2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
At Midwestern State
Individual Honors
PING All-South Central Region (1)
2015 (1st)
LSC Newcomer of the Year
2015
All-Lone Star Conference (2)
2015 (2nd), 2016 (2nd)
24 Strong Teammate of the Year (1)
2014-15
Academic Awards
CoSIDA Academic All-District (1)
2016
LSC All-Academic Team (2)
2016, 2017
Mustang Scholar Award (1)
2015-16
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (5)
2014 (F), 2015 (S), 2015 (F), 2016 (S), 2017 (S)
Senior (2016-17)
earned second-team All-Lone Star Conference honors for the second consecutive season... finished career at No. 3 on MSU's all-time scoring average chart at 74.66 and in career finish percentage (67.8)... fifth in program history with 16 career par-or-better rounds... notched 219 career birdies to stand fifth on MSU's all-time list... played in 10 tournaments and 29 rounds carrying a stroke average of 74.86 as a senior... completed season ranked 349th in the GolfStat national rankings with a 58.2 finish percentage... recorded six par-or-better rounds including a pair of 60s... notched countable scores in 23 of 29 team competition rounds (79.3 percent)... notched 71 birdies which stands as the 14th most in a single season in program history... scored a career best on Par 5s averaging a 4.8407... notched a pair of Top 10 finishes... took fourth at the Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions Classic with a collegiate-best 1-under total of 209 going 71, 68 and 70 at Hardscrabble Country Club (4/10-4/11)... placed fifth at the Western New Mexico Fall Intercollegiate with a 2-over, 54-hole total of 218 going 74, 73 and 71 at Golf Club of Estrella in Goodyear, Ariz. (9/26-9/27)... placed 42nd at the NCAA D2 West/South Central Regional with an even-par total of 216 going 69, 70 and 77 at the Brookside Golf Course in Stockton, Calif. (5/8-5/10)...
Junior (2015-16)
competed in 10 tournaments and 27 rounds for the Mustangs with a stroke average of 74.85... finished the year ranked 271st nationally with a finish percentage of 69.1 percent... carded four par-or-better rounds and two rounds with scores in the 60s... posted 26 countable scores in 27 team competition rounds... recorded a career low of 67 in the second round of the DBU Patriot Classic...
Sophomore (2014-15)
earned PING All-South Central Region and was an All-Lone Star Conference second-team performer... the LSC Newcomer of the Year competed in 12 tournaments and 29 rounds posting a stroke average of 74.28 to rank 155th nationally... notched countable scores in each of his 29 team competition rounds... carded par-or-better scores in six rounds including one rounds in the 60s... boasted six Top 10 finishes and placed amongst the first 20 on the individual leader board on seven occasions... posted four consecutive Top 10 finishes during fall semester... notched season low round of 68 on this way to a sixth-place showing with a 36-hole total of 141 (-3) at The Classic at the Tribute (10/27-10/28)... also finished sixth at The Territory Classic and San Antonio Shootout to go with an eighth-place showing at the Midwestern State Invitational...
At Wayland Baptist
Freshman (2013-14)
competed in four tournaments and 10 rounds with a stroke average of 75.8... helped Pioneers to six tournament wins including a Sooner Athletic Conference championship... WBU reached No. 1 in the NAIA national rankings eventually placing 14th at the NAIA National Championships... finished fifth in collegiate debut while competing as an individual medalist at the Claude Jacobs Invitational played at the Victoria (Texas) Country Club carding rounds of 73, 73 and 75 for a 5-over total of 221...tied for 22nd at the San Antonio Shootout recording rounds of 78, 77 and 74 for three round total of 229 (+13) at the TPC San Antonio... fired best round of the season with a 2-under 70 in the opening round of the UST Mamiya Intercollegiate played at the Par-72, 6,893-yard Hawks Creek Course in Fort Worth...
At St. Thomas College
competed as a prep for Trentham Park Golf Club... won Staffordshire Under 18 match play championship and was unbeaten in two years... served as junior captain in 2012... helped Trentham Park GC to a regional title in 2011 finishing as state runners-up... also played soccer, cricket, rugby and table tennis...
Personal
son of Mervyn William and Beverley Smith... born Jan. 23, 1994
Historical Player Information
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2014-15Sophomore
6'2"
170 lbs
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2015-16Junior
6'2"
170 lbs
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2016-17Senior
6'2"
170 lbs