2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Collegiate Career Bests
18 – 68 (-4) – (2x) Last at CAA Championships (4/26/21)
36 – 141 (-3) – Golfweek Invitational (4/5-6/21)
54 – 213 (-3) – VCU Shootout (9/13-14/21)
Graduate Season (2023-24)
Appeared in nine rounds over three events with a scoring average of 79.0... Posted best event in the fall, finishing with scores of 74-75-76 at the Furman Intercollegiate...Named to CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
Senior Season (2022-23)
Played in two events … Posted a stroke average of 78.3 across six rounds … Part of the Tribe’s lineup at the Ross Collegiate Classic (3/13-14) … Played in the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate and fired a 1-over 72 in the second round and 3-over 74 in the third round … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
Junior Season (2021-22)
Finished the year with a 76.07 scoring average over 14 rounds and five events … Did not see action during the spring campaign due to injury … Tied for 20th at the VCU Shootout (9/13-14) shooting a career-best 213 (-3) … Finished 16th at the Howard Bison Invitational thanks to a 236 (+20) … Earned a top-10 to close out the fall season at the Lehigh Invitational with a two-round score of 149 (+5) … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … A W&M Provost Award winner.
Sophomore Season (2020-21)
Became the first Tribe player to win the Virginia State Golf Association's State Amateur Championship … Selected as a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the GCAA… Played all 15 rounds and ranked third on the team with a stroke average of 73.67 … Twice fired a team-best single-round score of four-under 68, including in the second round of the CAA Championships … Placed ninth in the Ross Collegiate Classic shooting a 219 (+3) … Tied for 26th at the Bash at the Beach shooting a 223 (+7) … Shot a 1-under 215 and tied for 16th at the Golfweek Invitational (3/15-16) … Placed 15th at the CAA Championships (4/25-27) shooting a 219 (+3).
Freshman Season (2019-20)
Saw action in all 18 rounds during his rookie campaign … Finished second on the team with a 73.89 stroke per round score … His 73.89 stroke per round score is the second-best among W&M freshmen… Had a 302-216 record with a .583 winning percentage … Posted five rounds at, or below, par … Made his collegiate debut playing as an individual in the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational … On the first day of the event posted his best 36-hole score as he shot a 69 (-2) and a 70 (-1) to card a 139 (-3) through the first two rounds … Made his lineup debut in the next event, the River Run Collegiate (9/23-24), and carded an even-par 72 in the second round … Led the Tribe in the Firestone Invitational (9/30-10/1) as he shot 220 (+4), including a final round 70 (-2) in the event … Shot an even-par 71 in the second round of the Intercollegiate at Innisbrook (10/28-29).
Prep/High School
Was a three-year member of the varsity golf team and a two-year member of the squash team at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. … Won the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) Championship in 2018 … Tabbed to the WCAC First-Team All-Conference … Earned WCAC Co-Player of the Year honors as a junior … As a senior was the medalist at both the WCAC Conference Tournament and the Washington Metro Championship … Tabbed First-Team All-WCAC following his senior year … Earned his second-straight WCAC Golfer of the Year award in 2019 … Garnered First-Team Washington Post All-Metro honors, as well as Washington Post Metro Player of the Year … Finished his senior year of high school averaging 69.04 in 17 tournaments and 46 competitive rounds … Won the 2019 Jr. Valentine Invitational at Hermitage Country Club in Richmond … Was a finalist in the 2019 Virginia State Golf Association (VGSA) Jr. Match Play Championship … Finished as a semifinalist in the 2019 VGSA Amateur Championship … Placed fourth in the 2018 VSGA Jr Stroke Play Championship …Won the 2018 Bobby Bowers Memorial Jr. … Played three years of AAU basketball with the Virginia Elite … In the classroom, was a member of the National Honor Society … Won the Barnes Award and won the VGSA Richard Smith Scholarship.
Personal
Son of James and Tracy Taylor … Father, James, was a men's golfer at UNC (1977-79) … Enjoys listening to music and keeping up with his favorite sports teams during his free time … Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance in May of 2023.
Historical Player Information
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2019-20Freshman
6'2"
160 lbs
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2020-21Sophomore
6'2"
160 lbs
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2021-22Junior
6'2"
160 lbs
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2022-23Senior
6'2"
160 lbs
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2023-24Graduate Student
6'2"
160 lbs
