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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

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Pierre Viallaneix

  • Position Player
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Apopka, Fla.
  • High School Winter Park HS

Biography

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in all nine of the team’s seasonal events as a member of the scoring five, leading the Catamounts in scoring average at 72.46 – fourth-best in the Southern Conference this year and the ninth-best single-season in program history … Paced WCU in scoring in five events on the year turning in four top 10 finishes including three top five finishes … Carded a career-low tying round of 64 in the opening-round of the JT Poston Invitational at Cateechee on his way to posting the second-best, 54-hole score of his career at 208 to finish tied for second at the event … His 64 is tied for the second-lowest single round in program history … Posted back-to-back top five finishes to conclude the year, tallying a third-place tie at the Wofford Invitational before securing a fourth-place finish at the 2021 SoCon men’s Golf Championship, an event he led midway through competition … Named to the 2020-21 All-Southern Conference team and was dubbed SoCon All-Freshman, qualifying for the honor dating back to the abbreviated 2019-20 season that was shut down due to the pandemic.

2019-20 (Freshman*): Competed in all seven of the team’s competitions as a part of the scoring five … Led the team with a seasonal stroke average of 72.48 over 21 seasonal rounds … Ranked seventh in the Southern Conference in scoring average, the top-ranked freshman in the league … Was a two-time SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week, collecting the honors on Oct. 2 and was co-winner on March 4 … Paced WCU in scoring in six of the seven seasonal events, making his collegiate debut at the season-opening Crusader Collegiate in Chesteton, Ind. ... His three-round score of 207 (67-71-69) was the 10th-best 54-hole score by an individual in program history … Posted a career-best finish in a tie for 8th at the Pinetree Intercollegiate in late October … Tallied a second career top 10 finish with a 10th place tie at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate that included carding a career-low round of 64, tied for the second-best 18-hole score in program history ... 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 ... Finished in the runner-up spot by a mere stroke at the 59th-annual JAGA Jacksonville Amateur Championship in Jacksonville, Fla., posting rounds of 71-66-70 for a three-round score of 6-under par 207.

Prior to Western Carolina: Finished in sixth-place the 2017 Florida High School state championship while also posting a sixth-place showing at the 2018 Azalea Amateur … In 2016, he finished as the Orlando City Amateur Champion … Prior to the fall of his freshman season, won the 2019 Grand Prix de Houlgate in Normandy, France in mid-June with a two-round score of 139 (72-67).

Historical Player Information

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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