2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Low Round: 66 (Final Round, Sun Belt Conference Championship – 4/23/19)
Best Finish: T-2 (Trinity Forest Invitational – 10/4-5/21)
Best 54-Hole Score: 205, 3x (Last: Trinity Forest Invitational – 10/4-5/21)
Graduated with the 2nd-best career scoring average in program history at 73.11 – barely behind all-time leader Zack Fischer’s 73.10 from 2008-11 … in terms of score to par, his 1.39 was the best in program history (Fischer, 2nd: 1.48) … also holds top-10 program rankings in career birdies (1st, 416), counting scores (2nd, 117), par-or-better rounds (2nd, 52), rounds played (T-3rd, 129), eagles (T-4th, 11) and finish percentage (9th, 67.7) … posted three different 54-hole totals of 205 to tie for the 5th-best performances in program history; only one other player in program history even had two such totals of 205 or better (Bobby Massa).
AWARDS
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2019 Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Sun Belt Conference Second Team
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021-22) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Named to the Sun Belt Conference Second Team … led UTA and ranked 7th in the conference with a 72.36 average score over 28 rounds … that scoring average was the 2nd-best in single-season program history (his own 72.00 in 21 rounds during the COVID-shortened 2019-20 year is the best) … team-leading 13 par-or-better rounds and eight rounds in the 60s … three top-10 finishes and seven top-20 showings … best was a T-2 at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 4-5) with rounds of 68-68-69 (205, -8) … also recorded a 205 total (68-67-70, -11) at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Sept. 27-28) to tie for the 5th-best 54-hole score in program history … team-best 91 birdies … 4.07 par-4 scoring average ranked as the 3rd-best in single-season program history (record: Jordan Krantz’s 4.04 in 2004-05) … score was used in the team total 23 times … 10 of his 15 rounds in the fall were under par … victorious in his Sun Belt Championship Semifinal Match (Apr. 27) over Little Rock’s Nicolas Horder, 3&2, thanks to winning six of the first seven holes.
AS A SENIOR (2020-21) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Scoring average of 74.50 was the 2nd-best on the team and the lowest among UTA players who competed in at least six events and 18 rounds … missed one tournament due to an injury … team-leading eight par-or-better rounds … had a pair of rounds in the 60s … team-best finish percentage of 66.4 … season-low 68 (-4) in the final round of the Bearkat Invitational (Apr. 13) … had three top-10 finishes … best was a T-6 at the Bearkat Invitational (Apr. 12-13) with rounds of 71-76-68: 215 (-1) … converted 40 birdies and rolled in three eagles … fall slate featured five of six rounds at, or below, par … first five rounds of the spring were over par … three of his final four rounds of the spring regular season were below par … score was used in the team total in 16 of 18 opportunities.
AS A JUNIOR (2019-20) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Season canceled in mid-March due to worldwide coronavirus pandemic … posted the best single-season scoring average in program history at an even 72.00 over 21 rounds (minimum 15 rounds to qualify); the previous record was held by Bobby Massa in 2008-09 (72.42 over 33 rounds) … established the single-season program record for par-5 scoring, finishing at 4.67 and surpassing the previous mark of 4.69 held by Zack Reeves in 2005-06 … posted the 6th-best par-3 scoring average in program history (3.08); record was set by teammate Kyle Cox this same year (2.96) … signed for a 10-under 206 at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Oct. 7-8), tied for the 7th-best 54-hole total in program history and tied for the 5th-lowest score to par … secured 11 par-or-better rounds and led the team with five rounds in the 60s … season-low 5-under 67 to open the year at the Lone Star Invitational (Sept. 16) … matched that 67 in the 2nd round of the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Oct. 7) … four top-10 finishes, including two top-5s … rolled in 65 birdies – the 2nd-most on the team … appeared in the team lineup in all seven tournaments, one of only three players to accomplish that feat … his score was used in the team total in 20 of 21 opportunities … just two rounds higher than 75 all season.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018-19) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Team-leading 72.90 scoring average, 7th-best in single-season program history … 12 par-or-better rounds … team-best 69.8 finish percentage … four rounds in the 60s, led by a career-low 66 (-5) in the final round of the Sun Belt Championship … that 66 is tied for the 11th-best round in program history … tied for 5th at the Sun Belt Championship (205, -8), equaling the 4th-lowest 54-hole score in program history … entering the 2019 tournament, that 205 would have been tied for the 2nd-best score in Sun Belt Championship history (the four lowest (or tied) totals in conference tournament history occurred in 2019) … extremely consistent all year with every round except one (a 79) coming in at 76 or lower … best finish was a tie for 4th; three top-10 finishes … score used in the team total in all but two rounds (28 of 30).
AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Tied for the team lead with 11 tournament appearances during the season ... finished tied for second on the team in scoring average at 73.91 ... registered a low round of 69 twice, in his first-ever collegiate round at the season opening Sam Hall Intercollegiate and his final stroke play round at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... posted three top 20 finishes ... best individual performance was an 8th place finish at the Cape Fear National Intercollegiate ... tied for 9th place at the Sun Belt Conference Championships at Raven Golf Club in Sandestin, Fla. ... claimed a 2&1 match play victory over Georgia Southern's Luukas Alakulppi in the semifinals of match play at the Sun Belt Championships ... tied for 17th at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate at 3-over par ... best 54-hole score was a 2-under par 214 in a tie for 22nd place finish at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate ... registered eight rounds of par or better.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Waxahachie High School ... qualified for the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship by earning medalist honors at a qualifier at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas ... went 3-0 in match play to earn Texas a team victory at the 2017 Texas Mexico Cup in San Antonio ... participated in the 2017 Byron Nelson Junior ... finished with rounds of 72-71 to finish in runner-up position at the district championships as a senior ... recovered from tough first round to finish tied for ninth at regionals ... earned all-region honors as a junior and senior ... earned second team all-state honors as a junior ... team qualified for regionals in 2016 and 2017 ... medalist at the 2016 Bridgestone Golf All American Tour Championship ... claimed runner-up honors at the 2016 DBU Patriot Major Championship ... three-time Taylormade Junior Open Champion ... medalist at the 2016 NTPGA All-American Tour Challenge ... 2015 and 2016 district medalist ... Second team All-Region and All-State Honorable Mention as a sophomore ... tied for fifth at the Texas Junior Masters ... qualified for IMG Junior World and OIJGC.
