BOSTON – The Suffolk men's golf team has a nearly new look as 60 percent of the Rams' roster is comprised of fresh faces head coach Ed McMellen unveiled.
The newcomers feature three juniors in John Keeler, Nicholas Kirby and Joe Nadeau, a pair of sophomores, Dylan Heim and Mauro Stanchieri and true freshman Jake Zirlin. The six student-athletes will join Rams' returners senior Liam Nye, juniors Jared Sylvester and James Ventre and sophomore captain Cameron Sinopoli for the team's second season in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) campaign.
A handful of the sextuplet will be instance contributors as Suffolk's season commences this weekend, Sept. 11-12, at the Duke Nelson Invitational in Middlebury, Vermont.
DYLAN HEIM | SO. | 5-7 | 140 | NATICK, MASS. / NATICK
BEFORE SUFFOLK – NATICK
Letterwinner at Natick.
JOHN KEELER | JR. | 6-1 | 225 | BELLINGHAM, MASS. / BELLINGHAM
BEFORE SUFFOLK – BELLINGHAM
Letterwinner at Bellingham in baseball, basketball and football … Two-time all-star in baseball … Two-year member of National Honor Society.
NICHOLAS KIRBY | JR. | 5-10 | 155 | NORWOOD, MASS. XAVERIAN BROTHERS
BEFORE SUFFOLK – XAVERIAN BROTHERS
Four-year letterwinner in alpine sking ... Led Xaverian Brothers to the 2016 Massachusetts Championship ... Four-year honor student.
JOE NADEAU | JR. | 5-8 | 180 | RYE, N.H. / PORTSMOUTH
BEFORE SUFFOLK – PORTSMOUTH
Letterwinner at Portsmouth … Also lettered in baseball and sailing.
MAURO STANCHIERI | SO. | 5-11 | 165 | EL HATILLO, VENEZUELA / INSTITUTO CUMBRES DE CARACAS
BEFORE SUFFOLK – INSTITUTO CUMBRES DE CARACAS
Represented Venezula in "Sudamericano de Golf."
JAKE ZIRLIN | FR. | 6-1 | 225 | SLEEPY HOLLOW, ILL. / DUNDEE CROWN
BEFORE SUFFOLK – DUNDEE CROWN
Letterwinner at Dundee and captained the team in 2020 … Led Dundee Crown to the 2018 conference championship … Helped Dundee Crown to back-to-back sectional qualifiers (2018, 2019) … Three-time all-conference first-team selection … Second-team all-conference honoree as a freshman … Also lettered in baseball and hockey … Member of National Honor Society.