2025-26 West Virginia University Golf Guide

2025-26

WESTY MCCABE

KALEB WILSON

CARSON KAMMANN

2025-26 Mountaineer Golf

2025-26 SCHEDULE

Aug. 31-Sept. 1 Island Resort Collegiate Sage Run Golf Club Bark River, Mich.

Sept. 7-8

Gopher Invitational Windsong Farm Golf Club Independence, Minn.

Sept. 29-30 Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Mystic Rock Golf Course Farmington, Pa.

Oct. 6-7 Cullen Brown Invitational Lexington Country Club Lexington, Ky.

Oct. 25-26

Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Steelwood Country Club Loxley, Ala.

Nov. 5-6 Kapolei Invitational Kapolei Golf Club Kapolei, Hawaii

Feb. 2-3 Battle at Briar’s Creek The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek John’s Island, S.C.

Feb. 14-15 Gators Invitational Mark Bostick Golf Course Gainesville, Fla.

Mar. 9-10 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Sea Island Golf Club St. Simons Island, Ga.

Mar. 13-15

Schenkel Invitational Forest Heights Country Club Statesboro, Ga.

Mar. 22-24 Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Bulls Bay Golf Club Awendaw, S.C.

Apr. 13-14 Mountaineer Invitational Pete Dye Golf Club Bridgeport, W.Va.

Apr. 27-29 Big 12 Championship Prairie Dunes Golf Club Hutchinson, Kan.

May 18-20 NCAA Regional Championship Various Sites

May 28-June 2 NCAA Championship

Costa Resort Carlsbad, Calif.

HARRISON THOMPSON

RYAN LEACH

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NICK TUROWSKI

A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF 78 YEARS IN THE

The new era of WVU golf begins as players arrive on campus for the first time since the program was cut in the early 1980s.

AUGUST 2014

APRIL 2016

West Virginia competes at its first-ever Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity, Texas. Then-freshman Max Sear just misses a top-10 finish.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Alan Cooke becomes the first Mountaineer golfer in more than three decades to tee off as the team restarts varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.

APRIL 2017

The Mountaineers claim their first team win, taking the title at the East Carolina Invitational

MAKING

West Virginia starts the season with another win, this time taking top team honors at the Janney VCU Shootout.

SEPTEMBER

2017

NOVEMBER

2017

Matthew Sharpstene shoots a then-program low round of 64 to lead the Mountaineers to another win at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Florida.

FEBRUARY 2018

NOVEMBER 2018

OCTOBER 2018

Freshman Matthew Sharpstene becomes the first Mountaineer to ever win Big 12 Golfer of the Month after his play at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Sear becomes the first Mountaineer in more than 30 decades to win a tournament, claiming medalist honors at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational in Bridgeport. WVU takes the team title at its home event, hosted at Pete Dye Golf Club.

West Virginia caps the fall season at No. 37 in the Golfstat rankings.

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Etienne Papineau earns the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational; he shaves three strokes off the previous record of 206, which was set in 2017. WVU earns its first top-25 ranking.

Mountaineers host their first-ever Big 12 Championship at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

West Virginia qualifies for its first NCAA appearance since 1947. The Mountaineers place sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional.

MAKING

The Mountaineers record a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273280=826 for 26-under-par, besting the previous records of 835 (Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018-19) and -22 (Janney VCU Shootout, 2017-18).

Mark Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors.

NOVEMBER

2019

FEBRUARY 2020

Logan Perkins earns a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational in February with a 62, besting the previous record of 64, which was set in 2018.

MAY 2021

MAY 2022

WVU won the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 28-under-par tally, the lowest 54-hole, under-par score in school history. The 271 in the final round tied the lowest round in school history, and the 17-under-par tally in the final round was the lowest round in school history in relation to par.

A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF 78 YEARS IN THE

Max Green won his second collegiate tournament at the Red Bandanna Invitational and helped West Virginia to the team title to start the 2023-24 season.

WVU tied for the fourth most wins (3) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

The Mountaineers recorded the second lowest tournament score in program history (-27) in the National Invitational Tournament

WVU posted its highest finish at the Big 12 Championship by recording a fifth-place finish out of 14 teams.

WVU tied the school record for lowest round in school history (-17) in round one of the Dorado Beach Collegiate

The Mountaineers finished third as a 10 seed at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional. It was WVU’s second team regional appearance since the program was reinstated in 2015.

WVU made its second NCAA Championship appearance, first since 1947, and finished 28th During the season, the Mountaineers recorded 97 victories.

Carson Kammann won his first collegiate tournament at the Mountaineer Invitational and WVU won its own tournament for the fourth time.

MAKING

Sean Covich was named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year and was named a finalist for the Dave Williams Award, given to the national coach of the year.

WVU won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and Kaleb

captured the individual title.

Wilson

Freshman Nick Turowski won his first collegiate tournament at the Red Flash Invitational.

Kaleb Wilson became the second Mountaineer to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Regional.

Freshman Ryan Leach won his first collegiate tournament at The Stono.

The Mountaineers posted a Top 5 finish at the National Golf Invitational.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE

The Big 12 enters its 30th year as one of the nation’s premier conferences in college athletics under the leadership of Commissioner Brett Yormark. Since joining the Conference in August 2022, Yormark has elevated the Big 12 to new heights, emphasizing marketing, brand building and instilling an innovative strategy that has resonated across the college athletics landscape.

The Conference is composed of 16 universities spanning 10 states and four time zones. The Big 12 members include Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah and West Virginia.

The Big 12 began play in 1996 and is the home of 91 team NCAA national championships, and 775 individual national champions. The Big 12 Conference office is located in Irving, Texas.

BIG 12 FAST FACTS

• The Big 12 sponsors 25 sports across the Fall, Winter and Spring seasons.

• Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling.

• Women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.

• The Conference currently conducts postseason championships for 24 of its 25 sports.

• The league has been home to over 800 Academic All-America recipients.

• In the last 16 seasons, 39 student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA Elite 90 award.

ACADEMIC HONORS

GCAA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

2025 (Presidents Special Recognition), 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

GCAA SRIXON/CLEVELAND GOLF

ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR

Todd Duncan 2025

Kaleb Wilson 2025

Will Stakel .

. 2022, 2023

Trent Tipton 2021, 2022, 2023

Kurtis Grant 2020, 2021, 2022

Philipp Matlari 2019, 2020

Etienne Papineau 2019, 2020, 2021

Max Sear 2018, 2019

Chris Williams

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM

Etienne Papineau 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Drew Dewald 2018

Avery Schneider 2018

Max Sear 2018, 2019

Chris Williams 2016, 2017

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM

Kaleb Wilson 2024

Jackson Davenport 2023

Todd Duncan 2023

Oli Ménard 2022, 2023

Mark Goetz .

Matthew Sharpstene

2017

Hugh Donegan 2025

Pierce Grieve 2025

Carson Kammann 2025

Harrison Thompson 2025

Kaleb Wilson .

2025

Todd Duncan 2024, 2025

Oli Menard 2024

Max Green 2024, 2025

Will Stakel 2022, 2023, 2024

Trent Tipton 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Mark Goetz

Kurtis Grant

2021

2019, 2020

Mark Goetz 2019

Tristan Nicholls 2018

Alan Cooke 2016, 2017

Mason Short 2016

BIG 12 ACADEMIC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Ryan Leach 2025

Nick Turowski 2025

Will Stakel 2021

Nico Lang 2020

Trent Tipton 2020

Kurtis Grant

Logan Perkins.

2020

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Logan Perkins 2020, 2022

Philipp Matlari 2019, 2020

Tristan Nicholls 2019

2019

2018

Etienne Papineau 2017

Tristan Nicholls 2016

CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM

Kurtis Grant 2023

Will Stakel

2023, 2024

CHARACTER

Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867. Across the three campuses of the WVU System in Morgantown, Keyser, and Beckley, WVU is changing lives and helping to create a brighter future. Our purpose remains to bring education, healthcare, and prosperity to our state. WVU is one of only a few flagship, R1, land-grant, community-engaged universities in the nation.

RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION

R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Possible category, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

ACCREDITATION

WVU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Many programs hold specialized accreditation.

GOVERNANCE

The WVU Board of Governors is the University’s governing body. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. Michael Benson is WVU’s 27th president.

CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES

The WVU System is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown to the student-centered focus of WVU Potomac State College in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley, we are creating a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVU Institute of Technology offers 30+ majors, including undergraduate engineering programs that have consistently ranked among the top in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.

WVU Potomac State College offers 60+ majors and combines the personal attention of a small college with the affordable benefits of a major university.

The WVU System also includes Health Sciences locations in Charleston and Martinsburg; School of Nursing campuses in Morgantown, Charleston, Keyser, Bridgeport and Beckley; farms and forests throughout the state; and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVU Morgantown campus is in a town that was named the “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider.

STUDENT PROFILE

Fall 2024 WVU System enrollment was 25,000+

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

WVU recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 142 Gilman Scholars, 82 Fulbright Scholars, 53 Goldwater Scholars, 44 Critical Language Scholars, 30 Boren Scholars, 27 Truman Scholars, 6 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 4 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 39 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar and one Schwarzman Scholar.

R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION HIGHLIGHTS

WVU is one of only 187 colleges and universities to attain a ranking of R1, or the highest possible research category, alongside such institutions as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins.

WVU researchers are exploring the frontier in neuroscience research at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, doing groundbreaking work on Alzheimer’s disease and addiction treatment using focused ultrasound to safely open the blood-brain barrier (reported by “60 Minutes,” the New York Times, New England Journal of Medicine, the Washington Post and more).

WVU researchers are exploring the farthest reaches of the universe: dozens helped uncover evidence of ripples in space-time. mWVU is one of two or three universities that serve as a major hub for all branches of science contributing to NANOGrav – a galaxy-sized detector that is beginning to detect the gravitational universe.

Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, an internationally renowned WVU astrophysicist was selected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in the scientific world.

Duncan Lorimer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Twelve Morgantown colleges and schools offer 302 majors in agriculture and natural resources; applied and human sciences; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts and media; dentistry; engineering and mineral resources; law; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Students can choose from more than 450 student organizations or participate in an active intramural program and a variety of club sports.

SERVICE AND LEARNING

The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty. WVU is one of only 75 schools recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for Community Engagement (recognized since 2010).

PARENTS CLUB

The Mountaineer Parents Club, with 20,000+ members, connects parents and families with the student experience.

ALUMNI

Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 210,000+ graduates worldwide (in 135 nations).

LIBRARIES

The WVU Libraries encompass seven libraries statewide. Facilities in Morgantown include the Downtown Campus Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library and the West Virginia and Regional History Center. Onsite collections include more than 936,000 books, 1.5+ million e-books and 700+ databases.

PRIVATE SUPPORT

The WVU Foundation recorded $282.6 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2024. As of June 30, 2024, total Foundation assets stood at $3.04 billion, including long-term investments for the benefit of WVU and assets managed by the Foundation for other WVU-affiliated organizations.

EXTENSION

Throughout the year in West Virginia’s 55 counties, WVU Extension funds and delivers West Virginia’s 4-H program, which reaches more than 68,000 youth each year through county and state camps, special interest clubs, in-school activities and other programs.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE

It’s painless to apply — no required essays or recommendations, students are automatically considered for scholarships and can be admitted with or without ACT or SAT scores. Test scores may be required for certain majors or scholarships. Apply directly to WVU or use the Common Application. WVU offers a rolling admission (there is no official application deadline). Applications are processed beginning in late August for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for West Virginia residents to submit Promise Scholarship applications. Visit admissions.wvu.edu to learn more, including how to submit official transcripts and test scores. Graduate admission (for degree-seeking applicants) requires a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission. In addition, an applicant must meet the minimum admissions criteria determined by their program of interest.

VISITORS CENTER

The WVU Visitors Center is the front door to campus, providing the warm hospitality that Mountaineers are known for in a modern, welcoming space. Tours led by current students are offered Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Details are available at visit.wvu.edu.

HEAD COACH

12TH SEASON • MISSISSIPPI STATE ’04 SEAN COVICH

A nationally-recognized program builder and relentless recruiter who specializes in player development, Sean Covich has engineered one of college golf’s top stories nationally – restarting the West Virginia University men’s golf program from scratch in 2014 and leading it to the national championships in record time.

After guiding the Mountaineers for the NCAA Championships during the 2023-24 season, Covich was named the 2024 Big 12 Conference Golf Coach of the Year and tabbed a finalist for the 2024 Dave Williams Award presented by Golf Pride Grips, given annually to the nation’s top coach.

Covich was selected to be WVU’s 12th men’s golf coach on May 22, 2014, as West Virginia reintroduced men’s golf as a varsity sport following a 31-year hiatus. Covich’s program centers around player growth and development, maximizing each player’s full potential on and off the course.

He has developed all-conference players and All-Americans, while multiple players have gone on to play professionally on the PGA & Korn Ferry Tours, including Chad Ramey (PGA Tour), Mark Goetz (Korn Ferry Tour) and Etienne Papineau (Korn Ferry Tour). Covich has signed numerous state junior players of the year, No. 1-ranked junior college players, as well as players from over 10 different countries from across the globe during his college coaching career.

West Virginia’s 2024 NCAA Championships appearance was its second in program history (first since 1947) after finishing tied for third place as a No. 10 seed at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional. WVU won two tournaments (Red Bandanna Invitational and Mountaineer Invitational) and posted its highest Big 12 Conference finish (5th out of 14 teams), while carding nine top-10 finishes for the season.

West Virginia racked up a program-best 97 victories on the year including wins over fourth-ranked Arizona State, 15th-ranked Washington, 14th-ranked Texas Tech, and several Top 50-ranked teams including Stanford, Houston, SMU and BYU, to solidify the greatest season in program history.

Max Green became the third Mountaineer in school history to be selected to Division I All-Midwest Region Team, joining Mark Goetz (2021) and Matthew Sharpstene (2019), to add to the long list of accomplished players under Covich’s watch.

The Mountaineers matched their highest Big 12 finish in 2022-23 with the team shooting 281 in the second round, the lowest round in WVU’s Big 12 Championship history. In addition, WVU tied No. 12 Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Match Play Championship.

In 2024-25, WVU Kaleb Wilson became the second Mountaineer golfer to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Regional, while the Mountaineers posted a Top 5 finish at the National Golf Invitational. In addition, WVU won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and had three golfers win tournaments during the season: Wilson and freshmen Ryan Leach and Nick Turowski. Wilson and Todd Duncan became the fourth and fifth Mountaineer golfers in school history to be selected to the Division I All-Midwest Region Team.

In 2021-22, West Virginia won the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 28-under-par tally, the lowest 54-hole, under-par score in school history. The 271 in the final round at Vegas tied the lowest round team total in school history and the 17-under-par tally in the final round was the lowest

round in school history in relation to par. Mark Goetz won the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate and Mountaineer Invitational for his second and third collegiate tournament wins, the most in school history. Max Green was co-champion of the East Carolina Intercollegiate, becoming the third different Mountaineer to

In 2020-21 despite the abbreviated season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn AllAmerica honors. Goetz then was the stroke-play medalist out of 312 golfers at the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club, shooting 8-under-par.

The Mountaineers finished the 2020-21 season on a strong note. For the third year in a row, West Virginia won the Mountaineer Invitational with Goetz being the only golfer in the field to shoot under par (-12). WVU’s four-day total at the Big 12 Championship tied WVU’s best 72-hole total at the championship, including a 283 in the third round, one shot off its best round in a Big 12 event. Also in the spring, WVU shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighth-best round in school history and posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational.

Building upon momentum from the team’s first NCAA appearance since 1947 the previous season, Covich’s Mountaineers earned the program’s first-ever top-25 ranking in 2019-20, coming in at No. 25 in the first Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll of the season.

West Virginia put a tally in the win column after topping the leaderboard at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. Covich led the Mountaineers to its second victory of the season in a head-to-head matchup against Connecticut to open the spring portion of the season.

2019-20 proved to be another record-breaking year for West Virginia, as the team combined to break four different records throughout the season. Etienne Papineau earned the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational. Logan Perkins also earned a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational with a 62 to finish second overall in the tournament.

As a team, the Mountaineers recorded a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273-280=826 for 26-under par. This bested the previous records of 835 and 22-under. The 2019-20 season was cut short in March due to COVID-19.

With the help of freshman Kurtis Grant, the 2018-19 season started off in a big way, as Grant posted a 206 in the Old Town Club Collegiate, tying the program record on his way to an 11th-place finish. Soon after, senior Max Sear became the first Mountaineer in more than 35 years to earn medalist honors when he finished atop the team leaderboard at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. His first-place finish led the Mountaineers to the team title for the first time ever at their home event.

The inaugural Big 12 Match Play Championship was up next for WVU. The Mountaineers put up a tough battle and came away with a win over Iowa State and a tie with Kansas. The Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, which West Virginia joined UCF in hosting, and the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic wrapped up fall play as the Mountaineers finished with a program-best No. 37 ranking via Golfstat.

Spring trips down south included a third-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Florida, and a fourth-place finish at the Irish Creek Collegiate in Kannapolis, North Carolina. In an annual tradition, the Mountaineers wrapped up play at rival Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate, taking home third place.

At the end of April, West Virginia welcomed the league’s nine other programs to The Old White TPC in White Sulphur Springs as the Mountaineers played host to the 2019 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at The Greenbrier Resort. Despite a soggy start, sophomore Matthew Sharpstene led the way for WVU with a 13th-place finish at the historic resort.

History was then made on May 1, 2019. The team gathered at the WVU Coliseum at 9 p.m. to await its fate as the top-50 national ranking all but guaranteed the Mountaineers a spot in an NCAA Regional. The team didn’t have to wait long, as “West Virginia” showed up in the first regional announced. The No. 8-seeded Mountaineers would join Big 12 foes Oklahoma State, Baylor and Iowa State at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky. It marked the program’s first NCAA appearance since 1947.

One week shy of the fifth anniversary of his hiring, Covich led West Virginia to its first NCAA appearance in 72 seasons. Sharpstene, Sear, Etienne Papineau, Logan Perkins and Philipp Matlari represented West Virginia in Louisville, along with alternate Mark Goetz. The Mountaineers found themselves in contention for a national championship bid early on, as they finished the first day in fifth place after Perkins led the way at one-under-par. The team slipped to eighth on the second day but rallied in the third round. After bouncing in and out of the top five throughout the day, WVU finished just two strokes out of contention, taking sixth place at the regional.

Though the season ended, the historical repercussions did not. Sharpstene became the first Mountaineer on record to earn Division I PING Midwest AllRegion team accolades in May. Three more Mountaineers were honored in July as Sear, Papineau and Matlari were named to the GCAA Scholar All-America Teams for their play on the course and work in the classroom. Additionally, West Virginia earned team academic honors for the third straight season.

Tasked with rebuilding a program from scratch, Covich put together a team that saw success in its return to the links.

The 2017-18 season ended with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking for the Mountaineers, as they finished the season at No. 90 out of 300 NCAA Division I Programs.

Covich’s Mountaineers started the season off with a bang, taking the team title at the Janney VCU Shootout to open the year. They added another team win in the spring, finishing first at the Martin Downs Collegiate in February. WVU registered team runner-up finishes at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, the Furman Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate. The squad capped the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship – a program best – and its second straight GCAA All-Academic Team award. Individually, the Mountaineers excelled on the course and in the classroom. Max Sear set a program record with his 73.03 scoring average on the season and became the program’s second-ever GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf AllAmerica Scholar. He was joined by five teammates in earning Academic All-Big 12 honors. Freshman Matthew Sharpstene became the program’s first-ever Big 12 Golfer of the Month in November and went on to set a program low round after carding eight birdies to shoot a 64 at Martin Downs in February.

In just their second season of varsity competition in 2016-17, the Mountaineers posted their first tournament win in more than 30 years when they claimed

the title at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in April of 2017. Vienna native Alan Cooke set a program record with a 206 at the Seminole Intercollegiate in March before tying teammate Max Sear with a record low of 66. WVU set records for lowest team round (277) and 54-hole total (849) at the Seminole Intercollegiate as well.

The team made strides in the classroom as well, earning GCAA All-Academic Team accolades after posting a team GPA of 3.0 or above. Chris Williams became the program’s first GCAA All-Academic Scholar by maintaining a GPA of 3.2 or above and a stroke average of 76 or less.  Williams and Cooke repeated as members of the Big 12 All-Academic Team as well.

Cooke became the first Mountaineer since 1982 to tee off on Sept. 6, 2015, at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational in Verona, New York. The squad finished 10th at the historic tournament and built momentum from there. Senior Easton Renwick recorded the team’s first top-10 finish at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational on Sept. 15, 2015 and would go on to add four more top-25 finishes on the season.

After team posting a new-era low of 283 in two rounds at the Joe Feaganes Invite in the fall, WVU capped the regular season with a runner-up finish at rival Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate in April. The squad shot 284-284-285=853 for its lowest 54-hole total of the season. Cooke set a program record by shooting a 207 for six under par and a runner-up individual finish.

Tristan Nicholls joined Cooke, Sear, Renwick and Williams in representing West Virginia at the team’s first ever Big 12 Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity Texas April 29-May 1. Though the Mountaineers finished 10th at the event, Sear finished two spots shy of all-conference honors with a 12th-place finish.

Prior to the team’s trip to Texas, Covich was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame for his time at Meridian Community College.

A native of Meridian, Miss., Covich came to WVU from Mississippi State, where he served as the assistant men’s golf coach the last three seasons. He previously served as the head men’s golf coach at Meridian Community College for five seasons.

At Mississippi State, Covich became the school’s first full-time men’s golf assistant coach in 2011. He helped the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and 2014 while improving the school’s national ranking from No. 125 in 2011 to a schoolrecord No. 27 in 2013. The Bulldogs won a schoolrecord four tournament titles in 2012-13, then added two more tournament wins in 2013-14 for the most wins (six) in a two-year span in school history.

The Bulldogs set school records for best team 36hole score (-25), best team 54 hole score (-38) and season records for most team birdies (497), most

team eagles (14) and most team scores of even-par or better (14). In addition, he helped the Bulldogs to the second-lowest team round in school history (274) and the second-lowest team score in relation to par (-14). Covich coached Chad Ramey to AllSEC honors, the first player in school history to be named all-conference three consecutive seasons.

At Meridian Community College, Covich successfully transitioned MCC from a NJCAA Division II program to a NJCAA Division I national power. He led MCC to a NJCAA National Championship Runner-Up finish in just their second season at the Division I level and positioned the Eagles as the No. 1 ranked JUCO team during the 2010-11 season.

At MCC, Covich guided his squad to 18 tournament championships. He produced 15 senior college players, six all-tournament team members at the national championship and guided seven AllAmericans. During a back-to-back-to-back NJCAA postseason run, Covich’s 2010 squad finished

runner-up at the NJCAA National Championships. He also coached the school’s first individual national champion in 2010. The Eagles set multiple school records during the Covich era, including most tournament wins in a season (9), lowest team score (274), and lowest team score in relation to par (-14).

Covich earned Coach of the Year honors four times during his span at MCC. In 2007, Covich was awarded with Coach of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Coaches, the National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) Region 23, and the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC). In 2011, after winning the Golf Coaches Association of America’s District IV Coach of the Year Award, he was named a semifinalist for the Golf Coaches Association of America National Coach of the Year.

Known as an outstanding recruiter, Covich recruited and coached Brandt Garon, a two-time All-American at MCC. The Louisiana native won

the Arnold Palmer Award and the NJCAA National Championship in 2010 while under Covich’s guidance. Garon then added the prestigious Jack Nicklaus Award in 2011. Another Covich-product was 2012 NJCAA National Champion Jake Stirling. The Aussie was also a two-time All-American and was recruited to MCC by Covich. T.J. Morgan became the third player recruited by Covich to MCC who finished first at the NJCAA National Championship (t1 in 2013).

At Mississippi State, Covich reeled in the No. 1 ranked junior college golfer in the nation twice, as Joe Sakulpolphaisan (Darton State College) signed with the Bulldogs in 2012 and Tim Walker (Central Alabama Community College) signed with MSU in 2014.

Covich lettered at Meridian Community College from 1998-2000 and was a member of the 1999 NJCAA Region 23 Championship team. He received the Most Dedicated award during the 1998-1999

season. Covich lettered in varsity golf for Lamar High starting in sixth grade. Covich led the Raiders to an unprecedented four consecutive MPSA Overall State Championships in 1995-1998. He received the Sportsmanship Award in his junior and senior seasons.

Covich completed his education at Mississippi State, earning his bachelor’s degree in sports communications in 2004 and a master’s degree in sports administration in 2006.

In 2005, Covich was the Tour Director of the Mississippi Junior Golf Association, during that tenure the MJGA experienced record membership and participation. Along with his guidance of the MJGA, Covich conducted 13 junior golf events, including the Mississippi Junior Championship. In addition to those duties, he assisted in operating several Mississippi Golf Association state championships such as the State Amateur, Senior Amateur and State Four-Ball.

He began his golf career under his father, PGA Club Professional Jerry Covich, at Briarwood Country Club in Meridian, Miss. Covich also worked for longtime PGA Club Professional and Robbie Webb Junior Golf Award winner, Jimmy Gamblin, at Northwood Country Club. Working for his father and Gamblin, Covich led junior clinics and camps at Briarwood and Northwood.

Covich has been in a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America since 2006. He was honored with the GCAA Service Award in December of 2015. Covich was selected to serve on the GCAA’s All America Scholar Committee in 2016.

In 2005, Covich became Titleist Performance Institute Certified Level I and is currently working towards TPI Golf 2 certification.

Covich and his wife, Kate, have one child, John Keenan. The family resides in Morgantown.

SEAN COVICH CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CC • Won the MACJC Championship

• Finished third at the NJCAA National Championship

CC • MACJC Championship Runner-UpTwo individual players qualified for the NJCAA National Championship

2008-09 Meridian CC

2009-10 Meridian CC

2010-11

Meridian CC

2011-12 Mississippi State

2012-13

Mississippi State

2013-14 Mississippi State

• Finished seventh at the NJCAA NationalChampionship

• Finished Runner-Up at the NJCAA National Championship

• Brandt Garon won NJCAA National Championship, named Arnold Palmer Award Winner

• Signed Jake Stirling (eventual 2012 NJCAA National Champion)

• Ranked #1 by GolfStat in fall of 2010

• Brandt Garon named Jack Nicklaus Award Winner

• Signed TJ Morgan (eventual 2013 national champion)

• Signed the No. 1 ranked JUCO player in the country - Joe Sakulpolphaisan

• Chad Ramey qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

• Finished 2013 regular season ranked inside the Top 30 (No. 27)

• Top 5 at SEC Championship

• Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

• Future PGA Tour player Chad Ramey becomes first MSU player to earn all-SEC honors 3 consecutive times

• Signed the No. 1 ranked JUCO player in the nation - Tim Walker

• Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

2014-15 West Virginia

2015-16 West Virginia

2016-17 West Virginia

2017-18 West Virginia

• Hired to be head coach on May 22, 2014 and reintroduce men's golf program in 2015-16

• First season of competition of WVU men's golf since 1982

• Posted first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate

• Ended with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking (No. 90)

Year School Highlights

2018-19 West Virginia

2019-20 West Virginia

2020-21 West Virginia

2021-22 West Virginia

2022-23 West Virginia

2023-24 West Virginia

• Big 12 Championship is hosted by The Greenbrier in West Virginia

• Finished 6th at NCAA Louisville Regional, the first Regional appearance in 72 years

• Ranked in Golfweek Top 25 for first time in school history

• Season canceled due to Covid-19

• Matthew Sharpstene finishes Top 8 at the 2020 US Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes

• Mark Goetz becomes first All-American in school history, finishes second at NCAA Regional

• Goetz earns stroke-play medalist out of 312 golfers at 2021 US Amateur at Oakmont

• Won the Las Vegas Invitational with lowest 54-hole score in school history (-28)

• Team shot lowest round in WVU’s Big 12 Championship history (281)

• Best Big 12 Conference Championship finish in school history (5th)

• Tied for third at NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional as No. 10 seed, ncluding topping No. 1 seed Arizona State

• Qualified for NCAA Championship for first time since 1947, finished Top 30 nationally

• Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year

• Named finalist for the Dave Williams Award, given to the national coach of the year

2024-25 West Virginia

• Won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

• Kaleb Wilson became the second Mountaineer to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Regional

• Posted a Top 5 finish at the National Golf Invitational

ASSISTANT COACH/DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WILL KORAS

THIRD SEASON • MARYLAND ‘22

Will Koras was hired as Assistant Golf Coach in August 2023 and was elevated to Assistant Coach/ Director of Player Development a year later.

In Koras’ first season at WVU, the Mountaineers made the 2024 NCAA Championships, their second appearance in program history (first since 1947) after finishing tied for third place as a No. 10 seed at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional. WVU won two tournaments (Red Bandanna Invitational and Mountaineer Invitational) and posted its highest Big 12 Conference finish (5th out of 14 teams), while carding nine top-10 finishes for the season. West Virginia racked up a program-best 97 victories on the year including wins over fourthranked Arizona State, 15th-ranked Washington, 14th-ranked Texas Tech, and several Top 50-ranked teams including Stanford, Houston, SMU and BYU, to solidify the greatest season in program history. Individually, Max Green became the third Mountaineer in school history to be selected to Division I All-Midwest Region Team.

In 2024-25, WVU Kaleb Wilson became the second Mountaineer golfer to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Regional, while the Mountaineers posted a Top 5 finish at the National Golf Invitational. In addition, WVU won the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and had three golfers win

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tournaments during the season: Wilson and freshmen Ryan Leach and Nick Turowski. Wilson and Todd Duncan became the fourth and fifth Mountaineer golfers in school history to be selected to the Division I All-Midwest Region Team.

Koras was a five-time letterwinner in golf at Maryland with four career top 10 finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club in April. A two-time team captain, he posted a low round of 65 at the 2021 Tar Heel Intercollegiate. Koras was the 2020 and 2022 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner.

Koras has an NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Certification. He was a First Tee Golf Coach, an FCA Golf Coach and a Maryland Golf Camp Counselor from 2021-23.

A native of Towson, Maryland, Koras graduated from Maryland summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA in communications with a certificate in leadership studies. He was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten member, a four-time Big 10 Distinguished Scholar and a four-time member of the Dean’s List. Koras won the Geary F. Eppley Award for the male senior student-athlete with the highest GPA. He was a 2023 GCAA All-America Scholar. Koras is pursuing a master’s degree of professional studies in project management.

Koras was a member of the SAAC Executive Board from 2019-21, where he served as the Mental Health and Wellness Chair. He led group meetings and coordinated events surrounding mental health for the entire athletics department. Koras was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where he was a student leader who organized huddles and events.

Koras attended Loyola Blakefield High in Towson, Maryland, where he also competed in football and lacrosse. He has two brothers who play lacrosse at Maryland and a sister who plays at Towson.

BrYAn MeSSerlY Associate Athletics Director/

Bree Porter Academic Counselor

GrAHAM reGer Director of Business Operations

SteVen roSier Athletic Trainer

CHAnDler Geller Strength and Conditioning Coach

KYle KeeSler Equipment Manager ZAn Hill Manager

MEET THE MOUNTAINEERS

Brody BURGESS

Westy MCCABE Aidan DORTCH

Carson KAMMANN Ryan LEACH

Name

Yr

Hometown/High School (Previous School)

Brody Burgess Fr. Victor, N.Y./Victor Central School

Aidan Dortch

Carson Kammann

So. Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian-Addison (TCU)

Sr. Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville West (East Tennessee State)

Ryan Leach So. Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown

Westy McCabe Sr. Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian Academy

Jack Michael Fr. Huntington, W.Va./Cabell Midland

Gabe Schmitz Fr. Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Christian Academy

Harrison Thompson Jr. Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic

Nick Turowski So. Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford

Kaleb Wilson Sr. Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville

Head Coach: Sean Covich (12th season, Mississippi State ’04)

Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development: Will Koras (3rd season, Maryland, ’22)

Jack MICHAEL Gabe SCHMITZ Harrison THOMPSON Nick TUROWSKI Kaleb WILSON

CARSON KAMMANN

Knoxville West

east Tennessee State

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Participated in WVU's lineup in eight tournaments, including the Big 12 and National Golf Invitational Championships

• Had an average of 75.37 in 27 rounds of competition

• Was in the lineup for the National Golf Invitational and shot rounds of 73-74-80=227 (+11)

• Shot 80-80-81-74=315 (+35) at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for 43rd place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 82-74-77=233 (+17)

• Had rounds of 76-75-70=221 (+5) at the Schenkel Invitational

• Shot 77-76=153 (+13) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Recorded rounds of 75-73-77=225 (+9) at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Shot rounds of 75-73-75=223 (+13) at the Gators Invitational

• Tied for 31st place at the Battle at Briar's Creek with rounds of 74-71-72=217 (+1)

• Competed in three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Played as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and tied for 13th place with rounds of 71-80-70=222 (+5) 2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

• Competed in 17 rounds for an average of 74.00

• Played in six events and was in the WVU tournament lineup twice

• Season low of 67 at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Was an alternate for the Big 12 Championship

• Named WVU Athlete of the Week on April 22 for his win at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Won the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 71-68-67=206 (-10)

• Became the fourth different WVU golfer to win a tournament

• Tied for 23rd place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with rounds of 86-69-70=225 (+12)

• Finished tied for 16th place at the Wolfpack Individual Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-73 (+5)

• Led WVU at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, finishing tied for 16th at +1 (73-68-76=217)

• Posted two wins (Texas Tech & Kansas) and a tie (UCF) at Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Recorded rounds of 84-74-80 at The Gopher Invitational

• Made the lineup in his first WVU event at the Red Bandanna Invitational and finished tied for 18th place at 9-over (75-79-71=225)

PRIOR TO WEST VIRGINIA

• Attended East Tennessee State in 2022-23

• Posted an average of 72.48 with a low round of 67 during his freshman season

• Tied for ninth in the Maui Jim Invitational with rounds of 67-71-72 and tied for 30th in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with rounds of 70-74-69

• Tied for 35th at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate with rounds of 67-74-70

PREP

• Played golf and swam at Knoxville West High

• Was a quarterfinalist in the Tennessee State Match Play in 2020

• Finished third in the Tennessee Junior Amateur in 2020

• Named to the 2020 and 2021 Tennessee Junior Cup Team

• Qualified for the 2021 & 2022 U.S. Amateur and for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

• Was a two-time district champion in golf (2020 and 2021)

• Finished second in the state championship in 2021 and fourth in 2022

• Took home championship honors at the Sneds Elite at Harrison Bay in 2022

PERSONAL

• Son of Scott and Kristin Kammann

• Father played collegiate golf at Tennessee

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Birthday is March 29

• Grandfather, Thomas, played collegiate golf at SIU-Edwardsville

CAREER STATS

WESTY MCCABE

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

• Received the Most Improved Golfer award from the team

• Had 23 rounds of competition for a 75.21 average

• Played in four events as an individual

• Competed in the National Golf Invitational and tied for 12th place with rounds of 70-72-73=215 (-1)

• Recorded rounds of 76-77-74-79=306 (+26) at the Big 12 Championship

• Was in the lineup for the Mountaineer Invitational and shot rounds of 74-81-83=238 (+22)

• Shot 74-70-77=221 (+5) to tie for 44th place at the Schenkel Invitational

• Was an individual at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and shot 74-72=146 (+6) to tie for 50th place

• Competed as an individual at the White Sands Collegiate and tied for 18th place with rounds of 72-67-72=211 (-5)

• Shot 78-79=157 (+17) competing as an individual at the Red Flash Invitational

• Competed as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and posted rounds of 80-80-76=236 (+20)

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

• Played 17 rounds for an average of 75.29

• Played in six events as an individual

• Had a 69 at the Minnesota Golf Classic

• Shot 84-78-68=230 (+14) at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Tied for 17th place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with rounds of 75-75-73=223 (+10)

• Finished with rounds of 78 and 76 (+12) at the Wolfpack Individual Intercollegiate

• Shot 76-80-74=230 (+20) at the Xavier Invitational

• Finished tied for fourth at the Minnesota Golf Classic at 7-under-par (70-69-70=209)

• Competed as an individual at the Red Bandanna Invitational and tied for 39th place at +18 (78-77-79=234)

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)

• Was in WVU’s lineup for every spring competition

• Played in nine tournaments for 28 total rounds

• Recorded an average score of 74.18

• Had 11 rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s

• Competed in the Big 12 Championship and finished with rounds of 78-71-74-80=303

• Shot 76-84-79=239 at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Was 3-under-par at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 68-71-74=213

• Recorded rounds of 70-74-74=218 (+2) at the Schenkel Invitational

• Shot 5-under-par and tied for 24th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-72-70=211

• WVU’s top finisher at the Gators Invitational, placing 18th with rounds of 70-70-74=214 (+4)

• Recorded rounds of 84-78-80=242 at the Arizona Intercollegiate

• Shot 71-79-74=224 (+8) to tie for 34th place at the Xavier Invitational

• Finished tied for eighth place in his collegiate debut at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 73-71-69=213 (-3)

PREP

• Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Amateur after shooting 4-under-par to finish second at Bent Tree Country Club

• Three-time Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) 6A team state champion (2019, 2021 & 2022)

• Played for coach Marshall Edwards at Trinity Christian Academy, where they have produced several NCAA Division I golfer and PGA Tour pros, including Will Zalatoris and Kramer Hickok

• Finished the 2021 fall high school season with a 72.8 tournament scoring average

• Won medalist honors at the 2021 TAPPS North Texas regional with rounds of 76-69 and captured medalist honors in the North Texas PGA Junior Tour Lone Star Classic, North Texas PGA Junior Tour Mid-Summer Open and the Glen Rose Invitational

• Runner-up medalist in the 2021 TAPPS 6A State Championship, a runner-up medalist in the 2021 American Junior Golf Association Huntsville Junior Championship with rounds of 69-70-68 and was a runner-up medalist in the North Texas PGA Junior Tour Tangle Ridge Open and Frisco Junior Open

• Claimed Top 5 showings with third place in the prestigious Jay Brewer Memorial Classic at Texarkana Country Club with rounds of 70-6974 and fifth place in the PING Brophy Prep High School Rodeo in Arizona with scores of 71-70

• Member of the TCA varsity soccer team, was named All-District Center Mid-Fielder and team captain

PERSONAL

• Son of Randy and Leslie McCabe

• Birthday is February 23

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

KALEB WILSON

2025-26 (SENIOR)

• Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

• Named to the Division I PING AllMidwest Region Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

• Became the second Mountaineer alltime to be selected as an individual for NCAA Regional (Mark Goetz, 2021)

• Player of the Year on the WVU golf team

• Was in WVU’s lineup all season long

• Had the lowest average on the team at 71.72 in 33 rounds of competition

• Recorded nine rounds in the 60’s, including a 68 on six different occasions

• Tied for 55th at the NCAA Regional with rounds of 71-76-74=221 (+11)

• Shot rounds of 75-75-73-69=292 and tied for 34th place at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for 13th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 77-74-73=224 (+8)

• WVU’s top finisher at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-7072=216 (Even) to tie for 23rd place

• Shot 70-69=139 (-1) to tie for eighth place at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Tied for eighth place at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate at -5 with rounds of 72-69-70=211

• Shot rounds of 68-68-79=215 (+5) to tie for 32nd place at the Gators Invitational

• Tied for 21st place at the Battle at Briar’s Creek with rounds of 71-70-74=215 (-1)

• Finished -9 (68-71-68=207) to finish in 10th place at the White Sands Collegiate

• Went 3-1-1 at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over UCF, Houston and BYU and a tie against Utah

• Won his first collegiate tournament at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and was the only golfer to shoot under par in all three rounds (71-68-70=209) to finish -7

• Finished tied for 19th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 72-68-78=218 (+5)

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• WVU Golf Most Improved Player Award

• Competed in 33 rounds for an average of 73.30 for the season

• Participated in 11 tournaments and was in the WVU lineup eight times

• Had seven rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 66 at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Shot 82-84-76=242 (+26) at the NCAA Golf Championships

• Finished tied for 22nd place at the NCAA Regional Championship with rounds of 71-70-73=214 (+4)

• Shot rounds of 74-74-77-75=300 (+12) at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for 10th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 75-76-66=217 (+1)

• Shot 1-over-par at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-73-70=217

• Finished tied for 28th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-71=140 (-4)

• Tied for 27th place at the Gators Invitational with rounds of 75-67-70=212 (+2)

• Finished a career-best 11-under-par and tied for 15th at The N.I.T. with rounds of 70-68-67=215

• Shot 76-79-80-235 (+19) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

• Recorded wins over Texas Tech and UCF at Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Shot 2-under-par (68-75-71=214) at the Minnesota Golf Classic, finishing tied for 14th

• Competed as an individual at the Red Bandanna Invitational and tied for 21st place at +10 (68-76-82=226)

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Was in the WVU lineup for four tournaments

• Played in seven tournaments for 22 total rounds

• Recorded an average score of 74.00

• Had seven rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s

• Competed in the Big 12 Championship and finished tied for 34th with rounds of 73-72-77-77=299

• Tied for 24th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-77-73=226 (+10)

• Finished in fourth place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with rounds of 68-69-75=212 (-4)

• Recorded rounds of 72-71-77=220 (+4) at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Posted rounds of 74-71-78=223 (+7) to finish in 29th place at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate

• Finished tied for 44th place at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-71-83=226 (+10)

• Participated in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Competed in The Gopher Invitational in his first varsity event and finished at 9-over-par (77-72-73=222)

PREP

• 2020 Tennessee Golf Association Junior Player of the Year

• 2020 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II-A State Individual Champion with rounds of 70-72 for a -2 total

• 2021 TSSAA Division II-A Individual runner-up

• Member of four-time State High School Champion team at Christian Academy of Knoxville

• 2020 and 2021 Regional Individual Champion

• 2020 & 2021 Men’s Club Champion (youngest in 113 history of club) at Cherokee Country Club

• 2019 & 2020 5-Star Preps Golfer of the Year

• 2019 & 2020 Tennessee Sports Writers Assoc. All-State Golf Team Award

• Youngest player to make qualify for and make the 60-man cut in 2020 Tennessee Men’s State Amateur

• 2020 Sneds Tour Player of the Year

• Named to the Tennessee Junior Cup in 2020 & 2021

• 2019 Prep-Extra Knoxville Golfer of the Year

• 2018 & 2019 District Individual Champion

PERSONAL

• Son of Bryan and Stacey Wilson

• Birthday is December 6

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

CAREER STATS

HARRISON THOMPSON

2024-25 (SOPHOMORE)

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Played in six rounds for an average of 75.83

• Was in WVU’s lineup at the National Golf Invitational and finished tied for 28th place with rounds of 71-71-77=219 (+3)

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and shot 74-81-81=236 (+20)

2023-24 (FRESHMAN)

• Participated in 14 rounds for an average of 73.36 for the season

• Competed in five events and was in the WVU tournament lineup twice

• Was an alternate for the NCAA Golf Championships

• Was an alternate for the NCAA Regional Championship

• Tied for 12th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 74-73-71=218 (+2)

• Competed as an individual at the Dorado Beach Collegiate and shot 71-75=146 (+2)

• Recorded rounds of 75-74-74=223 (+7) to finished tied for 27th at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate

• Shot 6-over-par (73-73-73=219) at The Gopher Invitational

• Made the lineup in his first collegiate event at the Red Bandanna Invitational and placed 11th at +5 (73-71-77=221)

PREP

• Attended Knoxville Catholic High School

• Was a four-time Knoxville News AllConference Golfer and a four-time 5 Star Preps All-Knoxville Golf Team

• Was a two-time Tennessee Junior Cup participant and a two-time member of the Tennessee All-State Team

• Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, shooting a bogey-free 68 (-4) at the qualifier to advance to the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes in Bend, Oregon

• Was a top three at the Tennessee Junior PGA Championship (-6), tied for fourth at the Tennessee State Junior Championship with rounds of 72-69-71

• Was the 2022 TSSAA Regional Champion with a score of 67

• Named MVP (East Team) at the 2022 Tennessee Junior Cup

• Is ranked inside the Top 300 (288th) nationally by Junior Golf Scoreboard

CAREER STATS

PERSONAL

• Son of Joe and Becky Thompson

• Majoring in finance

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Birthday is Dec. 10

RYAN LEACH

Sophomore

2024-25 (FRESHMAN)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic Achievement Award from the WVU golf team

• Competed in 26 rounds for an average of 73.15

• Had five rounds in the 60’s, including the low score of 65 by a WVU golfer during the season

• Competed in six events as an individual and three events in the team lineup

• Posted WVU’s low score at the National Golf Invitational, finishing ninth with rounds of 73-67-73=213 (-3)

• Was a substitute at the Big 12 Championship

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 33rd place with rounds of 79-74-78=231 (+15)

• Posted rounds of 78-71=149 (+9) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Competed as an individual at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate and posted rounds of 77-74-76=227 (+11)

• Was an individual at the Gators Invitational and tied for 38th place with rounds of 75-69-73=217 (+7)

• Competed as an individual at The Stono and shot 10-under-par (6865-73=206) to win the event

• Became the seventh different WVU golfer to win a collegiate event

• Marks the 10th time a WVU golfer has won a collegiate tournament

• Was an individual at the White Sands Collegiate and finished tied for 22nd place (71-72-70=213, -3)

• Competed in two matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Played as an individual and tied for a runner-up finish at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 73-67-72=212 (-4)

• Competed in his first collegiate event at the Gopher Invitational and shot rounds of 77-79-78=234 (+21)

PREP

• Won the Junior Valentine Invitational after shooting rounds of 68-66 for a 10-under-par total

• Qualified for the 2023 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst Resort with a round of 3-under (69)

• Semifinalist in the 2022 Bobby Bowers Memorial Junior Match Play, shot 71 in stroke play qualifying

• Led Team Virginia to the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Junior Invitational Championship with the lowest individual score for Team Virginia

• Helped Team Virginia win the 2022 Capital Cup hosted by the MAPGA

• 2022 Williamsburg Country Club Men’s Champion at the age of 16

• Two-time Bay Rivers District Player of the Year (2022 & 2023)

• Two-time First Team Virginia High School All-State (2022 & 2023)

• Three-time First Team Class 4A All-Regional (2020, 2022 & 2023)

• Named First Team AllDistrict in 2023 with a 69.0 tournament scoring average

• Led Jamestown High to the 2020 Virginia High School Class 4 State Championship, runner-up in 2021

• Two-time team captain (2022 & 2023)

• Top 30 finish as a junior in the 2022 Eastern Amateur with rounds of 72-69-70-72

• Qualified for the 2022 & 2023 Virginia Men’s Amateur

PERSONAL

• Son of Mike and Julie Leach

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Birthday is January 7

• Father is retired NFL player (15 years) and current William & Mary assistant golf coach

NICK TUROWSKI

Sophomore • Harrison City, Pa • Penn Trafford High @nicholas_turowski

2025-26 (SOPHOMORE)

• Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco

2024-25 (FRESHMAN)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Competed as an individual in three events and in the team lineup three times

• Golfed in 17 rounds for an average of 74.64

• Was in the lineup for the National Golf Invitational and finished tied for 28th place with rounds of 75-71-73=219 (+3)

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 43rd place with rounds of 72-81-80=233 (+17)

• Recorded rounds of 73-83-68=225 (+9) at the White Sands Collegiate

• Won his first collegiate tournament competing as an individual at the Red Flash Invitational

• Was the only golfer under par at the Red Flash Invitational with rounds of 70-69=139 (-1)

• Shot 78-81-78=237 (+21) at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

• Recorded a seventh-place finish in his first collegiate tournament at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 71-71-75=217 (+1)

PREP

• West Penn Junior Champion (73-68)

• Pennsylvania Junior Runner-up (72-70-71)

• Westmoreland County Junior Champion (68)

• West Penn Amateur fifth place (69-66-75)

• Medalist at the US Junior Am qualifier, shooting -7 (65)

• Semifinalist at the Pennsylvania Jay Siegel Match Play

• Pennsylvania Open Low Amateur Runner-up and fifth place overall

• Named 2023 Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior Golfer of the Year

• Holds Penn Trafford school record for lowest nine-hole score of 29 (-7)

• Youngest winner in 40-year history of Westmoreland County Junior in 2021

• Selected to 2023 Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Williamson Cup and Palmer Cup teams

• Winner of 2021 WPIAL AAA Golf Championship (first in school history)

• Winner of 2023 WPIAL AAA Golf Championship

• First two-time winner from Westmoreland County since Arnold Palmer back in 1940s

• Finished tied for first at the 2023 PIAA State Championship finals with rounds of 69-68 (7-under-par)

• Two-time winner of Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championship: 2021 (71) and 2023 (68)

• Qualified for the 2023 US Junior Amateur

• Qualified for the 2021 PGA Junior Championship (made the cut as a sophomore)

CAREER STATS

• 2022 Pennsylvania Junior Championship runner-up with scores of 67-72

• 2023 runner-up C.R. Miller Match Play Championship

• Runner-up 2023 West Penn Junior (73-71)

• Finished runner-up in 2022 WPIAL’s

• Earned first medal in school history at the Pa. state high school finals in 2021 by finishing in Top 5 (4th)

• Finished fifth at 2023 AJGA Technical Solutions Junior at Southpointe

• 2023 Pennsylvania Junior Championship sixth place

• Finished 13th at 2023 Justin Thomas AJGA

• 2022 Elite Invitational placed Top 15 (13th)

• Finished 14th at 2023 AJGA at Penn State

• Honor Roll all four years of high school

• Four-year started on the Penn Trafford tennis team

PERSONAL

• Son of Don and Amy Turowski

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Birthday is January 18

• One brother, Alex, is currently at Fairmont State and plays on its golf team

BRODY BURGESS

PREP

• 2023 Rochester District Golf Association Player of the Year

• 2023 All Greater Rochester Player of the Year

• 2024 First Team All-State

• Ranked Top Five Best Junior Golfer in New York by Junior Golf Scoreboard

• Ranked inside the Top 200 nationally Best Junior Golfer by Junior Golf Scoreboard

• Second-place finish at the AJGA Kenton County Kentucky Open

• 2023 Runner-Up finish at New York High School State Championship

• 2024 Top Five (4th place) finish at New York High School State Championship

• Qualified for 2024 US Junior Amateur Championship

• Shot 68 to qualify for the 2023 Monroe Men’s Amateur, made the cut and fired a final round 67 in the prestigious amateur event

• Won the 2023 Rochester District Junior Championship

• Won the Men’s Club Championship, Cobblestone Creek Country Club (Victor, N.Y.)

• Also played varsity basketball for Victor High PERSONAL

• Son of Ashley Thayer and Brent Burgess

• Majoring in sport management

• Birthday is April 3

AIDAN DORTCH

Sophomore • Dallas, Texas • Trinity Christian-Addison High • TCu @aidan_dortch

PRIOR TO WEST VIRGINIA

• Competed in three tournaments last year at TCU

• Shot a season-low 71 in the final round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 1

PREP

• Helped his high school to four 6A state championships from 2021-24

• Named to the 6A All-District, All-Region and All-State teams from 2021-24

• Set the 6A region tournament scoring record with a 65-65

• Was a two-time state medalist runner-up in 2023 and 2024 and a state medalist in 2022

• Broke the all-time TCA season scoring average

• Held an American Junior Golf Association ranking of 97 at the end of the 2024 summer

• As a junior golfer, he finished tied for eighth at the Jack Burke Jr. Invitational

• Tied for 10th at the Mizuno Junior Championship

• Tied for 17th at the Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational

• Competed at the Western Junior Championship

• Finished tied for 16th at the Under Armour/Jordan Spieth Championship after finishing tied for second in 2022

• Placed eighth in the Jack Burke Jr. Invitational and Mayakoba Invitational in 2024

• Recently he shot a 66 to qualify for the 116th Texas Amateur, shooting rounds of 71-69-70-70

• Has made the cut finishing inside the top 40 in the Texas Amateur three consecutive years

PERSONAL

• Son of Darren and Cathy Dortch

• Majoring in business

• Birthday is June 15

JACK MICHAEL

PREP

• Top-ranked junior golfer in West Virginia

• Won the 2023 West Virginia Junior Amateur Championship with rounds of 71-68

• Won the 2024 WVSSAC Class AAA High School State Individual Medalist

• Runner up in 2023 and Third Place in 2022

• Led Cabell Midland to the 2024 WVSSAC Class AAA High School State Championship

• Team was Runner-Up in 2021 & 2022

• Three-time First Team All-State WVSSAC Class AAA

• Three-time Regional Medalist

• Qualified for the West Virginia Men’s Amateur in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025

• Finished eighth in the 2025 West Virginia state amateur

• Finished fifth at the AJGA NRP

• Runner-up West Virginia Junior Match Play Championship in 2023, 2024 and 2025

• Qualified for the 2024 North & South Junior played at Pinehurst Resort

• Two-time Golfweek Junior Tour tournament champion

• Top 5 (Fourth place) finish the AJGA Bluegrass Junior with rounds of 71-68-71

• Top 10 (Ninth place) finish in the First Tee Miami Junior Classic played on The Blue Monster at Doral

• Four-time Mid-Atlantic Junior Invitational participant

• Two-time Carolina’s vs. Virginia’s Junior participant

• Won 2 ½ points helping Virginia’s team to victory

• Named All-America Rolex Scholastic Junior Honor Roll

• Named the 2024-25 Cabell Midland Student-Athlete of the Year

• Graduated 16th in his senior class of more than 400 students

PERSONAL

• Son of Tiffany and Chris Michael

• Majoring in entrepreneurship & innovation

• Birthday is November 21

GABE SCHMITZ

freshman • Hilton Head island, SC • Hilton Head Christian Academy @gabeschmitze50

PREP

• Runner-Up in the 2024 South Carolina High School State Championship with rounds of 72-72

• Runner-Up in the 2023 South Carolina High School State Championship with rounds of 70-67

• Runner-Up in the 2023 South Carolina Junior Golf Match Play Championship

• Top five finish in the 2024 AJGA Bermuda Junior Championship with rounds of 72-72-74 at Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda

• Sixth-place finish in the 2024 AJGA Nemacolin Junior with rounds of 69-73-71

• Top 10 finish in the 2023 Carolina’s Junior Championship with rounds of 70-71-72

• Helped lead Hilton Head Christian Academy golf team to the 2023 South Carolina State Championship

• Selected to play in the 41st Carolina’s / Virgina’s Team Matches

• Won back-to-back Men’s Club Championships at Berkeley Hall in 2021 and 2022

PERSONAL

• Son of Wendy McCuiston and Brian Schmitz

• Majoring in business

• Birthday is October 4

2024-25 REVIEW

13th at Big 12 Championship

• NCAA Regional Qualifier – Kaleb Wilson • 5th at National Golf Invitational

TEAM

• Finished fifth at the National Golf Invitational, WVU’s first appearance in the event

• Kaleb Wilson became the second WVU golfer to participate as an individual at the NCAA Regional Championships

• Won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

• Todd Duncan tied the school mark for best finish (11th) and best round (67) at the Big 12 Golf Championship

• Three golfers won individual championships: Kaleb Wilson won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, freshman Nick Turowski won the Red Flash Invitational and freshman Ryan Leach won The Stono

• Defeated Colorado and UCF and tied No. 24 Utah at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• GCAA Presidents Special Recognition for team GPA of 3.5 or above

TODD DUNCAN

• Named to the Division I PING AllMidwest Region Team

• Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU's lineup for every regular season competition

• Played in 30 rounds for an average of 72.23

• Had five rounds in the 60's, including the last two of his collegiate career at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for WVU's best finish (11th) and best round (67) at the Big 12 Championship, finishing with rounds of 77-77-67-68=286 (+6)

• Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for 11th place with rounds of 76-72-75=223 (+7)

• Shot 75-71-66=212 to finish tied for 12th place at 4-under-par at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Won two matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado and Utah

• Tied for runner-up at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-69-71=212 (-4)

MAX GREEN

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU's lineup for the entire regular season tournament schedule

• Played 30 rounds for an average of 72.93

• Recorded rounds of 72-69=141 (+1) to finish tied for 13th place at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Shot 74-72-66=212 to finish tied for 12th place at 4-under-par at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Was WVU's top finisher at the Gators Invitational, tying for 26th place with rounds of 73-70-71=214 (+4)

• Tied for sixth place at the Battle at Briar's Creek at -5 with rounds of 70-71-70=211

• Posted rounds of 67-71-72=210 to finish tied for 13th place at -6 at the White Sands Collegiate

• Won three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado, UCF and Houston

PIERCE GRIEVE

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU's lineup five times

• Played 18 rounds for a 75.05 average

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 27th place with rounds of 81-72-76=229 (+13)

• Won three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado, UCF and Utah

• Shot 71-75-69=215 (-1) and tied for fourth place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

CARSON KAMMANN

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Participated in WVU's lineup in eight tournaments, including the Big 12 and National Golf Invitational Championships

• Had an average of 75.37 in 27 rounds of competition

• Was in the lineup for the National Golf Invitational and shot rounds of 73-74-80=227 (+11)

• Competed in three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Played as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and tied for 13th place with rounds of 71-80-70=222 (+5)

RYAN LEACH

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic Achievement Award from the WVU golf team

• Competed in 26 rounds for an average of 73.15

• Had five rounds in the 60's, including the low score of 65 by a WVU golfer during the season

• Competed in six events as an individual and three events in the team lineup

• Posted WVU's low score at the National Golf Invitational, finishing ninth with rounds of 73-67-73=213 (-3)

• Was a substitute at the Big 12 Championship

• Competed as an individual at The Stono and shot 10-under-par (6865-73=206) to win the event

• Became the seventh different WVU golfer to win a collegiate event

• Marks the 10th time a WVU golfer has won a collegiate tournament

• Was an individual at the White Sands Collegiate and finished tied for 22nd place (71-72-70=213, -3)

• Competed in two matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Played as an individual and tied for a runner-up finish at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 73-67-72=212 (-4)

WESTY MCCABE

• Received the Most Improved Golfer award from the team

• Had 23 rounds of competition for a 75.21 average

• Played in four events as an individual

• Competed in the National Golf Invitational and tied for 12th place with rounds of 70-72-73=215 (-1)

• Competed as an individual at the White Sands Collegiate and tied for 18th place with rounds of 72-67-72=211 (-5)

HARRISON THOMPSON

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Played in six rounds for an average of 75.83

• Was in WVU's lineup at the National Golf Invitational and finished tied for 28th place with rounds of 71-71-77=219 (+3)

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and shot 74-81-81=236 (+20)

NICK TUROWSKI

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Competed as an individual in three events and in the team lineup three times

• Golfed in 17 rounds for an average of 74.64

• Was in the lineup for the National Golf Invitational and finished tied for 28th place with rounds of 75-71-73=219 (+3)

• Won his first collegiate tournament competing as an individual at the Red Flash Invitational

• Was the only golfer under par at the Red Flash Invitational with rounds of 70-69=139 (-1)

• Recorded a seventh-place finish in his first collegiate tournament at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 71-71-75=217 (+1)

KALEB WILSON

• Named to the Division I PING AllMidwest Region Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

• Became the second Mountaineer alltime to be selected as an individual for NCAA Regional (Mark Goetz, 2021)

• Player of the Year on the WVU golf team

• Was in WVU's lineup all season long

• Had the lowest average on the team at 71.72 in 33 rounds of competition

• Recorded nine rounds in the 60's, including a 68 on six different occasions

• Tied for 55th at the NCAA Regional with rounds of 71-76-74=221 (+11)

• Tied for 13th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 77-74-73=224 (+8)

• WVU's top finisher at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-7072=216 (Even) to tie for 23rd place

• Shot 70-69=139 (-1) to tie for eighth place at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Tied for eighth place at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate at -5 with rounds of 72-69-70=211

• Tied for 21st place at the Battle at Briar's Creek with rounds of 71-70-74=215 (-1)

• Finished -9 (68-71-68=207) to finish in 10th place at the White Sands Collegiate

• Went 3-1-1 at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over UCF, Houston and BYU and a tie against Utah

• Won his first collegiate tournament at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and was the only golfer to shoot under par in all three rounds (71-68-70=209) to finish -7

• Finished tied for 19th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 72-68-78=218 (+5)

2024-25 TEAM RESULTS

TEAM STATS

9/8-9

9/30-10/1 Nemacolin

10/7 vs. Utah (Big 12 Match Play) T, 2-2-1

10/7 vs. BYU (Big 12 Match Play) L, 4-1-0

10/8 vs. Houston (Big 12 Match Play) L, 3-1-1

10/8 vs. UCF (Big 12 Match Play) W, 3-2-0

10/9 vs. Colorado (Big 12 Match Play) W, 3-2-0

10/25-27

2/3-4

2/15-16

2/24-26

3/17-18

LOW ROUNDS TEAM

1. 276 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (3rd)

2. 279 White Sands Collegiate (3rd)

3. 280 Gators Invitational (2nd)

4. 281 Battle at Briar’s Creek (1st) 281 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (2nd)

National Golf Invitational (2nd)

INDIVIDUAL

1. 65 Ryan Leach (The Stono)

2. 66 Todd Duncan (Lake Las Vegas)

66 Max Green (Lake Las Vegas)

3. 67 Ryan Leach (National Golf Invitational)

67 Todd Duncan (Big 12 Championship)

67 Max Green (White Sands Collegiate)

67 Westy McCabe (White Sands Colleg.)

67 Ryan Leach (Nemacolin Coll. Invite)

6. 68 Todd Duncan (Big 12 Championship)

68 Kaleb Wilson (Gators Invitational)

68 Kaleb Wilson (Gators Invitational)

68 Kaleb Wilson (White Sands Collegiate)

68 Kaleb Wilson (White Sands Collegiate)

68 Kaleb Wilson (Gopher Invitational)

68 Kaleb Wilson (Nemacolin Coll. Invite)

68 Nick Turowski (White Sands Collegiate)

68 Hugh Donegan (The Stono)

68 Ryan Leach (The Stono)

INDIVIDUAL

1. 206 Ryan Leach (The Stono)

2. 207 Kaleb Wilson (White Sands Collegiate)

3. 209 Kaleb Wilson (Nemacolin Coll. Invite)

4. 210 Max Green (White Sands Collegiate)

5. 211 Kaleb Wilson (Lake Las Vegas)

211 Max Green (Battle at Briar’s Creek) 211 Westy McCabe (White Sands Colleg.)

SEASON BESTS

LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE

65, Ryan Leach (The Stono)

LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -7, Ryan Leach (The Stono)

LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE

206, Ryan Leach (The Stono)

LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -10, Ryan Leach (The Stono)

LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE

276, Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -12, Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE

847, White Sands Collegiate

LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -17, White Sands Collegiate

2024-25 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Nemacolin Collegiate Invite (I) T2-76 73-67-72=212 -4

White Sands Collegiate (I) T22-73 71-72-70=213 -3

The Stono (I) 1-40 68-65-73=206 -10

Gators Invitational (I) T38-78 75-69-73=217 +7

Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (I) 73-92 77-74-76=227 +11

The Johnnie-O at Sea Island T64-80 78-71=149 +9

Mountaineer Invitational (I) T33-100 79-74-78=231 +15

National Golf Invitational 9-49 73-67-73=213 -3 WESTY MCCABE FINISH

TO

Nemacolin Collegiate Invite (I) 60-76 80-80-76=236 +20 Red Flash

SENIOR RECAPS

TODD DUNCAN

6-1 • Daniels, W.Va. • Shady Spring HS

SENIOR (2024-25)

• Named to the Division I PING AllMidwest Region Team

• Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU's lineup for every regular season competition

• Played in 30 rounds for an average of 72.23

• Had five rounds in the 60's, including the last two of his collegiate career at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for WVU's best finish (11th) and best round (67) at the Big 12 Championship, finishing with rounds of 77-77-67-68=286 (+6)

• Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for 11th place with rounds of 76-72-75=223 (+7)

• Tied for 31st place at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-73-72=219 (+3)

• Posted rounds of 76-72=148 (+8) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Shot 75-71-66=212 to finish tied for 12th place at 4-under-par at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Recorded rounds of 74-69-75=218 (+8) at the Gators Invitational

• Shot rounds of 71-70-76=217 (+1) to tie for 31st place at the Battle at Briar's Creek

• Tied for 25th place at the White Sands Collegiate with rounds of 73-70-71=214 (-2)

• Won two matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado and Utah

• Tied for runner-up at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-69-71=212 (-4)

• Finished tied for 19th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 73-74-71=218 (+5)

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Played 27 rounds for a 72.96 average

• Was in WVU's tournament lineup eight times

• Had three rounds in the 60's, including a career-low 67 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• WVU's top finisher at the NCAA Golf Championships with rounds of 78-74-72=224 (+8)

• Tied for 13th place at the NCAA Regional Championship with rounds of 73-70-70=213 (+3)

• Finished tied for 23rd at the Big 12 Championship with rounds of 77-74-68-72=291 (+3)

• Tied for sixth place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 71-71-71=213 (-3)

• Posted rounds of 80-72-75=227 (+11) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate

• Shot 3-over-par at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 75-73-71=219 (+3)

• Finished tied for 14th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 67-70=137 (-7)

• Shot 76-76-79=231 (+21) at the Gators Invitational

• Finished 1-under-par at The N.I.T. with rounds of 75-72-68=215

• Recorded a win (UCF) and a tie (UCF) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• Participated in his first Big 12 Championship

• Had rounds of 80-74-illness-76 in the Big 12 Championship

• Was in the WVU lineup four times

• Participated in 23 rounds over eight tournaments for an average score of 74.70

• Had eight rounds of par of better, including four rounds in the 60s

• Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer Invitational, shooting 7378-70=221 (+5) to tie for sixth place

• Finished fifth at 3-over-par with rounds of 69-68-70=207 at the Butler Spring Invitational

• Shot 75-73-79=227 (+11) at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate

• Had rounds of 76-69-74=219 (+3) competing as individual at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Shot rounds of 73-75-88=236 at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate

• Finished with rounds of 82-83-76=241 at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational

• Recorded wins over Oklahoma and Iowa State in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Was WVU's top finisher at The Gopher Invitational, shooting 69-7171=211 (-2) to tie for 25th place

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

• Played in eight tournaments with five rounds of par or better

• Recorded rounds of 71-75-83=229 (+16) at the Rutherford Intercollegiate

• Shot 71-72=143 (+3) to finish tied for 12th at the Butler Spring Invitational

• Tied for 18th place at the ECU Intercollegiate with rounds of 77-75-71=223 (+7)

• Finished tied for 19th at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate with rounds of 86-75-70=231 (+15)

• Tied for 49th at the Xavier Invitational with rounds of 77-78-73=228

• Finished tied for 41st at the Georgia State Invitational with rounds of 71-74-75=220 (+4)

• Had rounds of 89-78-73=240 in the Mountaineer Invitational

• Shot 9-over-par with a season-low 70 in the second round at the Minnesota Golf Classic

PREP

• Two-time West Virginia Golf Association Boys Player of the Year (2019 & 2020)

• Two-time West Virginia Junior Amateur champion (2019 & 2020), the first West Virginia player to win back-to-back honors since 1988

• Represented Team Virginias in the 2020 Carolinas-Virginias matches

• Represented West Virginia in the Mid-Atlantic Cup

• Was invited to participate in the 2020 National High School Invitational at Pinehurst Resort

• Has won numerous golf events during his career: the 2020 West Virginia Junior Matchplay Championship at Parkersburg Country Club going 4-0, dominating his matches 7&6, 3&2, 7&6, and 4&3 … the 2020 Mountaineer State Golf Classic at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 70-66-73 … the 2020 WVGA Junior Amateur at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 68-69 … the 2020 West Virginia High School AA State Championship at Oglebay Resort Jones Course with rounds of 77-78 … the 2019 WVGA Junior Amateur at The Raven at Snowshoe Mountain with rounds of 73-76 … the 2019 West Virginia High School AA State Championship at Oglebay Resort Jones Course with rounds of 72-75

• Finished in sixth place AJGA Junior at Penn State with rounds of 71-68-73

• Placed in the Top 20 (16th) 2020 West Virginia Open Championship at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 73-76-71

• Finished in the Top 20 (19th) 2020 West Virginia Amateur Championship at The Greenbrier Resort with rounds of 71-72-74-72

PERSONAL

• Son of Mike and Kellie Duncan

• Birthday is June 18

• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR RECAPS

MAX GREEN

6-1

• Hilton Head Island, SC • Hilton Head Christian academy

SENIOR (2024-25)

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU’s lineup for the entire regular season tournament schedule

• Played 30 rounds for an average of 72.93

• Finished tied for 53rd at the Big 12 Golf Championship with rounds of 77-71-76-75=299 (+19)

• Tied for 33rd place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 79-73-79=231 (+15)

• Had rounds of 71-78-71=220 (+4) at the Schenkel Invitational

• Recorded rounds of 72-69=141 (+1) to finish tied for 13th place at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

• Shot 74-72-66=212 to finished tied for 12th place at 4-under-par at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Was WVU’s top finisher at the Gators Invitational, tying for 26th place with rounds of 73-70-71=214 (+4)

• Tied for sixth place at the Battle at Briar’s Creek at -5 with rounds of 70-71-70=211

• Posted rounds of 67-71-72=210 to finish tied for 13th place at -6 at the White Sands Collegiate

• Won three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado, UCF and Houston

• Shot 74-79-77=230 (+14) at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

• Tied for 27th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 75-71-74=220 (+7)

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team

• Player of the Year of the WVU golf team

• Only WVU golfer to be in the lineup in every tournament during the season

• Played in 36 rounds for an average of 70.92, the second-lowest total in school history

• 25 rounds of Even par of better

• Had an 85.4% winning percentage entering the NCAA Championships

• Had 34 counting scores (94.4%)

CAREER STATS

• Had 12 rounds in the 60s, including three rounds of 66, a WVU career low

• Shot rounds of 76-75-79=230 (+14) at the NCAA Golf Championships

• WVU’s top finisher at the NCAA Regional Championship, finishing sixth with rounds of 71-69-69=209 (-1)

• WVU’s top finisher at the Big 12 Championship, tying for 18th place with rounds of 74-72-72-72=290 (+2)

• Tied for fourth place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 66-72-71=209 (-7)

• Named the Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Month for March

• Tied for fourth place at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate at 5-underpar with rounds of 67-74-70=211

• Named WVU Athlete of the Week on March 18 for his performance at the Schenkel Invitational

• Earned a runner-up finish at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 71-68-67=216 (-10)

• Finished third at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with career lows of 66-66=132 (-12)

• Tied for 27th place at the Gators Invitational with rounds of 67-70-75=212 (+2)

• Shot 6-under at The N.I.T. and finished tied for 33rd with rounds of 71-68-71=210

• Tied for 31st place at +4 (79-72-69=220) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

• Went 4-1 at Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and UCF (twice)

• Tied for sixth place at The Gopher Invitational at -2 (73-68-70=211)

• Named WVU Athlete of the Week on Sept. 4 for his performance at the Red Bandanna

• Won his second collegiate tournament at the Red Bandanna Invitational by shooting 68-75-70=213 (-3)

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

• Was in the WVU lineup for eight tournaments

• Played in 10 tournaments for 30 total rounds

• Had an average score of 73.43

• Had 11 rounds of par or better, including four rounds in the 60s

• WVU’s top finisher at the Big 12 Championship, tying for 24th place with rounds of 75-67-76-74=292 (+12)

• Marked WVU’s highest finisher at the Big 12 Championship since 2019

• Tied for 26th at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 80-77-70=227 (+11)

• Shot 72-75 at The Hootie at Bulls Bay

• Finished tied for 24th place at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 76-67-75=218 (+2)

• Shot 3-under-par with rounds of 7169-73=213 to tie for 31st place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Posted rounds of 72-75-74=221 (+11) at the Gators Invitational

• Shot 1-under-par in the final round and finished +3 at the Arizona Intercollegiate with rounds of 78-70-71=219

• Competed as an individual at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational and shot 77-80-81=238

• Had a win against Oklahoma State and a tie against Baylor in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Finished second at the Xavier Invitational at 9-under-par with rounds of 68-70-69=207

• Recorded rounds of 73-74-75=222 (+9) at The Gopher Invitational

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

• Played in eight tournaments

• Had six rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s

• Shot 74-80-73=227 (+14) as an individual at the Mason Rudolph Championship

• Competed as an individual at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate and had rounds of 76-74-78=228 (+12)

• Named WVU’s Athlete of the Week (March 28) for his performance at the ECU Intercollegiate

• Was co-champion of the ECU Intercollegiate, shooting 5-under-par with rounds of 69-69-73=211

• Became the third different WVU golfer to win a collegiate tournament

• Tied for 27th at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate with rounds of 77-82-75=234 (+18)

• Posted rounds of 74-78-75=227 at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational

• Tied Logan McAllister of Oklahoma at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Finished tied for 15th as an individual with rounds of 73-72-72=217 (+1) at the Mountaineer Invitational

• Shot 1-over-par and tied for 21st at the Minnesota Golf Classic

PREP

• Named the South Carolina Junior Golf Association 2020 Boys Player of the Year

• Named the Carolinas Golf Association 2020 Junior Boys Player of the Year

• Rans No. 56 in the country by Golfweek National Junior Boys ranking

• Two-time South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) AllState selection (2018 & 2019)

• Represented Team Carolina in the Carolina vs. Georgia Junior Championship

• Was selected as a member of the American Junior Golf Association Leadership Links –Carolina Cup Green Played on the Hilton Head Christian Academy varsity golf team for the past seven years, serving as team captain in 2019-20 and 2020-21

• Has placed at numerous events: won the Low Country Invitational at Chechessee Creek Club with a round of 70 … runner-up at the Creed Boys Junior Invitational at Camden Country Club with rounds of 67-73 … runner-up at the Grant Bennett Junior Invitational at Florence Country Club with rounds of 65-70-72 … third place at the Harvey Brock Orange Jacket Invitational at The Club at Brookstone with rounds of 69-75 … third place at the Carolinas Boys Junior Championship at Florence Country Club with rounds of 67-69-68 … third place at the Carolinian Amateur at Keith Hills Golf Club with rounds of 72-72-70 … third place at the Sea Pines Junior Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links with rounds of 72-74 … third place at the SCISA State Championship at Hackler Golf Club with rounds of 68-71

PERSONAL

• Son of Jason and Dana Green

• Birthday is April 25

• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport management

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR RECAPS

PIERCE GRIEVE

SENIOR (2024-25)

• Academic All-Big 12 Team

• Was in WVU’s lineup five times

• Played 18 rounds for a 75.05 average

• Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 27th place with rounds of 81-72-76=229 (+13)

• Tied for 42nd place with rounds of 76-72-74=222 (+6) at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate

• Shot rounds of 77-79-81=237 (+27) at the Gators Invitational

• Finished +5 at the Battle at Briar’s Creek with rounds of 69-78-74=221

• Shot rounds of 79-74-74=227 (+11) at the White Sands Collegiate

• Won three matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over Colorado, UCF and Utah

• Shot 71-75-69=215 (-1) and tied for fourth place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Participated in 24 rounds for an average of 74.88

• Was in the WVU tournament lineup five times

• Shot 76-78-79=233 (+17) in the NCAA Golf Championships

• Recorded rounds of 70-82-70=222 (+12) at the NCAA Regional Championship

• Shot rounds of 72-80-70-73=295 (+7) and tied for 39th place at the Big 12 Championship

• Tied for sixth place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 72-70-71=213 (-3)

• Shot 81-75 (+14) at the Wolfpack Individual Intercollegiate

• Posted rounds of 81-74-72=227 (+11) at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate

• Shot 74-74-77=225 (+9) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

• Recorded rounds of 72-81-73=226 (+16) at the Xavier Invitational

PRIOR TO WEST VIRGINIA

• Attended Louisville for two seasons, competing in 12 events (five as a freshman and seven as a sophomore) for the Cardinals

• Shot 68-69-73=210 (-6) in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (15th place), 71-6868=207 (-3) in the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, 73-69-72=214 (+1) in the Bearcat Invitational (19th place) and 71-71-72=217 (+1) in the Inverness Intercollegiate (fifth place)

• Was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

PREP

• A team captain at Lake Forest High

• Was the Illinois state champion, regional champion and sectional champion

• Was named the Illinois Junior Golf Player of the Year

• Was the Shriners Junior Invitational champion, setting the tournament scoring record at Medinah Country Club with a 64 in the first round

• Has posted AJGA Top 5 finishes at the Randy Wise Jr. Open and PING Heather Farr Classic

• Ranked in the top 100 of the Rolex Junior Golf rankings and was rated a top 75 player in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings

PERSONAL

• Son of Bruce Grieve

• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business

• Birthday is June 30

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS

1953 8-4-1 Ira Rodgers Reggie Spencer

4-3-0 Bob Lowe Bob Lowe

1935 3-3-1 Sam Aspinall Sam Aspinall

1936 1-3-0 Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson

1937 1-4-1 Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson

1938 3-6-0 Tom Graham Tom Graham 1939 4-2-0

1954 5-3-2 Ira Rodgers Bruce Davis

1955 7-3-0 Ira Rodgers “Happy” Hall

1956 5-4-0 Ira Rodgers George Pettit

1957 4-8-0 Ira Rodgers A. Morosco

1958 5-4-1 Ira Rodgers Bucky Lane

1959 4-8-0 Ira Rodgers Adolph Popp

Dr. R. Aspinall Tom Graham

Dr. R. Aspinall Tom Graham 1940 3-2-0

6-2-1

1947 12-0-0

1948 8-4-0

Dr. R. Aspinall Michael Krak

Dr. R. Aspinall Don Hall

Dr. R. Aspinall Berkeley Davis

1949 12-0-0 Ira Rodgers Robert Coulson

1950 8-4-0 Ira Rodgers T. Prozillo

1951 5-4-0 Ira Rodgers Claude Hills

1952 7-5-0 Ira Rodgers Reggie Spencer

1960 3-5-4 Ira Rodgers Adolph Popp

1961 7-5-1 Ira Rodgers Bob King

1962 9-2-1 C. Hockenberry Sid Bennett

1963 6-4-0 C. Hockenberry Jim Hess

1964 6-6-0 C. Hockenberry None

1965 7-7-0 C. Hockenberry None

1966 11-4-0

1967 6-7-0

1968 11-2-1

1969 14-3-0

1970 8-2-2

1971 10-6-0

1972 12-8-0

C. Hockenberry D. Spannauer

C. Hockenberry Steve Hague

C. Hockenberry None

C. Hockenberry Bruce Keagy

C. Hockenberry Bruce Keagy

C. Hockenberry Jack Lynn

C. Hockenberry None YEAR

1973 12-7-0 C. Hockenberry

1974 11-3-0 C. Hockenberry

1975 5-10-0 C. Hockenberry

1976 6-11-0 C. Hockenberry

None

None

None

None

1977 11-6-0 C. Hockenberry None

1978 10-0-1 C. Hockenberry None

1979 4-1-0 Bob Gwynne None

1980 3-0-0 John Sermon Richard Wainwright

2016 0-0-0 Sean Covich Easton Renwick

2017 0-1-0 Sean Covich None

2018 0-1-0 Sean Covich None

2019 1-3-1 Sean Covich Max Sear

2020 3-2-1 Sean Covich Phillip Matlari

2021 0-4-0 Sean Covich Etienne Papineau

2022 1-3-1 Sean Covich Mark Goetz

2023 0-4-0 Sean Covich Kurtis Grant

2024 3-2-0 Sean Covich Jackson Davenport

2025 2-2-1 Sean Covich Max Green

ALL-TIME SCORING RECORDS

INIDIVIDUAL

LOW ROUND

1. Logan Perkins

2. Mark Goetz

62 Florida Gators Invitational, 2020

63 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021

3. Matthew Sharpstene 64 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018

Logan Perkins

64 NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, 2019

5. Ryan Leach 65 The Stono, 2024

Logan Perkins

Mark Goetz

Mark Goetz

Etienne Papineau

Matthew Sharpstene

11. Todd Duncan

Max Green

Max Green

Max Green

Max Green

Will Stakel

Kaleb Wilson

Oli Ménard

Logan Perkins

Oli Ménard

Mark Goetz

Etienne Papineau

65 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022

65 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021

65 Mountaineer Invitational, 2020

65 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019

65 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018

66 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2025

66 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2025

66 Mountaineer Invitational, 2024

66 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

66 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

66 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

66 Mountaineer Invitational, 2024

66 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2023

66 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022

66 Minnesota Golf Classic, 2022

66 NCAA Regional, 2021

66 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2019

Matthew Sharpstene 66 Big 12 Championship, 2019

Matthew Sharpstene

Max Sear

Max Sear

Max Sear

Max Sear

Alan Cooke

Avery Schneider

Avery Schneider

66 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2019

66 Travistock Collegiate Invitational, 2018

66 Mountaineer Invitational, 2017

66 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017

66 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016

66 Furman Intercollegiate, 2017

66 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2017

66 Mountaineer Invitational, 2017

Mike Krak 66 Twice (1947,48)

Jack Lynn 66 vs. Indiana, 1971

Berk Davis 66 vs. Washington & Jefferson, 1948

Claude Hillis 66 vs. Maryland, 1949

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT

1. Max Sear 66-66=132 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

2. Todd Duncan 67-70=137 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

Max Sear 71-66=137 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016

4. Will Stakel 66-72=138 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

5. Max Sear 68-71=139 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015

6. Kaleb Wilson 69-71=140 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

7. Etienne Papineau 69-72=141 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016

8. Trent Tipton 69-74=143 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

9. Jackson Davenport 70-74=144 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

Logan Perkins 72-72=144 Patriot Intercollegiate, 2018

Avery Schneider 70-74=144 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015

12. Easton Renwick 73-72=145 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015

Pat Weaver 72-73=145 Eastern Eight Tourn., 1978

14. Harrison Thompson 71-75=146 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

Olivier Ménard 69-77=146 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT

1. Mark Goetz 65-67-69=201 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022

2. Mark Goetz 69-70-63=202 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021

3. Etienne Papineau 70-68-65=203 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019

4. Logan Perkins 73-66-65=204 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022

Mark Goetz 70-69-65=204 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021

6. Kaleb Wilson 70-68-67=205 The N.I.T. 2024

Logan Perkins 72-62-71=205 Florida Gators Invitational, 2020

8. Ryan Leach 68-65-73=206 The Stono, 2024

Carson Kammann 71-68-67=206 Mountaineer Invitational, 2024

Max Green 71-68-67=206 Schenkel Invitational, 2024

Nico Lang 67-69-70=206 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019

Kurtis Grant 69-69-68=206 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018

Matthew Sharpstene 65-68-73=206 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018

Alan Cooke 69-69-68=206 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017

LOGAN PERKINS

SEASON AVERAGE

Matthew Sharpstene

Max Green

Mark Goetz

Mark Goetz

Kaleb Wilson

Max Sear

Nico Lang

Etienne Papineau

Philipp Matlari

Todd Duncan

Trent Tipton

Etienne

Logan Perkins

Jackson

Max

Todd Duncan

Harrison Thompson 73.36 14 2023-24

Mark Goetz 73.36 22 2019-20*

Max Green 73.43 30 2022-23

Will Stakel 73.57 26 2023-24

Max Sear 73.63 35 2015-16

Mark Goetz 73.73 15 2018-19

Jackson Davenport 73.80 30 2021-22

Kurtis Grant 73.87 15 2019-20*

Kurtis Grant 73.89 18 2020-21

Trent Tipton 73.95 19 2020-21

Carson Kammann 74.00 17 2023-24

Kaleb Wilson 74.00 22 2022-23

Oli Menard 74.00 22 2022-23

Kurtis Grant 74.00 21 2022-23

Trent Tipton 74.00 27 2021-22

Kurtis Grant 74.00 21 2018-19

Alan Cooke 74.03 33 2016-17

Philipp Matlari 74.04 23 2018-19

Olivier Ménard 74.06 17 2021-22

Mark Goetz 74.06 31 2017-18

Max Sear 74.09 34 2016-17

Trent Tipton 74.17 24 2022-23

Westy McCabe 74.18 28 2022-23

Kurtis Grant 74.26 27 2021-22

TEAM

ALL-TIME CONFERENCE RESULTS

SCORING

2024-25 Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla Team Finish: 13th // Team Scoring: 302-300-290-286=1178 // +58

2023-24 Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas Team Finish: 5th // Team Scoring: 297-291-280-289=1157 //

Papineau

2016-17 Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan Team Finish: 10th // 329-294-313-315=1251

Papineau

Tipton

SERIES RECORDS

ALL-TIME RESULTS

1975-76

vs. California (Pa.) W, 389-396 vs. Pitt

1976-77

Youngstown Invitational 8th

Madison 9th

West Liberty Invitational 5th

Alegheny College 4th

ECAC Qualifier 5th

vs. Virginia Tech L, 396-389 vs. California (Pa.) L, 396-395

Marshall Invitational 12th

vs. Slippery Rock W, 378-380 vs. West Liberty W, 378-423 vs. Pitt W, 378-389

West Virginia Intercollegiate 3rd

vs. Ohio University L, 392-377

vs. Bowling Green L, 392-370 vs. Youngstown State W, 403-406 vs. Mercyhurst W, 403-408 vs. Baldwin-Wallace W, 403-440 vs. Ohio University W, 530-545 vs. Pitt W, 530-571 vs. Glenville W, 530-551 vs. California (Pa.) L, 396-377

vs. Indiana (Pa.) L, 396-378 vs. West Liberty W, 396-415

Indiana (Pa.) Invitational 5th

vs. Robert Morris W, 367-394

Nittany Lion Invitational 4th

1977-78

South Carolina Classic 12th

vs. California W, 369-375 vs. Davis & Elkins W, 369-431

Marshall Invitational 15th

West Virginia Intercollegiate 1st vs. Ohio University W, 387-396 vs. Indiana University (Pa.) T, 387-387 vs. West Liberty W, 387-422 vs. Glenville W, 395-404 vs. Youngstown State W, 395-406 vs. Davis & Elkins W, 395-411 vs. Ohio University W, 465-467

Indiana University (Pa.) Invite 5th

California (Pa.) Tournament 4th

Nittany Lion Invitational 4th

1978-79

Coastal Carolina Golf Classic 18th

Marshall Classic 12th

Colonial Classic 4th

West Virginia Univ. Invite 3rd

West Liberty Invitational 2nd

Indiana University Invitational 7th

California State invitational 7th

Nittany Lion Golf Classic 8th vs. Ohio University W, 540-549 vs. California (Pa.) W, 786-795 vs. Clarion * L, 389-375 vs. Pitt * W, 389-410 vs. Duquesne* W, 389-428 * At Pitt Quad Match

Colonial Classic

Ohio University L, 555-552 Glenville State W, 555-589

Liberty Invitational

2017-18

2018-19

VCU Invitational Canceled

Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational 8th

THP Mountaineer Invitational 1st

vs. Oklahoma State * L, 1-4-1

vs. Texas Tech * L, 1-4-1

vs. Kansas * T, 3-3

vs. TCU * L, 1-4

vs. Iowa State * W, 4-2

Tavistock Collegiate Invitational T-7th

Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic T-8th

vs. Penn State Canceled

Suntrust Gator Invitational 8th

Seminole Intercollegiate 3rd

The Hootie at Bull’s Bay 9th

Irish Creek Collegiate 6th

Rutherford Intercollegiate 3rd

Big 12 Championship 10th

NCAA Louisville Regional 6th

* Big 12 Fall Series

2019-20

Gopher Invitational 5th

Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational T-3rd

THP Mountaineer Invitational 1st vs. Texas * L, 1-4-1

vs. Texas Tech* L, 1-4-1

vs. TCU * W, 2-1-3

vs. Iowa State * W, 4-1-1

vs. Oklahoma State * T, 3-3

Tavistock Collegiate Invitational 15th

Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic 7th vs. Connecticut W, 295-305

Florida Gators Invitational 6th

Seminole Intercollegiate T-7th

The Hootie at Bulls Bay ^

Irish Creek Collegiate ^

Rutherford Intercollegiate ^ Big 12 Championship ^

* Big 12 Fall Series

^ Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2020-21

Colonial Collegiate Invitational 9th vs. Oklahoma * L, 1-5 vs. TCU * L, 2-3-1

vs. Iowa State * L, 2-4

vs. Baylor * L, 2-4

Florida Gators Invitational 18th

Seminole Intercollegiate T-10th

George Hannon Intercollegiate T-9th

The Hootie at Bulls Bay T-7th

Mountaineer Invitational 1st Big 12 Championship 9th

2021-22

Gopher Invitational 6th

Mountaineer Invitational 2nd

vs. Oklahoma L,1-4-1 vs. Texas Tech L, 1-5-0 vs. Kansas State

W, 4-2-0

vs. Kansas T, 3-3-0

vs. Iowa State

L, 1-5-0

Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 10th

Florida Gators Invitational T-10th

Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate 1st

Schenkel Invitational 8th

The Hootie at Bulls Bay 13th

Mason Rudolph Championship T-10th Big 12 Championship 10th

2022-23

0-6-0 vs. Oklahoma State T, 3-3-0 vs. Baylor

at Bulls Bay 8th

Mountaineer Invitational 1st Big 12 Championship 5th

NCAA Regional Championship T-3rd NCAA Golf Championships 28th

2024-25

Gopher Invitational 12th

Collegiate Invitational

UCF

Colorado

3-1-1

3-2-0

L, 2-3-1

L, 2-3-1 vs. Iowa State

Isleworth Collegiate Invitational T-6th

Arizona Intercollegiate 11th

Gators Invitational T-10th

Dorado Beach Collegiate 8th

Schenkel Invitational 12th

The Hootie at Bulls

2023-24

3-2-0 White Sands Collegiate 5th Battle at Briar’s Creek 3rd Gators Invitational 12th Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate 3rd The Johnnie-O at Sea Island 11th

Schenkel Invitational 6th

Mountaineer Invitational 4th Big 12 Championship 13th

National Golf Invitational 5th

Kansas

3-1-1 vs. UCF W, 3-2-0 vs. UCF W, 2-1-2

Steelwood Collegiate Invitational 12th

JACKSON DAVENPORT

ALL-TIME HONORS AND AWARDS

TEAM WINS

2017 East Carolina Intercollegiate

2017 Janney VCU Shootout

Collegiate

Invitational

Invitational 2020 Mountaineer Invitational

2022

Las Vegas Intercollegiate 2023 Red Bandanna Invitational

2024 Mountaineer Invitational

2024 Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational

MEDALISTS

2017 Max Sear

2018 Max Sear

Mountaineer Invitational

2021 Mark Goetz Mountaineer Invitational

2022 Max Green

2022 Mark Goetz

Intercollegiate

Las Vegas Intercollegiate 2023 Max Green

Bandanna Invitational

2024 Carson Kammann Mountaineer Invitational

2024 Ryan Leach The Stono

2024 Nick Turowski Red Flash Invitational

2024 Kaleb Wilson Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational TEAM

MOUNTAINEER INVITATIONAL

PETE DYE GOLF CLUB • BRIDGEPORT, W.VA.

TEAM CHAMPIONS

2025 Oklahoma State

2024 West Virginia

2023 Oklahoma State

2021 NC State

2020 West Virginia

2019 West Virginia

2018 West Virginia

2017 Bowling Green

2016 Arkansas

2015 Penn State

277-295-292=864 E

285-285-276=846 -18

301-295-279=875 +11

290-280-285=855 -9

293-299-281=873 +9

294-284-286=864 E

289-296-281=866 +2

290-287-287=864 E

290-280-288=858 -6

294-291=585 +9

The Mountaineer Intercollegiate made its debut at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia, in October 2015 as West Virginia resumed varsity competition for the first time in three decades. In 2017, the event was renamed The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational. The 2020 version, now known as the Mountaineer Invitational, was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic and was held in April 2021. In 2023, the event moved to the spring.

INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS

2025 Eric Lee Oklahoma State 67-72-71=210 -6

2024 C. Kammann West Virginia 71-68-67=206 -10

2023 J. Baumgartner Oklahoma State 71-75-70=216 E

2021 Mark Goetz West Virginia 69-70-63=202 -14

2020 Mark Goetz West Virginia 70-69-65=204 -12

2019 Kevin Scherr Youngstown State 70-72-71=213 -3

2018 Max Sear West Virginia 69-72-69=210 -6

2017 Alex Weiss Marshall 71-70-67=208 -8

2016 Patrick Flavin Miami (Ohio) 68-69-73=210 -6

2015 Davis Baxter Cincinnati 70-69=139 -5

WVU PRESIDENT MICHAEL T. BENSON

Michael T. Benson, a veteran higher education administrator, became the 27th president of West Virginia University on July 15, 2025. He brings three decades of academic and administrative experience in higher education to his role leading West Virginia’s flagship, land-grant, R1 institution into a new era.

WVU is Benson’s fifth presidency. Prior to his arrival at Coastal Carolina in 2021, Benson led Snow College, Southern Utah University, and Eastern Kentucky University. During his tenure at Coastal Carolina, Benson secured a $10 million gift, the largest in the school’s history. He worked closely with community partners and policymakers to advance initiatives there, including the successful renewal of a local option penny sales tax to support public and higher education through the year 2039, the only tax of its kind in all of South Carolina.

In 2024, under his leadership, Coastal Carolina enrolled its largest number of students ever - 11,225 - while also setting a record retention rate.

As the 14th president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, he helped raise more private money for the institution during his tenure than had been secured in the previous 115 years of the college’s history combined.

Appointed at age 36, Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education.

Benson has also held faculty appointments at the University of Utah, the University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University, and has taught at each institution where he served as president, including Coastal Carolina where he was a professor of history.

His scholarly work has focused on the development of the research university and its impact on society. Benson’s book, “Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University,” was released by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2022. He was a visiting professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins in 2020. Benson’s biography of Gilman was named to the list of Best Higher

Education Books of 2023 by Forbes magazine.

Benson is also the author of “Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel,” and, with co-author Hal Boyd, published “College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy” with the University Press of Kentucky. Nationally, Benson serves on the Council of Presidents of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. He also is the past board chair of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society and is the former chair of the NCAA Honors Committee.

Benson is sought after for public speeches and appearances. He was a featured contributor to the Huffington Post for 5 years; has written articles for The Jerusalem Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, Deseret News, and The Salt Lake Tribune, among others; and appeared on ESPN’s The Paul Finebaum Show. Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana, Benson has worked and studied abroad for nearly 7 years in Italy, England, and Israel. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and double minors in English and history from Brigham Young University in 1990. He completed his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 1995, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Oxford Graduate Overseas Fellowship.

@MICHAELTBENSON

Founder’s Award. Benson graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in August 2021 and was elected to the Honor Society of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.

An accomplished athlete, President Benson played basketball at BYU and Oxford, and his best marathon time – 2 hours and 41 minutes – won his age division in the St. George (Utah) Marathon. He also finished among the top 25% of all runners in the 1984 Boston Marathon, one of only 19 teenagers from around the world to compete in the race.

An avid traveler, he has visited all 50 states and five of the seven continents.

He also earned a master’s degree cum laude in nonprofit administration in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Father Theodore Hesburgh

He and his wife, Debi, are the parents of three children – Truman, Tatum, and Talmage. He also has two older children from a previous marriage. Emma is a TV reporter for KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Samuel writes for Politico in Washington, D.C. Sam’s wife, Keylla, is in her first year at Georgetown Law School.

WVU VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS WREN BAKER

Wren Baker has changed the face of West Virginia University Athletics. He has reenergized the department and set it up for long-term success in the ever-changing world of college athletics. Whether it’s coaching searches, facility master plans, revenue sharing or a modern, business-like approach to Name, Image and Likeness, Baker has faced every challenge head on and has never looked back. He has brought new thinking and confidence to WVU Athletics, and his reputation across the country is secondto-none.

Baker is a high-energy leader, and Mountaineer success has been contagious in competition and in the classroom. Conference championships, NCAA appearances and a national championship have been followed by strong academic achievement for Mountaineer student-athletes, eclipsing previous department GPA highs. Under Baker, WVU has also turned in record fundraising numbers as his forward thinking and strategic planning are geared to bringing future success and revenue stability to the state’s Land-Grant Institution.

Missouri, Memphis, Northwest Missouri and Rogers State, he brought more than 20 years of experience to WVU.

Baker was an instant hit with WVU fans. In his first year in Morgantown, he traveled the state to learn its culture, geography, and history. He has met and listened to Mountaineer fans from all over the world and immersed himself on what it means to be a proud West Virginian. The results of his approach and work ethic speak volumes as the West Virginia Mountaineers continue to be a national brand. Despite accomplishing so much in a short period of time, Baker’s plate is still full. Continued revenue generation, launching an NIL full-service business agency for student-athlete advancement and premium seating options in his two major sports venues are still on his radar for the coming year. His endless energy never stops moving WVU forward.

Then WVU President E. Gordon Gee named Baker as WVU’s vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics on Nov. 30, 2022. He has oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of more than $90 million, approximately 250 employees and nearly 500 studentathletes.

Baker is WVU’s 13th director of athletics and came to Morgantown from the University of North Texas, where he had been the associate vice president and athletics director since 2016. With previous stops at

Wren BAKer THroUGH THe YeArS

2001-05 Oklahoma State University Basketball Operations Assistant

2005-06 Valliant Public Schools Director of Athletics/Principal

2006-10 Rogers State University Director of Athletics

2010-13 Northwest Missouri State Director of Athletics

2013-15 University of Memphis Deputy Director of Athletics

2015-16 University of Missouri Deputy Director of Athletics

2016-22 University of North Texas Vice President/Director of Athletics

2022- West Virginia University Vice President/Director of Athletics

At North Texas, seven Mean Green programs combined to win 17 conference or division championships during Baker’s tenure. UNT also reached new heights in the classroom under Baker’s leadership, posting its top APR scores and four consecutive department Graduation Success Rate (GSR) records. Baker led record fundraising years at North Texas, and the overall top five largest gifts ever at UNT came under Baker’s leadership.

Prior to North Texas, Baker was the deputy director of athletics at Missouri from 2015 to 2016, serving as the top advisor and chief of staff.

Before Missouri, he spent time at Memphis from 2013-15 as deputy athletics director.

From 2011-13, Baker was athletics director at NCAA Division II power Northwest Missouri State. From 2006-11, Baker served as the first athletics director at Rogers State in Claremore, Oklahoma, where he was also the school’s first men’s basketball coach. His team went 2011 in his only season at the helm, and during his tenure, he developed a full-scale, competitive collegiate athletics program. In 2005, he was the principal and athletics director for Valliant Public Schools, and at age 26, was the youngest principal in Oklahoma history.

Originally from Valliant, Oklahoma, Baker earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 2001 where he was a member of the honors program. He went on to earn his master’s degree in education leadership from Oklahoma State in 2003.

While at Oklahoma State, Baker was a graduate assistant and basketball operations assistant for the Cowboys’ men’s basketball program under legendary head coach Eddie Sutton. During his time with OSU, the Cowboys posted a 102-30 record, reaching four NCAA tournaments with trips to the 2004 Final Four and the 2005 Sweet 16.

Baker and his wife, Heather, a Bokchito, Oklahoma, native, have two daughters, Addisyn and Reagan.

The Baker Family: Reagan, Addisyn, Heather and Wren

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BriTTneY o’Dell Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/StudentAthlete Service and Wellness erin GiBSon Senior Associate Athletics Director/Marketing

DAViD KooGer Senior Associate Athletics Director, Governance and Compliance

JASon BUTTS Head Gymnastics Coach

SeAn CleArY Head Cross Country/ Track and Field Coach

SeAn CoViCH Head Golf Coach

TiM FlYnn Head Wrestling Coach

roB AlSoP Senior Deputy Athletics Director

oMAr BAnKS Deputy Athletics Director/ Chief Financial Officer

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Jon HAMMonD Hayhurst Family Head Rifle Coach

roSS HoDGe Head Men's Basketball Coach

niKKi iZZo-BroWn Head Women’s Soccer Coach

MArK KelloGG Hayhurst Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach

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riCH roDriGUeZ Head Football Coach

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DAn STrATForD Head Men’s Soccer Coach

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