Marquette 'M Club' Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2016
- Class:
- 2009
Mike Van Sickle left Marquette as its most decorated men's golfer in program history as a three-time PING All-American and the 2009 BIG EAST Conference Men's Golfer of the Year. As a senior, Van Sickle ranked among the top-10 amateur golfers in the world in both the Golfweek and R&A World Amateur rankings following a fall campaign during which he won four of six tournaments, including three straight.
He finished the 2008-09 season among the national leaders in wins and scoring average and led NCAA Division I in birdies (165), while ending his career as MU's all-time leader in five statistical categories, including victories and scoring average.
The Wexford, Pennsylvania native capped his career by winning the Byron Nelson Award for academic and athletic accomplishment in 2009 and was also one of 10 semifinalists for The Ben Hogan Award. He recorded top-five finishes in half of the 48 collegiate events in which he competed and helped Marquette claim its first-ever BIG EAST team title in any sport as a junior in 2008.
Van Sickle also excelled academically, claiming a pair of Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar accolades as well as CoSIDA Academic All-District V Second Team honors in 2009. A three-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star, he was named as MU's BIG EAST BIG EAST Institutional Male Scholar Athlete of the Year following his senior campaign, while also garnering MU's McCahill and Ralph H. Metcalfe Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete awards.
