2017-18 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Note: Finished his playing career third on the program's all-time career stroke average ledgers at 72.90 ... Holds the program's top individual 54-hole score of 200 carded in winning the Phoenix Intercollegiate (Fall, 2017) that included the program single-round low of 62 ... Recorded a combined six, top-five finishes in his WCU career.
2017-18 (Senior): Competed in all 12 of the team's tournaments for a combined 35 rounds ... Led the team in scoring seven times on the year ... Posted a seasonal stroke average of 73.34 which ranked eighth individually in the Southern Conference and was 11th in school history ... A combined 32 of his 35 rounds were shot in the 70s or better including three rounds in the 60s ... Finished the season with three top-five finishes including two, first-place showings and a tied for the runner-up spot in the 2018 Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship in the spring ... Carded a school-record low round of 62 in the third round of the Phoenix Intercollegiate on the way to recording a school-record 54-hole score of 200 in claiming individual medalist honors ... Finished atop the leaderboard before falling on the second playoff hole at the Manor Intercollegiate ... Selected to the 2017 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference team and was named 2017-18 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Junior): Played in all 12 events for a combined 34 rounds ... Led the team in scoring with a 72.44 stroke average, ranked fifth in the Southern Conference ... His seasonal scoring average ranked eighth in WCU's record books ... Named All-Southern Conference after leading WCU to a fifth-place team finish at the conference championship ... Paced the team in scoring six times on the season ... Posted three, top 10 individual finishes including a pair of third-place showings at the Memphis Intercollegiate and the Southern Intercollegiate, while collecting his first career victory at WCU with a first-place showing at the home Hummingbird Intercollegiate at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley ... Tallied a top 15 finish six times during the season ... Each of his 34 rounds was shot in the 70s-or-better with six rounds six shot in the 60s including a career-low round of 65 in the second round of the Southern Intercollegiate, matching the second-lowest round in program history ... Selected to the 2017 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference team.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to Western Carolina from Cardinal Stritch University where he was originally recruited by WCU head coach, Tim Eckberg ... Capped a strong sophomore season by garnering third-team NAIA PING All-America team selection from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) ... Recorded five, top 10 finishes as a sophomore including four, top five showings ... Posted a runner-up finish at the 2015 season-opening Stritch Wolfpack Invitational including a season-low round of 69 - one of three career rounds in the 60s ... Finished tied for fourth at the 2016 NAIA Men's Golf Championships with a four-round score of 5-over par, 289 (74-72-73-70), garnering all-tournament team plaudits ... Posted a seasonal stroke average of 74.48 and finished ranked 65th nationally in the GolfStat statistics.
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