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Player Bios
HUNTER BATTLES Fr. • HS
Muscle Shoals, Ala. (Muscle Shoals HS)
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2019-20
• Competed in three tournaments as a freshman • Recorded a 77.75 scoring average over 8 competitive rounds • Shot a season-low 72 at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate to open the season
HIGH SCHOOL • Lettered six years for coach Derrick Gargis at Muscle Shoals High
• Full name is Hunter Braxton Battles • Son of Micah and Kelly Battles • Born Jan. 27, 2001 in Tuscumbia, Ala.
PERSONAL
School in Alabama • Helped lead the program to the Alabama Class 6A state title in 2017 and 2018 • Medalist at the Athens High School Invitational in 2018 and the
Brooks High School Invitational in 2017 • Team captain in 2017 and 2018 • Selected to represent the state of Alabama at the 2018 Southern
Junior Cup Matches • Named to the Times Daily Al-Area first team every year since eighth grade • Qualified for the 2018 Southern Amateur Championships and then made the cut at the event (1 of only 2 high school players to make the cut) • Finished second at the 2018 Alabama Boys State Junior
Championships (won the 16-18 Division) at Glen Lakes Golf Club • His first round 64 at the event tied the course record • Tied for 22nd at the 2018 Southern Junior Championships at Squire
Creek Golf Course • Won the division and finished 10th overall at the 2018 Daikin Spirit of
America Championships at Burningtree Country Club • Member of the National Honor Society • Named a Muscle Shoals High School Ambassador • Member of the 30+ Club at Muscle Shoals (recognizes students who make a 30 or higher on any section of the ACT)
• Recorded 14 rounds at 4 tournaments as a freshman • Finished the year with an average round of 75.36 • Best round was a 71 (-1) at the All-American Intercollegiate • Best finish was 30th at the same event after carding a 218 (71-75-72) • Won the Lobo Invitational at Pinecrest Country Club as a sophomore and junior • Won the All Saints Invitational at Cascades Country Club as a junior • Won the Sulphur Springs Invitational at Sulphur Springs Country Club as a senior • Tied for sixth at the TJGT Old American Elite in 2017 • Tied for third at the Texas State Match Play Championship in 2017 • Tied for second at the Joyce Crane Junior Championship in 2017 • Tied for 16th at the Southern Junior Amateur held at Squire Creek
2019-20
LAKE JUBAN Fr. • HS
Hallsville, Texas (Hallsville HS)
• Son of Anda and Tommy Juban • Has one brother, Colin • Born Jan. 8, 2001 in West Monroe, La.
PERSONAL
Country Club in 2018 • Tied for eighth at the Lanny Watkins Junior Championships in 2018
• Competed at five tournaments as a sophomore • Finished the year with a 75.43 scoring average in 14 competitive rounds • Shot a season-low 71 in the final day of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate • Placed a season-best 47th at the same event.
2019-20
• Competed in nine tournaments during his freshman season • Recorded a 75.28 scoring average in 25 competitive rounds • Shot a low round of 68 in the third round of the Lake Charles Toyota
2018-19
BLAKE BLASER So. • 1L
Edmond, Okla. (Edmond North HS)
C-USA Championships (tied for 25th at the event) • Tied for fourth at the I-20 Showdown vs. ULM with a even-par 144 over 36 holes
HIGH SCHOOL • Lettered for coach Brock Van Cleave at Edmond North High School in
• Son of Kyle and Krista Blaser • Has two brothers, Chase and Carson • Born Sept. 10, 1999 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
PERSONAL
Oklahoma • 3-time state champion • Named all-state • Named an Oklahoma Academic Scholar • Won the 2018 Oklahoma Regional Tournament • Won the 2016 and 2017 Lake Hefner Challenge • Finished fourth in the Oklahoma 6A State Tournament in 2018
JAMES SWASH So. • 1L
Stockton On Tees, England (Egglescliffe Comprehensive)
2019-20
• Recorded the second-best scoring average on the team (73.12) over the course of 17 rounds at 6 tournaments • Placed 8th after carding 213 (69-74-70) at the Jim Rivers
Intercollegiate to open the season • Recorded another top-20 individual performance with a 271 (70-72- 75) at the Bearcat Invitational
2018-19 • Named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year, only the second
• Attended Egglescliffe Comprehensive • Finished third at the 2018 NYSO Championships • Tied for 12th at the 2018 Welsh Youths Amateur Championships • Tied for 16th at the 2018 North of England Youths Championships • Finished as the runner up at the 2017 Yorkshire Boys • Finished tied for 14th at the 2017 British Boys qualifying rounds • Finished 21st in the 2017 Mcevoy Trophy competition • Captained the 2017 National County Champions with Yorkshire
HIGH SCHOOL
• Full name is James Ryan Swash • Son of Craig and Annette Swash • Has one sister, Nicola • Born Sept. 2, 1999 in MIddlesbrough, England
PERSONAL
Bulldog to ever be named league FOY (Jack Lempke: WAC, 2011) • Named second team all-state by the Louisiana Sports Writers
Association • Competed in 11 events as a true freshman, playing 31 competitive rounds • Recorded a 73.45 scoring average, the lowest ever by a LA Tech freshman • Opened his collegiate career with a three-under-par 68 at the
Louisville Cardinal Challenge • Shot a three-under-par 69 in the second round of the I-20 Showdown vs. ULM • Shot a three-under-par 69 in the final round of the Clemson
Invitational • Finished second at the ULM Showdown • Finished 17th at the USF Invitational • Finished 18th at the ULL Classic ...Posted 11 rounds of even par or better • Was Tech's top finisher in six events
J.C. WIGGLESWORTH So. • 1L
McKinney, Texas (McKinney Boyd HS)
2018-19
• Competed in three events during the season, playing seven competitive rounds • Recorded a 78.79 scoring average • His best round was a 73 in the second round of the Jim Rivers
• Lettered for coach Jerry Crumpton at McKinney Boyd High School • Named Class 6A all-district and all-region as a senior • Was a Class 6A state qualifier • Recorded a top 20 finish at the Bart Granger Memorial at Pecan Valley
HIGH SCHOOL
Intercollegiate
• Full name is John Carter Wigglesworth • Son of David and Andrea Wigglesworth • Has two sisters, Mary Kate and Claire • Born April 27, 2000 in Louisville, Ky.
PERSONAL
Golf Course, the largest high school event in the United States • Finished 9th out of 78 golfers at the Legends Texas Junior Lanny
Wadkins at Gentle Creek CC in Prosper, Texas • Tied for 20th (out of 108) at the AJGA Natural Resources Open in
Ashland, Kentucky • Finished 18th (out of 78) at the AJCA EZ-GO Vaughn Taylor at
Augusta, Georgia • Competed at the Texas High School 6A Texarkana Invitational, recording 10 birdies in 36 holes on day one to finish 8th out of 100 • Defeated No. 1 seed JJ Pierce 2 & 1 on the second day of match play
SAM MURPHY Jr. • TR
• Played all 17 rounds in all 6 tournaments, recording the third-lowest average round on the team (73.88) • Placed 18th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate after carding a 217 (75- 71-71) • Recorded under-par rounds at the All-American Intercollegiate (-2, 70) and Tiger Invitational (-2, 70)
2019-20
Decatur, Ala. (Hartselle HS)
JUNIOR COLLEGE • Played the past two years for coach Richard Morgan at Calhoun
Community College • Ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA rankings • Has won five events on the junior college level, including the
Trojan Invitational, the Snead State Invitational, the Wallace State Invitational, the Northeast Invitational and the District Tournament (scoring average of 68.7) • Named second team Ping All-American in 2018 and first team freshman Ping All-American in 2018 • Named to the 2018 NJCAA all-District IV team • Named 2018 NJCAA honorable mention all-American • Finished third at the 2018 Spirit of America • Won the 2018 Alabama State Match Play • Finished ninth at the 2018 Chattanooga Choo Choo
• Helped lead the Tigers to the state runner-up title in 2016 • Lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore • Lettered in baseball as a freshman, sophomore and junior • Lettered in hockey as a senior • Helped lead the baseball program to the state title in 2016 • Helped lead the hockey team to the district title in 2017
PERSONAL
• Son of Billy and Jan Murphy • Has one brother, Mac • Mac is also signing with LA Tech • Born April 26, 1999 in Tampa, Fla.
MAC MURPHY Jr. • TR
Decatur, Ala. (Hartselle HS)
2019-20 • Earned LSWA Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-Louisiana
• Played for Coach Richard Morgan at Calhoun Community College • Ranked No. 3 in the NJCAA rankings • Top three at the Alabama state match play • Won the individual title at the 2018 Warhawk Invitational • Top 5 finish at the 2018 Northeast Community College Invitational • Finished second at the 2018 Calhoun Community College Invitational • Recorded a fall scoring average of 71
JUNIOR COLLEGE
• Played at Hartselle High School in Alabama • Helped lead the Tigers to the state runner-up title in 2016
HIGH SCHOOL
• Son of Jan and Billy Murphy • Has one brother, Sam • Sam is also signing with LA Tech • Born April 26, 1999 in Tampa, Fla.
PERSONAL
Honors • Recorded the lowest average round on the team (71.53) in his junior season • Placed in the top-five at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (-5, 2nd) and
Tiger Invitational (-5, 3rd) • Earned C-USA Golfer of the Week honors in the final week of the season after carding a 211(70-72-69) at the Tiger Invitational • Placed in the top-30 at 5 of the Bulldogs' 6 tournaments in a
COVID-19 shortened season
KARSTEN GREEN Sr. • 3L
Midlothian, Texas (Midlothian HS)
2018-19
• Competed in 10 events, playing 27 competitive rounds during the season • Recorded a 75.0 scoring average • Shot a season-low 69 twice during the year, including the opening round of the Lake Charles Toyota Invitational and the second round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate • Tied for ninth at the I-20 Showdown vs. ULM and tied for 11th at the
• Competed in 10 events playing 29 rounds • Compiled a 76.62 scoring average • Tied for 29th with a three-round total of 225 (77-75-73) at the Old
2017-18
• Competed in eight tournaments for the Bulldogs his freshman year • Played in 23 rounds and compiled a 76.6 scoring average on the year • Tied for 17th at the Old Waverly Championships shooting a tworound total of one-under-par (73-70=143)
2016-17
Waverly Collegiate Championship • Shot a three-round total over one-over-par 217 (74-68-75) at the
Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational • His 68 in the second round of the Quail Valley Intercollegiate was a career collegiate low
HIGH SCHOOL • Graduated from Midlothian High School in 2016 under Coach Brant
• Full name is Karsten Robert Green • Son of Brett and Tanya Green • Born on May 31, 1998 in Dallas, Texas • Has one brother, Harrison
PERSONAL
Bennett where he played No. 1 all four years • Earned all-district honors all four years in high school, while also being named district champion in 2015 • Held a 72.4 scoring average his last two years at Midlothian • Named to the North Texas High School Coaches All-Honor Team in 2014 and 2015 • Won the Taylormade Invitational and TJGA Craigs Ranch Major • Finished fifth in Optimist International at PGA National, while also finishing sixth at the AJGA Under Armour Gary Woodland Classic • Medalist at the AJGA Horseshoe Bay qualifier • Won the TJGA Patriot Major by nine shots, shooting (67-68) • His father, Brett, a former PGA professional, has been his coach and instructor
• Competed in three events during the COVID-19 shortened season, playing eight competitive rounds • Notched a 75.88 scoring average • Helped the Bulldogs place eighth at the Intercollegiate at the Grove
2019-20
TREY POTEET Sr. • 3L
Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Halls HS)
2018-19
• Competed in seven events during the season, playing 18 competitive rounds • Recorded a 77.11 scoring average • Fired a one-under-par 71 in the opening round of the Intercollegiate at The Grove
2016-18 (CALHOUN CC)
• Spent two years playing for coach Richard Morgan • Received a medical redshirt in 2016-17 • Earned five all-tournament team finishes in 2017-18 • Finished season ranked No. 36 in the National Junior College Athletic
Association
2015-16 (CENTRAL ALABAMA CC)
• Played for coach Dave Jennings in 2015-16 • Earned two all-tournament team finishes
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Bill Warren at Halls High School • Was a three-time District 3-3A champion • Was the Mike Mills Morristown Invitational champion as a junior • Won the Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament championship as a senior • Lettered three years for the Red Devils varsity basketball team • 3-time all-district • 2-time all-region • Named second team all-state • Named to the Knoxville News Sentinel All-Prepxtra team
PERSONAL
• Son of John and Jennifer Huff • Has three sisters, Kyleigh, Karlee and Cierra, and one brother, Hunter • Born April 26, 1997, in Knoxville, Tennessee • Won the 2018 Knoxville City Amateur Championship with a fourround total of 10-under-par (64-71-68-67) • 2-time All-Academic • Earned All-American honors at the 2017 NJCAA National Tournament • Named first team all-conference in 2018 • Finished second at the Dr. Pepper Classic and fifth at the National
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HIGH SCHOOL • Lettered for coach Joe Sexton at Lubbock Cooper High School in
• Full name is Judson Riley Tilson • Son of Liz Edwards and Scott Tilson • Has three sisters, Kelsey, Kristina and Jamie • Born May 21, 1998 in Valencia, Calif.
PERSONAL
JUDD TILSON Sr. • 3L
Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock Cooper HS)
2019-20:
Texas • Led the Pirates to the Texas District 2-5A championship and 5A regional championship • Also led the program to tournament wins at the Red Raider Classic and the Bobcat Rally • Won the individual title at the Red Raider Classic • Finished second at the District 2-5A tournament and third at the regional championships • Finished fifth at the Butch Harmon AJGA • Tied for seventh at the Oaktree Invitational AJGA • Tied for 10th at the Texas Valero Junior Open AJGA
• Competed in 2 events during the season, carding 6 competitive rounds • Had an average round of 74.67 on the year • Recorded a season-low 71 (-1) in the second round at the White
2018-19
• Competed in 10 events during the year, recording 28 competitive rounds • Registered a 76.18 scoring average • Registered a couple of even par 72s at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and the ULL Classics • Recorded a one-under-par 71 in the second round of the Old Waverly
Sands Invitational • Best finish was 47th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate
