Junior golfer Riccardo Fantinelli downplays his humor, claiming he “tries, but rarely succeeds at being funny.” Indeed, his game is no laughing matter to Ivy League competition. With a Ping All-American selection, an Ivy League Player of the Year award, an Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, and two-time first-team All-Ivy selections, in his first two years as a Tiger, Fantinelli has been nothing short of extraordinary for Princeton golf. 

“He’s already achieved so much, and I think he’s only scratching the surface of what he can fully achieve,” head golf coach Will Green told The Daily Princetonian. On a Tiger squad of all Americans, Fantinelli stands out first for his heritage, hailing from Rome, Italy. Despite his European roots, Fantinelli plays a game that is distinctively red, white, and blue, according to his teammate senior Will Huang.