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2010 Men's Golf Roster

Byron White

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 145
  • Class Senior

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2009-2010)
Fall 2009: Played in four tournaments tying for 11th at the John Dallio Memorial Invitational... Tied for 70th at the Aflac/ Cougar Invitational... Shot his season low of 68 in the first round at the Rollins College Invitational to help him finished tied for 33rd place... Came in tied for 59th at the NSU Shark Invitational.

Spring 2010: Played in seven tournaments... Had his best finish at the season opening Golfweek Spring Invitational for Division II tournament where he tied for 10th... At the 2010 SSC Tournament he came in tied for 14th posting his lowest score of a 68 in the third round of play... Finished tied for 15th at the Matlock Collegiate Classic... At the 2010 Southeastern Collegiate Tournament he came in tied for 28th... Finished tied for 61st at the Carrabba's Italian Grill Invitational... Came in tied for 68th at the Bobcat Invitational... Competed at the NCAA Division II Men's South/Southeast Regional Tournament where he came in tied for 20th after three rounds of play, to help his team finish third and advance to the NCAA National Tournament... Concluded the season with a 74.69 shot average for 32 rounds of play.

AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
Fall 2008:Came in 27th place at the NSU Shark Invitational...Spring 2009: Began spring season with a 33rd place finish at the Matlock Collegiate Classic...Followed that performance with a 15th place finish at the CSUB Eloc. Invitational and a 13th place finish at the Southeastern Collegiate...Came in 12th at the Bobcat Invitational, recording lowest round of the season with a 66 in the second round...Tallied highest finish of the season by coming in 4th place at the SSC Championship...Came in 72nd place at the NCAA DII South/Southeast Regional...Averaged a 73.13 scoring average in 23 rounds...Named 2nd team All-Sunshine State Conference... Selected as a PING All-South Region performer.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
Fall 2007: Played in three tournaments, including a 19th place finish in the Aflac/Cougar Invitational...Spring 2008: Finished the season strong, placing 7th in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament and 5th in the Division II South Regional...Also placed 28th in the Division II Championship...Finished with a 72.96 scoring average in 23 rounds and eight tournaments...Was named a 1st Team All-SSC member.

AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
Fall 2006: Played in three tournaments and seven rounds in the fall season...Average score was a 76.00...Best round of young career was an even-par 72 in the Coker College Invitational (9/26/06)...Is currently ranked 73rd in the South Region...Spring 2007: Played in three tournaments, finishing as high as 15th in the Matlock Collegiate Classic...Shot a career best 72 twice in that same tournament...Finished the spring season with a 76.13 scoring average.

CAREER
Played varsity golf at Lakewood Ranch High School in Bradenton, Fla. under head coach Dave Fronte...Was named MVP of his team and earned All-County honors...Had a nine hole scoring average of 36.25 and 18 hole average of 74.3...Won 2005 Regional and District tournaments...Finished sixth in Optimist and third in the Optimist Tournament of Champions.

PERSONAL
Born in Dallas, Texas...Sports Management major...Names favorite athlete as Tony Romo and his favorite team as the Dallas Cowboys... List hobbies as watching television and ping pong...Career goal is to play professional golf...His best asset to the team is his positive encouragement...Son of Randy and Sandy White...Father was a collegiate athlete at the University of Texas... Has two siblings, Barrett and Brek.