2014-15 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2013-14
Repeated on the All-CAA first team ... Carried a 72.81 stroke average for the season, second-best in school history ... Earned his first collegiate medal at the Joe Agee Invitational ... Shot a school-record 199 (-14) to take the win ... Also set a school-record for the best 36-hole score of 10-under 132 ... In the final round, shot a hole-in-one, the fourth in school history ... Was named CAA Golfer of the Week for the second time after that victory ... Was also the CAA Golfer of the Week following the season-opening Marshall Invitational ... Tied for second at five-under in that tournament ... Earned another top-10 finish at the Wexford Plantation, tying for sixth ... Also had top-20 finishes at Georgetown and the CAA Championships ... Totaled a 540-163 (.768) winning percentage ... Had 10 rounds of par or better, led by a pair of 5-under 66 at the Joe Agee Invitational ... Led the Tribe at five of nine tournaments ... Advanced to sectional qualifying at the U.S. Open during the summer ... Voted second-team All-State for the second year in a row ... W&M Provost's Award-winner ... Named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar team.
2012-13
Named first-team All-CAA ... Voted to the second-team All-State ... Runner-up at the CAA Championships to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team ... First Tribe golfer to earn a silver medal since 2008 ... Ranked eighth in school history with a 73.78 average ... Also ranked eighth all-time with 717 wins on the season ... Had a 717-198 (.784) winning percentage ... Scored eight rounds of par or better on the year ... Best of 68 (-2) came at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate ... Led W&M at three tournaments on the year, including the CAA Championships, the C&F Bank Intercollegiate, and Kiawah Island ... Shot a 3-over 219 at the conference tournament ... Finished in the top-20 at six of 10 events ... Four finishes were in the top-10, with three in the top five ... In addition to second at CAAs, finished third at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate and fourth at Towson ... Tied for seventh at the Joe Agee Invitational ... Also took 19th at Kiawah Island and 20th at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate.
2011-12
Ranked second on the team with a 75.78 average ... Was the sixth-best freshman average in school history ... Shot an even-par 71 at Marshall and again at the Bash at the Beach ... Top tournament score of the year was 216 (+3) at Marshall ... Had three top-20 finishes, including a season-best 13th at the CAA Championships ... Also finished 15th at Penn State, and 16th at the Bash at the Beach ... Led the Tribe at all three tournaments ... Was 456-332 (.579) in head-to-head action ... Provost's Award winner.
PREP
Won the New Jersey Group II state title and all-state honors as a senior ... Three-time region champion ... Twice won the Cape Atlantic League individual medal ... Led Middle Township to the team league championship once ... Named Player of the Year by the Atlantic City Press all four years of high school ... On the AJGA tour, had three top-10 finishes including second at the 2011 Lessing's AJGA Classic ... Qualified for the Callaway Junior World Championships ... Averaged 34.6 strokes per nine holes as a senior ... That average set a Middle Township school record, as did his career-low 32 for nine holes ... Best 18-hole score is 66 ... Academic-Athletic All-American in 2011 ... President of the Key Club, and a member of the Student Council.
PERSONAL
Son of Orton and Laura Hicks ... Uncle, Robert Hicks, played football at W&M (Class of 1990) ... Mother played tennis for the University of Miami ... Enjoys skiing, playing soccer, and playing tennis.
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