Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  2-year returning letterman....Southland Conference Academic All-Conference Team (second team) 2024-25....CSC Men’s At-Large Academic All-District Team 2024-25, 2023-24....Southland Conference Academic All-Conference Team (first team) 2023-24.....FMU Team MVP 2024-25, 2023-24....Competed in all 11 tournaments during the 2024-25 season....Registered a team-best 73.90 stroke average over 30 rounds....Seven rounds of par or better (low round of 70 on four occasions)....Best finish was 7th at 2025 Southland Conference Championship....Competed in all 11 tournaments in 2023-24....Second-lowest stroke average on the team (74.19)....Posted eight rounds of below par or better (with a career-best equaling 68 at the Elon Phoenix Invitational on 10-16-23)....Season-best finish was fourth at the Irish Creek Collegiate (4/8-9/2024)....Four Top-25 showings....T-23 finish at the 2024 Southland Conference Tournament....Played in 10 of 12 events in 2022-23....Fourth on the team with a 75.00 stroke average....5 rounds of par or better (season-low 70 twice)....Four Top-25 finishes (season-best T-11th at Southland Conference Championships on April 25-27, 2023)....Transfer from Robert Morris University, where he spent two years....Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2023 spring semester....Sold himself during the recruiting process....Were looking for a player that would fit in well with our program, and he definitely will....Had success last season at Robert Morris and will add immediate collegiate experience to our roster....A mature player....Will make our team more competitive....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2024-25.....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring).

RMU: During the 2021-22 year, played in eight of 10 tournaments and recorded a 74.8 stroke average over 20 rounds....Tied for 32nd place at the 2022 Horizon League Championships with a 54-hole total of 233 as the Colonials finished ninth....As a freshman, was limited to one tournament by an injury, carding a 157 tally for the 36-hole event....Part of the school's Colonial Leadership Academy.

PERSONAL:

• Born in Chertsey, England
• Graduate of ACS Egham International School, and competed for Wentworth playing for coach Mark Jones
• Posted a stroke average of 74 during his prep career, and collected a pair of International Schools Sports Association (ISSA) individual titles
• Led Wentworth to ISSA team titles in 2016 and 2017
• Captured the Murray Mitchell Trophy at the St. Andrews Boys’ Open
• Named the Men’s Scratch Play Champion in 2019.
• Tied for 19th at the May 2022 Surrey Amateur Championship Tournament with a 36-hole score of 150
• Also played basketball and tennis
• Nicknames are X, Xav, and GB

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Golfer 
• How you got your nickname: Shorter and easier versions of Xavier 
• Favorite Fictional Character: Ferris Bueller 
• Favorite Athlete: Lionel Messi  
• Favorite Sports Teams:  Arsenal and Pittsburgh Steelers 
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: Peaky Blinders   
• Favorite Food: Chicken Pasanda 
• Favorite Vacation Spot: Italy  
• Favorite Musical Artist: Post Malone
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  Teammates 
• Favorite Off-Course Activity: Hanging out with my teammates  
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Win as much as possible  
• Why you first chose your sport: It came naturally to me 
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: 6-foot slippery sliders 
• Interesting Notes: Beating Cameron Champ with Mark Gaynor and Braeden Barnett in attendance 
• Brush With Greatness:  Getting freed up by Mitchell Vance 

 

CAREER TOTALS:

YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year	Tournaments	Rounds	Avg.	Best 18	Best 54	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20	Best Finish
2020-21	1	2	78.5	77	--	0	0	0	0	--
2021-22	8	20	74.8	68	216	0	0	0	2	T20
2022-23	10	29	75.00	70	217	0	0	0	2	T11
2023-24	11	32	74.19	68	208	0	1	1	2	T4
2024-25	11	30	73.90	70	213	0	0	1	3	7
Total	41	113	74.50	68	208	0	1	2	9	T4

CAREER BESTS
Low 18	68 (third round) at Irish Creek Collegiate (host Appalachian State), April 9, 2024 68 (first round) at Elon Phoenix Invitational, Oct. 16, 2023 68 at Bucknell Invitational (Oct. 10, 2021) *
Low 54	208 at 2023 Elon Phoenix Invitational (Oct. 16-17, 2023)
Best Ind. Finish	T-4th at 2024 Irish Creek Collegiate (host Appalachian State), (April 8-9, 2024)