2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
FMU: 5-year returning letterman....Enters 2022-23 with a 77.69 career stroke average....Earned Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and economics (magna cum laude) in May 2022....Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2023 spring semester....2022 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar....2022 Southland Conference first-team Academic All-Conference Team....Earned the Economics Award at the university's 2022 Academic Awards Day ceremony.... Played in 6 fo 10 tournaments in 2021-22....Shot two rounds of par of better....T-21 at 2022 Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (75-75-70=22)....Two Top-25 finishes....Placed T-4th at 2021 SC Amateur Championship with 4-under 284 score....Has played in 12 career tournaments....Did not play in any events during the covid-shortened 2020-21 campaign....Took part in 2 of 7 events during the shortened 2019-20 season....Low round of 77....Best finish of T-79 at 2019 Intercollegiate at The Grove....Placed second at the 2019 Florence Amateur Championship Tournament....Competed in 5 of 11 tournaments as a sophomore.....Lowered stroke average to 78.36 (over 14 rounds)....Low round of 75.....Top finish was T-54 at the 2018 River Run Collegiate.....Played in five of 11 events as a freshman....Best finish was T-32nd at 2017 The Battle at Stono Ferry with a 219 (+3) score for 54 holes....Two rounds of par or lower....Local product....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society.....Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society....Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2018, 2019....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2017 (fall), 2018 (spring, fall), 2019 (spring, fall), 2020 (spring, fall), 2021 (spring, fall), 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring)....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-2023.... Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall).
PERSONAL:
- Born Michael Christian Rials in Longview, TX
- Graduate of Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School, where he played for coach Michael Hawk
- 2017 SCISA 2A State Champion
- Nickname is Rials
PERSONAL FAVORITIES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Professional Golfer
- How you got your nickname: My last name
- Favorite Superhero: Aquaman
- Favorite Athlete: Tiger Woods
- Favorite Sports Team: Boston Celtics
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: Suits
- Favorite Food: Mexican
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Texas
- Favorite Musical Artist: Luke Combs
- Favorite Thing About FMU: How well the professors work with the students
- Favorite Off-Field/court Activity: Spending time with family and friends
- Goals for Upcoming Season: Win the Southland Conference
- Why you first chose your sport: To spend time with friends
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Understanding that perfection is unattainable and that the better golfer misses in the right spots
- Interesting Notes: Playing his sixth year of college golf
CAREER TOTALS:
| YEAR-BY-YEAR |
| Year |
Tournaments |
Rounds |
Avg. |
Best 18 |
Best 54 |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
Best Finish |
| 2017-18 |
5 |
15 |
78.87 |
72 |
219 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T32 |
| 2018-19 |
5 |
14 |
78.36 |
75 |
231 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T54 |
| 2019-20 |
2 |
5 |
79.40 |
77 |
237 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T79 |
| 2020-21 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2021-22 |
6 |
18 |
75.72 |
70 |
220 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T21 |
| 2022-23 |
3 |
9 |
78.78 |
73 |
225 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
| Total |
21 |
61 |
77.85 |
70 |
219 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T21 |
| CAREER BESTS |
| Low 18 |
70, (3rd Rd) at Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate, Feb. 22, 2022 |
| Low 54 |
219, at The Battle at Stono Ferry, Nov. 3-4, 2017 |
| Best Ind. Finish |
T21, at Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate, Feb. 21-22, 2022 |
Historical Player Information
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2017-18Freshman
6'5"
215 lbs
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2018-19Sophomore
6'5"
215 lbs
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2019-20Junior
6'5"
215 lbs
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2020-21Senior
6'5"
215 lbs
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2021-22Fifth Year
6'5"
240 lbs
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2022-23Graduate Student
6'6"
276 lbs
