Meet The Student-Athletes
Eli Scott
Junior • 6-2 • 170 Hartwell, Ga. Coastal Georgia 2020-2021 • Made his Georgia debut in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. • Also appeared in the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate. • Represented the Bulldogs in the Patriot All-America Golf Tournament. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll. • Named the recipient of the Copas-Liebler Men’s Golf Scholarship. 2019-2020 • Named NAIA PING First-Team All-American. • Chosen for the NAIA GCAA South Region All-America Team. • Voted the 2019-20 Coastal Georgia Male Student-Athlete of the Year. • Ended the season ranked second in the Sun Conference and sixth in the NAIA. • Led Coastal Georgia with a 71.56 stroke average, which is the fourth-lowest single-season figure in school history. • Had a career scoring average of 71.33 to set the school mark. • Recorded 15 eagles in two seasons, which is the school record. • Named the Sun Conference player of the week in February after winning the Coastal Georgia
Invitational. 2018-2019 • Named GCAA NAIA All-American and NAIA First-Team All-American as a member of the Coastal Georgia squad. • Voted to the GCAA All-Freshman Team. • Named All-Sun Conference. • Had a stroke average of 71.21 in 11 events. • Won Grand Valley University’s Primm Battle. • Named Sun Conference Player of Week and NAIA Golfer of Week following the Primm victory. • Was the medalist in the dual match against St. Joe’s (Maine). • Posted six other top-10 finishes, including two seconds, a third, and a fourth. High School • Graduated from Hart County High School. • Named All-State in 2017. • Placed third in the state championship tournament as a senior. Amateur Highlights • Named the 2015 and 2017 Junior PGA Player of the Year for Georgia. Personal • Born March 4, 2000. • Son of Alan and Kelly Scott. • Majoring in Sport Management.
Scott’s Georgia Scorecard Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2020-2021 6 443 73.83 67 Totals 6 443 73.83 67 Top-10 Finishes: Top-20 Finishes: Par Or Better: Best Finish: Low Round: Low Tournament:
0 0 2 31st 67 (-4) 210 (-3)
(0) (0) (2) 2020 Vanderbilt 2020 Vanderbilt 2020 Vanderbilt
2020-2021 Rounds Total Place Blessings Collegiate 78-79-76 233 (+17) 62nd / 70 Vanderbilt Legends 72-71-67 210 (-3) 31st / 70
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