Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  Returning 3-year letterman....CSC Men’s At-Large Academic All-District Team 2024-25, 2023-24....Competed in 6 of 11 tournaments during the 2024-25 season....Registered a 76.00 stroke average for 16 rounds....Three rounds of par or better (low round of 69 at Peoples Golf Championship at Sea Palms Resort, 3-14-25)....Best finish was T-16th at 2025 Peoples Golf Championship at Sea Palms Resort....Played in all 11 tournaments in 2023-24....Posted the third-best stroke average on the team (75.91)....Season-best finish was 30th at Southland Conference Tournament....Shot one round of below par....Competed in 11 of 12 tournaments in 2022-23....3 rounds of par or better (low round of 69 at 2023 UNCW Seahawk Intercollegiate)....2 Top-25 finishes (best showing T-14th at UGA Classic One Day event on April 16, 2023)....Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2023 spring semester....Recorded two holes-in-one during a December 2022 round at the Florence Country Club.....Local Product....Extremely excited to have him come on board....Has the potential to really help the Patriot program....Powerful player, in the style of the ‘modern’ golfer, and has improved each year.....All-around complete player who will fit into our program nicely....Look forward to him having a breakout career at the collegiate level.....Always phenomenal to get local products to stay in the area.....Attended same high school as former Patriot Michael Rials....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring fall).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Florence, SC
• Graduate of Trinity Collegiate School, where he played for coach Michael Hawk
• As a senior, helped lead Trinity to its third consecutive SCISA AAA state championship, and the team’s fourth in the past five years
• Placed third in the individual standings at the 2022 state championship tournament
• As a junior, finished tied for fifth at the state event with a 36-hole tally of 146
• Has won numerous South Carolina Junior Golf Association events over the past several years
• As a senior, was ranked in the Top-5 of the SCJCA for his graduating class and 19th overall
• Tied for fifth at the June 2022 SCJGA Junior Championships
• Represented the Palmetto State at the 47th-annual Georgia-South Carolina Junior Team Matches in Savannah in 2022
• Won the 2021 Cheraw Fall Challenge tournament

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Scientist for NASA 
• Favorite Fictional Character: Captain Underpants 
• Favorite Athlete: Justin Thomas
• Favorite Sports Team:  Francis Marion University Golf team
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: Stranger Things
• Favorite Food: Tacos
• Favorite Vacation Spot:  The lake
• Favorite Musical Artist: Taylor Swift
• Favorite Thing About FMU: The size
• Favorite Off-Course Activity: Hanging out with the team 
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Win
• Why you first chose your sport: My dad 
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: “Knowing the difference between what you want to do and what you need to do” - Coach Mark Gaynor
• Interesting Notes:  2019 Grant Bennett Champion; 2021 Fall Challenge Champion
• Brush With Greatness:  Getting to play with Coach Mark Gaynor all the time

 

CAREER TOTALS:

YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year	Tournaments	Rounds	Avg.	Best 18	Best 54	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20	Best Finish
2022-23	11	32	75.56	69	219	0	0	0	1	T14
2023-24	11	32	75.91	70	217	0	0	0	0	T30
2024-25	6	16	76.00	69	214	0	0	0	1	T16-
Total	28	80	75.79	69	214	0	0	0	2	T14

CAREER BESTS
Low 18	69, (2nd RD) at 2025 Peoples Championship at Sea Palms Resort (host WCU) (March 14, 2025) 69, (3rd RD) at 2023 UNCW Seahawk Intercollegiate (Mar, 27, 2023)
Low 54	214, at 2025 Peoples Championship at Sea Palms Resort (host WCU) (March 13-15, 2025)
Best Ind. Finish	14th, at 2023 Classic One Day (at UGA) (Apr. 16, 2023)