2020-21 Season Review

2020-21 REVIEW

TEAM

• GCAA All-Academic team for fifth consecutive year • Mark Goetz became first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors • Finished ninth at the Big 12 Championship • Shot a 72-hole total of 1187 at the Big 12 Championship, tying WVU’s best 72hole total in the Big 12 Championship • Round of 283 in the Big 12 Championship

Third Round was just one shot off its best round in a Big 12 Championship event • Ended the regular season with the 27th-best strength of schedule out of 291 Division I teams • Mark Goetz became WVU’s first individual NCAA qualifier in school history • Won the Mountaineer Invitational for the third-consecutive season, while Mark Goetz became the second WVU golfer to win the individual title at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished in seventh place at The

Hootie at Bulls Bay and 10th place at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Shot a 10-under-par 278 at the

Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighthbest round in school history • Posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational • Team played an abbreviated schedule due to COVID-19 • The Mountaineer Invitational was postponed to the spring due to COVID-19

JACKSON DAVENPORT

• Big 12 Championship lineup • Shot a 68 at the Big 12 Championship in the third round, the third-best round by a

WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Tied for seventh at the Mountaineer Invitational • Recorded a tie in the Big 12 Match

Play Championship against TCU

MARK GOETZ

• Became the first WVU golfer in school history to earn All-America honors (Honorable Mention by Golfweek) • Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America • Finished second at NCAA Golf Regional, nearly missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship • Became WVU’s first NCAA individual qualifier in school history • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Golf Most Outstanding Player • Won his first collegiate title by shooting 12-under-par in the Mountaineer Invitational • His 12-under-par total was the lowest in school history (in relation to par) and was the only golfer under par at the Mountaineer Invitational • His final round 65 in the Mountaineer

Invitational tied for the fourthlowest round in school history • His 204 (70-69-65) in the Mountaineer

Invitational was the second-lowest, 54-hole total in school history • Finished with the fifth-best, 72-hole score in a

Big 12 Championship by a WVU player (298) • Recorded a 68 in the final round at the Big 12 Championship, the third-best round by a

WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Big 12 Championship lineup • Finished tied for 10th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Recorded a sixth-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Picked up three victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Top 25 finish at the Colonial

Collegiate Invitational

KURTIS GRANT

• GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Tied for 13th at the Mountaineer Invitational • Top 25 finish at the George

Hannon Intercollegiate • Picked up two victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

OLIVIER MÉNARD

• Competed in the Big 12 Match

Play Championship • Competed in the Mountaineer Invitational and the Colonial Collegiate Invitational

ETIENNE PAPINEAU

• GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Championship lineup • Top 25 finish in his season debut at the Mountaineer Invitational • Missed the majority of the season with knee surgery in his fifth year as a Mountaineer

LOGAN PERKINS

• Posted the third-lowest, 72-hole score by a WVU player at a Big 12 Championship event (296) • Big 12 Championship lineup • Picked up a win in the Big 12

Match Play Championship

WILL STAKEL

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed as an individual at

The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Was in the lineup for the Big 12

Match Play Championship

TRENT TIPTON

• GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Most Improved Award • Big 12 Championship lineup • Top 30 finish at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished tied for 12th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay