low-round 70
• Recorded two top-10 individual finishes on the season
• Named Big South Men's Golfer of the Week on April 7
• Finished in a tie for 10th at the Cardinal Intercollegiate with rounds of 73, 70 and 71 for a 54-hole score of 214
• Placed in a tie for 30th with a 220 on rounds of 76, 72 and 72 at the Badger Invitational
• Recorded a top-20 finish with a 155 (79-76) at the Shootout at Burning Ridge, finishing in a tie for 19th
• Finished in a 43rd overall at the UNF Palencia Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 85, 83 and 72 for a score of 240
• Shot a 221 at the Pacific Invitational and a 234 at the Duke Golf Classic in the fall season
• Also played at the Beau Chene Collegiate (234), Coastal Carolina Invitational (240), Birkdale Collegiate (160), and Furman Intercollegiate (247)

2001-02 (Redshirt Junior)

• Earned All-Big South honors with a top-10 finish at the Big South Conference Championship
• Finished in seventh-place and helped lead Coastal to the Big South team title and an NCAA Regional bid
• Shot a 239 with rounds of 76, 83 and 80 at the NCAA East Regional
• Played in all 12 tournaments for Coastal on the year, posting a 75.26 average overall
• Posted two top-10 and three top-20 finishes
• Recorded a career-best 66 in the opening round of the Pacific Invitational which was tied for the lowest 18-hole score by a Chant in CCU history

2000-01 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Competed in five events, shooting a 77.70 stroke average on the season
• His 77.70 season stroke average ranked seventh on the team
• Began the season with his best round of the year, shooting a 72 at the Bay Tree Intercollegiate in North Myrtle Beach to finish tied for sixth in the rain-shortened event
• Also finished in a tie for 26th, shooting a 226 at the Carolina First Intercollegiate

1999-2000 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Played in four events, totaling 12 rounds of golf
• Posted a 75.42 season scoring average, which was third on the team
• Turned in a low-round 68 in the second round of the CCU/Bay Tree Invitational, shooting a 226 to finish in 15th-place
• Shot a 221 at USC Aiken
• Finished fourth amongst the amateurs and 10th overall at the Myrtle Beach Open
• Placed ninth in the U.S. Amateur qualifier in Boston, Mass. to earn an alternate position

1998-99 (Freshman)

• Redshirted

Prior to Coastal Carolina

• A 1998 graduate of Emerald High School
• A four-time all-state and all-region selection

Personal

• Full name is Dale William Ketola
• Son of Stephen and Karol Ketola
• Majoring in marketing