Meet The Student-Athletes
David Sikes
Senior • 6-3 • 180 Atlanta, Ga. Marist 2020-2021 • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll. • Named the recipient of the James R. Gabrielsen Men’s Golf Scholarship. 2019-2020 • Named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team. • Named the recipient of the James R. Gabrielsen Men’s Golf Scholarship. • Chosen as a men’s golf representative for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. • Named to the 2020 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2018-2019 • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll. • Made his season debut as an individual in the Linger Longer Invitational. • Participated in the Southern Intercollegiates. • Chosen as a men’s golf representative for the Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee. • Named the recipient of the James R. Gabrielsen Men’s Golf Scholarship. 2017-2018 • Made his collegiate debut in the Southern Intercollegiates. Amateur Highlights • Won the 2016 Capital City Junior Club Championship. High School • Graduated from The Marist School. • Helped lead Marist to three state championships. • Captained the Marist squad his senior year. Personal • Born Oct. 4,1998. • Son of David and Elizabeth Sikes. • His grandfather is Billy Payne, a football player for Georgia from 1966-68, the President and CEO of the 1996 Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, and the longtime Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club. • Majoring in Political Science.
Sikes’ Georgia Scorecard Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2017-2018 2 158 79.00 76 2018-2019 5 384 76.80 74 Totals 7 542 77.43 74 Top-10 Finishes: Top-20 Finishes: Par Or Better: Best Finish: Low Round: Low Tournament:
0 0 0 63rd 74 (+2) 227 (+11)
(0/0) (0/0) (1/0) 2019 Linger Longer 2019 Linger Longer 2018 Linger Longer
2017-2018 Rounds Total Southern Intercollegiates 76-82 158 (+14) 2018-2019 Rounds Total Linger Longer Invitational 77-76-74 227 (+11) Southern Intercollegiates 77-80 157 (+13)
Place 67th / 90 Place 63rd / 87 59th / 85
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