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» Postseason competition cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic » Earned the program’s first-ever top-25 ranking, coming in at No. 25 in the first Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll of the season » Finished the season ranked No. 43 in the nation » Six earned Academic All-Big 12 accolades: Mark Goetz, Kurtis Grant, Philipp Matlari, Etienne Papineau and Logan Perkins made the first team, while Matthew Sharpstene made the second team » A trio of Mountaineers were recognized as Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars: Philipp Matlari, Etienne Papineau and Kurtis Grant » The Mountaineers were honored by the GCAA as an All-Academic Team » Won the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational in
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October at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia, posting a score of 294-284286=864 to finish even par » Also won a head-to-head matchup against Connecticut in February on the Nicklaus Course at the Reunion Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, topping UConn by 10 strokes with a seven-over-par 295 » The Mountaineers set four program records throughout the season » Etienne Papineau earned the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational; he shaved three strokes off the previous record of 206, which was set in 2017 » The Mountaineers recorded a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali
Collegiate Classic with a 273273-280=826 for 26-under-par, besting the previous records of 835 (Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018-19) and -22 (Janney VCU Shootout, 2017-18) » Logan Perkins earned a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational in February with a 62, besting the previous record of 64, which was set in 2018 » Perkins finished in second place at the Florida Gators Invitational after his record-low performance » Philipp Matlari was named a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor » Papineau was named to the 2020 National Amateur Squad for Team Canada
