Western Carolina University

2022-23 (Senior): Competed in three events on the season, each as an individual … Averaged 80.00 over nine total rounds … Five of his nine rounds were shot in the 70s including a season-best 76 in the second round at the JT Poston Invitational in the fall portion of the schedule ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 (Junior): Played in five of WCU’s 12 seasonal events, each unattached as an individual competitor … Finished the season with a 78.00 scoring average over a career-high 15 rounds played … Posted a season-low round in the third round of the 2021 JT Poston Invitational, shooting 72 … Finished 69th overall for a season-best finish at the Carolina Collegiate Invitational, carding 234 (79-81-74) for a 69th-place finish ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in five events on the season for a total of 14 rounds, twice competing as an individual … Finished the season with a 80.64 scoring average … Carded five rounds in the 70s … Twice carded a season-best round of 76 – in round three of the JT Poston Invitational at Cateechee where he posted his best finish of the season in 36th and again in the second round of the Furman Intercollegiate.

2019-20 (Freshman*): Competed in three of the teams seven seasonal events, each as a member of the team’s scoring five … Posted a scoring average of 76.89 over nine seasonal rounds, eight of which were shot in the 70s … Made his collegiate debut at the Crusader Collegiate, tallying a career-best 67th-place individual finish … Carded his career-low round of 71 over the final 18 holes at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor in the spring portion of the schedule ... 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.

Prior to Western Carolina: Placed third at the 2018 North Carolina High School State Championship … Two-time Mountain Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) Golfer of the Year and All-MVAC performer … Finished 46th among amateur golfers in North Carolina at the 2018 NC Amateur … Finished 17th at the North Carolina Junior Boys Championship … Joins two former Wilkes Central High products – juniors Zach Caudill and his older brother, Chandler Metz – on the Catamount roster.