2013-14 Chattanooga golf guide PRofileS | RetuRneRS & neWCoMeRS year…runner-ups came at the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Boys Championship Wes Gosselin and the Faldo Series Grand Final...chose Chattanooga over Georgia Southern, Coastal
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Personal Born May 16, 1995 in Dundee, Scotland…son of John and Allison Scott…has a brother, Cammie…undecided on major.
- One of the state’s top junior golfers during high school career. - Qualified for 2011 U.S. Amateur. - Recipient of the George R. West, Jr., Scholarship.
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Freshman – Chattanooga, Tenn. rringgold
2012-13 Redshirted due to elbow injury…SoCon Commissioner’s Medal academic award and Honor Roll…Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
- 2013 Georgia High School Champion (Class AAA). - Won 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier at Old Fort (Murfreesboro, Tenn.). - Several junior tourney and high school wins.
HarDin ValleY Had a sterling junior career that included appearances at 2011 U.S. Amateur and 2010 and 2011 U.S. Junior Am…made it to the round of 32 at 2011 U.S. Junior Am losing to eventual champ Jordan Spieth (2&1)…finished second at 2011 TSSAA Class AAA State Championship…won his 2011 U.S. Junior Am section qualifying shooting nine-under par (69-66=135)…posted three other tops fives and a top 10 in 2011…fourth at the 2011 AJGA Junior at Savannah Quarters and at 2011 Tennessee Junior Amateur…was highly recruited with unofficial visits to Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Charlotte before committing to Chattanooga.
rinGGolD Played for Slade Queen (2013) and David Gann (2010-12) at Ringgold High School in north Georgia…2013 Class AAA Champion for the Tigers winning four times that season also capturing Cougar, Lion and Calhoun Invite titles…won 2012 United States Junior Am qualifier shooting three-under par 141 at Old Fort Golf Club (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)…two-time winner on All-American Junior Golf Tour where he was 2012 Player of the Year…posted top 10’s at 2012 Tennessee Junior Am and AJGA Music City Junior.
Personal Born September 9, 1993 in Knoxville, Tenn.…son of Rob and Hope Gosselin…two brothers, Zach and Graham…member of National Honor Society at HVHS and volunteered with KARM (Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries)…Psychology major.
Personal Born March 3, 1995 in Chattanooga…son of Marc and Angie Thomas…has an older sister Angie…honor student in high school…majoring in Exercise Science.
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Freshman – St. Andrews, Scotland Madras
Freshman – Knoxville, Tenn. Farragut
- One of the top juniors in Scotland, Ewan earned a spot on the 2013 Scottish entry in the European Men’s Team Championship. - Won the Scottish Hydro Boys’ Order of Merit as top junior golfer for 2012. - Represented Scotland in several youth team events. Junior Scott fashioned a remarkable junior record transition well into men’s events prior to arriving in Chattanooga in 2013…posted top 20’s in the following men’s events in 2013: Battle Trophy (T2nd), South African Amateur (T3rd), Irish Amateur (T4th), Australian Master of the Amateurs (5th), South African Stroke Play (T5th), Scottish Open Stroke Play (T16th), St. Andrews Links Trophy (T17th) and the Lytham Trophy (T18th)...won the Scottish Hydro Boys’ Order of Merit as the top junior golfer in his homeland in 2012…his 840 points easily out-distanced his nearest competition by 202…posted 2012 wins at the Golf Data Lab Scottish Youths Open Stroke Play Championship, Fife Boys Stroke Play and the Faldo Junior Series Scottish Qualifier…in all, he had nine top fives with his three wins, two seconds, two thirds and two fifths for that calendar
- One of the top juniors in Tennessee who comes from same program as senior Davis Bunn. - Only prep golfer on record to win TSSAA High School (2012) and Middle School Golf Championships (2009) in his career. - Chose Chattanooga after visiting Alabama, Tennes Tennessee and Louisville. farraGuT Had a decorated career playing for Jonathan Cox at Farragut…won the 2012 TSSAA Class 3A Championship in 2012 and was a two-time District 4-AAA Champ (2010, 2012)…won TSSAA Middle School State Title in 2009…2012 PrepExtra Player and was a three-time first team PrepExtra selection (2010-12)…All-KIL three times as well (2010-12)…All-State in 2010 and 2012…Calhoun’s Knoxville High School Athlete of the Week in November of 2012…third in 2012 Tennessee Junior Amateur…made it to the round of 32 in the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur…2012 PrepExtra Masters Champ. Personal
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