2024-25 West Virginia University Golf Guide by Joe Swan

2024-25

PIERCE GRIEVE

TODD DUNCAN

MAX GREEN

SEAN COVICH

Contributing

CARSON KAMMANN

WESTY MCCABE

KALEB WILSON

HARRISON THOMPSON

A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF 77 YEARS IN THE

The new era of WVu golf begins as players arrive on campus for the first time since the program was cut in the early 1980s.

AUGUST 2014

APRIL 2016

West Virginia competes at its first-ever Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity, Texas. Then-freshman Max Sear just misses a top-10 finish.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Alan Cooke becomes the first Mountaineer golfer in more than three decades to tee off as the team restarts varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.

APRIL 2017

The Mountaineers claim their first team win, taking the title at the east Carolina Invitational

MAKING

West Virginia starts the season with another win, this time taking top team honors at the

SEPTEMBER

2017

NOVEMBER 2017

Freshman Matthew Sharpstene becomes the first Mountaineer to ever win Big 12 Golfer of the Month after his play at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Matthew Sharpstene shoots a then-program low round of 64 to lead the Mountaineers to another win at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Florida.

FEBRUARY 2018

NOVEMBER 2018

OCTOBER 2018

Sear becomes the first Mountaineer in more than 30 decades to win a tournament, claiming medalist honors at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational in Bridgeport. WVu takes the team title at its home event, hosted at Pete Dye Golf Club.

Janney VCu Shootout.

West Virginia caps the fall season at No. 37 in the Golfstat rankings.

A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF 77 YEARS IN THE

West

The Mountaineers host their first-ever Big 12 Championship at The

etienne Papineau earns the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational; he shaves three strokes off the previous record of 206, which was set in 2017. WVu earns its first top-25 ranking.

Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Virginia qualifies for its first NCAA appearance since 1947. The Mountaineers place sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional.

MAKING

The Mountaineers record a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273280=826 for 26-under-par, besting the previous records of 835 (Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018-19) and -22 (Janney VCu Shootout, 2017-18).

NOVEMBER 2019

FEBRUARY 2020

Mark Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors.

MAY 2021

Logan Perkins earns 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.

MAY 2022

WVu won the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 28-under-par tally, the lowest 54-hole, under-par score in school history. The 271 in the final round tied the lowest round in school history, and the 17-under-par tally in the final round was the lowest round in school history in relation to par.

A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF

77 YEARS IN THE MAKING

Max Green won his second collegiate tournament at the Red Bandanna Invitational and helped West Virginia to the team title to start the 2023-24 season.

WVu tied for the fourth most wins (3) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

The Mountaineers recorded the second lowest tournament score in program history (-27) in the National Invitational Tournament

WVu posted its highest finish at the Big 12 Championship by recording a fifth-place finish out of 14 teams.

WVu tied the school record for lowest round in school history (-17) in round one of the Dorado Beach Collegiate

The Mountaineers finished third as a 10 seed at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional. It was WVu’s second team regional appearance since the program was reinstated in 2015.

WVu made its second NCAA Championship appearance, first since 1947, and finished 28th During the season, the Mountaineers recorded 97 victories.

Carson Kammann won his first collegiate tournament at the Mountaineer Invitational and WVu won its own tournament for the fourth time.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE

The Big 12 enters its 29th year as one of the nation’s premier conferences in college athletics under the leadership of Commissioner Brett Yormark. Since joining the Conference in August 2022, Yormark has elevated the Big 12 to new heights, emphasizing marketing, brand building and instilling an innovative strategy that has resonated across the college athletics landscape.

Starting Aug. 2, 2024, the Conference is composed of 16 universities spanning 10 states and four time zones. The Big 12 members include Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYu, uCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCu, Texas Tech, utah and West Virginia.

The Big 12 began play in 1996 and is the home of 87 team NCAA national championships, and 764 individual national champions. The Big 12 Conference office is located in Irving, Texas.

BIG 12 FAST FACTS

• The Big 12 sponsors 25 sports across the Fall, Winter and Spring seasons.

• Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling.

• Women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.

• The Conference currently conducts postseason championships for 24 of its 25 sports.

• The league has been home to over 800 Academic All-America recipients.

• In the last 15 seasons, 36 student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA elite 90 award.

ACADEMIC HONORS

GCAA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

GCAA SRIXON/CLEVELAND GOLF

ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR

Will Stakel 2022, 2023

Trent Tipton 2021, 2022, 2023

Kurtis Grant 2020, 2021, 2022

Philipp Matlari .............. 2019, 2020

etienne Papineau ....... 2019, 2020, 2021

Max Sear ................... 2018, 2019

Chris Williams 2017

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM

Todd Duncan 2024

Oli Menard 2024

Max Green 2024

Will Stakel 2022, 2023, 2024

Trent Tipton ....... 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Mark Goetz ...................... 2020

Kurtis Grant 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Logan Perkins 2020, 2022

Philipp Matlari 2019, 2020

Tristan Nicholls 2019

etienne Papineau .. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Drew Dewald .................... 2018

Avery Schneider .................. 2018

Max Sear 2018, 2019

Chris Williams 2016, 2017

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM

Kaleb Wilson 2024

Jackson Davenport 2023

Todd Duncan 2023

Oli Ménard 2022, 2023

Mark Goetz . . .

Matthew Sharpstene .

2021

2019, 2020

Mark Goetz 2019

Tristan Nicholls 2018

Alan Cooke 2016, 2017

Mason Short 2016

BIG 12 ACADEMIC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Will Stakel ....................... 2021

Nico Lang ....................... 2020

Trent Tipton 2020

Kurtis Grant 2019

Logan Perkins 2018

etienne Papineau 2017

Tristan Nicholls ................... 2016

CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM

Kurtis Grant ...................... 2023

Will Stakel 2023, 2024

WV uGolf

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CHARACTER

Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867. Across the three campuses of the WVu System in Morgantown, Keyser and Beckley, West Virginia university is changing lives and helping to create a brighter future. Our purpose remains to bring education, healthcare and prosperity to our state. WVU is one of only five flagship, R1, land-grant, community-engaged universities in the nation.

RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION

R1: Doctoral universities – Highest Research Activity, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

ACCREDITATION

WVu is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Many programs hold specialized accreditation.

GOVERNANCE

The WVu Board of Governors is the university’s governing body. The Higher education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. e. Gordon Gee is WVu’s 24th president.

CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES

The WVu System is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown to the student-centered focus of WVu Potomac State College in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVu Institute of Technology in Beckley, we are creating a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVu Institute of Technology offers 25+ majors, including undergraduate engineering programs that have consistently ranked among the top in the nation according to u.S. News & World Report.

WVu Potomac State College offers 60+ majors and combines the personal attention of a small college with the affordable benefits of a major university.

The WVu System also includes Health Sciences locations in Charleston and Martinsburg; School of Nursing campuses in Morgantown, Charleston, Keyser, Bridgeport and Beckley; farms and forests throughout the state; and WVu Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVu Morgantown campus is in a town that was named the “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider and is within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest.

STUDENT PROFILE

Fall 2023 WVu System enrollment was 26,000+

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

WVu recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 106 Gilman Scholars, 81 Fulbright Scholars, 50 Goldwater Scholars, 41 Critical Language Scholars, 29 Boren Scholars, 26 Truman Scholars, 6 Morris K. udall Scholars, 5 uSA Today All-uSA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 4 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 34 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar and one Schwarzman Scholar.

WVU’S PURPOSE CENTER FIRST ON ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS

The Purpose Center offers self-discovery and connection opportunities, including purpose and strengths workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions. We help students use their strengths to reach their full potential (for free).

R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION HIGHLIGHTS

WVu is one of only 146 colleges and universities to attain a ranking of R1, or very high research activity, alongside such institutions as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins.

WVu researchers are exploring the frontier in neuroscience research at the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, doing groundbreaking work on Alzheimer’s disease and addiction treatment using focused ultrasound to safely open the blood brain barrier (reported by “60 Minutes,” the New York Times, New england Journal of Medicine, the Washington Post and more).

WVu researchers are exploring the farthest reaches of the universe: dozens helped uncover evidence of ripples in space time.

WVu is one of two or three universities that serve as a majorhub for all branches of science contributing to NANOGrav – a galaxy-sized detector that is beginning to detect the gravitational universe.

Maura McLaughlin, eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, an internationally renowned WVu astrophysicist was selected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in the scientific world.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Twelve Morgantown colleges and schools offer 310 majors in agriculture and natural resources; applied and human sciences; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts and media; dentistry; engineering and mineral resources; law; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Students can choose from among more than 450 student organizations or participate in an active intramural program and a variety of club sports.

SERVICE AND LEARNING

The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty. WVu is one of only 75 schools recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for Community engagement (recognized since 2010).

PARENTS CLUB

The Mountaineer Parents Club, with 20,000-plus members, connects parents and families with the student experience.

ALUMNI

Chartered in 1873, the WVu Alumni Association is made up of more than 210,000+ graduates worldwide in some 135 nations.

LIBRARIES

The WVu Libraries encompass seven libraries statewide. Facilities in Morgantown include the Downtown Campus Library, evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library and the West Virginia and Regional History Center. Onsite collections include more than 936,000 books, 1.5+ million e-books and 700+ databases.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE

It’s painless to apply — no required essays or recommendations, students are automatically considered for scholarships and can be admitted with or without ACT or SAT scores. Test scores may be required for certain majors or scholarships. Apply directly to WVu or use the Common Application. WVU offers a rolling admission (there is no official application deadline). Applicants can self-report courses and grades or submit a transcript to the WVU Office of Admissions. All students are required to submit an official final high school transcript upon enrolling. Applications are processed beginning Aug. 22 for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for West Virginia residents to submit Promise Scholarship applications. Visit admissions.wvu.edu to learn more, including how to submit official transcripts and test scores.

HEAD COACH

11TH SEASON • MISSISSIPPI STATE ’04 SEAN COVICH

nationally-recognized program builder and relentless recruiter who specializes in player development, Sean Covich has engineered one of college golf’s top stories nationally – restarting niversity men’s golf program from scratch in 2014 and leading it to the national championships in record time.

fter guiding the Mountaineers for the nCaa Championships during the 2023-24 season, Covich was named the 2024 Big 12 Conference Golf Coach of the Year and tabbed a finalist for the 2024 Dave Williams Award presented by Golf Pride Grips, given annually to the nation’s top

Covich was selected to be WVu’s 12th men’s golf coach on May 22, 2014, as West Virginia reintroduced men’s golf as a varsity sport following a 31-year hiatus. Covich’s program centers around player growth and development, maximizing each player’s full potential on and off the

He has developed all-conference players and all-americans, while multiple players have gone on to play professionally on the PGa & Korn ferry tours, including Chad amey (PGa tour), Mark Goetz (Korn ferry tour) and etienne Papineau (Korn ferry tour).

Covich has signed numerous state junior players of the year, o. 1-ranked junior college players, as well as players from over 10 different countries from across the globe during his college coaching career.

nCaa Championships

appearance was its second in program history (first since 1947) after finishing tied for third place as a ancho Santa fe regional. WVu won two tournaments (red Bandanna invitational nvitational) and posted its highest Big 12 Conference finish (5th out of 14 teams), while carding nine top-10 finishes for the

West Virginia racked up a program-best 97 victories on the year including wins over fourthranked Arizona State, 15th-ranked Washington, 14th-ranked Texas Tech, and several Top 50-ranked teams including Stanford, Houston, SMu and BYu, to solidify the greatest season in program history.

Max Green became the third Mountaineer in school history to be selected to Division I PING AllMidwest region team, joining Mark Goetz (2021) and Matthew Sharpstene (2019), to add to the long list of accomplished players under Covich’s watch.

the Mountaineers matched their highest Big 12 finish in 2022-23 with the team shooting 281 in the second round, the lowest round in WVu’s Big 12 Championship history. in addition, WVu tied no. 12 oklahoma State at the Big 12 Match Play Championship.

in 2021-22, West Virginia won the lake las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 28-under-par tally, the lowest 54-hole, under-par score in school history. The 271 in the final round at Vegas tied the lowest round team total in school history and the 17-under-par tally in the final round was the lowest round in school history in relation to par. Mark Goetz won the lake las Vegas intercollegiate and Mountaineer invitational for his second and third collegiate tournament wins, the most in school history. Max Green was co-champion of the east Carolina intercollegiate, becoming the third different Mountaineer to win a collegiate tournament.

In 2020-21 despite the abbreviated season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the nCaa Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors. Goetz then was the stroke-play medalist out of 312 golfers at the 121st u.S. amateur at oakmont Country Club, shooting 8-under-par.

The Mountaineers finished the 2020-21 season on a strong note. for the third year in a row, West Virginia won the Mountaineer invitational with Goetz being the only golfer in the field to shoot under par (-12). WVu’s four-day total at the Big 12 Championship tied WVu’s best 72-hole total at the championship, including a 283 in the third round, one shot off its best round in a Big 12 event. also in the spring, WVU shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole intercollegiate, the eighth-best round in school history and posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators invitational.

Building upon momentum from the team’s first nCaa appearance since 1947 the previous season, Covich’s Mountaineers earned the program’s first-

ever top-25 ranking in 2019-20, coming in at No. 25 in the first Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll of the season.

West Virginia put a tally in the win column after topping the leaderboard at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. Covich led the Mountaineers to its second victory of the season in a head-to-head matchup against Connecticut to open the spring portion of the season.

2019-20 proved to be another record-breaking year for West Virginia, as the team combined to break four different 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. logan Perkins also earned a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational with a 62 to finish second overall in the tournament.

as a team, the Mountaineers recorded a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273280=826 for 26-under par. This bested the previous records of 835 and 22-under. The 2019-20 season was cut short in March due to COVID-19.

With the help of freshman Kurtis Grant, the 2018-19 season started off in a big way, as Grant posted a 206 in the old town Club Collegiate, tying the program record on his way to an 11th-place finish. Soon after, senior Max Sear became the first Mountaineer in more than 35 years to earn medalist honors when he finished atop the team leaderboard at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. His first-place finish led the Mountaineers to the team title for the first time ever at their home event.

the inaugural Big 12 Match Play Championship was up next for WVu. the Mountaineers put up a tough battle and came away with a win over iowa State and a tie with Kansas. the tavistock Collegiate invitational, which West Virginia joined uCf in hosting, and the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic wrapped up fall play as the Mountaineers finished with a program-best No. 37 ranking via Golfstat.

Spring trips down south included a third-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Florida, and a fourth-place finish at the Irish Creek Collegiate in Kannapolis, north Carolina. in an annual tradition, the Mountaineers wrapped up play at rival Penn State’s rutherford intercollegiate, taking home third place.

at the end of april, West Virginia welcomed the league’s nine other programs to the old White tPC in White Sulphur Springs as the Mountaineers played host to the 2019 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at The Greenbrier Resort. Despite a soggy start, sophomore Matthew Sharpstene led the way for WVU with a 13th-place finish at the historic resort.

History was then made on May 1, 2019. the team gathered at the WVu Coliseum at 9 p.m. to await its fate as the top-50 national ranking all but guaranteed the Mountaineers a spot in an nCaa regional. the team didn’t have to wait long, as “West Virginia” showed up in the first regional announced. The No. 8-seeded Mountaineers would join Big 12 foes oklahoma State, Baylor and iowa State at the university of louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky. it marked the program’s first NCAA appearance since 1947.

One week shy of the fifth anniversary of his hiring, Covich led West Virginia to its first nCaa appearance in 72 seasons. Sharpstene, Sear, etienne Papineau, logan Perkins and Philipp Matlari represented West Virginia in louisville, along with alternate Mark Goetz. the Mountaineers found themselves in contention for a national championship bid early on, as they finished the first day in fifth place after Perkins led the way at one-under-par. the team slipped to eighth on the second day but rallied in the third round. after bouncing in and out of the top five throughout the day, WVU finished just two strokes out of contention, taking sixth place at the regional.

though the season ended, the historical repercussions did not. Sharpstene became the first Mountaineer on record to earn Division I PING Midwest all-region team accolades in May. three more Mountaineers were honored in July as Sear, Papineau and Matlari were named to the GCaa Scholar all-america teams for their play on the course and work in the classroom. additionally, West Virginia earned team academic honors for the third straight season.

tasked with rebuilding a program from scratch, Covich put together a team that saw success in its return to the links.

The 2017-18 season ended with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking for the Mountaineers, as they finished the season at No. 90 out of 300 NCAA Division I Programs.

Covich’s Mountaineers started the season off with a bang, taking the team title at the Janney VCu Shootout to open the year. they added another team win in the spring, finishing first at the Martin Downs Collegiate in February. WVU registered team runner-up finishes at The Health Plan Mountaineer invitational, the furman intercollegiate and the rutherford intercollegiate. The squad capped the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship – a program best – and its second straight GCaa all-academic team award. individually, the Mountaineers excelled on the course and in the classroom. Max Sear set a program record with his 73.03 scoring average on the season and became the program’s second-ever GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar. He was joined by five teammates in earning

academic all-Big 12 honors. freshman Matthew Sharpstene became the program’s first-ever Big 12 Golfer of the Month in november and went on to set a program low round after carding eight birdies to shoot a 64 at Martin Downs in February. in just their second season of varsity competition in 2016-17, the Mountaineers posted their first tournament win in more than 30 years when they claimed the title at the east Carolina intercollegiate in april of 2017. Vienna native alan Cooke set a program record with a 206 at the Seminole intercollegiate in March before tying teammate Max Sear with a record low of 66. WVu set records for lowest team round (277) and 54-hole total (849) at the Seminole Intercollegiate as well. the team made strides in the classroom as well, earning GCaa all-academic team accolades after posting a team GPa of 3.0 or above. Chris Williams became the program’s first GCAA All-Academic Scholar by maintaining a GPa of 3.2 or above and a stroke average of 76 or less. Williams and Cooke repeated as members of the Big 12 all-academic team as well.

Cooke became the first Mountaineer since 1982 to tee off on Sept. 6, 2015, at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational in Verona, New York. The squad finished 10th at the historic tournament and built momentum from there. Senior easton renwick recorded the team’s first top-10 finish at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational on Sept. 15, 2015 and would go on to add four more top-25 finishes on the season.

After team posting a new-era low of 283 in two rounds at the Joe feaganes invite in the fall, WVu capped the regular season with a runner-up finish at rival Penn State’s rutherford intercollegiate in April. The squad shot 284-284-285=853 for its lowest 54-hole total of the season. Cooke set a program record by shooting a 207 for six under par and a runner-up individual finish.

tristan nicholls joined Cooke, Sear, renwick and Williams in representing West Virginia at the team’s first ever Big 12 Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in trinity texas april 29-May 1. Though the Mountaineers finished 10th at the event, Sear finished two spots shy of all-conference honors with a 12th-place finish.

Prior to the team’s trip to texas, Covich was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of fame for his time at Meridian Community College.

A native of Meridian, Miss., Covich came to WVU from Mississippi State, where he served as the assistant men’s golf coach the last three seasons. He previously served as the head men’s golf coach at Meridian Community College for five seasons. at Mississippi State, Covich became the school’s first full-time men’s golf assistant coach in 2011. He helped the Bulldogs to the nCaa tournament in 2013 and 2014 while improving the school’s

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national ranking from No. 125 in 2011 to a school-record no. 27 in 2013. the Bulldogs won a school-record four tournament titles in 2012-13, then added two more tournament wins in 2013-14 for the most wins (six) in a two-year span in school history.

the Bulldogs set school records for best team 36hole score (-25), best team 54 hole score (-38) and season records for most team birdies (497), most team eagles (14) and most team scores of even-par or better (14). in addition, he helped the Bulldogs to the second-lowest team round in school history (274) and the second-lowest team score in relation to par (-14). Covich coached Chad ramey to allSEC honors, the first player in school history to be named all-conference three consecutive seasons. at Meridian Community College, Covich successfully transitioned MCC from a nJCaa Division II program to a NJCAA Division I national power. He led MCC to a nJCaa national Championship Runner-Up finish in just their second season at the Division I level and positioned the eagles as the no. 1 ranked JuCo team during the 2010-11 season.

At MCC, Covich guided his squad to 18 tournament championships. He produced 15 senior college players, six all-tournament team members at the national championship and guided seven allAmericans. During a back-to-back-to-back NJCAA postseason run, Covich’s 2010 squad finished runner-up at the nJCaa national Championships. He also coached the school’s first individual national champion in 2010. the eagles set multiple school records during the Covich era, including most tournament wins in a season (9), lowest team score (274), and lowest team score in relation to par (-14).

Covich earned Coach of the Year honors four times during his span at MCC. in 2007, Covich was awarded with Coach of the Year by the Mississippi association of Coaches, the national Junior College association of america (nJCaa) region 23, and the Mississippi association of Community and Junior Colleges (MaCJC). in 2011, after winning the Golf Coaches Association of America’s District IV Coach of the Year Award, he was named a semifinalist for the Golf Coaches association of america national Coach of the Year.

Known as an outstanding recruiter, Covich recruited and coached Brandt Garon, a two-time all-american at MCC. the louisiana native won the arnold Palmer award and the nJCaa national Championship in 2010 while under Covich's guidance. Garon then added the prestigious Jack nicklaus award in 2011. another Covich-product was 2012 nJCaa national Champion Jake Stirling. the aussie was also a two-time all-american and was recruited to MCC by Covich. t.J. Morgan became the third player recruited by Covich to MCC who finished first at the NJCAA National Championship (t1 in 2013).

at Mississippi State, Covich reeled in the no. 1 ranked junior college golfer in the nation twice, as Joe Sakulpolphaisan (Darton State College) signed with the Bulldogs in 2012 and tim Walker (Central alabama Community College) signed with MSu in 2014.

Covich lettered at Meridian Community College from 1998-2000 and was a member of the 1999 nJCaa region 23 Championship team. He received the Most Dedicated award during the 1998-1999 season. Covich lettered in varsity golf for lamar High starting in sixth grade. Covich led the raiders to an unprecedented four consecutive MPSa

SEAN COVICH CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Year School Highlights

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Meridian CC Won the MaCJC Championship finished third at the nJCaa national Championship

Meridian CC MACJC Championship Runner-Up

Two individual players qualified for the NJCAA National Championship

Meridian CC Finished seventh at the NJCAA NationalChampionship

Meridian CC finished runner-up at the nJCaa national Championship

Brandt Garon won nJCaa national Championship, named arnold Palmer award Winner

Signed Jake Stirling (eventual 2012 nJCaa national Champion)

Meridian CC ranked #1 by GolfStat in fall of 2010

Brandt Garon named Jack nicklaus award Winner

Signed tJ Morgan (eventual 2013 national champion)

Mississippi State Signed the no. 1 ranked JuCo player in the country - Joe Sakulpolphaisan

Chad Ramey qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

Mississippi State finished 2013 regular season ranked inside the top 30 (no. 27)

Top 5 at SEC Championship

Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

2013-14 Mississippi State Future PGA Tour player Chad Ramey becomes first MSU player to earn all-SeC honors 3 consecutive times

Signed the no. 1 ranked JuCo player in the nation - tim Walker

Qualified for NCAA Regional Championship

2014-15 West Virginia Hired to be head coach on May 22, 2014 and reintroduce men's golf program in 2015-16

2015-16 West Virginia First season of competition of WVU men's golf since 1982

Overall State Championships in 1995-1998. He received the Sportsmanship award in his junior and senior seasons.

Covich completed his education at Mississippi State, earning his bachelor’s degree in sports communications in 2004 and a master’s degree in sports administration in 2006.

In 2005, Covich was the Tour Director of the Mississippi Junior Golf association, during that tenure the MJGa experienced record membership and participation. along with his guidance of the MJGa, Covich conducted 13 junior golf events, including the Mississippi Junior Championship. in addition to those duties, he assisted in operating several Mississippi Golf association state championships such as the State amateur, Senior amateur and State four-Ball.

He began his golf career under his father, PGa Club Professional Jerry Covich, at Briarwood Country Club in Meridian, Miss. Covich also worked for longtime PGa Club Professional and robbie Webb Junior Golf award winner, Jimmy Gamblin, at northwood Country Club. Working for his father and Gamblin, Covich led junior clinics and camps at Briarwood and northwood.

Covich has been in a member of the Golf Coaches association of america since 2006. He was honored with the GCaa Service award in December of 2015. Covich was selected to serve on the GCaa’s all america Scholar Committee in 2016.

In 2005, Covich became Titleist Performance Institute Certified Level I and is currently working towards TPI Golf 2 certification.

Covich and his wife, Kate, have one child, John Keenan. the family resides in Morgantown.

Year School Highlights

2016-17 West Virginia Posted first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina intercollegiate

2017-18 West Virginia Ended with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking (No. 90)

2018-19 West Virginia Big 12 Championship is hosted by The Greenbrier in West Virginia Finished 6th at NCAA Louisville Regional, the first Regional appearance in 72 years

2019-20 West Virginia Ranked in Golfweek Top 25 for first time in school history Season canceled due to Covid-19

2020-21 West Virginia

Matthew Sharpstene finishes Top 8 at the 2020 US Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes

Mark Goetz becomes first All-American in school history, finishes second at nCaa regional

Goetz earns stroke-play medalist out of 312 golfers at 2021 uS amateur at oakmont

2021-22 West Virginia Won the Las Vegas Invitational with lowest 54-hole score in school history (-28)

2022-23 West Virginia Team shot lowest round in WVU’s Big 12 Championship history (281) 2023-24 West Virginia Best Big 12 Conference Championship finish in school history (5th) tied for third at nCaa rancho Santa fe regional as no. 10 seed, including topping no. 1 seed arizona State

Qualified for NCAA Championship for first time since 1947, finished Top 30 nationally

Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year

Named finalist for the Dave Williams Award, given to the national coach of the year

ASSISTANT COACH • DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

SECOND SEASON • MARYLAND ’22 WILL KORAS

Will Koras was hired as assistant Golf Coach in august 2023 and was elevated to Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development a year later.

In Koras’ first season at WVU, the Mountaineers made the 2024 NCAA Championships, their second appearance in program history (first since 1947) after finishing tied for third place as a No. 10 seed at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional. WVu won two tournaments (red Bandanna invitational and Mountaineer Invitational) and posted its highest Big 12 Conference finish (5th out of 14 teams), while carding nine top-10 finishes for the season.

West Virginia racked up a program-best 97 victories on the year including wins over fourth-ranked Arizona State, 15th-ranked Washington, 14th-ranked Texas Tech, and several Top 50-ranked teams including Stanford, Houston, SMU and BYU, to solidify the greatest season in program history. Individually, Max Green became the third Mountaineer in school history to be selected to Division i PinG all-Midwest region team.

Koras was a five-time letterwinner in golf at Maryland with four career top 10 finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club in April. A two-time team captain, he posted a low round of 65 at the 2021 tar Heel intercollegiate. Koras was the 2020 and 2022 Big ten Sportsmanship award winner.

a native of towson, Maryland, Koras graduated from Maryland summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA in communications with a certificate in leadership studies. He was a four-time academic all-Big ten member, a four-time Big 10 Distinguished Scholar and a four-time member of the Dean’s List. Koras won the Geary f. eppley award for the male senior student-athlete with the highest GPa. He was a 2023 GCaa all-america Scholar. Koras is pursuing a master’s degree of professional studies in project management.

Koras has an NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Certification. He was a First Tee Golf Coach, an fCa Golf Coach and a Maryland Golf Camp Counselor from 2021-23.

Koras was a member of the SaaC executive Board from 2019-21, where he served as the Mental Health and Wellness Chair. He led group meetings and coordinated events surrounding mental health for the entire athletics department. Koras was a member of the fellowship of Christian athletes, where he was a student leader who organized huddles and events.

Koras attended Loyola Blakefield High in Towson, Maryland, where he also competed in football and lacrosse. He has two brothers who play lacrosse at Maryland and a sister who plays at towson.

SUPPORT STAFF

Deputy Athletics Director/ CHief Development Officer/ Sport Administrator

Associate Athletics Director/ Communications

Director of Business Operations

BEN MURRAY

BRYAN MESSERLY

BREE PORTER Academic Counselor

GRAHAM REGER

STEVEN ROSIER Athletic Trainer

CHANDLER GELLER Strength and Conditioning Coach

KYLE KEESLER Equipment Manager

2024-25 ROSTER

Name Ht Yr

Hometown/High School (Previous School)

Hugh Donegan 6-1 r- fr. austin, texas/ Westlake

todd Duncan 6-1 Sr. Daniels, W.Va./Shady Spring

Max Green 6-1 Sr.

Hilton Head island, S.C./Hilton Head Christian academy

Pierce Grieve 6-6 Sr. l ake f orest, ill./ l ake f orest (l ouisville)

Carson Kammann 6-3 Jr. Knoxville, tenn./Knoxville West (east tennessee State) r yan l each 6-1 fr. Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown

Westy McCabe 6-0 Jr. Dallas, texas/ trinity Christian academy

Harrison t hompson 6-1 So. Knoxville, tenn./Knoxville Catholic

nick turowski 6-1 fr. Harrison City, Pa./Penn trafford

William Webb 6-1 fr. raleigh, n .C./Broughton

Kaleb Wilson 6-0 Jr. Knoxville, tenn./Christian academy of Knoxville

Head Coach: Sean Covich (11th season, Mississippi State ’04)

Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development: Will Koras (2nd season, Maryland, ’22)

2024-25 MOUNTAINEERS

Hugh DONEGAN

Carson KAMMANN

nick TUROWSKI

todd DUNCAN

ryan LEACH

William WEBB

Max GREEN

Westy McCABE

Kaleb WILSON

Pierce GRIEVE

Harrison THOMPSON

TODD DUNCAN

SENIOR • 6-1 • DANIELS, W.VA.

@TODD_DUNCAN

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Played 27 rounds for a 72.96 average

• Was in WVu's tournament lineup eight times

• Had three rounds in the 60's, including a career-low 67 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• WVU's top finisher at the NCAA Golf Championships with rounds of 78-74-72=224 (+8)

• tied for 13th place at the nCaa regional Championship with rounds of 73-70-70=213 (+3)

• finished tied for 23rd at the Big 12 Championship with rounds of 77-74-68-72=291 (+3)

• tied for sixth place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 71-71-71=213 (-3)

• Posted rounds of 80-72-75=227 (+11) at the Hootie at Bulls Bay intercollegiate

• Shot 3-over-par at the Schenkel invitational with rounds of 75-73-71=219 (+3)

• finished tied for 14th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 67-70=137 (-7)

• Shot 76-76-79=231 (+21) at the Gators invitational

• finished 1-under-par at the n.i.t. with rounds of 75-72-68=215

• recorded a win (uCf) and a tie (uCf) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• Participated in his first Big 12 Championship

• Had rounds of 80-74-illness-76 in the Big 12 Championship

• Was in the WVu lineup four times

• Participated in 23 rounds over eight tournaments for an average score of 74.70

• Had eight rounds of par of better, including four rounds in the 60s

• Was WVU's top finisher at the Mountaineer invitational, shooting 7378-70=221 (+5) to tie for sixth place

• Finished fifth at 3-over-par with rounds of 69-68-70=207 at the Butler Spring invitational

• Shot 75-73-79=227 (+11) at the Bobby nichols intercollegiate

• Had rounds of 76-69-74=219 (+3) competing as individual at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Shot rounds of 73-75-88=236 at the thomas Sharkey

• finished with rounds of 82-83-76=241 at the isleworth Collegiate

• recorded wins over in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Was WVU's top finisher at The Gopher invitational, shooting 69-7171=211 (-2) to tie for 25th place

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

• Played in eight tournaments with five rounds of par or better

• recorded rounds of 71-75-83=229 (+16) at the rutherford

• Shot 71-72=143 (+3) to finish tied for 12th at the Butler Spring

• tied for 18th place at the with rounds of 77-75-71=223 (+7)

• finished tied for 19th at the Sharkey individual Collegiate with rounds of 86-75-70=231 (+15)

CAREER STATS

• Has won numerous golf events during his career: the 2020 West Virginia Junior Matchplay Championship at Parkersburg Country Club going 4-0, dominating his matches 7&6, 3&2, 7&6, and 4&3 … the 2020 Mountaineer State Golf Classic at Glade Springs resort Cobb Course with rounds of 70-66-73 … the 2020 WVGa Junior amateur at Glade Springs resort Cobb Course with rounds of 68-69 … the 2020 West Virginia High School aa State Championship at oglebay resort Jones Course with rounds of 77-78 … the 2019 WVGa Junior amateur at the raven at Snowshoe Mountain with rounds of 73-76 … the 2019 West Virginia High School aa State Championship at oglebay resort Jones Course with rounds of 72-75

• finished in sixth place aJGa Junior at Penn State with rounds of 71-68-73

• Placed in the top 20 (16th) 2020 West Virginia open Championship at Glade Springs resort Cobb Course with rounds of 73-76-71

• finished in the top 20 (19th) 2020 West Virginia amateur Championship at the Greenbrier resort with rounds of 71-72-74-72

PERSONAL

• Son of Mike and Kellie Duncan

• Birthday is June 18

• Majoring in sport management

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor roll

• Garrett ford academic Honor roll

MAX GREEN

SENIOR • 6-1 • HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. • HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

@MGREEN.12

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Division i PinG all-Midwest region team

• Player of the Year of the WVu golf team

• only WVu golfer to be in the lineup in every tournament during the season

• Played in 36 rounds for an average of 70.92, the second-lowest total in school history

• 25 rounds of even par of better

• Had an 85.4% winning percentage entering the nCaa Championships

• Had 34 counting scores (94.4%)

• Had 12 rounds in the 60s, including three rounds of 66, a WVu career low

• Shot rounds of 76-75-79=230 (+14) at the nCaa Golf Championships

• WVU's top finisher at the NCAA Regional Championship, finishing sixth with rounds of 71-69-69=209 (-1)

• WVU's top finisher at the Big 12 Championship, tying for 18th place with rounds of 74-72-72-72=290 (+2)

• tied for fourth place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 66-72-71=209 (-7)

• named the Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Month for March

• tied for fourth place at the Hootie at Bulls Bay intercollegiate at 5-underpar with rounds of 67-74-70=211

• named WVu athlete of the Week on March 18 for his performance at the Schenkel invitational

• Earned a runner-up finish at the Schenkel invitational with rounds of 71-68-67=216 (-10)

• finished third at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with career lows of 66-66=132 (-12)

• tied for 27th place at the Gators invitational with rounds of 67-70-75=212 (+2)

• Shot 6-under at The N.I.T. and finished tied for 33rd with rounds of 71-68-71=210

CAREER STATS

• tied for 31st place at +4 (79-72-69=220) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

• Went 4-1 at Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over texas tech, oklahoma State and uCf (twice)

• tied for sixth place at the Gopher invitational at -2 (73-68-70=211)

• named WVu athlete of the Week on Sept. 4 for his performance at the red Bandanna

• Won his second collegiate tournament at the red Bandanna invitational by shooting 68-75-70=213 (-3)

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

• Was in the WVu lineup for eight tournaments

• Played in 10 tournaments for 30 total rounds

• Had an average score of 73.43

• Had 11 rounds of par or better, including four rounds in the 60s

• WVU's top finisher at the Big 12 Championship, tying for 24th place with rounds of 75-67-76-74=292 (+12)

• Marked WVU's highest finisher at the Big 12 Championship since 2019

• tied for 26th at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 80-77-70=227 (+11)

• Shot 72-75 at the Hootie at Bulls Bay

• finished tied for 24th place at the Schenkel invitational with rounds of 76-67-75=218 (+2)

• Shot 3-under-par with rounds of 7169-73=213 to tie for 31st place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Posted rounds of 72-75-74=221 (+11) at the Gators invitational

• Shot 1-under-par in the final round and finished +3 at the Arizona Intercollegiate with rounds of 78-70-71=219

• Competed as an individual at the isleworth Collegiate invitational and shot 77-80-81=238

• Had a win against and a tie against Baylor in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• finished second at the Xavier 9-under-par with rounds of 68-70-69=207

• recorded rounds of 73-74-75=222 (+9) at

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

• Played in eight tournaments

• Had six rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s

• Shot 74-80-73=227 (+14) as an individual at the Mason

• Competed as an individual at at Bulls Bay rounds of 76-74-78=228 (+12)

• named WV (March 28) for his performance at the

• Was co-champion of the eCu shooting 5-underpar with rounds of 69-6973=211

amed the South Carolina Junior Golf ssociation 2020 Boys Player of the Year amed the Carolinas Golf association 2020 Junior Boys Player of the Year o. 56 in the country by Golfweek ational Junior Boys ranking wo-time South Carolina independent ssociation (SCiSa) allState selection (2018 & 2019) epresented team Carolina in the Carolina vs. Georgia Junior Championship

Was selected as a member of the american Junior Golf association leadership links –Carolina Cup Green Played on the Hilton Head Christian academy varsity golf team for the past seven years, serving as team captain in 2019-20 and 2020-21

Has placed at numerous events: won the low nvitational at Chechessee Creek Club with a round of 70 … runner-up at the Creed Boys Junior invitational at Camden Country Club with rounds of 67-73 … runner-up at the Grant Bennett Junior invitational at florence Country Club with rounds of 65-70-72 … third place at the Harvey Brock orange Jacket nvitational at the Club at Brookstone with rounds of 69-75 … third place at the Carolinas Boys Junior Championship at florence Country Club with rounds of 67-69-68 … third place at the Carolinian amateur at Keith Hills Golf Club with rounds of 72-72-70 … third place at the Sea Pines Junior Heritage at Harbour town Golf links with rounds of 72-74 … third place at the SCiSa State Championship at Hackler Golf Club with rounds of 68-71

PERSONAL

Son of Jason and Dana Green

• Birthday is april 25

• Majoring in sport management

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor roll

• Garrett ford academic Honor roll

PIERCE GRIEVE

SENIOR • 6-6 • LAKE FOREST, ILL. • LAKE FOREST HIGH • LOUISVILLE

JUNIOR

(2023-24)

• Participated in 24 rounds for an average of 74.88

• Was in the WVU tournament lineup five times

• Shot 76-78-79=233 (+17) in the nCaa Golf Championships

• recorded rounds of 70-82-70=222 (+12) at the nCaa regional Championship

• Shot rounds of 72-80-70-73=295 (+7) and tied for 39th place at the Big 12 Championship

• tied for sixth place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 72-70-71=213 (-3)

• Shot 81-75 (+14) at the Wolfpack Individual Intercollegiate

• Posted rounds of 81-74-72=227 (+11) at the thomas Sharkey individual Collegiate

• Shot 74-74-77=225 (+9) at the Steelwood Collegiate invitational

• recorded rounds of 72-81-73=226 (+16) at the Xavier invitational

PRIOR TO WEST VIRGINIA

• Attended Louisville for two seasons, competing in 12 events (five as a freshman and seven as a sophomore) for the Cardinals

• Shot 68-69-73=210 (-6) in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (15th place), 71-6868=207 (-3) in the Maui Jim intercollegiate, 73-69-72=214 (+1) in the Bearcat invitational (19th place) and 71-71-72=217 (+1) in the Inverness Intercollegiate (fifth place)

• Was named to the aCC academic Honor roll

PREP

• a team captain at lake forest High

• Was the Illinois state champion, regional champion and sectional champion

• Was named the Illinois Junior Golf Player of the Year

• Was the Shriners Junior Invitational champion, setting the tournament scoring record at Medinah Country Club with a 64 in the first round

• Has posted AJGA Top 5 finishes at the Randy Wise Jr. open and PinG Heather farr Classic

• Ranked in the top 100 of the Rolex Junior Golf rankings and was rated a top 75 player in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings

PERSONAL

• Son of Bruce Grieve

• Majoring in business

• Birthday is June 30

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor roll

• Garrett ford academic Honor roll

CARSON KAMMANN

JUNIOR • 6-3 • KNOXVILLE, TENN. • @CARSONKAMMANN @CARSON_KAMMANN

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

• Competed in 17 rounds for an average of 74.00

• Played in six events and was in the WVu tournament lineup twice

• Season low of 67 at the Mountaineer invitational

• Was an alternate for the Big 12 Championship

• named WVu athlete of the Week on april 22 for his win at the Mountaineer invitational

• Won the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 71-68-67=206 (-10)

• Became the fourth different WVu golfer to win a tournament

• tied for 23rd place at the Bobby nichols intercollegiate with rounds of 86-69-70=225 (+12)

• finished tied for 16th place at the Wolfpack individual intercollegiate with rounds of 74-73 (+5)

• led WVu at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, finishing tied for 16th at +1 (73-68-76=217)

• Posted two wins (texas tech & Kansas) and a tie (uCf) at Big 12 Match Play Championship

• recorded rounds of 84-74-80 at the Gopher invitational

• Made the lineup in his first WVU event at the Red Bandanna Invitational and finished tied for 18th place at 9-over (75-79-71=225)

PRIOR TO WEST VIRGINIA

• attended east tennessee State in 2022-23

• Posted an average of 72.48 with a low round of 67 during his freshman season

• tied for ninth in the Maui Jim invitational with rounds of 67-71-72 and tied for 30th in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with rounds of 70-74-69

• Tied for 35th at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate with rounds of 67-74-70

PREP

• Played golf and swam at Knoxville West High

• Was a quarterfinalist in the Tennessee State Match Play in 2020

• finished third in the tennessee Junior amateur in 2020

• named to the 2020 and 2021 Tennessee Junior Cup Team

• Qualified for the 2021 & 2022 U.S. Amateur and for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

• Was a two-time district champion in golf (2020 and 2021)

• Finished second in the state championship in 2021 and fourth in 2022

• Took home championship honors at the Sneds elite at Harrison Bay in 2022

WESTY MCCABE

JUNIOR • 6-0 • DALLAS, TEXAS • TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

Played 17 rounds for an average of 75.29

Played in six events as an individual Had a season-low 69 at the

Shot 84-78-68=230 (+14) at the nvitational

ied for 17th place at the Bobby ntercollegiate with rounds of 75-75-73=223 (+10)

inished with rounds of 78 and 76 (+12) at ndividual intercollegiate

Shot 76-80-74=230 (+20) at

inished tied for fourth at the Minnesota Golf Classic at 7-under-par (70-69-70=209) Competed as an individual at the red nvitational and tied for 39th place at +18 (78-77-79=234)

's lineup for every

Played in nine tournaments for 28 total rounds

ecorded an average score of 74.18 Had 11 rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s Competed in the Big 12 Championship and finished with rounds of 78-71-74-80=303

• Shot 76-84-79=239 at the Mountaineer invitational

• Was 3-under-par at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 68-71-74=213

• recorded rounds of 70-74-74=218 (+2) at the Schenkel invitational

• Shot 5-under-par and tied for 24th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-72-70=211

• WVU's top finisher at the Gators Invitational, placing 18th with rounds of 70-70-74=214 (+4)

• recorded rounds of 84-78-80=242 at the Arizona Intercollegiate

• Shot 71-79-74=224 (+8) to tie for 34th place at the Xavier invitational

• finished tied for eighth place in his collegiate debut at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 73-71-69=213 (-3)

PREP

• Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Amateur after shooting 4-under-par to finish second at Bent tree Country Club

• three-time texas association of Private and Parochial Schools (taPPS) 6a team state champion (2019, 2021 & 2022)

• Played for coach Marshall edwards at trinity Christian academy, where they have produced several nCaa Division i golfer and PGa tour pros, including Will Zalatoris and Kramer Hickok

• Finished the 2021 fall high school season with a 72.8 tournament scoring average

• Won medalist honors at the 2021 TAPPS north texas regional with rounds of 76-69 and captured medalist honors in the north texas PGa Junior tour lone Star Classic, north texas PGa Junior tour Mid-Summer open and the Glen rose invitational

• runner-up medalist in the 2021 taPPS 6a State Championship, a runner-up medalist in the 2021 american Junior Golf association Huntsville Junior Championship with rounds of 69-70-68 and was a runner-up medalist in the north texas PGa Junior tour tangle Ridge Open and Frisco Junior Open

• Claimed top 5 showings with third place in the prestigious Jay Brewer Memorial Classic at texarkana Country Club with rounds of 70-6974 and fifth place in the PING Brophy Prep High School Rodeo in Arizona with scores of 71-70

• Member of the tCa varsity soccer team, was named all-District Center Mid-fielder and team captain

PERSONAL

• Son of randy and leslie McCabe

• Birthday is february 23

• Majoring in business

• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor roll

• Garrett ford academic Honor roll

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

KALEB WILSON

JUNIOR • 6-0 • KNOXVILLE, TENN.

• academic all-Big 12 Second team

• WVu Golf Most improved Player award

• Competed in 33 rounds for an average of 73.30 for the season

• Participated in 11 tournaments and was in the WVu lineup eight times

• Had seven rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 66 at the Mountaineer invitational

• Shot 82-84-76=242 (+26) at the nCaa Golf Championships

• finished tied for 22nd place at the nCaa regional Championship with rounds of 71-70-73=214 (+4)

• Shot rounds of 74-74-77-75=300 (+12) at the Big 12 Championship

• tied for 10th place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 75-76-66=217 (+1)

• Shot 1-over-par at the Schenkel invitational with rounds of 74-73-70=217

• finished tied for 28th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-71=140 (-4)

• tied for 27th place at the Gators invitational with rounds of 75-67-70=212 (+2)

• finished a career-best 11-under-par and tied for 15th at the n.i.t. with rounds of 70-68-67=215

• Shot 76-79-80-235 (+19) at the Steelwood Collegiate invitational

• recorded wins over texas tech and uCf at Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Shot 2-under-par (68-75-71=214) at the Minnesota Golf Classic, finishing tied for 14th

• Competed as an individual at the red Bandanna invitational and tied for 21st place at +10 (68-76-82=226)

FRESHMAN (2022-23)

• academic all-Big 12 rookie team

• Was in the WVu lineup for four tournaments

• Played in seven tournaments for 22 total rounds

• recorded an average score of 74.00

• Had seven rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s

• Competed in the Big 12 Championship and finished tied for 34th with rounds of 73-72-77-77=299

• tied for 24th place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 76-77-73=226 (+10)

• finished in fourth place at the Bobby intercollegiate with rounds of 68-69-75=212 (-4)

• recorded rounds of 72-71-77=220 (+4) at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Posted rounds of 74-71-78=223 (+7) to finish in 29th place at the Thomas Sharkey individual Collegiate

• finished tied for 44th place at the isleworth Collegiate rounds of 72-71-83=226 (+10)

• Participated in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Competed in the Gopher in his first varsity event and finished at 9-over-par (77-72-73=222)

PREP

• 2020 tennessee Golf Junior Player of the Year

• 2020 tennessee Secondary School athletic association ( ii-a State individual Champion with rounds of 70-72 for a -2 total

• 2021 tSSaa Division

• Member of four-time State High School Champion team at Christian Academy of Knoxville

• 2020 and 2021 r

• 2020 & 2021 Men’s Club Champion (youngest in 113 history of club) at Cherokee Country Club

• 2019 & 2020 5-Star Preps Golfer of the Year

• 2019 & 2020 tennessee Sports Writers assoc. all-State Golf

• Youngest player to make qualify for and make the 60-man cut in 2020 tennessee Men’s State

• 2020 Sneds tour Player of the Year

• named to the tennessee Junior Cup in 2020 & 2021

• 2019 Prep-extra Knoxville Golfer of the Year

• 2018 & 2019 District individual Champion

HARRISON THOMPSON

SOPHOMORE • 6-1 • KNOXVILLE, TENN. • KNOXVILLE CATHOLIC HIGH

2023-24 (FRESHMAN)

• Participated in 14 rounds for an average of 73.36 for the season

• Competed in five events and was in the WVu tournament lineup twice

• Was an alternate for the nCaa Golf Championships

• Was an alternate for the nCaa regional Championship

• tied for 12th place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 74-73-71=218 (+2)

• Competed as an individual at the Dorado Beach Collegiate and shot 71-75=146 (+2)

• recorded rounds of 75-74-74=223 (+7) to finished tied for 27th at the Thomas Sharkey individual Collegiate

• Shot 6-over-par (73-73-73=219) at the Gopher invitational

• Made the lineup in his first collegiate event at the red Bandanna invitational and placed 11th at +5 (73-71-77=221)

PREP

• Attended Knoxville Catholic High School

• Was a four-time Knoxville News AllConference Golfer and a four-time 5 Star Preps All-Knoxville Golf Team

• Was a two-time Tennessee Junior Cup participant and a two-time member of the tennessee all-State team

• Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, shooting a bogey-free 68 (-4) at the qualifier to advance to the u.S. Junior amateur at Bandon Dunes in Bend, Oregon

• Was a top three at the Tennessee Junior PGa Championship (-6), tied for fourth at the tennessee State Junior Championship with rounds of 72-69-71

• Was the 2022 tSSaa regional Champion with a score of 67

• named MVP (east team) at the 2022 Tennessee Junior Cup

• Is ranked inside the Top 300 (288th) nationally by Junior Golf Scoreboard

PERSONAL

• Son of Joe and Becky thompson

• Majoring in finance

• Birthday is Dec. 10

HUGH DONEGAN

R-FRESHMAN • 6-1 • AUSTIN, TEXAS • WESTLAKE HIGH

@HUGHMDONEGAN @HUGHDONEGAN

2023-24 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)

• redshirted as a true freshman

PREP

• attended Westlake High in austin, texas

• a team captain in 2022-23, he helped austin Westlake accumulate more than 35 straight tournament wins, including five-straight Texas High State Championship titles

• Played on the winning district, regional and state team in 2022, finishing with a thirdplace finish at the District 26-6A and fifth place at the regionals 26-6a Championship

• Qualified and played in the 50th Texas State open (pro event) at age 15, shooting the lowest score in the qualifier (68)

• Finished fifth at the 2021 TJGT Barton Creed Classic with scores of 69-72 and 13th at the 2022 AJGA D.A. Points Invitational with scores of 70-73-77

• Was an alternate for the u.S. Junior amateur Championship, with the thirdlowest score at the qualifier (71)

• is ranked inside the top 250 (229th) nationally by Junior Golf Scoreboard

PERSONAL

• Son of Julie and Jack Stinson and Michael Donegan

• Majoring in sport management

• Birthday is January 11

RYAN LEACH

FRESHMAN • 6-1

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. • JAMESTOWN HIGH

@RYAN_LEACHGOLF

PREP

• Won the Junior Valentine invitational after shooting rounds of 68-66 for a 10-under-par total

• Qualified for the 2023 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst resort with a round of 3-under (69)

• Semifinalist in the 2022 Bobby Bowers Memorial Junior Match Play, shot 71 in stroke play qualifying

• led team Virginia to the 2022 Mid-atlantic Junior invitational Championship with the lowest individual score for team Virginia

• Helped team Virginia win the 2022 Capital Cup hosted by the MaPGa

• 2022 Williamsburg Country Club Men’s Champion at the age of 16

• two-time Bay rivers District Player of the Year (2022 & 2023)

• two-time first team Virginia High School all-State (2022 & 2023)

• three-time first team Class 4a all-regional (2020, 2022 & 2023)

• named first team all-District in 2023 with a 69.0 tournament scoring average

• led Jamestown High to the 2020 Virginia High School Class 4 State Championship, runner-up in 2021

• two-time team captain (2022 & 2023)

• Top 30 finish as a junior in the 2022 Eastern amateur with rounds of 72-69-70-72

• Qualified for the 2022 & 2023 Virginia Men’s Amateur

PERSONAL

• Son of Mike and Julie leach

• Majoring in business

• Birthday is January 7

• father is retired nfl player (15 years) and current William & Mary assistant golf coach

NICK TUROWSKI

FRESHMAN • 6-1

HARRISON CITY, PA. • PENN TRAFFORD HIGH

@NICHOLAS_TUROWSKI

PREP

• West Penn Junior Champion (73-68)

• Pennsylvania Junior runner-up (72-70-71)

• Westmoreland County Junior Champion (68)

• West Penn Amateur fifth place (69-66-75)

• Medalist at the US Junior Am qualifier, shooting -7 (65)

• Semifinalist at the Pennsylvania Jay Siegel Match Play

• Pennsylvania Open Low Amateur Runner-up and fifth place overall

• named 2023 Western Pennsylvania Golf association’s Junior Golfer of the Year

• Holds Penn trafford school record for lowest nine-hole score of 29 (-7)

• Youngest winner in 40-year history of Westmoreland County Junior in 2021

• Selected to 2023 Western Pennsylvania Golf association’s Williamson Cup and Palmer Cup teams

• Winner of 2021 WPIAL AAA Golf Championship (first in school history)

• Winner of 2023 WPial aaa Golf Championship

• first two-time winner from Westmoreland County since arnold Palmer back in 1940s

• Finished tied for first at the 2023 PIAA State Championship finals with rounds of 69-68 (7-under-par)

• two-time winner of Westmoreland County Coaches association Championship: 2021 (71) and 2023 (68)

• Qualified for the 2023 US Junior Amateur

• Qualified for the 2021 PGA Junior Championship (made the cut as a sophomore)

• 2022 Pennsylvania Junior Championship runner-up with scores of 67-72

• 2023 runner-up C.r. Miller Match Play Championship

• runner-up 2023 West Penn Junior (73-71)

• finished runner-up in 2022 WPial’s

• Earned first medal in school history at the Pa. state high school finals in 2021 by finishing in Top 5 (4th)

• Finished fifth at 2023 AJGA Technical Solutions Junior at Southpointe

• 2023 Pennsylvania Junior Championship sixth place

• Finished 13th at 2023 Justin Thomas AJGA

• 2022 elite invitational placed top 15 (13th)

• Finished 14th at 2023 AJGA at Penn State

• Honor roll all four years of high school

• four-year started on the Penn trafford tennis team

PERSONAL

• Son of Don and amy turowski

• Majoring in business

• Birthday is January 18

• One brother, Alex, is currently at Fairmont State and plays on their golf team

WILLIAM WEBB

• 6-1

PREP

• Shot back-to-back rounds of 68 to win the 2023 Carolinas Junior PGa Championship

• two-time (2021 & 2022) north Carolina High School 4a regional individual champion

• runner-up north Carolina 4a State Championship

• Qualified for the 2021 United States Junior Amateur Championship

• Qualified for the 2023 Junior PGA Championship

• Earned four Top 10 finishes in AJGA events

• owns course record at Carolina Country Club (59)

• Shot 73-67 (-4) in the 2022 united States amateur Championship qualifying, finished Top 50 earning alternate status

• Volunteer for the inaugural uSGa adaptive open in 2022

• named to the Honorable Mention team for the uSGa-aJGa Presidents’ leadership award

PERSONAL

• Son of Jenna and Woody Webb

• Majoring in finance

• Birthday is november 24

2023-24 REVIEW

FIFTH AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP • T-3RD AT NCAA REGIONALS • 28TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAM

• Second nCaa Golf Championships appearance in school history (other was 1947)

• first appearance since program was reinstated in 2015

• recorded a 28th-place finish at NCAA Championships, besting the previousbest mark of 39th in 1947

• finished tied for third as a 10 seed at rancho Santa fe regional

• two tournament victories at the red Bandanna invitational and Mountaineer invitational

• School-record 97 wins this season, including victories over arizona State, Stanford, Washington, texas tech, Houston, BYu, utah, nC State, Kentucky, San Diego, uCf, tCu, Boston College, fGCu

• Program-best fifth place finish at Big 12 Conference Championship (out of 14 teams)

• tied for fourth-most wins (3) at Big 12 Match Play (defeated no. 25 texas tech in opening match)

• Second lowest tournament score in program history (-27) in the national invitational tournament

• tied school record for lowest round in school history (-17) in round one of the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• lowest round score in Big 12 Championship (-8 in round three)

• GCaa all-academic team

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SEAN COVICH

• Big 12 Coach of the Year

• One of five finalists for the NCAA Division i Dave Williams Coach of the Year award

JACKSON DAVENPORT

• Competed in 11 events for a total of 33 rounds

• Had an average score of 72.48

• appeared in the WVu lineup in 10 tournaments

• Participated in the Big 12 Championship, nCaa regionals and nCaa Championships

• Had three rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 67 at the Mountaineer invitational

• tied for second place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 71-69-67=207 (-9)

• Earned a runner-up finish at the Bobby Nichols intercollegiate, shooting 71-72-72=215 (+2)

• Picked up one victory (uCf) and three ties (Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Kansas) at Big 12 Match Play Championship

TODD DUNCAN

• academic all-Big 12 first team

• Played 27 rounds for a 72.96 average

• Was in WVu’s tournament lineup eight times

• Had three rounds in the 60’s, including a career-low 67 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate

• Participated in the Big 12 Championship, nCaa regionals and nCaa Championships

• WVU’s top finisher at the NCAA Golf Championships with rounds of 78-74-72=224 (+8)

• tied for 13th place at the nCaa regional Championship with rounds of 73-70-70=213 (+3)

• finished tied for 23rd at the Big 12 Championship with rounds of 77-74-68-72=291 (+3)

• tied for sixth place at the Mountaineer invitational with rounds of 71-71-71=213 (-3)

• finished 1-under-par at the n i t with rounds of 75-72-68=215

• recorded a win (uCf) and a tie (uCf) at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor roll

MAX GREEN

• academic all-Big 12 first team

• Division i PinG all-Midwest region team

• Player of the Year of the WVu golf team

• only WVu golfer to be in the lineup in every tournament during the season

• Played in 36 rounds for an average of 70.92, the second-lowest total in school history

• 25 rounds of even par of better

• Had an 85.4% winning percentage entering the nCaa Championships

• Had 34 counting scores (94.4%)

• Had 12 rounds in the 60s, including three rounds of 66, a WVu career low

• WVU’s top finisher at the NCAA Regional Championship, finishing sixth with rounds of 71-69-69=209 (-1)

• WVU’s top finisher at the Big 12 Championship, tying for 18th place with rounds of 74-72-72-72=290 (+2)