Name is pronounced (pronounced pul-CHEE-nee) … Played four seasons at Oklahoma Christian University and was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American … Graduated from Oklahoma Christian in the spring of 2023 and will have one year of eligibility at Arkansas.
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2022-23 (Senior at OC):
Named GCAA All-American (third team) and PING All-Region for the third straight year … GCAA NCAA Division II All-America Scholar… Earned second team All-Lone Star Conference … Posted at 71.62 scoring average and had eight top-20 finishes in 13 events played … Tied for seventh in stroke play at the LSC Championship as OC was runner-up … However, Pulcini was 2-0 in match medal play as the Eagles won the team title … Team placed fourth and he tied for 13th at the DII West-South Central Regional … Helped OC win the DII stroke play, tying for 14th with an even-par 216 (73-68-74) … In match play, was 2-1 with Oklahoma Christian falling in the championship (3-2-0) to Nova Southeastern … Placed a season-best fifth at the Bubba Barrett Invitational, shooting 71-70-71=212 / -4 … The top four at the Bubba Barrrett were Division I golfers … Added top 10 finishes at the Houston Classic (T-7th) and Las Vegas Desert Classic (T-9th) …. Individually, finished ninth at the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship (72-68-68-72) … Played in the 2022 Patriot All-American (70-74-74 / T-55).
2021-22 (Junior at OC):
Named GCAA All-American (first team) and PING All-Region … Earned first team All-Lone Star Conference … GCAA NCAA Division II All-America Scholar … Posted a team-best 71.62 scoring average … Went 1-1-1 in match medal play at the NCAA Division II National Championship at as OC finished runner-up … Led OC to a fourth-place finish during DII National Championship stroke play by placing a team-best T-7th … Tied for 15th at the DI South Central-West Super Regional … Helped the Eagles win four times with 13 top-5 finishes … Team finished fourth at the DII Super Regional and fourth (stroke play) the DII Nationals before losing in the opening round of match medal play … Eagled the 18th to win the Oak Tree Invitational (70-71-70=211 / +1) and was named Lone Star Conference Player of the Week … Also won the season-opening Missouri Southern Fall Invitational (73-73-67=213 / -3) to garner Lone Star Conference Player of the Week honors … Added a pair of runner-up finishes … Overall, had 12 top-20 finishes in 12 events played.
2020-21 (Sophomore at OC):
Named GCAA All-American (honorable mention) and PING All-Region … Earned first team All-Lone Star Conference … Voted Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year (was still counted as a freshman by the league due to 2019-20 season cancellations due to COVID) … Named to the All-Tournament team for the Lone Star Conference Championship … Was fourth at the LSC Championship, helping Oklahoma Christian to the team title … Played in 10 tournaments, recording a stroke average of 72.68 over 28 rounds … Posted six top-10 and eight top-20 finishes … Shot a pair of 1-under-par 71’s and tied for third in The Hrnciar to help OC to the team title … Opened the spring semester with three straight top-10 tournament finishes, starting with an eighth-place showing in the Houston Classic (70-77-72=219 / +3) as the Eagles won the team title … Tied for 10th in the Las Vegas Desert Classic (68-74-74=216 / E) … Finished fifth in the Broncho Invitational (72-73-71=216 / +6) and helping OC win the team title … Tied for sixth the Dallas Baptist Patriot Classic (70-67-74=211 / -5) … In the NCAA Division II South Central-West Super Regional, shot 72-71-78=221 (+5) to tie for 15th.
2019-20 (Freshman at OC):
Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring semester) … Played in six of the team’s seven tournaments, recording a stroke average of 75.25 over 16 rounds … Tied for seventh as OC won the Missouri Southern Fall Invitational, shooting (69-72=141 / -3) … Fired an even-par 72 in the second round and tied for 14th at 9-over in the St. Mary’s Invitational.
Prior to Oklahoma Christian
Previous school: Played for Rio Cuarto Golf Club, helping his team win Argentina’s national Interclub Championship in October 2017 … Finished as the top junior in the Abierto del Centro Championship, one of Argentina’s major regional open tournaments, in 2018.
