Height: | 6-0 |
Weight: | 165 |
Year: | So. |
Hometown: | Dallas, TX |
High School: | Plano West |
Major: | Business |
Parents: | Leon & Pam |
Career:
After two seasons of action, he ranks No. 2 all-time at
Emory in scoring average (75.80).
Sophomore (2009-10)
Played in 10 tournaments and logged 24 rounds of action
... Led the squad in scoring average with a 75.3 per-round
average (13th on Emory's seasonal list) ... Earned second team
All-America honors after finishing in 13th place at the NCAA D-III
Championships ... His 72-hole score of 294 at nationals tied the
school record (Timothy Hamm, 2004) for low score at the NCAAs ...
Captured All-UAA First Team honors for the second straight campaign
and was named the UAA Player of the Year following his
medalist-winning performance (74-73--147) that saw him beat NYU's
Mike Liebfried on the third hole of a playoff ... Was Emory's top
performer in six tournaments including the Rhodes College
Invitational (Sept. 20-21) where he totaled a 36-hole score of
even-par 144 (71-73), placing him third out of 108 competitors ...
Low round of the campaign was a 71 at the Rhodes Invitational ...
Named UAA Golfer of the Week on two occasions (Sept. 28 & Mar.
8) ... Paced the Emory contingent and registered a 12th-place
finish out of 85 players at the Callaway Collegiate Invitational
(Mar. 1-2) with a 151 (75-76).
Freshman (2008-09):
Earned All-UAA First Team honors after a third-place
finish (76-76--153) at the conference championships ... Finished
first on the team with an average of 76.5 strokes per round ...
Best 18-hole effort was a two-under 70 on the first day of the NCAA
Division III Championship which tied the school record for an
individual low score ... Was Emory's top performer and finished
16th out of 81 players at the Macdonald Cup with a 54-hole mark of
221 (75-71-75) ... His second-round 71 at the Macdonald Cup was his
second-lowest round of the year and tied for the team's
fourth-lowest showing of the campaign ... Team's No. 2 shooter at
the NCAA Division III Championships with a 72-hole showing of 305
that tied him for 51st place out of 120 finishers.
Prior to Emory:
Was a four-year member of the Plano West High School golf team ...
Was coached by Rick Hardison ... Took home second place in the
state of Texas 5A championship as a senior ... Averaged 74.5
strokes per round his final season ... Tabbed as a first team
all-state selection ... Earned all-district acclaim three times ...
Dallas Morning News All-Area First Team selection ...
Finished first in the 2007 TJGT Fall Invitational... In 2008, was
second in the AJGA's EFW Defense for America Classic... Was top-20
in three AJGA's.
Personal: Born December 28, 1989 ... Did volunteer
work at the Dallas-area Scottish Rite Hospital.
Quote: "I chose Emory because of
the great balance between academics and athletics. The golf program
is competitive with the best teams in the nation
year-after-year."
Stats
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round |
2009-10 | 24 | 1808 | 75.33 | 71 |
2008-09 | 17 | 1300 | 76.50 | 70 |
Totals | 41 | 3108 | 75.80 | 70 |