Western Carolina University

2022-23 (Graduate Student): Competed as a part of the scoring five in all 11 of the team’s seasonal events … Led the Catamounts with a seasonal scoring average of 72.59, 19th-best in the SoCon and the 11th-best single-season stroke average in WCU program history … All 32 seasonal rounds were shot in the 70s with a team-best seven rounds fired in the 60s … Paced WCU’s scoring five in six of the 11 seasonal events including the final three events of the spring semester … Recorded a pair of Top 10 finishes including a pair of third-place showings – finished tied for third at the 2022 JT Poston Invitational to lead the squad to a runner-up finish and posting a third-place finish at the Wofford Invitational in the spring … Fired a career-low round of 65 in the first round of the Wofford Invitational, tied for the sixth-lowest 18-hole score in program history as a part of shooting a career-best 54-hole score of 202 (65-68-69), the third-best three-round score in program history … During the summer of 2022, qualified for the 122nd annual U.S. Amateur Championship after placing in a two-way tie for second in his qualifying event at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh … Competed in the 2022 U.S. Amateur Championship in New Jersey ... Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Part of the High Point men’s golf team from 2018 through 2022 and will be a fifth-year graduate transfer at WCU … Was a four-year starter at High Point, posting 24 rounds at par-or-better … Finished with scoring averages in the low-74’s in 2020-21 and 2021-22 including 62 birdies in the 2020-21 season … Carded a career-low round of 68 … Tallied a pair of career-best, Top 10 finishes in the 2019-20 campaign … Named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week on Oct. 11, 2018 … Was a two-time Millis Scholar-Athlete as a 2018-19 and 2020-21 and a GCAA All-American Scholar; High School: Was a four-year varsity letter winner for Thad Lambert and Jon Boyd at Lebanon High … Three-time All-State golfer and two-time state runner-up … Posted a career-low round of 67 with a low nine-hole score of 32 … Averaged 74.00 for his prep career … Also played basketball as a prep, averaging 11 points per game over his career.

Personal: Is the son of Kim and Brian Hooker … His father played collegiate baseball at Virginia Intermont College and his mother played basketball at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise