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2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Zak Jones

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Spring, Texas
  • High School Klein Collins
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Biography

CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Low Round: 67 (Final Round, WAC Championship – 4/30/23)
Best Finish: T-7 (Temptest Collegiate – 10/9-11/23)
Best 54-Hole Score: 210 (WAC Championship – 4/28-30/23)

Graduated ranking 13th on the program’s all-time birdies list with 259.

AWARDS
2022-23 Academic All-WAC
2023 UTA B.G. Wilson Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2022-23) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Played in a career-high 11 tournaments, logging 32 rounds … posted a scoring average of 73.9 ... ended his tenure with a career-low 7-under, bogey-free 65 in the final round of the WAC Championship (Apr. 30) … that 65 was tied for the 4th-lowest round in program history, and was the lowest final round in a conference championship in program lore … career-best T-3 finish (-1) at the 36-hole Bear Brawl (Oct. 31) with rounds of 67 and 72 … posted career highs in rounds in the 60s (three) and par-or-better rounds (12) … led the team in birdies with 102 to represent the 11th most in single-season program history … registered four top-15 showings; his other top-10 performance was a T-7 at the Temptest Collegiate (Oct. 9-11) with a 1-under 215 (71-71-73) … best 54-hole score was a 6-under 210 (73-72-65) at the WAC Championship … par-5 scoring average of 4.83 … his score was used in the team total 29 times … rolled in three eagles.

AS A SENIOR (2021-22) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Finished with a 73.09 scoring average over 11 rounds … that average, albeit in fewer rounds, ranked 2nd on the team … season-best and career-low-tying 2-under 69 in the 2nd round of the Grand Canyon Invitational (Mar. 14) … that was part of a 54-hole career-best 212 (-1) … four par-or-better rounds … score was used in the team total nine times out of 11 opportunities … carded 43 birdies.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2020-21) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Posted a 76.44 scoring average over six tournaments and 18 rounds … five events as a member of the team lineup and one as an individual … six par-or-better rounds were tied for the 2nd-most on the team …46 birdies were the 3rd-most on the club … also rolled in two eagles … season-low 70 came in the 2nd round of Seattle’s Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay (Mar. 29) … score was used in the team total in eight of 15 opportunities … closed the regular season with consecutive rounds of even-par 72 at the Bearkat Invitational (Apr. 12-13).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Season canceled in mid-March due to worldwide coronavirus pandemic … posted a 74.67 scoring average over 15 rounds … competed in four tournaments as part of the team lineup and one event as an individual … secured four par-or-better rounds … season-low 69 in the final round of the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Oct. 8) … signed for a 2-under 70 in the 2nd round of the Bash at the Beach (Mar. 9) competing as an individual … in 12 opportunities, his score was used in the team total nine times … rolled in 38 birdies … season-best solo 14th-place finish at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) with a 218 (+2) total following rounds of 73-72-73.

AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Played in three tournaments, all in the fall … made his collegiate debut at the Maridoe Intercollegiate with rounds of 82-77-79; the last two rounds were used in the team score … also competed in the team lineup a few weeks later at the Little Rock Invitational, recording rounds of 79-85-81; the 1st round was used in the team score … competed as an individual at the FGCU Invitational, finishing with rounds of 78-83-84.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas ... a four-time all-district selection ... qualified for 2018 Junior PGA Championships with a 3-stroke victory at the Southern Texas Sectionals at Augusta Pines Golf Club in Spring ... finished second at the 2018 district championship to qualify for regionals ... claimed medalist honors at the 2018 Greater Houston City Junior Match Play Championship ... shot a 3-under par 69 in stroke play to earn the No. 3 seed and a first round by before winning 5-straight matches to claim the title ... top 10 percent academically among his graduating class ... ranked 13th among junior golfers in the state of Texas in 2018 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... finished tied for fifth at the Under Armour/Jordan Spieth Championship in 2017 ... tied for seventh at the 2017 Valero Junior Texas Open.

PERSONAL
Born on Feb. 14, 2000 ... son of Mark and Wendy ... only child ... earned his bachelor's degree as a double major in management and marketing ... currently pursuing his Master's in Business Administration.