Dean Muratore

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dix Hills, N.Y.
High School:
St. Anthony's High School

Pronunciation
• Last name is pronounced: MYE-oor-ah-TAW-ree

Michigan Career
• Started 22 of 23 career tournaments, including his last 21 straight
• Career scoring average of 72.36 strokes per round
• Career 54-hole scoring average of 216.81
• Posted 33 rounds of par or better in 67 career rounds, including 23 under-par rounds

Michigan Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten (2026)
• Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Oct. 2, 2025)

Michigan Record
• Became the second Wolverine to break the 200-stroke barrier in a 54-hole tournament by setting a school-record 196 (66-64-66, -14) at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29, 2025)
• His second-round 64 tied the second-lowest 18-hole score in program history
• Broke the previous school record of 198 (-12), set by Kyle Mueller at the 2015 Alister MacKenzie Invitational

Medalist
• 2025 Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29): 196 (66-64-66, -14)

Big Ten Championships
• 2025: Tied for 65th (223), helping Michigan to a 15th-place finish at Baltimore Country Club
• 2026: Tied for 58th (221), helping Michigan to an 11th-place finish at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club

Season: 2025-26
• Started all 11 tournaments, one of three Wolverines to do so
• Helped Michigan post four top-five finishes
• Recorded four top-20 finishes, including two top-five results
   • Led Michigan in four tournaments
   • Captured medalist honors at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29) with a school-record 196 (-14)
• Averaged 71.59 strokes per round, the second-lowest average on the team
   • Opened the season with eight under-par rounds in his first nine rounds, including six in the 60s
   • Recorded 19 rounds of par or better, including 14 under-par rounds and 10 rounds in the 60s
   • Fired a career-low 64 (-6) in the second round of the Jim DeLapa Collegiate
• Averaged 216.81 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted five sub-par 54-hole totals, highlighted by a program-record 196 (66-64-66, -14) at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate
   • Posted a season-low 36-hole total of 153 (78-75) at the Cullan Brown Collegiate (Oct. 6-7)

Season: 2024-25
• Played in 12 tournaments, making 11 starts
   • Made his collegiate debut at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2), finishing 75th (235)
• Helped Michigan post seven top-five finishes and repeat as team champion at the Virtues Intercollegiate
• Recorded four top-15 finishes, including two top-10 showings
   • Posted a season-best tie for seventh at the Virtues Intercollegiate (142, -2)
• Averaged 73.06 strokes per round, the second-lowest freshman scoring average in program history
   • Recorded 18 rounds of par or better, including nine under-par rounds and six rounds in the 60s
   • Fired a season-low 67 (-2) in the second round of the Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-10)
• Averaged 219.55 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted two sub-par 54-hole totals, highlighted by a season-low 213 (72-72-69, -3) at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate and a 214 (-2) at the Buckeye Classic
   • Posted a season-low 36-hole total of 142 (73-69, -2) at the Virtues Intercollegiate

Prep & Junior Career
• Prepped at St. Anthony's High School
• NSCHSAA Champion (2023) and runner-up (2022)
• NSCHSAA Player of the Year (2023) and runner-up (2021, '22)
• Three-time All-NSCHSAA selection (2021-23)
• Two-time St. Anthony's MVP (2022, '23)
• Newsday Player of the Year (2023) and three-time All-Long Island selection (2021-23)
• Tied for third at the 2022 New York State Federation Cup and tied for eighth in 2023.
• As a senior in 2023, earned NSCHSAA medalist honors with a school-record 68 (-3), led the league in scoring average (33.6 per nine holes), set the school nine-hole scoring record (30, -5) and helped St. Anthony's share the league title.
• Runner-up at the 2023 New York Junior Amateur Championship (210, -3) and tied for runner-up at the Long Island Junior Championship. Added top-10 finishes at the Carter Cup and multiple Metropolitan PGA Future Series events.
• Qualified as medalist for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship with a 65 (-7). Also won the Metropolitan PGA Future Series event at Eisenhower Red and recorded top-10 finishes at the New York City Championship and Connecticut PGA Foundation Junior Open.
• Named Met PGA Junior Tour Player of the Year in 2021 after posting victories and runner-up finishes on the Met PGA Junior Tour circuit and advancing to the quarterfinals of the MGA Boys Championship.

Notables
• A standout soccer player, earned selection to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy
• Helped St. Anthony's capture back-to-back league championships in 2022 and 2023
• Scored the game-winning header in double overtime of the 2023 NSCHSAA championship match and earned MVP honors

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Total	Avg.	18	36	54	T5	T10	T20	Sub-Par	Par
2024-25	12	11	35	2557	73.06	67 (-2)	142 (-2)	213 (-3)	0	2	4	9	6
2025-26	11	11	32	2291	71.59	64 (-8)	153	196 (-11)	2	2	5	14	4
2026-27	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	17	16	49	3538	72.20	64 (-8)	142 (-2)	196 (-11)	2	4	9	23	10