NC State competed at the 2012 ACC Championship on April 20-22 at Old North State Golf Club in New London, N.C.
Career: Finished his two-year stint at NC State with a 75.4 scoring average ... Competed in 17 events and 49 rounds ... Had one top-10 and four top-20's ... His low 54-hole score of 216 came on two occasions during the 2011-12 campaign ... Won his only collegiate event while at Michigan State in 2008-09.
2011-12: Posted a career-best scoring average of 74.2 in final season of collegiate golf ... Competed in 10 tournaments (one as an individual) ... Notched three top-20 finishes ... Finished tied for 10th at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate at 3-over 216, while playing as an individual ... Placed tied for 11th at Wolfpack Spring Open at 2-over 146 ... Finished 52nd at the ACC Championship and tied for 41st at NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich.
2010-11: Competed in eight tournaments in first season at NC State ... Finished with a 76.7 scoring average ... Recorded a season best tie for 12th at the season-opening tournament at The Ocean Course ... Fired a pair of 1-under 71's for a score of 7-over 223 ... Also finished tied for 26th at Golfweek's Conference Challenge with a 2-over 218 ... Helped lead NC State to a pair of team victories at The Invitational at The Ocean Course and the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, and two runner-up finishes in four fall events ... Tied for 64th at the NCAA Regional and tied for 146th at NCAA Championship.
Summer 2009: Played in the PGA TOUR RBC Canadian Open ... Shot 75-73=148 and missed the cut.
2008-09 at Michigan State: Competed in 11 events and finished the season with a 75.52 scoring average ... Led the team in three events, including winning his first collegiate tournament, the Spartan Classic ... Had four top-10 finishes, second on the team, and six top-20 finishes ... Shot a 68 to win the Spartan Classic in the season-opener ... Led MSU at the Wolverine Intercollegiate, tying for sixth with a 209 (71-70-68) ... Tied for ninth at the UNC Bridgestone with a 220 (78-68-74) ... Started the spring stroke play season with back-to-back top-10 finishes; leading the Spartans at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a 217 (74-70-74) to tie for eighth, followed by a ninth place showing at the Western Intercollegiate, shooting a 216 (71-74-71) ... Placed 12th at the Fossum Invitational with a 186 (74-77-35) ... Competed in the Big Ten Championship.
Summer 2008: Tied for 10th at the Canadian Amateur Championship with a 1-under 283 (67-71-70-75) ... Tied for 12th at the Ontario Amateur Championship with a 288 (70-73-71-74) ... Advanced through local qualifying for the U.S. Open, shooting a two-under 70 at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich.
2007-08 at Michigan State: Played in nine events, posting a 74.93 scoring average in his first collegiate season ... Third on the team with 77 birdies ... Won the Best First Year Player Award selection ... Had two top-20 finishes ... Tied for 16th at the Fighting Irish Invitational, shooting a 217 (68-75-74) ... His first round 68 tied for his season-low 18 hole score, which he matched in the first round of the Boilermaker ... Tied for 23rd at the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge with a 227 (75-76-76) ... Had his best finish and score of the season at the Boilermaker Invitational, tying for 13th with a 215 (68-73-74) ... Part of the competitive lineup at the Big Ten Championship, tying for 41st with a 309 (75-80-80-74), and the NCAA East Regional, tying for 65th with a 216 (70-69-77) ... Over the winter, named to Canada's 2008 National Amateur 22-and-Under Team.
Summer 2007: Won the Canadian Junior Boys Championship by four strokes over former NC State all-american Matt Hill ... Tied for fourth at the CN Future Links Ontario Championship ... Finished tied for 12th at the Ontario Amateur Championship ... Tied for second at the Ontario Junior and Juvenile Boys Championship.
Prep: Four-year letterwinner in golf at St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School ... Golf team captain all four years in high school ... Selected as Golf MVP in his freshman, sophomore, and junior years ... Team made the state tournament his sophomore through senior years, finishing 10th in 2005, fourth in 2006 and first in 2007 ... Placed first in the regional championships from 2005-07 and third in 2004 ... Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in 2006 ... Champion of the Canadian Junior Amateur in 2007 ... Won the 2006 CN Future Links Quebec Championship ... Had nine first-place finishes in his career before arriving at Michigan State ... Shot a personal-best low round of 67, finishing second in the Provincial Championship in 2006 ... Had a personal-best scoring average of 72.5 his senior year.
Personal: Lists golf coach Sean Foley, as his biggest golf influence and Fred Couples as his favorite golfer ... Majored in parks, recreation and tourism management.