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COACHING STAFF Coach Sean Covich Assistant Coach Will Koras Support Staff
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PLAYER PROFILES Roster 20 Harrison Thompson 22 Aidan Dortch 24 Ryan Leach 26 Nick Turowski 28 Brdy Burgess 30 Jack Michael 32 Gabe Schmitz 34 Hogan Blais 36 Major Ewing 37 Michael Shivers 38
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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.
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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.
AUGUST 2014 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.
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APRIL 2016 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.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2017
West Virginia caps the fall season at No. 37 in the Golfstat rankings.
FEBRUARY 2018 OCTOBER 2018
NOVEMBER 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.
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West Virginia qualifies for its first NCAA appearance since 1947. The Mountaineers place sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional.
MAY 2019 APRIL 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019 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.
The Mountaineers host their first-ever Big 12 Championship at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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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).
NOVEMBER 2019 FEBRUARY 2020
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.
MAY 2021 MAY 2022
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.
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.
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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.
SEPTEMBER 2023 OCTOBER 2023
WVU tied for the fourth most wins (3) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship
79 YEARS IN THE Carson Kammann won his first collegiate tournament at the Mountaineer Invitational and WVU won its own tournament for the fourth time.
The Mountaineers recorded the second lowest tournament score in program history (-27) in the National Invitational Tournament
JANUARY 2024 FEBRUARY 2024
WVU tied the school record for lowest round in school history (-17) in round one of the Dorado Beach Collegiate
WVU posted its highest finish at the Big 12 Championship by recording a fifth-place finish out of 14 teams.
APRIL 2024 MAY 2024
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.
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MAKING Kaleb Wilson became the second Mountaineer to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Regional.
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.
Freshman Nick Turowski won his first collegiate tournament at the Red Flash Invitational.
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The Mountaineers posted a Top 5 finish at the National Golf Invitational.
MAY 2025 FEBRUARY 2025
WVU won the inaugural Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and Kaleb Wilson captured the individual title.
Freshman Ryan Leach won his first collegiate tournament at The Stono.
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79 YEARS IN THE MAKING
WVU shot a shoot record -55, the 25th lowest round in NCAA history, to win the Island Resort Collegiate
Ryan Leach shot a school record -17 and 199 to win the individual title at the Island Resort Collegiate
MAY 2026 NOVEMBER 2025
WVU shot 36-under-par to repeat as champions of the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational while Kaleb Wilson also repeated as individual champion
Shot 21-under-par to win the inaugural Pearl at Kalauoa Invitational
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Qualfied for NCAA Regionals for the second time in three years
BIG 12 CONFERENCE The Big 12 enters its 31st 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.
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CHARACTER Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867. Across the three ampuses of the WVU System in Morgantown, Keyser, and Beckley, pride in our land-grant mission runs deep, success is earned and life-changing experiences prepare Mountaineers to serve others and lead in West Virginia and the world. 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 bold futures 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 has also been rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider. STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2025 WVU System enrollment was 26,000+ ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WVU recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 142 Gilman Scholars, 87 Fulbright Scholars, 57 Goldwater Scholars, 45 Critical Language Scholars, 44 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, 30 Boren Scholars, 28 Truman Scholars, 7 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, 1 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, and 1 Schwarzman Scholar. R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION HIGHLIGHTS WVU is 1 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.
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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 301 total majors (129 undergraduate), including Applied AI and Data Analysis; Exercise Physiology; Environmental, Energy, and Land Management; Exercise Physiology; Forensic and Investigative Science; Music Business and Industry; Neuroscience; Robotics Engineering; and Sport Management. 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 Community Engagement 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 in Morgantown include the Downtown Campus Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library and the West Virginia and Regional History Center. Collections include 2.8 million book titles, 700,000 pieces of media and 660 databases. PRIVATE SUPPORT The WVU Foundation recorded $260.7 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2025. As of June 30, 2025, total Foundation assets stood at $3.29 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 42,600 youth annually 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, and 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, applicants must meet the minimum admissions criteria of their program. 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.
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13TH SEASON • MISSISSIPPI STATE ’04 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 AllAmericans, 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. In 2025-26, WVU qualified for its second NCAA Regional appearance in the last three years, finishing eighth at Marana. WVU won three tournaments in a season for the first time in school history, had 71 wins in the fall, the most recorded by any Division I college golf team and won a school-record 111 victories. WVU shot the 25th-lowest team round in NCAA history, winning the Island Resort Collegiate at 55-under-par. WVU also won the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and Kalauoa Invitational. During the season, WVU tied with No. 8 Texas Tech and defeated No. 5 Arkansas, No. 6 Oklahoma State and No. 38 TCU. 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.
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West Virginia racked up 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 win a collegiate tournament. 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 All-America 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.
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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 firstever 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 273-273280=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.
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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 oneunder-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 All-Region 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.
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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 All-America 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 school-record No. 27 in 2013. The Bulldogs won a school-record 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,
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Year School 2006-07 Meridian CC 2007-08 Meridian CC 2008-09 Meridian CC 2009-10 Meridian CC 2010-11 Meridian CC 2011-12 Mississippi State 2012-13 Mississippi State 2013-14 Mississippi State 2014-15 West Virginia 2015-16 West Virginia 2016-17 West Virginia 2017-18 West Virginia
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Highlights • Won the MACJC Championship • Finished third at the NJCAA National Championship •M ACJC Championship Runner-UpTwo individual players qualified for the NJCAA National Championship • Finished seventh at the NJCAA NationalChampionship • Finished Runner-Up at the NJCAA National Championship • B randt Garon won NJCAA National Championship, named Arnold Palmer Award Winner • S igned 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) • S igned the No. 1 ranked JUCO player in the country - Joe Sakulpolphaisan • Chad Ramey qualified for NCAA Regional Championship • F inished 2013 regular season ranked inside the Top 30 (No. 27) • Top 5 at SEC Championship • Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship • F uture PGA Tour player Chad Ramey becomes first MSU player to earn all-SEC honors 3 consecutive times • S igned the No. 1 ranked JUCO player in the nation - Tim Walker • Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship •H ired 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 • P osted first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate • E nded with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking (No. 90)
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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. Highlights • B ig 12 Championship is hosted by The Greenbrier in West Virginia • F inished 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 • 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 • Qualified for NCAA Regionals for the second time in three years • Won three regular season tournaments for the first time • School-record 111 victories • Shot 55-under-par to win the Island Resort Collegiate, the 25th-lowest team round in NCAA history
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WILL KORAS FOURTH 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 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. 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 tournaments
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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 2025-26, WVU qualified for its second NCAA Regional appearance in the last three years, finishing eighth at Marana. WVU won three tournaments in a season for the first time in school history, had 71 wins in the fall, the most recorded by any Division I college golf team and won a school-record 111 victories. WVU shot the 25th-lowest team round in NCAA history, winning the Island Resort Collegiate at 55-under-par. WVU also won the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and Kalauoa Invitational. During the season, WVU tied with No. 8 Texas Tech and defeated No. 5 Arkansas, No. 6 Oklahoma State and No. 38 TCU. 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.
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 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. 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.
APRIL MESSERLY Sport Administrator
BRYAN MESSERLY Associate Athletics Director/ Communications
CLAIRE ETTINGER Academic Counselor
GRAHAM REGER Director of Business Operations
STEVEN ROSIER Athletic Trainer
CHANDLER GELLER Strength and Conditioning Coach
KYLE KEESLER Equipment Manager
AIDAN FORGET Manager
Player Profiles Roster ������������������������������������������������������������������ 20 Harrison Thompson ���������������������������������������������� 22 Aidan Dortch �������������������������������������������������������� 24 Ryan Leach ����������������������������������������������������������� 26 Nick Turowski ������������������������������������������������������ 28 Brdy Burgess �������������������������������������������������������� 30 Jack Michael �������������������������������������������������������� 32 Gabe Schmitz �������������������������������������������������������� 34 Hogan Blais ���������������������������������������������������������� 36 Major Ewing �������������������������������������������������������� 37 Michael Shivers ���������������������������������������������������� 38
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Ryan LEACH
Name Hogan Blais Brody Burgess Aidan Dortch Major Ewing Ryan Leach Jack Michael Gabe Schmitz Michael Shivers Harrison Thompson Nick Turowski
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Hometown/High School (Previous School) Ottawa, Ontario/Ecole Secondaire Publique Louis-Riel Victor, N.Y./Victor Central School Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian-Addison (TCU) Blacksburg, Va./Rivers Academy [Ga.] Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown Huntington, W.Va./Cabell Midland Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Christian Academy Brentwood, Tenn./Gateway Academy Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford
Head Coach: Sean Covich (13th season, Mississippi State ’04) Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development: Will Koras (4th season, Maryland, ’22)
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HARRISON THOMPSON CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 9 2024-25 2 2023-24 5 Career 16
Rounds 26.0 6.0 14.0 46.0
Avg. 73.76 75.83 73.36 74.31
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Low Best Finish 68 T-8th 71 T-28th 71 11th 68 T-8th
SENIOR • KNOXVILLE, TENN. KNOXVILLE CATHOLIC HIGH @HARRISONT2023 2025-26 (JUNIOR) • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Made the WVU lineup for three events • Averaged 73.76 in 26 rounds of golf • Traveled as a substitute to the NCAA Marana Regional • Shot a career-low 68 to tie for 35th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-76-68=220 (+4) • Competed as an individual at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and shot 75-72-77=224 (+8) • Tied for 34th place at the Coach Sykes Individual with rounds of 74-72=146 (+4) • Shot 73-74-84=231 (+15) at the Sharkey Individual Collegiate • Competed as an individual at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational and finished tied for 23rd with rounds of 73-75-69=217 (+1) • Was an individual at the Red Flash Invitational and shot three rounds of Even par, 70-7070=210 (E) to finish tied for eighth place • Competed as an individual in the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and shot 73-74-78=225 (+9) • Shot +12 (73-73-79=225) to finish tied for 59th place at the Gopher Invitational • Competed in the Island Resort Collegiate and shot +4 (74-72-74=220) 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
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@_HARRISONTHOMPSON • 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 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
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AIDAN DORTCH CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 8 Career 8
Rounds 23.0 23.0
Avg. 72.56 72.56
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Low Best Finish 69 T-6th 69 T-6th
JUNIOR • DALLAS, TEXAS TRINITY CHRISTIAN-ADDISON HIGH • TCU @AIDAN_DORTCH SOPHOMORE (2025-26) • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Made WVU's team lineup three times in his first season in Morgantown • Averaged 72.56 in 23 rounds • Traveled as a substitute to the Big 12 Golf Championship • Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 39th place with rounds of 74-75-72=221 (+5) • Shot 73-73-78=224 (+8) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Tied for 19th place at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-71-69=214 (-2) • Made the lineup for the first time at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and shot 72-74-69=215 (-1) • Tied for sixth place at the Golden Flash Individual with rounds of 70-75=145 (+1) • Was an individual at the Red Flash Invitational and tied for 26th place with rounds of 71-70-74=215 (+5) • Competed as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and tied for 31st place with rounds of 73-72-72=217 (+1) • Was WVU's top finisher at the Minnesota Golf Classic, placing tied for 14th with rounds of 73-74-71=218 (+2) • Prior to West Virginia • Competed in three tournaments as a freshman at TCU • Shot a season-low 71 in the final round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 1
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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 general business • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is June 15
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RYAN LEACH CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 11 2024-25 9 Career 20
Rounds 32.0 26.0 58.0
Avg. 72.06 73.15 72.60
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JUNIOR • WILLIAMSBURG, VA. • JAMESTOWN HIGH @RYAN_LEACHGOLF @RYAN_LEACH13 SOPHOMORE (2025-26) • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Won WVU's Most Improved Award and Academic Achievement Award • Was in WVU's team lineup 10 times • Averaged 72.06 in 32 rounds • Had five rounds in the 60's, including a 63 in his first round of the season • Competed in the NCAA Marana Regional and tied for 61st place with rounds of 78-75-73=226 (+10) • Finished +15 at the Big 12 Golf Championship with rounds of 77-72-73-73=295 • Shot -2 (71-70-73=214) to tie for 15th place at the Mountaineer Invitational • Tied for 19th place competing as an individual at the Butler Spring Invitational with rounds of 74-70-69=213 (+3) • Competed at the Gators Invitational and posted rounds of 79-75-78=232 (+22) • Shot Even par and tied for 17th place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational with rounds of 72-71-73=216 • Tied for 23rd place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 71-73=144 (Even) • Was WVU's top finisher along with Kaleb Wilson at the Cullan Brown Collegiate, tying for 14th place with rounds of 71-70=141 (-1) • Finished in fifth place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, shooting 64-74-71=219 (-7) • Tied for 20th place at the Gopher Invitational with round of 68-72-77=217 (+4) • Won the Island Resort Collegiate with school records of -17 and 199 (63-65-71=199) • Bested the previous records set by Mark Goetz, who had marks of -15 and 201 • Became the fourth two-time winner in school history • Marked the 11th time in school history a WVU golfer won a collegiate tournament • Helped WVU shoot a teamrecord -55 in capturing the Island Resort Collegiate team title • Shot -9 in the first round, tying the school record with Mark Goetz for the lowest round in school history in relation to par • Named WVU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 2)
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FRESHMAN (2024-25) • 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)
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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 AllRegional (2020, 2022 & 2023) • Named First Team All-District 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 general 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
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NICK TUROWSKI CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 13 2024-25 6 Career 19
Rounds 38.0 17.0 55.0
Avg. 72.00 74.64 73.32
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Low Best Finish 63 T-3rd 68 1st 63 1st
JUNIOR • HARRISON CITY, PA. • PENN TRAFFORD HIGH @NICHOLAS_TUROWSKI SOPHOMORE (2025-26) • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team. • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Won by Most Improved Award from WVU golf • Competed in every team tournament • Averaged 72.00 in 38 rounds of golf • Had nine rounds in the 60's • Was WVU's top finisher in the NCAA Marana Regional, tying for 18th place at -6 with rounds of 70-73-67=210 • Shot -5 in final round for the second lowest score ever by a WVU golfer • -6 total was the second lowest par score recorded by a WVU player in an NCAA event • Recorded rounds of 74-80-75-80=309 (+29) at the Big 12 Golf Championship • Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for fifth place with rounds of 70-73-68=211 (-5) • Shot 72-74-76=222 (+6) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Posted rounds of 76-72-75=223 (+7) at the Schenkel Invitational • Recorded rounds of 77-69-68=224 (+8) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island • Shot 73-74-77=224 (+14) at the Gators Invitational • Finished in fifth place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational at 7-under-par with rounds of 76-70-63=209 • Shot -9 in the first round, tying the school record with Mark Goetz and Ryan Leach for the lowest round in school history in relation to par • Earned a tie for ninth place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 70-71=141 (-3) • Tied for third place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 73-66-69=208 (-8) • Was WVU's top finisher at the Gopher Invitational, tying for fifth place with rounds of 74-66-70=210 (-3) • Tied for third place at the Island Resort Collegiate with rounds of 66-69-66=201 (-15) • Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco
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FRESHMAN (2024-25) • 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
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• 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) • 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 starter on the Penn Trafford tennis team PERSONAL • Son of Don and Amy Turowski • Majoring in general 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
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BRODY BURGESS CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 8 Career 8
Rounds 21.0 21.0
Avg. 74.95 74.95
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SOPHOMORE • VICTOR, N.Y. VICTOR CENTRAL SCHOOL @BRODYBURGESS_ FRESHMAN (2025-26) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Played in eight tournaments (all individual) as a freshman • Season average of 74.95 in 21 rounds • Shot a season-low 67 competing as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 78-7767=222 (+6) to tie for 47th place • Competed as an individual at the Butler Spring Invitational and shot 72-74-73=219 (+9) • Posted rounds of 71-75=146 (+4) at the Coach Sykes Individual • Shot 78-80-84=242 (+26) at the Sharkey Individual Collegiate • Tied for eighth place at the Golden Flash Individual with rounds of 75-71=146 (+2) • Was an individual at the Cullan Brown Collegiate and shot 76-78=154 (+12) • Competed as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and finished in 44th place with rounds of 73-72-74=219 (+3) • Tied for 50th place in his first collegiate event at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 80-73-73=226 (+10)
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 • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is April 3
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JACK MICHAEL CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 13 Career 13
Rounds 38.0 38.0
Avg. 72.84 72.84
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Low Best Finish 64 T-8th 64 T-8th
SOPHOMORE • HUNTINGTON, W.VA. CABELL MIDLAND HIGH @JACK_M_GOLF FRESHMAN (2025-26) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Made the lineup as a true freshman in every team event • Averaged 72.84 in 38 rounds of golf • Had seven rounds in the 60's, including his first two rounds as a Mountaineer • Competed in the NCAA Marana Regional and tied for 61st place with rounds of 78-69-79=226 (+10) • Shot 75-73-74-75=297 (+17) at the Big 12 Golf Championship • Posted his best finish of the season at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for eighth place with rounds of 74-67-71=212 (-4) • Posted an 11th-place finish at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 67-70-74=211 (-5) • Tied for 15th place at -4 at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 73-64-75=212 • Recorded rounds of 77-72-72=221 (+5) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island • Shot rounds of 74-76-73=223 (+13) at the Gators Invitational • Earned a tie for 14th place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational with rounds of 71-72-72=215 (-1) • Tied for 64th place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 73-79=152 (+8) • Shot 78-74=152 (+10) at the Cullan Brown Collegiate • Tied for 18th place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 75-71-68=214 (-2) • Shot +11 (71-77-76=224) to finish tied for 56th place at the Gopher Invitational • Made the lineup in his first collegiate tournament at the Island Resort Collegiate and finished tied for 18th place with rounds of 68-69-72=209 (-7)
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 • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is November 21
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GABE SCHMITZ CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 8 Career 8
Rounds 22.0 22.0
Avg. 74.04 74.04
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Low Best Finish 68 T-6th 68 T-6th
SOPHOMORE • HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY @GABESCHMITZE50 FRESHMAN (2025-26) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed in eight events as an individual • Average of 74.04 in 22 rounds of golf • Shot 75-77-75=227 (+11) competing as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational • Competed as an individual at the Butler Spring Invitational and tied for 26th place with rounds of 71-70-74=215 (+5) • Posted rounds of 75-76=151 (+9) at the Coach Sykes Individual • Shot 79-74-83=236 (+20) at the Sharkey Individual Collegiate • Tied for sixth place at the Golden Flash Individual with rounds of 70-75=145 (+1) • Was an individual at the Red Flash Invitational and tied for 30th place with rounds of 71-73-72=216 (+6) • Competed as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and tied for 19th place with rounds of 73-68-73=214 (-2) • Tied for 45th place in his first collegiate event at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 76-78-71=225 (+9)
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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 72-7274 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 finance • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is October 4
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HOGAN BLAIS
FRESHMAN • OTTAWA, ONTARIO ECOLE SECONDAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS-RIEL @HOGANBLAIS PREP • Shot 66 in the PGA TOUR Cognizant Classic Pre-Qualifier to advance to the Monday Qualifier for a final round 72 • Runner-up in the Ontario NexGen Championship with scores of 70-71-70 (-5) • Runner-up in the Quebec Match Play, won five matches, before losing by one stroke in the finals via playoff • Placed third at the Quebec Junior Boys Championship with scores of 71-69-71-68 (-9) • Placed seventh at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship with scores of 75-69-69-67 (E) • Placed ninth at the AJGA Lanto Championship with scores of 70-69-69 (-8) • Selected to represent Team Quebec in the Williamson Cup twice and finished top 6 each time individually • Played AAA hockey until the age of 16 as well as Tier 1 baseball in the Ontario Baseball Association travel league where he led the league with a .425 batting average and an ERA under 2.50 throughout 15 starts PERSONAL • Son of Marc Blais and Sonia Girouard • Fourth Canadian golfer to sign since the reinstatement of golf, following in the footsteps of All-Decade Team members Max Sear (Ontario) and Etienne Papineau (Quebec) and Oli Menard (Quebec) • Majoring in sport management • Birthday is October 17
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FRESHMAN • BLACKSBURG, VA. RIVERS ACADEMY (GA.) @MAJOREWING PREP • Selected to the 2025 AJGA Georgia Cup at Atlanta Athletic Club • Competed in the AJGA Wyndham Junior, Western Junior Championship and the North-South Junior Championship • Competed in the 2024 Eastern Amateur in Portsmouth, Va., and 2024 Rice Planters Invitational in Charleston, S.C. • Four-time qualifier for Scott Robertson Memorial in Roanoke, Va. • Member of Rivers Academy Golf Team in Alpharetta, Ga. • Qualified for the Virginia State Amateur in 2022 & 2023 • Qualified for the Virginia State Open in 2023 • 2022 AJGA Lanto Junior Championship sixth place (71-68-74) • 2023 AJGA Lanto Junior Championship runner-up (76-70-66) • 2023 AJGA HV3 Championship third place (72-71-67) • 2023 VHSL Class 4 State Championship runner-up (67) • 2024 Junior Valentine Invitational runnerup (69-74), behind Ryan Leach • 2024 AJGA Lanto Junior Championship third place (70-69-69) • Two-time VHSL Class 4 State Champion at Blacksburg High School (2022, 2023) • Two-time VHSL Class 4 All-State Team (2022, 2023) • Two-time VHSL All-Region and All-River Ridge District (2022,2023) • Shot 66 in 2025 US Open Local Qualifying at White Oak Golf Club • Competed in US Open Qualifying Finals at Duke Golf Club in Durham, N.C. PERSONAL • Son of Brad and Lisa Ewing • Chose West Virginia over Virginia Tech • Majoring in sport management • Birthday is July 31
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FRESHMAN • BRENTWOOD, TENN. GATEWAY ACADEMY @MICHAEL_SHIVERS15 PREP • Qualified for the 2023 Tennessee Jr. Amateur Championship, medalist (66) at Ted Rhodes Golf Club • Qualified for the 2024 Tennessee State Amateur • Qualified for the 2025 Tennessee State Amateur, medalist (70) at Five Oaks • Top 10 in the 2025 Tennessee State Amateur Championship played at Holston Hills Country Club with rounds of 74-69-69-68 • Runner-up in the 2025 U.S. Amateur Local Qualifier with a round of 69, advancing to the Final Stage Qualifier • Montgomery Bell Academy Varsity Golf Most Valuable Player Award 2024 • Played in the 2025 Southern Junior Championship • Selected for Team West in the 2024 Tennessee Junior Cup • Won the 2023 TSSAA Regional Medalist honor with a round of 66 PERSONAL • Son of Michael and Margaret Shivers • Majoring in general business • Birthday is October 1
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2025-26 SEASON REVIEW 15th at Big 12 Championship • 8th at NCAA Marana Regional TEAM • Qualified for NCAA Regionals for the second time in the last three years • Marked WVU’s third NCAA appearance for the program since it was reinstated in 2015-16 • School-record 111 victories • Won three tournaments in a season, all in the fall, for the first time in school history • Closed out the fall with a 71-14-0 record, the most wins recorded in the fall by any Division I college golf team • Set school records in an NCAA Regional for -5 overall and -6 in a round • Shot 55-under-par to win the Island Resort Collegiate • New WVU 54-hole record, besting previous mark of -28 • 809 team score is new WVU 54hole record (Previous: 826) • Tied for 18th-lowest 54-hole score in NCAA history • Shot -22 (266) in round one, setting a new 18-hole WVU record (Previous: -17) and 266 is new WVU 18-hole record (Previous: 271) • Tied for the 25th-lowest team round in NCAA history • Shot -40 in Rounds 1&2, the best one day under par score in school history • Shot 36-under-par to repeat as champions at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational • Shot 21-under-par to win the inaugural Pearl at Kalauoa Invitational • Tied with No. 8 Texas Tech and defeated No. 5 Arkansas, No. 6 Oklahoma State and No. 38 TCU in the Mountaineer Invitational in April • GCAA All-Academic Team for team GPA of 3.0 or above BRODY BURGESS • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Played in eight tournaments (all individual) as a freshman • Season average of 74.95 in 21 rounds • Shot a season-low 67 competing as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 78-7767=222 (+6) to tie for 47th place
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AIDAN DORTCH • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Made WVU's team lineup three times in his first season in Morgantown • Averaged 72.56 in 23 rounds • Traveled as a substitute to the Big 12 Golf Championship • Made the lineup for the first time at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and shot 72-74-69=215 (-1) • Was WVU's top finisher at the Minnesota Golf Classic, placing tied for 14th with rounds of 73-74-71=218 (+2) RYAN LEACH • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Won WVU's Most Improved Award and Academic Achievement Award • Was in WVU's team lineup 10 times • Averaged 72.06 in 32 rounds • Had five rounds in the 60's, including a 63 in his first round of the season • Shot -2 (71-70-73=214) to tie for 15th place at the Mountaineer Invitational • Was WVU's top finisher along with Kaleb Wilson at the Cullan Brown Collegiate, tying for 14th place with rounds of 71-70=141 (-1) • Finished in fifth place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, shooting 64-74-71=219 (-7) • Won the Island Resort Collegiate with school records of -17 and 199 (63-65-71=199) • Bested the previous records set by Mark Goetz, who had marks of -15 and 201 • Became the fourth two-time winner in school history • Marked the 11th time in school history a WVU golfer won a collegiate tournament • Helped WVU shoot a team-record -55 in capturing the Island Resort Collegiate team title • Shot -9 in the first round, tying the school record with Mark Goetz for the lowest round in school history in relation to par • Named WVU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 2)
WESTY MCCABE • Competed in 10 WVU team events • Averaged 72.50 in 38 rounds of golf • Was WVU's top finisher at the Big 12 Golf Championship, tying for 37th with rounds of 72-71-72-73=288 (+8) • Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 26th place with rounds of 75-77-67=219 (+3) • Recorded a 14th-place finish at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, finishing with rounds of 74-71-67=212 (-4) • Finished tied for 17th at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 71-73-75=219 (+3) • Competed as an individual at the Island Resort Collegiate and finished tied for 23rd with rounds of 70-70-70=210 (-6) JACK MICHAEL • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Made the lineup as a true freshman in every team event • Averaged 72.84 in 38 rounds of golf • Had seven rounds in the 60's, including his first two rounds as a Mountaineer • Posted his best finish of the season at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for eighth place with rounds of 74-67-71=212 (-4) • Posted an 11th-place finish at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 67-70-74=211 (-5) • Tied for 15th place at -4 at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 73-64-75=212 • Earned a tie for 14th place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational with rounds of 71-72-72=215 (-1) • Tied for 18th place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 75-71-68=214 (-2) • Made the lineup in his first collegiate tournament at the Island Resort Collegiate and finished tied for 18th place with rounds of 68-69-72=209 (-7)
GABE SCHMITZ • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed in eight events as an individual • Average of 74.04 in 22 rounds of golf • Tied for sixth place at the Golden Flash Individual with rounds of 70-75=145 (+1) • Was an individual at the Red Flash Invitational and tied for 30th place with rounds of 71-73-72=216 (+6) • Competed as an individual at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and tied for 19th place with rounds of 73-68-73=214 (-2) HARRISON THOMPSON • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Made the WVU lineup for three events • Averaged 73.76 in 26 rounds of golf • Shot a career-low 68 to tie for 35th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-76-68=220 (+4) • Was an individual at the Red Flash Invitational and shot three rounds of Even par, 70-7070=210 (E) to finish tied for eighth place
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NICK TUROWSKI • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Won by Most Improved Award from WVU golf • Competed in every team tournament • Averaged 72.00 in 38 rounds of golf • Had nine rounds in the 60's • Was WVU's top finisher in the NCAA Marana Regional, tying for 18th place at -6 with rounds of 70-73-67=210 • Shot -5 in final round for the second lowest score ever by a WVU golfer • -6 total was the second lowest par score recorded by a WVU player in an NCAA event • Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer Invitational, tying for fifth place with rounds of 70-73-68=211 (-5) • Finished in fifth place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational at 7-under-par with rounds of 76-70-63=209 • Shot -9 in the first round, tying the school record with Mark Goetz and Ryan Leach for the lowest round in school history in relation to par • Earned a tie for ninth place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 70-71=141 (-3) • Tied for third place at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 73-66-69=208 (-8) • Was WVU's top finisher at the Gopher Invitational, tying for fifth place with rounds of 74-66-70=210 (-3) • Tied for third place at the Island Resort Collegiate with rounds of 66-69-66=201 (-15) • Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco
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KALEB WILSON • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • Named to the Division I PING AllMidwest Region Team • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Named Player of the Year from WVU golf • Was in WVU's lineup for every tournament for the second year in a row • Set school record for the lowest season average in school history at 70.42 in 38 rounds of golf • Had 17 rounds in the 60's • Finished -2 at the NCAA Marana Regional with rounds of 77-69-68=214 to tie for 29th place • Shot Even par at the Mountaineer Invitational to tie for 18th place with rounds of 70-74-72=216 • Earned a third-place finish at the Schenkel Invitational with a 12-underpar score (73-67-64=204) • Was WVU's top finisher at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational, tying for 3rd place with rounds of 73-67-68=208 (-8) • Tied for ninth place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-69=141 (-3) • Was WVU's top finisher along with Ryan Leach at the Cullan Brown Collegiate, tying for 14th place with rounds of 72-69=141 (-1) • Repeated as champion at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, shooting 11-underpar (68-68-69=205), including an eagle and birdie on the final two holes • Marked the 12th time in school history a WVU golfer won a collegiate event • Became the fifth WVU golfer to win two career golf tournaments • Tied for 15th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 73-67-75=215 (+2) • Earned a runner-up finish at the Island Resort Collegiate with rounds of 69-67-64=200 (-16) • Round of 64 and 54-hole finish of -16 marked career bests • Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco
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2025-26 TEAM RESULTS TEAM STATS
Date 8/31-9/1 9/7-8 9/29-30 10/6-7 10/25-26 11/5-6 2/2-3 2/14-15 3/9-10 3/13-15 3/22-24 4/13-14 4/27-29 5/18-20
Tournament 1st Island Resort Collegiate 266 Gopher Invitational 285 Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational 279 Cullan Brown Collegiate 291 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational 286 Pearl at Kalauao Invitational 291 Battle at Briar’s Creek Canceled Gators Invitational 290 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island 290 Schenkel Invitational 292 Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate 281 Mountaineer Invitational 285 Big 12 Championship 298 NCAA Regionals 294
2nd 3rd 4th 270 273 278 298 276 273 284 Canceled 284 Canceled 280 272
Score 809 861 828 575 570 843
+/-55 +9 -36 +7 -6 -21
Finish 1st 3rd 1st 11th 3rd 1st
Teams 12 15 19 15 14 18
291 289 273 287 284 287 282
881 856 848 867 848 1164 859
+41 -8 -16 +3 -16 +44 -5
18th 15th 3rd 10th T-2nd 15th 8th
18 15 15 15 19 16 14
300 277 283 299 279 295 294 283
LOW ROUNDS TEAM 1. 266 2. 270 3. 272 4. 273
Island Resort Collegiate (1st) Island Resort Collegiate (2nd) Pearl at Kalauao Invitational (3rd) Nemacolin Collegiate Invitat. (3rd) Island Resort Collegiate (3rd) Schenkel Invitational (2nd)
INDIVIDUAL 1. 63 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) Nick Turowski (Pearl at Kalauao Invite) 3. 64 Jack Michael (Schenkel Invitational) Kaleb Wilson (Schenkel Invitational) Ryan Leach (Nemacolin Collegiate) Kaleb Wilson (Island Resort Collegiate) 7. 65 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) 8. 66 Nick Turowski (Nemacolin Collegiate) Nick Turowski (Gopher Invitational) Nick Turowski (Island Resort Collegiate) Nick Turowski (Island Resort Collegiate) 12. 67 Nick Turowski (NCAA Regionals) Jack Michael (Mountaineer Invitational) Westy McCabe (Mountaineer Invitat.) Brody Burgess (Mountaineer Invitational) Jack Michael (Hootie at Bulls Bay) Kaleb Wilson (Schenkel Invitational) Kaleb Wilson (Pearl at Kalauao Invite) Westy McCabe (Nemacolin Collegiate) Kaleb Wilson (Gopher Invitational) Kaleb Wilson (Island Resort Collegiate)
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Leader R. Leach (1st) N. Turowski (T-5th) K. Wilson (T-1st) K. Wilson/R. Leach (T-14th) K. Wilson/N. Turowski (T-9th) K. Wilson (T-3rd) K. Wilson (T-40th) W. McCabe (T-33rd) K. Wilson (3rd) J. Michael (T-11th) N. Turowski (T-5th) W. McCabe (T-37th) N. Turowski (T-18th)
SEASON BESTS INDIVIDUAL 1. 199 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) 2. 200 Kaleb Wilson (Island Resort Collegiate) 3. 201 Nick Turowski (Island Resort Collegiate) 4. 204 Kaleb Wilson (Schenkel Invitational) 5. 205 Kaleb Wilson (Nemacolin Collegiate) 6. 208 Kaleb Wilson (Pearl at Kalauao Invite) Nick Turowski (Nemacolin Collegiate) 8. 209 Nick Turowski (Pearl at Kalauao Invite) Ryan Leach (Nemacolin Collegiate) Jack Michael (Island Resort Collegiate) 11. 210 Nick Turowski (NCAA Regionals) Nick Turowski (Gopher Invitational) Westy McCabe (Island Resort Coll.) 14. 211 Nick Turowski (Mountaineer Invitational) Jack Michael (Hootie at Bulls Bay) 16. 212 Jack Michael (Mountaineer Invitational) Jack Michael (Schenkel Invitational) Westy McCabe (Nemacolin Collegiate) 19. 213 Kaleb Wilson (Hootie at Bulls Bay) Ryan Leach (Butler Spring Invitational) 21. 214 Kaleb Wilson (NCAA Regionals) Ryan Leach (Mountaineer Invitational) Aidan Dortch (Schenkel Invitational) Gabe Schmitz (Nemacolin Collegiate) Jack Michael (Nemacolin Collegiate)
LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE 63 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) Nick Turowski (Pearl at Kalauao Invitational) LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -9, Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) Nick Turowski (Pearl at Kalauao Invitational) LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE 199 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -17 Ryan Leach (Island Resort Collegiate) LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE 266 Island Resort Collegiate LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -22 Island Resort Collegiate LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE 809 Island Resort Collegiate LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -55 Island Resort Collegiate
2025-26 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
BRODY BURGESS FINISH Minnesota Golf Classic (I) T50-110 Nemacolin Collegiate (I) T44-100 Cullan Brown Collegiate (I) T83-90 Golden Flash Individual (I) T8-26 Sharkey Individual Collegiate (I) 56-64 Coach Sykes Individual (I) T34-76 Butler Spring Invitational (I) T53-96 Mountaineer Invitational (I) T47-104
SCORE 80-73-73=226 73-72-74=219 76-78=154 75-71=146 78-80-84=242 71-75=146 72-74-73=219 78-77-67=222
TO PAR +10 +3 +12 +2 +26 +4 +9 +6
AIDAN DORTCH Minnesota Golf Classic (I) Nemacolin Collegiate (I) Red Flash Invitational (I) Golden Flash Individual (I) The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational (I)
FINISH T14-110 T31-100 T26-66 T6-26 T49-84 T19-84 72-84 T39-104
SCORE 73-74-71=218 73-72-72=217 71-70-74=215 70-75=145 72-74-69=215 74-71-69=214 73-73-78=224 74-75-72=221
TO PAR +2 +1 +5 +1 -1 -2 +8 +5
CARSON KAMMANN Nemacolin Collegiate (I)
FINISH WD
SCORE 83-78-WD
TO PAR N/A
RYAN LEACH Island Resort Collegiate Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invit. Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Gators Invitational Butler Spring Invitational (I) Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship NCAA Regionals
FINISH 1-84 T20-84 5-100 T14-90 T23-77 T17-108 T95-99 T19-96 T15-104 T59-86 T61-77
SCORE 63-65-71=199 68-72-77=217 64-74-71=209 71-70=141 71-73=144 72-71-73=216 79-75-78=232 74-70-69=213 71-70-73=214 77-72-73-73=295 78-75-73=226
TO PAR -17 +4 -7 -1 E E +22 +3 -2 +15 +10
WESTY MCCABE Island Resort Collegiate (I) Minnesota Golf Classic (I) Nemacolin Collegiate Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invit. Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Gators Invitational The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational (I) Big 12 Championship NCAA Regionals
FINISH T23-84 T17-110 14-100 T72-90 T33-77 T29-108 T75-99 T33-84 T37-84 T73-84 T26-104 T37-86 T31-77
SCORE 70-70-70=210 71-73-75=219 74-71-67=212 75-76=151 75-71=146 75-75-69=219 70-72-80=222 73-70-68=211 72-71-75=218 71-73-81=225 75-77-67=219 72-71-72-73=288 69-71-75=215
TO PAR -6 +3 -4 +9 +2 +3 +12 -5 +2 +9 +3 +8 -1
JACK MICHAEL Island Resort Collegiate Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invit. Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Gators Invitational
FINISH T18-84 T56-84 T19-100 T76-90 T64-77 T14-108 T79-99
SCORE 68-69-72=209 71-77-76=224 75-71-68=214 78-74=152 73-79=152 71-72-72=215 74-76-73=223
TO PAR -7 +11 -2 +10 +8 -1 +13
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T71-84 T15-84 T11-84 T8-104 T66-84 T61-77
77-72-72=221 73-64-75=212 67-70-74=211 74-67-71=212 75-73-74-75=297 78-69-79=226
+5 -4 -5 -4 +17 +10
GABE SCHMITZ FINISH Minnesota Golf Classic (I) T45-110 Nemacolin Collegiate (I) T19-100 Red Flash Invitational (I) T30-66 Golden Flash Individual (I) T6-26 Sharkey Individual Collegiate (I) 48-64 Coach Sykes Individual (I) T54-76 Butler Spring Invitational (I) T26-96 Mountaineer Invitational (I) T71-104
SCORE 76-78-71=225 73-68-73=214 71-73-72=216 70-75=145 79-74-83=236 75-76=151 71-70-74=215 75-77-75=227
TO PAR +9 -2 +6 +1 +20 +9 +5 +11
HARRISON THOMPSON FINISH Island Resort Collegiate T66-84 Gopher Invitational T59-84 Nemacolin Collegiate (I) T69-100 Red Flash Invitational (I) T8-66 Pearl at Kalauao Invitational (I) T23-217 Sharkey Individual Collegiate (I) T38-64 Coach Sykes Individual (I) T34-76 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (I) T77-84 Mountaineer Invitational T35-104
SCORE 74-72-74=220 73-73-79=225 73-74-78=225 70-70-70=210 73-75-69=217 73-74-84=231 74-72=146 75-72-77=224 76-76-68=220
TO PAR +4 +12 +9 Even +1 +15 +4 +8 +4
NICK TUROWSKI Island Resort Collegiate Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invit. Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Gators Invitational The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship NCAA Regionals
FINISH T3-84 T5-84 T3-100 T44-90 T9-77 5-108 82-99 T77-84 T60-84 T60-84 T5-104 T73-86 T18-77
SCORE 66-69-66=201 74-66-70=210 73-66-69=208 73-71=144 70-71=141 76-70-63=209 73-74-77=224 77-79-68=224 76-72-75=223 72-74-76=222 70-73-68=211 74-80-75-80=309 70-73-67=210
TO PAR -15 -3 -8 +2 -3 -7 +14 +8 +7 +6 -5 +29 -6
KALEB WILSON Island Resort Collegiate Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invit. Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Gators Invitational The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship NCAA Regionals
FINISH 2-84 T15-84 T1-100 T14-90 T9-77 T3-108 T40-99 T45-84 3-84 T20-84 T18-104 T46-86 T29-77
SCORE 69-67-64=200 73-67-75=215 68-68-69=205 72-69=141 72-69=141 73-67-68=208 73-70-72=215 68-73-73=214 73-67-64=204 71-71-71=213 70-74-72=216 80-71-68-71=290 77-69-68=214
TO PAR -16 +2 -11 -1 -3 -8 +5 -2 -12 -3 E +10 -2
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WESTY MCCABE
Dallas, Texas • Trinity Christian Academy SENIOR (2025-26) • Competed in 10 WVU team events • Averaged 72.50 in 38 rounds of golf • Tied for 31st place at the NCAA Marana Regional, shooting 1-under-par (69-71-75=215) • Was WVU’s top finisher at the Big 12 Golf Championship, tying for 37th with rounds of 72-71-72-73=288 (+8) • Competed as an individual at the Mountaineer Invitational and tied for 26th place with rounds of 75-77-67=219 (+3) • Shot 71-73-81=225 (+9) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Tied for 37th place at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 72-71-75=218 (+2) • Recorded a 5-under-par (73-7068=211) tournament at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island to tie for 33rd place • Shot 70-72-80=222 (+12) at the Gators Invitational • Earned a tie for 29th place at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational with rounds of 75-75-69=219 (+3) • Tied for 33rd place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 75-71=146 (+2) • Shot 75-76=151 (+9) at the Cullan Brown Collegiate • Recorded a 14th-place finish at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, finishing with rounds of 74-71-67=212 (-4) • Finished tied for 17th at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 71-73-75=219 (+3) • Competed as an individual at the Island Resort Collegiate and finished tied for 23rd with rounds of 70-70-70=210 (-6) JUNIOR (2024-25) • 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
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• 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) SOPHOMORE (2023-24) • 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) FRESHMAN (2022-23) • 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
CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 10 2024-25 8 2023-24 6 2022-23 9 Career 33
Rounds 38.0 23.0 17.0 28.0 106.0
Avg. 72.50 74.18 75.29 74.18 74.03
Low 67 67 68 68 67
Best Finish 14th T-12th T-4th T-8th T-4th
• Majoring in business • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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KALEB WILSON
Knoxville, Tenn. • Christian Academy of Knoxville SENIOR (2025-26) • Named to the Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team, becoming the first WVU golfer to earn the award twice • Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 Team • Named Player of the Year from WVU golf • Was in WVU's lineup for every tournament for the second year in a row • Set school record for the lowest season average in school history at 70.42 in 38 rounds of golf • Had 17 rounds in the 60's • Finished -2 at the NCAA Marana Regional with rounds of 77-69-68=214 to tie for 29th place • Tied for 46th place at the Big 12 Golf Championship with rounds of 80-71-68-71=290 (+10) • Shot Even par at the Mountaineer Invitational to tie for 18th place with rounds of 70-74-72=216 • Shot three consecutive rounds of 71 to finish tied for 20th place at -3 in The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Earned a third-place finish at the Schenkel Invitational with a 12-underpar score (73-67-64=204) • Finished -2 (68-73-73=214) at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island • Shot 73-70-72=215 (+5) at the Gators Invitational • Was WVU's top finisher at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational, tying for 3rd place with rounds of 73-67-68=208 (-8) • Tied for ninth place at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-69=141 (-3) • Was WVU's top finisher along with Ryan Leach at the Cullan Brown Collegiate, tying for 14th place with rounds of 72-69=141 (-1) • Repeated as champion at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, shooting 11-underpar (68-68-69=205), including an eagle and birdie on the final two holes • Marked the 12th time in school history a WVU golfer won a collegiate event • Became the fifth WVU golfer to win two career golf tournaments • Tied for 15th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 73-67-75=215 (+2) • Earned a runner-up finish at the Island Resort Collegiate with rounds of 69-67-64=200 (-16) • Round of 64 and 54-hole finish of -16 marked career bests • Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco
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JUNIOR (2024-25) • 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) SOPHOMORE (2023-24) • 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) FRESHMAN (2022-23) • 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)
CAREER STATS Season Tourn. 2025-26 13 2024-25 11 2023-24 11 2022-23 7 Career 42
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
Rounds 38.0 33.0 33.0 22.0 126.0
Avg. 70.42 71.72 73.30 74.00 72.36
Low 64 68 66 68 64
Best Finish 1st 1st T-10th 4th 1st
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
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Record Book All-Time Coaching Records ������������������������������������� 50 All-Time Scoring Records ��������������������������������������� 51 All-Time Conference Results ����������������������������������� 54 Series Records ��������������������������������������������������������� 56 All-Time Results ����������������������������������������������������� 57 All-Time Honors And Awards ��������������������������������� 59 Mountaineer Invitational ��������������������������������������� 61
ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS YEAR W-L-T 1933 4-1-1 1934 4-3-0 1935 3-3-1 1936 1-3-0 1937 1-4-1 1938 3-6-0 1939 4-2-0 1940 3-2-0 1941 4-1-0 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 6-2-1 1947 12-0-0 1948 8-4-0 1949 12-0-0 1950 8-4-0 1951 5-4-0 1952 7-5-0
COACH Jack Hoblitzell Bob Lowe Sam Aspinall Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson Tom Graham Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall
CAPTAIN Jack Hoblitzell Bob Lowe Sam Aspinall Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson Tom Graham Tom Graham Tom Graham Woody Wyatt
No Golf – WW II Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers
Michael Krak Don Hall Berkeley Davis Robert Coulson T. Prozillo Claude Hills Reggie Spencer
1974 MOUNTAINEERS
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YEAR 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
W-L-T 8-4-1 5-3-2 7-3-0 5-4-0 4-8-0 5-4-1 4-8-0 3-5-4 7-5-1 9-2-1 6-4-0 6-6-0 7-7-0 11-4-0 6-7-0 11-2-1 14-3-0 8-2-2 10-6-0 12-8-0
COACH Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry
CAPTAIN Reggie Spencer Bruce Davis “Happy” Hall George Pettit A. Morosco Bucky Lane Adolph Popp Adolph Popp Bob King Sid Bennett Jim Hess None None D. Spannauer Steve Hague None Bruce Keagy Bruce Keagy Jack Lynn None
YEAR 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
W-L-T 12-7-0 11-3-0 5-10-0 6-11-0 11-6-0 10-0-1 4-1-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 3-2-1 0-4-0 1-3-1 0-4-0 3-2-0 2-2-1 0-0-0
COACH CAPTAIN C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None Bob Gwynne None John Sermon Richard Wainwright Sean Covich Easton Renwick Sean Covich None Sean Covich None Sean Covich Max Sear Sean Covich Phillip Matlari Sean Covich Etienne Papineau Sean Covich Mark Goetz Sean Covich Kurtis Grant Sean Covich Jackson Davenport Sean Covich Max Green Sean Covich Kaleb Wilson
ALL-TIME SCORING RECORDS INDIVIDUAL LOW ROUND
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Logan Perkins Ryan Leach Nick Turowski Mark Goetz 5. Jack Michael Kaleb Wilson Ryan Leach Kaleb Wilson Matthew Sharpstene Logan Perkins 11. Ryan Leach Ryan Leach Logan Perkins Mark Goetz Mark Goetz Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene 18. Nick Turowski Nick Turowski Nick Turowski Nick Turowski Todd Duncan Max Green Max Green Max Green Max Green Will Stakel Kaleb Wilson Oli Ménard Logan Perkins Oli Ménard Mark Goetz Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Max Sear Max Sear Max Sear Alan Cooke Avery Schneider Avery Schneider Mike Krak Jack Lynn Berk Davis Claude Hillis
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Max Sear Todd Duncan Max Sear 4. Will Stakel 5. Nick Turowski Kaleb Wilson Max Sear 8. Kaleb Wilson 9. Kaleb Wilson Kaleb Wilson Nick Turowski Ryan Leach Etienne Papineau Max Green 15. Trent Tipton 16. Nick Turowski Ryan Leach Jackson Davenport Logan Perkins Avery Schneider
66-66=132 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 67-70=137 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 71-66=137 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 66-72=138 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 70-69=139 Red Flash Invitational, 2025 70-69=139 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island, 2025 68-71=139 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 69-71=140 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 71-69=141 Cullan Brown Collegiate, 2025 72-69=141 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, 2025 70-71=141 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, 2025 71-70=141 Cullan Brown Collegiate, 2025 69-72=141 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 72-69=141 The Johnnie-O at Sea Island, 2025 69-74=143 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 71-71=144 Cullan Brown Collegiate, 2025 71-73=144 Steelwood Collegiate, 2025 70-74=144 Dorado Beach Collegiate, 2024 72-72=144 Patriot Intercollegiate, 2018 70-74=144 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015
54-HOLE TOURNAMENT 1. 2. 3.
Ryan Leach Kaleb Wilson Nick Turowski Mark Goetz 5. Mark Goetz 6. Etienne Papineau 7. Kaleb Wilson Logan Perkins Mark Goetz 10. Kaleb Wilson Kaleb Wilson Logan Perkins 13. Ryan Leach Carson Kammann Max Green Nico Lang Kurtis Grant Matthew Sharpstene Alan Cooke
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Island Resort Collegiiate, 2025 Gopher Invitational, 2025 Island Resort Collegiate, 2025 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 Schenkel Invitational, 2026 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, 2022 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021 Nemacolin Collegiate, 2025 The N.I.T. 2024 Florida Gators Invitational, 2020 The Stono, 2024 Mountaineer Invitational, 2024 Schenkel Invitational, 2024 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017
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SEASON AVERAGE NAME Kaleb Wilson Matthew Sharpstene Max Green Mark Goetz Mark Goetz Kaleb Wilson Max Sear Logan Perkins Nico Lang Nick Turowski Ryan Leach Etienne Papineau Philipp Matlari Todd Duncan Trent Tipton Etienne Papineau Logan Perkins Matthew Sharpstene Jackson Davenport Westy McCabe Aidan Dortch Jack Michael Jackson Davenport Olivier Ménard Max Green Todd Duncan Max Sear Matthew Sharpstene Logan Perkins Ryan Leach Kaleb Wilson Etienne Papineau Harrison Thompson Mark Goetz Max Green Will Stakel Max Sear Mark Goetz Harrison Thompson Gabe Schmitz Jackson Davenport Kurtis Grant Kurtis Grant Trent Tipton Carson Kammann Kaleb Wilson Oli Menard Kurtis Grant Trent Tipton Kurtis Grant Alan Cooke Philipp Matlari Olivier Ménard Mark Goetz Max Sear Trent Tipton Westy McCabe Kurtis Grant Logan Perkins Avery Schneider
AVG. 70.42 70.73 70.92 71.36 71.37 71.72 71.76 71.77 71.81 72.00 72.06 72.09 72.14 72.23 72.29 72.33 72.41 72.45 72.48 72.50 72.56 72.84 72.86 72.88 72.93 72.96 73.03 73.09 73.10 73.15 73.30 73.31 73.36 73.36 73.43 73.57 73.63 73.73 73.76 74.04 73.80 73.87 73.89 73.95 74.00 74.00 74.00 74.00 74.00 74.00 74.03 74.04 74.06 74.06 74.09 74.17 74.18 74.26 74.32 74.36
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ROUNDS 38 33 36 25 27 33 33 22 16 38 32 33 22 30 14 21 27 22 33 38 23 38 28 26 30 27 35 35 29 26 33 35 14 22 30 26 35 15 26 22 30 15 18 19 17 22 22 21 27 21 33 23 17 31 34 24 28 27 22 22
YEAR 2025-26 2018-19 2023-24 2020-21 2021-22 2024-25 2018-19 2019-20* 2019-20* 2025-26 2025-26 2018-19 2019-20* 2024-25 2023-24 2019-20* 2021-22 2019-20* 2023-24 2025-26 2025-26 2025-26 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2023-24 2017-18 2017-18 2018-19 2024-25 2023-24 2017-18 2023-24 2019-20* 2022-23 2023-24 2015-16 2018-19 2025-26 2025-26 2021-22 2019-20* 2020-21 2020-21 2023-24 2022-23 2022-23 2022-23 2021-22 2018-19 2016-17 2018-19 2021-22 2017-18 2016-17 2022-23 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2017-18
NAME Max Green Chris Williams Will Stakel Philipp Matlari Nick Turowski Todd Duncan Logan Perkins Jackson Davenport Easton Renwick Pierce Grieve Brody Burgess Drew Dewald Pierce Grieve Tristan Nicholls Tristan Nicholls Alan Cooke Westy McCabe Westy McCabe Carson Kammann Etienne Papineau Etienne Papineau Todd Duncan Will Stakel Harrison Thompson Dan Ackerman Chris Williams Avery Schneider Hugh Donegan Dan Ackerman Olivier Ménard Tristan Nicholls Avery Schneider Tristan Nicholls Dave Lester Dave Lester John Eldwood Rich Wainwright John Elwood Patrick Weaver Dan Ackerman John Elwood John Elwood Mike Tennant Trent Tipton Rich Wainwright Scott Wilson Pat Weaver Rich Wainwright Greg Guadino Stan Wiel Pat Weaver Terry Dubois Stan Wiel Greg Guadino David Lester Jeff Rowan Will Stakel Jeff Rowan Jeff Rowan Root Clark
AVG. 74.38 74.44 74.58 74.63 74.64 74.70 74.75 74.86 74.87 74.88 74.95 75.00 75.05 75.05 75.15 75.15 75.21 75.29 75.37 75.47 75.57 75.61 75.80 75.83 76.0 76.29 76.40 76.65 76.90 77.00 77.00 77.00 77.09 77.16 77.2 77.33 77.70 77.73 77.89 77.92 78.16 78.2 78.30 78.38 78.4 78.80 78.80 78.93 79.00 79.10 79.20 79.30 79.30 79.60 79.70 79.73 79.78 79.90 80.40 80.41
ROUNDS 24 32 24 16 17 23 16 22 31 24 21 6 18 28 34 28 23 17 27 34 7 23 20 6 5 31 15 8 9 6 22 23 11 12 12 15 10 19 19 13 12 12 13 8 14 5 12 15 12 10 15 13 14 8 17 19 9 12 10 12
YEAR 2021-22 2016-17 2022-23 2017-18 2024-25 2022-23 2017-18 2020-21 2015-16 2023-24 2025-26 2017-18 2024-25 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2024-25 2023-24 2024-25 2016-17 2020-21 2021-22 2021-22 2024-25 1979-80 2015-16 2016-17 2024-25 1978-89 2020-21 2015-16 2015-16 2018-19 Fall 1976 Fall 1977 1977-78 1979-80 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1976 Fall 1977 1980-81 2019-20* 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1977 1977-78 1980-81 1979-80 1977-78 1980-81 1978-79 1978-79 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 2020-21 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1976
TEAM TEAM LOW ROUND – TOP 15 Rank Score 1. 266 2. 270 3. 271
6. 7.
13.
272 273
274
Tournament Island Resort Collegiate Island Resort Collegiate Dorado Beach Collegiate Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Island Resort Collegiate Schenkel Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Old Town Club Collegiate The N.I.T. Old Town Club Collegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic
TEAM LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL – TOP 15 Round 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st
Season 2025-26 2025-26 2023-24 2021-22 2018-19 2025-26 2025-26 2025-26 2025-26 2019-20 2019-20 2019-20 2023-24 2019-20 2017-18
Rank 1. 2. 3.
Score 809 826 828
5. 6. 7.
835 836 837
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
842 843 845 846 847 848
Round 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd
Season 2025-26 2025-26 2023-24 2021-22 2025-26 2025-26 2025-26 2025-26 2023-24 2021-22 2017-18 2018-19 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2017-18
TEAM LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL VS. PAR – TOP 15
TEAM LOW ROUND VS. PAR – TOP 15 Rank 1. 2. 3.
To Par -22 -18 -17
5. 6.
-16 -15
9. 10.
-14 -13
13.
-12
Score 266 270 271 271 272 273 273 273 274 275 274 271 276 276 276 276
Tournament Island Resort Collegiate Island Resort Collegiate Dorado Beach Collegiate Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Schenkel Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Island Resort Collegiate The N.I.T. Mountaineer Invitational Janney VCU Shootout Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Mountaineer Invitational Martin Downs Collegiate
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 6. 7. 8. 9.
To Par -55 -36 -28 -27 -26 -22 -21 -18 -17
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Score 809 828 836 837 826 842 843 846 835 847 848 848
Tournament Island Resort Collegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Old Town Club Collegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate The N.I.T. Old Town Club Collegiate Janney VCU Shootout Pearl at Kalauao Invitational NCAA Regional Championship Mountaineer Invitational White Sands Collegiate Schenkel Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Florida Gators Invitational
Tournament Island Resort Collegiate Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate The N.I.T. Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Janney VCU Shootout Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic White Sands Collegiate Mountaineer Invitational Schenkel Invitational
Season 2025-26 2019-20 2025-26 2019-20 2018-19 2021-22 2023-24 2018-19 2017-18 2025-26 2023-24 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2025-26 2020-21
Season 2025-26 2025-26 2021-22 2023-24 2019-20 2017-18 2025-26 2023-24 2018-19 2024-25 2025-26 2025-26
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ALL-TIME CONFERENCE RESULTS
ALL-TIME BIG 12 TEAM RESULTS Season Place Score 2025-26 15th 298-287-287-292=1164
to Par +44
2024-25
13th
302-300-290-286=1178
+58
Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla.
2023-24
5th
297-291-280-289=1157
+5
Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas
2022-23
9th
299-281-300-303=1183
+63
Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan.
2021-22
10th
307-304-303=914
+50
Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas
2020-21
9th
311-303-283-290=1187
+67
Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan.
2019-20
Location Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan.
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2018-19
10th
293-282-289=864
+24
The Greenbrier // White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
2017-18
9th
303-288-297-299=1187
+67
Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla.
2016-17
10th
329-294-313-315=1251
+131
Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan.
2015-16
10th
311-314-289-291=1205
+53
Whispering Pines County Club // Trinity, Texas
TOP-10 72-HOLE SCORING Name Score Todd Duncan 74-77-67-68=286 Matthew Sharpstene 73-67-72-75=287 Westy McCabe 72-71-72-73=288 80-71-68-71=290 Kaleb Wilson Max Green 74-72-72-72=290 Todd Duncan 77-74-68-72=291 75-75-73-69=292 Kaleb Wilson Max Green 75-67-76-74=292 80-71-70-72=293 Jackson Davenport Jackson Davenport 73-71-73-76=293 *Event shortened to 54 holes due to weather
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to Par +6 +7 +8 +10 +2 +3 +12 +12 +5 +13
Place T11th T-11th T-37th T-46th T-18th T-23rd T34th T-24th T-31st T-27th
Season 2024-25 2017-18 2025-26 2025-26 2023-24 2023-24 2024-25 2022-23 2023-24 2022-23
TOP-10 SCORING TO PAR Name Score Matthew Sharpstene E +2 Max Green Todd Duncan +3 +5 Jackson Davenport Max Sear +5 Todd Duncan +6 +6 Etienne Papineau Pierce Grieve +7 Matthew Sharpstene +7 Westy McCabe +8 Logan Perkins +8 +8 Mark Goetz
to Par 73-71-66=210 74-72-72-72=290 77-74-68-72=291 80-71-70-72=293 79-74-71-69=293 74-77-67-68=286 73-71-72=216 72-80-70-73=295 73-67-72-75=287 72-71-72-73=288 75-74-75=224 75-73-76=224
Place T-13th T-18th T-23rd T-31st T-12th T11th T-28th T-39th T-11th T-37th T-25th T-25th
Season 2018-19* 2023-24 2023-24 2023-24 2015-16 2024-25 2018-19* 2023-24 2017-18 2025-26 2021-22* 2021-22*
SEASON-BY-SEASON BIG 12 RESULTS 2025-26 Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 15th // Team Scoring: 298-287-287-292=1164 // +44 Westy McCabe 72-71-72-73=288 +8 Kaleb Wilson 80-71-68-71=290 +10 Ryan Leach 77-72-73-73=295 +15 Jack Michael 75-73-74-75=297 +17 Nick Turowski 74-80-75-80=309 +29
T-37th T-46th T-59th T-66th T73rd
2024-25 Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla. Team Finish: 13th // Team Scoring: 302-300-290-286=1178 // +58 Todd Duncan 74-77-67-68=286 +6 Kaleb Wilson 75-75-73-69=292 +12 Max Green 77-71-76-75=299 +19 Westy McCabe 76-77-74-79=306 +26 Carson Kammann 80-80-81-74=315 +35
T-11th T-34th T-53rd T-65th 69th
2023-24 Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas Team Finish: 5th // Team Scoring: 297-291-280-289=1157 // +5 Max Green 74-72-72-72=290 +2 Todd Duncan 77-74-68-72=291 +3 80-71-70-72=293 +5 Jackson Davenport Pierce Grieve 72-80-70-73=295 +7 Kaleb Wilson 74-74-77-75=300 +12 2022-23 Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 9th // Team Scoring: 299-281-300-303=1183 // +63 Max Green 75-67-76-74=292 +12 Jackson Davenport 73-71-73-76=293 +13 73-72-77-77=299 +19 Kaleb Wilson Westy McCabe 78-71-74-80=303 +23 Todd Duncan 80-77-x-76 Oli Ménard x-x-78-x 2021-22 Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas Team Finish: 10th // Team Scoring: 307-304-303=914 // +50 Logan Perkins 75-74-75=224 +8 Mark Goetz 75-73-76=224 +8 Jackson Davenport 74-80-76=230 +14 Trent Tipton 83-77-79=239 +23 Kurtis Grant 84-83-76=243 +27 2020-21 Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 9th // Team Scoring: 311-303-283-290=1187 // +67 Logan Perkins 75-76-71-74=296 +16 Mark Goetz 81-75-74-68=298 +18 Etienne Papineau 73-77-72-79=301 +21 Trent Tipton 83-78-71-70=302 +22 Jackson Davenport 82-75-69-78=304 +24
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2019-20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2018-19 The Greenbrier // White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Team Finish: 10th // Team Scoring: 293-282-289=864 // +24 Matthew Sharpstene 73-71-66=210 E Etienne Papineau 73-71-72=216 +6 Max Sear 73-70-77=220 +10 Logan Perkins 74-70-78=222 +12 78-75-74=227 +17 Philipp Matlari
T-13th T-28th T-39th T-42nd T-48th
2017-18 Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla. Team Finish: 9th // Team Scoring: 303-288-297-299=1187 // +67 73-67-72-75=287 +7 Matthew Sharpstene Mark Goetz 77-77-72-71=297 +17 Etienne Papineau 76-72-77-76=301 +21 Avery Schneider 77-73-76-81=307 +27 Max Sear 81-76-79-77=313 +33
T-11th T-36th T-41st T-45th 49th
T-18th T-23rd T-31st T-39th T-46th
2016-17 Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 10th // 329-294-313-315=1251 // +131 Chris Williams 83-70-79-78=310 +30 80-76-75-83=314 +34 Alan Cooke 86-75-79-77=317 +37 Tristan Nicholls Etienne Papineau 80-77-83-79=319 +38 Max Sear 92-73-80-81=326 +46
37th T-40th T-45th 48th 50th
T-24th T-27th T-34th 41st -
2015-16 Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas Team Finish: 10th // 311-314-289-291=1205 // +53 Max Sear 79-74-71-69=293 +5 Alan Cooke 79-84-70-73=306 +18 83-77-74-76=310 +22 Chris Williams Easton Renwick 77-79-75-79=310 +22 Tristan Nicholls 76-91-74-73=314 +26
T-12th 42nd T-45th T-45th 48th
T-25th T-25th T-40th 45th 46th
T-35th T-42nd T-45th 48th 49th
ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS Season Score Place Course 775 3rd Rutgers University Golf Course 1981 1980 811 3rd Hickory Ridge Country Club // Amherst, Mass. 1979 783 2nd Rutgers University Golf Course 1978 776 3rd Penn State Blue Course // State College, Pa. ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP TOP SCORES Score Name Pat Weaver 72-73=145 Mark Greer 78-73=151 Terry Dubois 79-73=152 Mike Tennant 77-76=153 Dan Ackerman 79-75=154 Stan Jones 78-77=155 Mike Tennant 78-78=156 Rich Wainwright 75-82=157
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Season 1978 1981 1979 1980 1980 1979 1981 1979
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SERIES RECORDS OPPONENT American Baldwin-Wallace Baltimore Baylor Bowling Green Bucknell BYU California (Pa.) Carnegie-Melon Catholic Clarion Colorado Connecticut Davidson Davis & Elkins Duquesne Edinboro Fairmont State Frostburg State Furman Geneva Georgetown George Washington Glenville State Hampden Sydney Houston Indiana Univ. (Pa.) Iowa State Juniata Kansas Kansas State Lock Haven Mansfield State Maryland Mercyhurst
W 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 18 9 2 3 1 1 0 3 16 3 4 2 0 9 2 15 4 0 0 6 2 6 0 1 1 1 2 1
L 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 18 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
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T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
SERIES BEGAN 1968 1961 1977 2022 1977 1969 2024 1947 1933 1971 1968 2024 2020 1957 1934 1933 1971 1934 1972 1957 1947 1948 1950 1972 1976 2024 1964 2022 1956 2023 2021 1973 1975 1948 1977
OPPONENT Miami (OH) Muskingum Navy Northern Illinois Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma State Penn State Pitt Quantico Richmond Robert Morris St. Vincent Salem Steubenville Slippery Rock TCU Texas Texas Tech UCF Utah Virginia VMI Virginia Tech Washington & Jefferson Washington & Lee Waynesburg West Liberty State Westminster Case Western West Virginia Wesleyan Wheeling William & Mary Youngstown State Non Intercollegiate
W 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 38 1 7 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 16 1 18 20 12 4 5 7 4 4 5
L 0 0 1 1 21 3 2 22 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 3 0 0 2 7 16 8 6 2 3 4 0 0 0 8 0 3
T 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
SERIES BEGAN 1967 1976 1951 1965 1951 2022 2023 1940 1933 1950 1952 1977 1972 1972 1969 1946 2019 2019 2023 2024 2024 1952 1954 1959 1934 1952 1936 1962 1946 1949 1947 1965 1952 1955 --
ALL-TIME RESULTS 1975-76 vs. California (Pa.) vs. Pitt 1976-77 Youngstown Invitational Madison West Liberty Invitational Alegheny College ECAC Qualifier vs. Virginia Tech vs. California (Pa.) Marshall Invitational vs. Slippery Rock vs. West Liberty vs. Pitt West Virginia Intercollegiate vs. Ohio University vs. Bowling Green vs. Youngstown State vs. Mercyhurst vs. Baldwin-Wallace vs. Ohio University vs. Pitt vs. Glenville vs. California (Pa.) vs. Indiana (Pa.) vs. West Liberty Indiana (Pa.) Invitational vs. Robert Morris Nittany Lion Invitational 1977-78 South Carolina Classic vs. California vs. Davis & Elkins Marshall Invitational West Virginia Intercollegiate vs. Ohio University vs. Indiana University (Pa.) vs. West Liberty vs. Glenville vs. Youngstown State vs. Davis & Elkins vs. Ohio University Indiana University (Pa.) Invite California (Pa.) Tournament Nittany Lion Invitational
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8th 9th 5th 4th 5th L, 396-389 L, 396-395 12th W, 378-380 W, 378-423 W, 378-389 3rd L, 392-377 L, 392-370 W, 403-406 W, 403-408 W, 403-440 W, 530-545 W, 530-571 W, 530-551 L, 396-377 L, 396-378 W, 396-415 5th W, 367-394 4th
12th W, 369-375 W, 369-431 15th 1st W, 387-396 T, 387-387 W, 387-422 W, 395-404 W, 395-406 W, 395-411 W, 465-467 5th 4th 4th
1978-79 Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Marshall Classic Colonial Classic West Virginia Univ. Invite West Liberty Invitational Indiana University Invitational California State invitational Nittany Lion Golf Classic vs. Ohio University vs. California (Pa.) vs. Clarion * vs. Pitt * vs. Duquesne*
18th 12th 4th 3rd 2nd 7th 7th 8th W, 540-549 W, 786-795 L, 389-375 W, 389-410 W, 389-428
* At Pitt Quad Match
1979-1980 vs. California (Pa.) Marshall Classic vs. West Liberty vs. Davis & Elkins Colonial Classic Ohio University Glenville State West Liberty Invitational Champion Lakes Invitational California State Invitational vs. Duquesne Nittany Lion Invitational Indiana Invitational 1980-81 Glenville Invitational W. Va. Intercollegiate Marshall Invitational West Liberty Invitational California Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Indiana University West Virginia Quad
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2015-16 Tiger Turning Stone Invitational Joe Feaganes Marshall Invite Shoal Creek Invitational Wolfpack Intercollegiate Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Intercollegiate President’s Day Challenge Seminole Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Old Waverly Collegiate Championship Robert Kepler Invitational Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship
10th 13th 12th 6th 10th 11th 3rd 14th T-11th 14th 15th 2nd 10th
2016-17 The Invitational at The Ocean Course Janney VCU Shootout Primland Collegiate Invitational Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Intercollegiate vs. Penn State Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship
T-9th T-8th 4th 4th 12th L, 386-377 13th 13th 6th 15th 1st 6th 10th
2017-18 The Invitational at the Ocean Course Janney VCU Shootout THP Mountaineer Invitational Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Penn State Martin Downs Collegiate Seminole Intercollegiate The Hayt Invitational Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate Ruthford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship
Canceled 1st 2nd 16th T-14th L, 378-363 1st 9th T-14th 2nd 6th 2nd 9th
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2018-19 VCU Invitational Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational THP Mountaineer Invitational vs. Oklahoma State * vs. Texas Tech * vs. Kansas * vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Penn State Suntrust Gator Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bulls Bay Irish Creek Collegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship NCAA Louisville Regional
Canceled 8th 1st L, 1-4-1 L, 1-4-1 T, 3-3 L, 1-4 W, 4-2 T-7th T-8th Canceled 8th 3rd 9th 6th 3rd 10th 6th
* Big 12 Fall Series
2019-20 Gopher Invitational Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational THP Mountaineer Invitational vs. Texas * vs. Texas Tech* vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * vs. Oklahoma State * Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Connecticut Florida Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bulls Bay ^ Irish Creek Collegiate ^ Rutherford Intercollegiate ^ Big 12 Championship ^
5th T-3rd 1st L, 1-4-1 L, 1-4-1 W, 2-1-3 W, 4-1-1 T, 3-3 15th 7th W, 295-305 6th T-7th
* Big 12 Fall Series ^ Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21 Colonial Collegiate Invitational vs. Oklahoma * vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * vs. Baylor * Florida Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship
9th L, 1-5 L, 2-3-1 L, 2-4 L, 2-4 18th T-10th T-9th T-7th 1st 9th
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2021-22 Gopher Invitational Mountaineer Invitational vs. Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech vs. Kansas State vs. Kansas vs. Iowa State Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Florida Gators Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Schenkel Invitational The Hootie at Bulls Bay Mason Rudolph Championship Big 12 Championship
6th 2nd L,1-4-1 L, 1-5-0 W, 4-2-0 T, 3-3-0 L, 1-5-0 10th T-10th 1st 8th 13th T-10th 10th
2022-23 Gopher Invitational vs. Oklahoma vs. Kansas vs. Oklahoma State vs. Baylor vs. Iowa State Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Arizona Intercollegiate Gators Invitational Dorado Beach Collegiate Schenkel Invitational The Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship
14th L,1-5-0 L, 0-6-0 T, 3-3-0 L, 2-3-1 L, 2-3-1 T-6th 11th T-10th 8th 12th 14th 3rd 9th
2023-24 Red Bandanna Invitational Gopher Invitational vs. Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State vs. Kansas vs. UCF vs. UCF Steelwood Collegiate Invitational The N.I.T. Gators Invitational Dorado Beach Collegiate Schenkel Invitational The Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional Championship NCAA Golf Championships
1st 9th W, 3-1-1 L, 3-1-1 L, 3-1-1 W, 3-2-0 W, 2-1-2 12th T-7th 11th T-4th 8th 8th 1st 5th T-3rd 28th
2024-25 Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational vs. Utah vs. BYU vs. Houston vs. UCF vs. Colorado White Sands Collegiate Battle at Briar’s Creek Gators Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship National Golf Invitational
12th 1st T, 2-2-1 L, 4-1-0 L, 3-1-1 W, 3-2-0 W, 3-2-0 5th 3rd 12th 3rd 11th 6th 4th 13th 5th
2025-26 Island Resort Collegiate Gopher Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Cullan Brown Collegiate Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Battle at Briar’s Creek Gators Invitational The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Schenkel Invitational Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional Championship
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ALL-TIME HONORS AND AWARDS TEAM WINS
AMATEUR/PROFESSIONAL WINS
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Alan Cooke (2015-17) 2016
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East Carolina Intercollegiate Janney VCU Shootout Martin Downs Collegiate The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Red Bandanna Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Island Resort Collegiate Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Pearl at Kalauao Invitational
MEDALISTS 2017 2018 2021 2022
Max Sear ECU Intercollegiate Max Sear THP Mountaineer Invitational Mark Goetz Mountaineer Invitational Max Green ECU Intercollegiate Mark Goetz Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Max Green Red Bandanna Invitational 2024 Carson Kammann Mountaineer Invitational Ryan Leach The Stono Nick Turowski Red Flash Invitational Kaleb Wilson Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational 2025 Ryan Leach Island Resort Collegiate Kaleb Wilson Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational
TEAM AWARDS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025 2026
GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA Presidents Special Regionition GCAA All-Academic team
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Todd Duncan (2021-present) 2019 West Virginia Junior 2020 West Virginia Junior 2024 West Virginia Open Mark Goetz (2018-22) 2020 West Penn Open Championship 2021 U.S. Amateur Stroke Play Medalist Pierce Grieve (2023-present) 2024 Illinois State Amateur Cole Hand (2015-16) 2014
West Virginia Junior
Etienne Papineau (2016-21) 2015
Quebec Amateur Quebec Match Play Canadian Collegial National Championship 2016 Futures Pro U25 Men’s Championship 2017 2018 Glencoe Invitational Golf Quebec Match Play Championship 2019 Quebec Match Play Championship 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship (Hamilton, N.Y.) Easton Renwick (2014-16) 2015 West Penn Amateur 2017 West Penn Open Championship Max Sear (2015-19) 2016
Ontario Men’s Amateur
Trent Tipton (2019-present) 2021 Turnberry Men’s Amateur Chris Williams (2015-17) 2017
Coca-Cola Shootout
BIG 12 AWARDS & HONORS Big 12 Golfer of the Month Matthew Sharpstene Max Green
2017 2024
Big 12 All-Academic Team FIRST TEAM Chris Williams Chris Williams Drew Dewald Etienne Papineau Avery Schneider Max Sear Philipp Matlari Tristan Nicholls
2016 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019
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SECOND TEAM Alan Cooke Mason Short Alan Cooke Tristan Nicholls Mark Goetz Matthew Sharpstene Matthew Sharpstene Mark Goetz Oli Ménard Oli Ménard Jackson Davenport Kaleb Wilson
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Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team Tristan Nicholls Etienne Papineau Logan Perkins
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Kurtis Grant Nico Lang Trent Tipton Will Stakel Ryan Leach Nick Turowski Brody Burgess Jack Michael Gabe Schmitz
2019 2020 2020 2021 2025 2025 2026 2026 2026
GCAA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR Chris Williams Max Sear Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Max Sear Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Kurtis Grant Kurtis Grant Etienne Papineau Trent Tipton Kurtis Grant Trent Tipton Will Stakel Trent Tipton Will Stakel Kaleb Wilson Todd Duncan Kaleb Wilson Ryan Leach Nick Turowski Kaleb Wilson
2017 2018 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2026 2026
2026 PEARL AT KALAUAO INVITATIONAL CHAMPS
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GCAA ALL-REGION TEAM Matthew Sharpstene Mark Goetz Max Green Todd Duncan Kaleb Wilson Kaleb Wilson
2019 2021 2024 2025 2025 2026
CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM AT-LARGE TEAM Kurtis Grant Will Stakel Will Stakel Ryan Leach Nick Turowski
2023 2023 2024 2026 2026
WVU GOLF TEAM AWARDS Team MVP 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Most Improved 2017 2018
Max Sear Max Sear Max Sear Matthew Sharpstene Logan Perkins Mark Goetz Mark Goetz Jackson Davenport Max Green Kaleb Wilson Kaleb Wilson Tristan Nicholls Avery Schneider
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Etienne Papineau Mark Goetz Trent Tipton Todd Duncan Will Stakel Kaleb Wilson/Trent Tipton Westy McCabe Ryan Leach/Nick Turowski
Academic Achievement Award 2016 Avery Schneider 2017 Etienne Papineau 2018 Philipp Matlari 2019 Philipp Matlari 2020 Kurtis Grant 2021 Kurtis Grant 2022 Will Stakel 2023 Kurtis Grant 2024 Will Stakel Ryan Leach 2025 2026 Ryan Leach
HISTORICAL HONORS Atlantic 10 Championship Medalists Pat Weaver
1979
Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team Terry Dubois Mike Tennant Dan Ackerman Mark Greer
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PETE DYE GOLF CLUB • BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. TEAM CHAMPIONS 2026 Clemson 2025 Oklahoma State 2024 West Virginia 2023 Oklahoma State 2021 NC State 2020 West Virginia 2019 West Virginia 2018 West Virginia Bowling Green 2017 2016 Arkansas 2015 Penn State
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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 2026 Preston Stout Oklahoma State 2025 Eric Lee Oklahoma State 2024 C. Kammann West Virginia 2023 J. Baumgartner Oklahoma State 2021 Mark Goetz West Virginia 2020 Mark Goetz West Virginia 2019 Kevin Scherr Youngstown State 2018 Max Sear West Virginia Alex Weiss Marshall 2017 2016 Patrick Flavin Miami (Ohio) 2015 Davis Baxter Cincinnati
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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
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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. 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
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 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, attends Georgetown Law School.
WVU VICE PRESIDENT/ DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
WREN BAKER @WRENBAKER
Wren Baker has reenergized WVU Athletics and positioned the department for long-term success in the ever-changing and challenging world of college athletics. The right man for the job at the right time perfectly exemplifies Wren Baker’s four years in Morgantown. Knowing that athletics is the front porch of the University, Baker has faced every challenge head on and never looked back, making sure WVU Athletics is ready for the future, while advancing the University’s core mission. Whether it is coaching searches and high-profile hires, facility master plans, revenue sharing, venue naming rights or a modern, business-like approach to Name, Image and Likeness, Baker has brought new thinking and confidence to WVU Athletics, and his reputation across the country is second-to-none. Under his leadership, West Virginia was one of the first departments in the country to develop an in-house, NIL-structured business with the creation of Gold & Blue Enterprises to benefit the student-athlete experience. He has also aggressively started to change the look of WVU’s two major athletic venues by adding premium seating to Hope Coliseum and igniting a massive press box project to Milan Puskar Stadium for 2028 to optimize space and add key luxury options. Athletic success under Baker has brought major economic impact to the state and local economy. In 2026 alone, WVU played host to four NCAA tournament regionals, bringing guests to Morgantown from all over. The highly successful women’s basketball NCAA regional along with baseball’s regional and super regional play produced sellout crowds that were the talk of their respective sports. Baker is a high-energy leader, and Mountaineer success has been contagious in competition and in the classroom. Conference championships, NCAA appearances and two national championships in rifle have been followed by strong academic achievement for Mountaineer student-athletes, eclipsing previous department highs in GPA, Academic WVUGolf
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WVU has also turned in record fundraising numbers in his four years as his forward thinking and strategic planning are geared to bringing future success and revenue stability to the state’s Land-Grant Institution. Baker was an instant hit with WVU fans. He embedded himself into the Morgantown community and traveled the state to learn about 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, and Baker has become an adopted son of the state. Despite accomplishing so much in a brief period of time, Baker’s plate is still full. Continued revenue generation, building on past NIL success, expanding the in-house, full-service business agency for further student-athlete advancement and additional new fundraising opportunities are all on his radar. His endless energy never stops moving WVU forward. Baker was named WVU’s vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics on Nov. 30, 2022. He has oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of $120 million, more than 250 employees and nearly 500 student-athletes, whose WVU experience has been amplified under Baker’s leadership. Baker is WVU’s 13th director of athletics and he 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 Missouri, Memphis, Northwest Missouri and Rogers State, he brought more than 20 years of experience to WVU. 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 @WVUGolf
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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 20-11 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.
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WVU INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ROB ALSOP Senior Deputy Athletics Director
BEN MURRAY Deputy Director of Athletics, Chief Development Officer
NATASHA OAKES MATT WELLS Deputy Athletics Director/ Deputy Athletics Director/ Senior Woman Administrator External Affairs
MICHAEL FRAGALE Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director,/ Communications
APRIL MESSERLY Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/Capital Projects, Facilities and Event Management
DON ROBINSON Chief Executive Officer Gold & Blue Enterprises
ERIN GIBSON Senior Associate Athletics Director/Marketing
JASON BUTTS Head Gymnastics Coach
SEAN CLEARY Head Cross Country/ Track and Field Coach
SEAN COVICH Head Golf Coach
TIM FLYNN Head Wrestling Coach
JEN GREENY Head Volleyball Coach
JON HAMMOND Hayhurst Family Head Rifle Coach
ROSS HODGE Head Men's Basketball Coach
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN Head Women’s Soccer Coach
JIMMY KING MARK KELLOGG Head Rowing Coach Hayhurst Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach
MIHA LISAC Head Tennis Coach
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BRENT MACONDALD Head Swimming and Diving Coach
RICH RODRIGUEZ Head Football Coach
STEVE SABINS Head Baseball Coach
DAN STRATFORD Head Men’s Soccer Coach
WVU ATHLETICS FACILITIES BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY
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TRACK & FIELD COMPLEX AT MYLAN PARK
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WVU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS MICHAEL FRAGALE Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/ Communications
PHIL LYNCH Director of Graphic Design
BRYAN MESSERLY Associate Athletics Director/ Communications
CHRIS COOMBS Assistant Director of Athletics Communications
LISA AMMONS Business Manager
ADAM GROSSMAN Assistant Director of Athletics Communications
AMY PRUNTY Program Assistant
ATHLETICS INFORMATION The West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Country Roads Gate. The main athletics communications office is Room 214. MAILING ADDRESS Athletics Communications Office West Virginia University PO Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877
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MIKE MONTORO Assistant Athletics Director/ Football Communications
JOHN ANTONIK Senior Director of Athletics Content
KEEGAN HARTMAN Athletics Graphics Designer
JARET DYER Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant
PHONE INFORMATION Office: 304-293-2821 Fax: 304-293-4105 Press Box: 304-293-6480
CHARLES MONTGOMERY Assistant Director of Athletics Communications/Operations
FARRIS MURAD Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant
OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS WVU Athletics Communications 3450 Monongahela Blvd. Room 217 Coliseum Morgantown, WV 26506
JOE SWAN Senior Director of Athletics Publications/Design
OLIVIA SNEED Assistant Director of Athletics Communications
REESE OWENS Athletics Graphics Graduate Assistant
GOLF CONTACT Bryan Messerly Associate Athletics Director/ Communications Office: 304-293-2821 E-mail: olivia.vanhorn@mail.wvu.edu
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JACK MICHAEL GABE SCHMITZ MICHAEL SHIVERS
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