Fathauer advanced to the quarterfinals with a grueling 22-hole victory over Kevin Tway…also beat Peter Uiehlein (20 holes in the second round) and Jhonattan Vegas, a 2007 quarterfinalist (1 up in the first round)…playing in his fourth Amateur…only player in the field to have made the quarterfinals two years in a row…played in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and made the cut, shooting 73-73-78-75…has also played in four U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships…he advanced to the quarterfinals in 2006 and the semifinals in 2007…2007 and 2008 All-America selection at Louisville…lowest career round of 61 in 2007…won 2007 Coastal Carolina tournament and 2007 and 2008 UNC Greensboro tournaments and 2007 Regional Preview and has a twin brother Daryl and a younger brother Devon…won 2008 Adidas High Performance Athlete of the Year Award at Louisville…member of 2007 and 2008 USA Palmer Cup teams… his girlfriend Amanda Henry, who he met on the driving range in his sophomore year in college, is his caddie…2008 graduate of University of Louisville.

Hill made his way to the quarterfinals with a 5-and-4 win over 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Kevin Marsh…also defeated Skip Berkmeyer (5 and 4 in the second round) and J.C. Horne (2 and 1 in the first round)…playing in his second Amateur (missed the cut for match play in 2006)…holed a 100-yard shot for eagle in his first round of qualifying in Dearborn, Mich….three-time member of Canadian National Team…won 2007 Mid-American Conference Championship and 2006 Glencoe Tournament…semifinalist at the 2007 Canadian Amateur…his brother Matt, advanced to match play, beat highly regarded Jamie Lovemark in the first round and lost to Sihwan Kim in the second round…father, Bob, is caddieing…made a hole-in-one at age 11 two days after falling into a nest and getting stung 25 times by bees…double eagle at Redtail Golf Club in London, Ontario, in the spring of 2008…has shot 64 three times in competitions…graduated from Eastern Michigan in 2008

Hoffman advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Andrew Landry, 2 and 1…also defeated second-seeded Wesley Bryan (2 and 1 in the second round) and Jason Millard (1 up in the first round)…playing in his third Amateur (played in his first in 2005 at age 16, made match play but lost in the first round…because of playing there he lists Merion Golf Club as his favorite)…missed match play at the 2007 Amateur…played in three Junior Amateurs and advanced to the round of 16 in 2006 and 2007…lowest competitive score is 63…scored a double eagle at the second round of the Orange Bowl Junior Invitational…Won 2008 HP Boys Invitational and 2007 AJGA Junior Players Invitational…first-team AJGA All-America in 2007-2008…member of East team in 2007-2008 Canon Cup…member of National Honor Society…will be a freshman at Oklahoma State this fall.

Kittleson earned a berth in the quarterfinals with a 5-and-4 win over Jeff Edelman…also beat Matthew Swan (4 and 2 in the second round) and Eddie Olson, a quarterfinalist in 2007 (3 and 2 in the first round)… he is playing in his second Amateur …member of Florida State’s first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference championship team in 2008…played in all 11 Seminole events in the fall and spring seasons as a freshman…advanced to the round of 16 at the 2006 Junior Amateur…named to the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference academic team…2006 AJGA first-team All-American…shot 62 at a high school event in Flagstaff, Ariz., for his lowest competitive score…won 2005 Heather Farr Classic as a junior…won a golf tournament at the age of 13, the same week his mother passed away…had a hole-in-one at a college event in the fall with his coach watching…born and raised in Scottsdale, Ariz. ...big fan of the Arizona Cardinals and the Phoenix Suns…is entering his sophomore year at Florida State this fall.

Lee earned his spot in the quarterfinals with a 7-and-6 win over Connor McHenry…also beat Jacob Burger (5 and 4 in the second round) and David Bartman (4 and 3 in the first round)…Lee is coming off a stretch of three weeks in which he won the Western Amateur, tied for 20th at the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship, and reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur… he was born in Korea and moved to New Zealand at age eight… he is entering his senior year at Rotorua Boys High School in Rotorua, New Zealand… he is playing in his third U.S. Amateur – he missed match play in 2006 and lost his first-round match in 2007… he was a quarterfinalist at the 2006 U.S. Junior… he also reached the second round of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links… also recently won the 2008 North Island Amateur in New Zealand and the Lake Macquarie Amateur in Australia… will play for New Zealand in the World Amateur Team Championship in October in Australia… If he wins this week, he would become the youngest Amateur champion…has played in the USA the last three summers… Has a low round of 59 in 2006 in Rotorua…His mother, Sujin Sea, is a golf instructor and largely responsible for introducing Danny to the game.

Mitchell advanced to the quarterfinals with a convincing 5-and-4 victory over college player of the year Rickie Fowler…also defeated Corey Nagy (2 up in the first round) and Mike McCoy (4 and 3 in the second round)…playing in his second Amateur (he missed the cut in 2004)…a 2007 (honorable mention) and 2008 (second-team) All-America…first-team All-Southeastern Conference choice…also selected to the SEC all-community service team…calls his victory in the 2008 Porter Cup along with a surprise visit from his father, Jim, his most memorable experience in golf…in shooting 130 in Amateur qualifying, he did not register a bogey…finished ninth at the 2007 NCAA Championships as Georgia finished second…has also won the 2005 Red Bud tournament and the 2004 Bubba Conlee Tournament (lowest score of 197)…shot his career low competitive round of 60 during the Bubba Conlee Tournament…HS team (McCallie) won the Tennessee state championship… has two younger sisters…father was a three-year letter-winner in baseball at Georgia and is caddieing this week…entering his senior year at the University of Georgia as a finance major…born in Atlanta, Ga., but family moved to Tennessee when he was 14.

Reed earned a spot in the quarterfinals with a drawn-out 23-hole victory over Brandon Detweiler in the third round…also beat Brady Exber (4 and 3 in the second round) and Dan Woltman (19 holes in the first round)…playing in his second Amateur (missed match play in 2007)…also played in the 2008 Junior Amateur…runner-up at the 2007 Terra Cotta Amateur and the Cardinal Amateur…represented the U.S. in the 2006 Junior British Open in Liverpool, England…cared for and walked animals that were stranded during Hurricane Katrina after they were airlifted from New Orleans to Baton Rouge…father, William, is caddieing…three-time Rolex All-American selection as a junior golfer…2007 Louisiana High School Player of the Year…two-time all-state selection in high school as team won consecutive state team championships…National Drive, Chip and Putt champion in 2000 at age 10…made a double eagle at age 10 at the Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas…has a golden retriever named Divot…entering his freshman year at the University of Georgia.