HIGH SCHOOL
grant
smith freshman MONTGOMERY, ALA. (MONTGOMERY CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
• Graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in 2020 • Four-year starter on the golf team • Helped lead Byrd to back-to-back Louisiana Class 5A state championships in 2018 and 2019 where he also finished in the top five individually • Had three top 10 American Junior Golf Association finishes • Named the Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial Champion in 2019
Personal
HIGH SCHOOL
• Earned five individual high school wins • Had a high school career low of 65 and an average score of 70.0 in 2020 • Won the 59th Bud Burns Dixie Invitational in September 2020 after finishing a three-under-par total of 139 in the 36 hole event • Named the Montgomery Metro Player of the Year in both 2018 and 2019 • Was the 2019 Blue-Grey High School Invitational champion • Named the Montgomery Catholic Most Valuable Player for all four years of his high school career
• Son of Anna and Mike Johnson • Born Oct. 12, 2001 in Shreveport, La.
will
patrick sophomore Oneonta, Ala. (Oneonta HS)
PERSONAL
• Full name is Christopher Grant Smith • Son of Kristin and Michael Smith • Has three siblings, Drew, Katie and John • Born July 12, 2002
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021) C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2021)
joel thomas
stephens freshman
2020-21
• Competed in five events • Registered a stroke average of 78.17 over 12 rounds • Shot a season-low 69 in the second round of the Latour Intercollegiate (Feb. 14)
High School
RUSTON, LA. (CEDAR CREEK SCHOOL)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Cedar Creek School • Lettered all four years in high school in football and baseball • Named First Team All-District in football as a junior and senior • Earned First Team All-Academic honors all four years • Member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
• Full name is Joel Thomas Stephens • Son of Tim and Anna Stephens • Born on May 22, 2002 in Shreveport, La.
• Six-time letterwinner in golf at Oneonta High School • Named an Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) All Star and an AGA Amateur medalist in qualifiers for both 2018 and 2019 • AHSAA State Championship individual runner up in class 4A in 2019 • Fired a two-under 70 in the 103rd Alabama State Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifying round to earn co-medalist honors in 2019
Personal
• Full name is William Steven Patrick • Son of Steve and Michelle Patrick • Has one brother, Sam • Father, Steve, played football at Jacksonville State from 1985-89 • Born on Nov. 9, 2001, in Trussville, Ala.
hunter
payne
battles junior
johnson sophomore
Muscle Shoals, Ala. (Muscle Shoals HS)
Shreveport, La. (Texas State)
2020-21
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• Did not compete • Started collegiate career at Texas State before transferring to LA Tech
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021) GCAA All-American Scholar (2020-21)
2o20-21
• Competed in eight events as a sophomore
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