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Kurtis Grant
by Joe Swan
SENIOR • 6-0 HERNDON, VA. SOUTH LAKES HS
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
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• Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Tied for 13th at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 74-76-74=224 • Top 25 finish at the George Hannon
Intercollegiate with rounds of 69-74-74=217 • Picked up two victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Competed in six tournaments • Posted par or better in four rounds • Shot three rounds in the 60s • Matched his career best with a 68 at the Florida Gators Invitational
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Posted a top-20 finish in five of the six tournaments in which he competed • Competed in six tournaments, playing 15 rounds • Appeared in the Mountaineer lineup on two occasions and competed as an individual four times throughout the season • Opened the season at the Pioneer Creek
Collegiate, competing as an individual and finishing tied for 17th with a threeround total of 75-72-70=217 • One of four Mountaineers to compete at the
NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, tying for 14th place with scores of 72-73-73=218 for five-over par • Also competed as an individual at the
Musketeers Classic and Trojan Invitational, where he finished T-38th (74-76-73=223) and T-13th (75-76=151), respectively • Shot a season-best 69 in the final round of the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, carding a three-round total of 79-7269=220 for a 13th-place finish • Recorded a top-10 finish in the Mountaineers’ head-to-head matchup against Connecticut, tying for ninth place with a 79
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
• Appeared in seven tournaments, playing 21 rounds • Posted a 74.00 scoring average with a low round of 68 • Registered three rounds in the 60s • Was a member of the lineup on four occasions • Recorded a pair of top-15 finishes in his first season • Tied the program record with a three-round score of 69-69-68=206, tying for 12th place at the Old Town Club Collegiate • Finished tied for 11th at the Georgia
Southern Individual Collegiate with a three-round score of 72-74-70=216 • Shot 71-71-79=221 at the
Seminole Intercollegiate
PREP
• Claimed medalist honors at the
Virginia State Junior Championship at the Federal Club (69-74-69) • Also the medalist at the Mid-Atlantic Junior
Invitational at Parkersburg Country Club (73-73) • Won the Virginia 6A Regional
Championship (68-67) in 201 • Went undefeated at the 2016 Virginias vs. Carolinas Junior Match Play at 3-0 • Runner-up at the 2016 Virginia 6A
State Championship (76-71) • Finished second at the PGA Junior Series at Westbrook Country Club (72-71-69) • won the HJGT Junior at Viniterra with rounds of 74-71 in 2017 • Runner-up at the Mid-Atlantic
Junior PGA (72-71) in 2017 • Three-time High School Liberty Conference
Champion (2015, 2016 2017) • Earned Washington Post First Team
All-Met Golf honors in 2017 • First-team all-state honoree in 2016 and 2017 • Posted a pair of top-five finishes at AJGA events, taking fourth at the 2016 AJGA
Junior at Cattail Creek (74-68-71) and tying for fifth at the 2015 AJGA Junior All-Star
Invitational at Pumpkin Ridge (72-69-74) • Placed fifth at the 2017 Virginia 6A
State Championship (73-71)
PERSONAL
• Parents are Donald and Joy • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is Oct. 3 • Majoring in business
CAREER STATS Season Tourn. Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish
2020-21 6 18.0 73.89 68 T-13th 2019-20 6 15.0 73.87 69 T-9th 2018-19 7 21.0 74.00 68 T-11th