2014-15 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Accounting/Finance major … Strong player who can hit the ball far and grind out rounds even when he’s not playing well … Two-time All-American (spring 2012 NAIA, fall 2012 NCCAA) … Should be one of the anchors of OC squad after taking a redshirt year in 2013-14 … 2014-15: Played in all 11 tournaments (11 starts), posting a stroke average of 74.97 over 29 rounds … Ranked 15th in stroke average among Heartland Conference golfers … Named as an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete … Named as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America, one of only 92 Division II players to earn that honor … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … Posted seven top-20 finishes … Opened fall season shooting 68-75-71—215 (-1) at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational at Tascosa Country Club in Amarillo, Texas, finishing 15th … Tied for 11th at the NCCAA Central Region Championship at Owasso Golf and Athletic Club , shooting 74-72-68—214 (-2) … His final-round 4-under 68 was his best round of the season and played a big role in a final-day rally as OC won the regional title … Completed the fall season with three more top-20 finishes, starting with a 16th-place showing at the Newman Fall Invitational at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kan., shooting 5-over … Shot 7-over to place 11th in the Bill Ross Intercollegiate at Milburn Country Club in Overland Park, Kan., a tournament with a field of mostly Division I golfers … At the NCCAA Championship at The Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Fla., tied for 17th, shooting 79-76-74—229 (+13), helping the Eagles to a runner-up finish … Opened the spring season with sixth straight top-20 finish, placing 15th in the San Antonio Shoot-Out at TPC San Antonio … Best spring showing came in the season-ending Heartland Conference Championship, as he shot 72-73-69—214 (-2) at Slick Rock Golf Course in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, to tie for sixth as the Eagles’ top finisher … Named as NCCAA student-athlete of the week after his Heartland performance … 2013-14: Redshirted … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … 2012-13: Played in seven tournaments, starting four and posting a pair of top-10 finishes … Posted 73.74 stroke average over 19 rounds, sixth-best among Heartland Conference golfers and in the top 70 in NCAA Division II … Shared lead briefly in final round before finishing tied for seventh at 1-over 217 at NCCAA Championship at The Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Fla., earning All-America honors for the second straight season in the process … Fall season’s best finish came in Texoma Championship at Chickasaw Pointe Golf Club in Kingston, where he finished second at even-par 216 to lead Eagles to team title … Named as Heartland Conference player of the week after that effort … Tied for 20th in U.C. Ferguson Classic at Lincoln Park Golf Club’s West Course in Oklahoma City during fall … Top finish during spring season came at The Contender at TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas, Texas, where he played as an individual and finished tied for 11th (at 14-over 227) in a tournament he won in 2012 … 2011-12: Started every tournament and was an NAIA All-America second-team selection after tying for 49th in the NAIA Championship with a 16-over 304 at Creekside Golf Club in Salem, Ore. … Posted a stroke average of 73.59, 37th-best among NAIA golfers … Posted first collegiate win in the Wyndham Invitational at TPC Four Seasons, finishing at 1-over 211 … Received Sooner Athletic Conference player of the week honors after that effort … Eighth in the Central Oklahoma Invitational at Gaillardia Country Club in Oklahoma City … Also finished tied for 10th in the Dallas Baptist Classic at The Golf Club of Dallas … During fall season, had three top-10 finishes and had a 72.9 scoring average … Finished second behind teammate Vilhelm Bogstrand in Texoma Championship at Chickasaw Pointe, closing at 1-over 217 … Tied for 10th in Harold Funston Invitational at Raven Nest in Huntsville, Texas … Tied for fifth in OC’s River Oaks Intercollegiate at 2-over 215 after starting with a 68 to hold a share of the first-round lead … 2010-11: Played in three fall tournaments for the Eagles, tying for 27th in the Houston Baptist University Intercollegiate at Quail Valley El Dorado in Missouri City, Texas and tying for 36th in the Harold Funston Invitational at Raven Nest … Also tied for 38th as part of OC’s second team in the U.C. Ferguson Classic at Lincoln Park West in Oklahoma City … Previous school: Attended Kelvin Grove State College in Brisbane … Queensland State Amateur Champion in 2008 … Played in Australian Open in 2008 … Queensland State Men’s Open Team Representative in 2009.
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