2019-20 (Junior):
Competed in all six events before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 ... posted a stroke average of 71.38 and a 54-hole average of 214.2 with a low round of 65 and a low 54 of 196 ... He posted five rounds in the 60's and eight of par or better ... All three of his rounds at the Golfweek Program Challenge checked in under par 64 (-6), 66 (-4) and 66 (-4) to finish 14-under par and in a tie for 2nd among 82 individuals
2018-19 (Sophomore):
Competed in all 10 events, completing 29 rounds with a stroke average of 72.66 ... Posted 10 rounds under par with a low of 65 (-7) coming at the ECU Intercollegiate ... His low 54-hole score of 206 (-10) came at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate where he finished in a tie for 3rd of 90 ... Earned medalist honors in a 70-person field at teh ECU Intercollegiate where he posted rounds of 73 (+1), 65 (-7) and 71 (-1)
2017-18 (freshman): ASUN Freshman of the Year, ASUN All-Freshmen Team, ASUN All-Tournament Team, ASUN Co-Player of the Week (March 1, 2018)
Stroke average of 73.44 through 25 rounds...Competed in nine tournaments...Finished a career-best T-5 at the Seminole Intercollegiate on Feb. 24-25 and at the ASUN Championship on April 22-24...Carded 68-71-69 at the Seminole Intercollegiate to post a 54-hole low -4, 212...Shared ASUN Co-Player of the Week honors with teammate Raul Pereda for performance...Also held ASUN All-Tournament Team honors with Pereda, with both finishing T-5 (even, 142) at the abridged 36-hole ASUN Championship...Posted eight rounds of par or better, including two in the 60''s...Shot a 18-hole low of -4, 68 in round one of the Seminole Intercollegiate...First player program history to win ASUN Freshman of the Year...Posted 67 birdies and an eagle
Before JU:
Attended Kokushikan High School in Setegaya, Tokyo, Japan...Won the Japan Junior Golf Association Ryo Ishikawa Junior Championship in 2016 and recieved an invitation to the Thunderbird International Junior Championship...Placed second at the Japan High School Championship his junior year...Competed in the Japan Junior National Championship during his freshman and sophomore campaigns...Was a member of the U-18 Japan National Team in 2015
Personal:
- Full name is Michael Ryunosuke Sakane
- Born on 12/14/1998
- Son of Shinichi and Noriko Sakane
- Has a brother - Teppei, and two sisters - Arisa & Sara
- Favorite athletes are Ichiro Suzuki & Ryo Ishikawa
