WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary graduate student Ethan Mangum is ranked No. 1 in the first update of the APGA Collegiate Ranking for the 2021-22 season.
 
The APGA Collegiate Ranking was announced in October 2020 through a partnership between PGA TOUR University presented by Velocity Global and the APGA Tour. Eligible players are Black golfers from NCAA Division I, II or III programs – including HBCUs – who exhaust a minimum of four years of college eligibility. The APGA Collegiate Ranking is based on players' Golfstat adjusted scoring average, designed to evaluate the top players positioned to qualify for APGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament access. Mangum has an adjusted scoring average (in relation to par) of 2.17 ahead of No. 2 Quinn Riley of Duke (2.77) and No. 3 Kasoma Paulino of Henderson State (2.82).
 
Mangum enjoyed a strong fall season, leading the Tribe with a 73.71 scoring average over the 14 rounds played. His average currently ranks 18th on W&M's single-season list. He enjoyed his best round of the fall, shooting a team-low 5-under 67 in the second round of the VCU Invitational, helping the Tribe set the 54-hole school scoring record.
 
In total, Mangum had three rounds under par during the fall, which ranked second on the team. He had a pair of top-10 performances, finishing as the runner-up at the Howard Bison Invitational at Woodmont and placig eighth at the River Run Collegiate. He was named the CAA Golfer of the Week on Sept. 22, following his top 10 in the River Run Collegiate.
 
The Class of 2022 Ranking includes college tournaments played in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, and the ranking will be finalized upon the conclusion of the 2021-22 college golf season. The top five players in the final APGA Collegiate Ranking will receive: scholarship access to APGA TOUR events through the remainder of the 2022 APGA Tour season; inclusion in the APGA Tour Player Development Program presented by World Wide Technology; scholarship access into the Korn Ferry Qualifying School for the 2023 season; and additionally, the No. 1 Player will receive a sponsor exemption into the 2022 REX Hospital Open on KFT.