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Edouard Cereto
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Paris, France
- High School:
- Lycee Jean Moulin
- Prev School:
- Southern Illinois
- Major:
- Sport Management
PRONUNCIATION
Honors and Awards
2024-25 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
GS Dean's List Fall 2024 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Dean's List Spring 2025 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2024 MVC Individual Champion
2024 MVC Newcomer of the Year
2024 MVC First-Team All-Conference
Junior (2024-25): Season scoring average was 73.00, coming in 24 rounds • Best finish was a T13 at the Schenkel Invitational (-2) • Earned a top-20 finish at the Sun Belt Championship (T18) • Low round of 68 came in the final round of the Fighting Irish Classic • Recorded two top-20 finishes • Shot par or better in nine rounds and three tournaments • Thirteen of his 18 rounds were counted • Tallied 63 birdies, along with two eagles and 266 pars.
Sophomore (2023-24): Became the first golfer in Southern Illinois history to capture the Missouri Valley Conference Championship with a 7-under 209 to lead the Salukis to the team title and a berth in the NCAA Regional • Named the MVC Newcomer of the Year and first-team all-conference • Finished as the top Saluki in four separate events • Won two individual titles • Averaged 71.50 in 38 rounds for the Salukis • Low round was a 67, which he shot four times • Shot 13 rounds in the 60s • Transferred to Georgia Southern in the summer.
Freshman (2022-23): A member of the 2023 NJCAA National Championship Indian Hills CC squad • Averaged 72.70 in 29 rounds • Competed in all six events during the spring season for the Warriors • Placed 24th overall with a 2-over 290 at the NJCAA National Championship • Placed 14th overall at the NJCAA Central District Championship with an 8-over 224 • Placed third overall with an even par 140 to help the Warriors win the Prairie Dunes Collegiate • Placed fourth overall at the Bethany College Classic with an even par 144 to help the Warriors to the team title • Competed in all five events in the fall season for the Warriors • Placed second overall at the Bent Tree Intercollegiate with a 4-under 140 to help the Warriors to the team title • Placed seventh overall at the Lewis Invitational with a 7-over 151 • Placed eighth overall at the Siouxland Invitational with a 1-under 214 • Placed 10th overall at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational with a 4-over 217• Posted four rounds under par, including a season-best 67 in the opening round, of the Bent Tree Intercollegiate.
High School: Attended Lycee Jean Moulin in France • Played golf for head coach Alain Alberti • T1 Ajga Amundi Evian Senior Showcase participant • T1 Saint Andrews Boys Open • T8 French International Amateur.
Personal: Born December 27 in Béziers, France • Son of Cecile and Francisco Jose Cereto • Has one sibling, Mathilde.
Major:
Sport Management
^ - played at Southern Illinois
Honors and Awards
2024-25 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
GS Dean's List Fall 2024 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Dean's List Spring 2025 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2024 MVC Individual Champion
2024 MVC Newcomer of the Year
2024 MVC First-Team All-Conference
Junior (2024-25): Season scoring average was 73.00, coming in 24 rounds • Best finish was a T13 at the Schenkel Invitational (-2) • Earned a top-20 finish at the Sun Belt Championship (T18) • Low round of 68 came in the final round of the Fighting Irish Classic • Recorded two top-20 finishes • Shot par or better in nine rounds and three tournaments • Thirteen of his 18 rounds were counted • Tallied 63 birdies, along with two eagles and 266 pars.
Sophomore (2023-24): Became the first golfer in Southern Illinois history to capture the Missouri Valley Conference Championship with a 7-under 209 to lead the Salukis to the team title and a berth in the NCAA Regional • Named the MVC Newcomer of the Year and first-team all-conference • Finished as the top Saluki in four separate events • Won two individual titles • Averaged 71.50 in 38 rounds for the Salukis • Low round was a 67, which he shot four times • Shot 13 rounds in the 60s • Transferred to Georgia Southern in the summer.
Freshman (2022-23): A member of the 2023 NJCAA National Championship Indian Hills CC squad • Averaged 72.70 in 29 rounds • Competed in all six events during the spring season for the Warriors • Placed 24th overall with a 2-over 290 at the NJCAA National Championship • Placed 14th overall at the NJCAA Central District Championship with an 8-over 224 • Placed third overall with an even par 140 to help the Warriors win the Prairie Dunes Collegiate • Placed fourth overall at the Bethany College Classic with an even par 144 to help the Warriors to the team title • Competed in all five events in the fall season for the Warriors • Placed second overall at the Bent Tree Intercollegiate with a 4-under 140 to help the Warriors to the team title • Placed seventh overall at the Lewis Invitational with a 7-over 151 • Placed eighth overall at the Siouxland Invitational with a 1-under 214 • Placed 10th overall at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational with a 4-over 217• Posted four rounds under par, including a season-best 67 in the opening round, of the Bent Tree Intercollegiate.
High School: Attended Lycee Jean Moulin in France • Played golf for head coach Alain Alberti • T1 Ajga Amundi Evian Senior Showcase participant • T1 Saint Andrews Boys Open • T8 French International Amateur.
Personal: Born December 27 in Béziers, France • Son of Cecile and Francisco Jose Cereto • Has one sibling, Mathilde.
Major:
Sport Management
| Career Snapshot (NCAA Schools Only) | ||||||||||
| Year | Starts | Rds | Strk | Avg. | Low Rd. | Low 54 | Top Finish | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-20 |
| 2023-24^ | 13 | 38 | 2717 | 71.50 | 67-Four Times | 207 (-6) | 1-Twice | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | 8 | 24 | 1752 | 73.00 | 68-Fighting Irish | 214 (-2) | T13-Schenkel | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | 3 | 9 | 664 | 73.78 | 67-Bash in the Boro | 207 (-9) | T3-Bash in the Boro | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 24 | 71 | 5133 | 72.30 | 67-Five Times | 207 (-9) | 1-Twice | 6 | 6 | 10 |
^ - played at Southern Illinois
| Career Scorecard (NCAA Schools Only) | ||||||||||
| 2023-24 ^ | ||||||||||
| Tournament | Scores | Par | Finish | |||||||
| Iowa Fall Classic | 67-73-68=208 | -8 | T3 | |||||||
| Kansas State Wildcat Invitational | 72-67-69=208 | -8 | T3 | |||||||
| UAB Invitational | 74-68-74=216 | E | T20 | |||||||
| White Sands Bahamas Invitational | 72-69-72=213 | -3 | T22 | |||||||
| Kapolei Invitational | 69-73-67=209 | -7 | T37 | |||||||
| Bentwater Invitational | 72-78-74=224 | +11 | T36 | |||||||
| Lake Las Vegas Invitational | 71-78-73=222 | +6 | T83 | |||||||
| Seminole Intercollegiate | 76-74-77-227 | +11 | T44 | |||||||
| Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate | 71-77=148 | +4 | T53 | |||||||
| Hoosier Collegiate | 73-68-71=212 | +2 | T48 | |||||||
| Hawkeye Invitational | 71-67-69=207 | -1 | 1 | |||||||
| MVC Championship | 69-67-73=209 | -7 | 1 | |||||||
| NCAA Regional | 72-71-71=214 | -2 | T14 | |||||||
| 2024-25 | ||||||||||
| Tournament | Scores | Par | Finish | |||||||
| JT Poston Invitational | 72-75-82=229 | +19 | T82 | |||||||
| UNG Mizuno Intercollegiate | 72-71-73=216 | E | T33 | |||||||
| Fighting Irish Classic | 76-73-68=217 | +7 | T28 | |||||||
| RedHawk Intercollegiate | 70-74-71=218 | +2 | T24 | |||||||
| Gators Invitational | 77-75-72=224 | +14 | T68 | |||||||
| Schenkel Invitational* | 71-73-70=214 | -2 | T13 | |||||||
| Ford Collegiate | 74-72-75=221 | +11 | T49 | |||||||
| Sun Belt Championship | 71-74-71=216 | E | T18 | |||||||
| 2025-26 | ||||||||||
| Tournament | Scores | Par | Finish | |||||||
| Golfweek Fall Challenge | 68-71-77=216 | E | T43 | |||||||
| The Wohali | 84-76-81=241 | +28 | 69 | |||||||
| Bash in the Boro | 69-67-71=207 | -9 | T3 | |||||||
| ^ - played at Southern Illinois | ||||||||||
| *Played as individual | ||||||||||
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