Height: | 5-9 |
Weight: | 155 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Sugar Land, TX |
High School: | John Foster Dulles |
Major: | Business |
Career:
After three years with the Eagles, he holds down the No.
3 position on Emory's career scoring average list with a mark of
74.95 strokes-per-round mark ... Has played 72 rounds, shooting par
on better on 16 occasions.
Junior (2012-13):
Played in all 11 of the team's competitions and held down the No.
2 spot on the Emory list with a 75.36 strokes-per-round average ...
Led the squad with five round of par or better ... Brought home
Third Team All-America acclaim ... Outstanding performance at the
NCAA D-III Championships where his final effort of 289
(75-70-73-71) established an individual school record at the
national tourney, bettering the previous standard of 291 held by
Charles Raindre (2011) ... Carded a second-round score of one-under
par 70 at the NCAAs, tying the Emory record for the best 18-hole
mark at nationals ... Concluded the NCAA Championships tied for
third place out of the 210 players who started the event, the
second-best showing ever by an Emory player, behind only Lee Palms'
first-place performance in 1991 ... Named UAA Golfer of the Week
for the second time during the year following his run at the NCAA
Championship .... Was the Eagles' No. 1 scorer in four of their 10
tournaments including an overall eighth-place finish out of 90
players at the Golfweek D-III Preview with a mark of four-over par
217 (73-74-70) that tied for seventh place on the school's chart
for a 54-hole competition and which allowed him to earn UAA Golfer
of the Week recognition ... Final-round performance of one-under 71
at the Gordin Classic (Oct. 12) tied for the third-lowest score in
the 60-player field ... Finished with an opening-day effort of
even-par 71, tying for the third-best outing out of 87 golfers, and
ended up tied for ninth place with teammate Will Roth with a
36-hole score of 147 at the Royal Lakes/Oglethorpe Fall
Invitational (Oct. 8-9) ... Second Team All-UAA ... Helped Emory to
a fourth-place finish out of 30 teams by leading the team and
placing 12th overall out of 150 players at the 54-hole Jekyll
Island Invitational (Mar. 15-17) with an effort of 224 (75-73-76)
... Member of the Georgia Cup All-State Team ... Cleveland
Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar.
Sophomore (2011-12):
Played in all 10 of the team's tournaments and ranked
second on the squad with a 75.25 strokes-per-round average, good
for 14th place on Emory's seasonal chart ... Earned First Team
All-UAA honors after tying for third place at the conference
championship with a 36-hole effort of even-par 144 (72-72) ...
Member of the Georgia Cup All-State Team ... Posted six rounds of
par or better ... Helped Emory to a runner-up finish out of 14
teams at the Al Jones Memorial (Oct. 3-4) by leading the team with
a 36-hole score of 145 (68-77), fourth out of 75 players, with his
first-round score a career best and that would tie as the best
single-round outing by an Emory player during the year ... Finished
25th overall out of 150 players at the Jekyll Island Invitational
(Mar. 16-18) with a 54-hole effort of 220 that included a
final-round performance of four-under 68 that tied for the day's
best score and that tied for the No. 6 spot on the school's
all-time single-round ladder.
Freshman (2010-11):
Fine rookie season that saw him compete in nine of the
team's 10 tournaments ... His 74.21 strokes per round was second on
the team, third on the school's seasonal list and tops all-time for
an Emory freshman ... First freshman golfer in school history to
earn All-America honors after capturing a third-team berth
following his 22nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships ...
Selected to the Ping All-Southeast Region Team ... Tabbed as the
Southeast Region representative to the Ping All-Freshman Team
... Member of the Georgia Cup All-State Team ... Named UAA Golfer
of the Week following his performance at the Emory Spring
Invitational (Apr. 11-12) where he claimed medalist honors in the
89-player field with a two-over par 142 (73-69) with his final
total the best 36-hole score turned in by an Emory player during
the year ... His second-day score at the Emory Invitational tied
for the best 18-hole showing by an Eagle during the season ... Shot
par of better on five occasions ... Tied Ryan Dagerman for the top
spot on the team and tied for third overall out of 59 players at
the Wynlakes Wynter Nationals (Feb. 21-22) ... Shot a two-over par
218 (78-69-71) at the Jekyll Island Invitational that ranked 14th
in the 150-player field.
High School:
Four-year member of the golf team at Sugar Land High School ...
Was coached by Greg Manthei ... Served as team captain his junior
and senior seasons ... Was named his squad's MVP his sophomore,
junior and senior campaigns ... Averaged 75.0 strokes per round his
final year ... Houston Junior Amateur champion ... Texas Junior
champion ... Was a member of the Jackie Burke Cup team.
Personal:
Born June 1, 1992 ... Son of Christina Chen ... Business
major.
Stats
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round |
2012-13 | 25 | 1884 | 75.36 | 70 |
2011-12 | 24 | 1806 | 75.25 | 68 |
2010-11 | 23 | 1707 | 74.2 | 69 |
Totals | 72 | 5397 | 74.95 | 68 |