2022-23 Catamount Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2022-23 (Fifth-Year Senior): Was a part of the WCU scoring five for 10 of the team’s 11 seasonal events … Finished third on the squad with a seasonal scoring average of 74.28 … A combined 27 of his 29 seasonal rounds were carded in the 70s with seven shot at 72-or-better including two in the 60s – a 69 over the final 18 holes of the JT Poston Invitational and a season-low round of 68 in the second round of the season finale at the 2023 Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championships … Posted his season-best finish with a 13th-place showing at the conference championship event.
2021-22 (Senior): Competed in 10 of WCU’s 12 seasonal events, finishing the season fourth in scoring average at 74.54 over 28 total rounds – the second-lowest seasonal scoring average of his WCU career … A total of 26 of his 28 seasonal rounds were carded in the 70s-or-better with two rounds shot in the 60s … Recorded a career-low round of 65 – tied for the sixth-best round in school history – in the second 18 holes at the 2021 JT Poston Invitational … Posted a season-best finish in a tie for 14th at the 2022 SoCon Men’s Golf Championship, shooting 215 (71-72-72) … Was named the 2022 Male Spotlight Athlete of the Year at WCU’s A-CAT-EMY Awards … Was selected to represent his home country on Team Belgium at The 2021 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship held in November 2021 at the Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas … Earned an exemption to compete in the DP World Tour event – the Soudal Open – held in his home country of Belgium, finishing tied for 132nd overall after rounds of 73 and 75, missing the cut.
2020-21 (Junior): Saw action in all nine of the squad’s seasonal events as a member of the scoring five … Finished the year tied for second on the squad in scoring average at 74.27, tied for 20th in the SoCon … 25 of his 26 rounds were shot in the 70s or better including three rounds in the 60s on the season … Recorded three top 10 individual finishes on the season … Twice paced the squad in scoring with a pair of runner-up finishes, leading WCU at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor to open the spring semester and also with a second-place finish at the 2021 Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championship … Finished 10th at the JT Poston Invitational at Cateechee in the fall semester, carding a career-low round of 67 which he matched in the second round of the SoCon Championship ... Received a 2020-21 Academic Momentum Award as announced by the Scholar Baller program in conjunction with the Institute for Sport & Social Justice (ISSJ).... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Sophomore*): Competed in four of the team’s seven events on the season, three as a member of the scoring five and once as an individual … Finished the season with a stroke average of 75.00 over 12 rounds, nine of which were carded in the 70s … Posted his season-low round of 70 and season-best finish of tied for 21st at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate in the spring … Also posted at top 25 finish in a tie for 23rd at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor in the spring ... Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … *Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March ... Claimed his fifth club championship in his home country of Belgium in early July 2020, battling through windy and rainy conditions.
2018-19 (Freshman): Played in 10 of the team’s 11 seasonal events, missing the season-opener due to injury … Closed the season ranked third on the team in seasonal stroke average at 76.62 … Led the team twice in two seasonal events … 22 of his 29 seasonal rounds were carded in the 70s or better including three rounds in the 60s including a 69 fired in the third round of the Hummingbird Intercollegiate and consecutive rounds of a career-low round of 68 and a 69 at the Grand Canyon Invitational … Named Southern Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week after finishing in a career-best fourth-place tie at the Grand Canyon Invitational … Posted a career-best, 54-hole score of 207 (70-68-69) at the Grand Canyon Invitational, tied for the 10th-best three-round score in program history.
Prior to Western Carolina: Finished 20th at the Belgian International Amateur in 2017, carding a low-round of 68 on the final day ... Posted a runner-up finish at the Grand Prix de Troyes la Cordeliere in 2017 ... Finished in first at the Belgian National Match Play in 2016 ... Claimed individual medalist honors at the U18 Facilicom Junior Open of Flanders in 2016.
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