The talent level of this crop of incoming
freshman shows that Met Area players can
compete at the highest level, also proven by
Morgan Hoffmann at Oklahoma State. Miller,
in fact, looked at fellow Met Area and Penn
The trio agrees that their games excel because
of the competition and golf courses they’ve
been been exposed to in the Met Area.
As these three young stars
pack for college, they know
their paths will cross again.
State players McDonagh and Kevin Foley as an
example of how local juniors can thrive on the
college stage. The trio agrees that their games
excel because of the competition they’ve been
exposed to in events such as the Met Junior,
Ike, Met Amateur and Met Open, all played
on world-class courses.
Only Miller has his academic schedule
lined up for the fall, a course load that includes
economics and sociology. Wilson will not
receive his class schedule, or even know where
he is living on campus, until he arrives for ori-
entation, and as of late July, Pastore had not
received a schedule or roommate assignment
either. Wilson said that Stanford will not pair
him with another golfer, or even another ath-
lete, for his roommate, whereas Miller will live
with a teammate (Shane Stewart, from Dublin,
Ohio) and bunk in an athletic dorm. Pastore
will be in a freshman dorm, but plans to move
into the golf house with the rest of the team
after his first year.
