2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
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
| 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 ^ |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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