Griffin Bauman Class: RS Junior Hometown: Crystal Lake, Ill. High School: Central Height / Weight: 5-11 / 155

Fall 2011:Competed in two fall events ... Tied for 48th at NIU's Northern Intercollegiate ... Tied for 40th at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Recorded a 76.7 scoring average for the season.

2010-11: Competed in a pair of fall tournaments for the Huskies ... Recorded a tie for 46th at the CSU/Telich Sun Life Financial Invitational ...Made five spring starts ... Shot a final-round 72 en route to a tie for 15th at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational ... Recorded back-to-back top 20s after a season-best share of 11th at the Boilermaker Invitational ... Overcame a difficult first round to tie for 42nd in his second MAC Championships appearance ... Posted a season scoring average of 76.9.

2009-10: Opened his collegiate career with a team-leading 214 (+1), including a personal-low 67 (-4) in the second round, at the Spartan Classic ... Registered one of the Huskies' two top-ten finishes of the fall with his Spartan Classic performance ... Placed 50th at both the ORU Shootout and the Davidson Invitational ... Earned starting nods in all seven of NIU's spring events ... Recorded his best collegiate finish, third, at the Missouri State Invite after firing 72-71-75--218 (+5) ... Followed up that tournament by shooting a second-round 69 at the Missouri Invite, capturing a tie for 23rd ... Tied for 37th in his first MAC Championships appearance ... Tallied top-40 finishes in six of seven spring events ... Ranked second on the team with his 75.4 scoring average.

2008-09: Redshirted.

Prep: Two-time team captain and team MVP ... A first team all-area choice as a senior and earned second team recognition his junior year ... Took second place at the Fox Valley Conference meet his senior season and went on to place 19th at the state championships ... Won the Regional title with a 74 at Marengo Ridge to help his team to the region crown ... Central also won the Sectional title and went on to place fourth in the state that year ... Shot 71 to win the McHenry Invitational as a junior ... HS team took second in the Region his sophomore and junior years ... Carried a nine-hole stroke average of 38.0 as a junior and 38.6 his senior season ..

Personal: Son of Doug Bauman and Gail Zalokar ... Has three brothers and one sister, including older brother and former NIU teammate Greg ... Father played golf at Wisconsin ... Born July 15, 1989... Won back-to-back McHenry County Amateur titles in 2009 and 2010.