Honors and Awards
2020-21 third-team All-Sun Belt
2020-21 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Named to GS President’s List in the spring
2020-21 GCAA All-American Scholar
2019-20 GCAA All-American Scholar
2019-20 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 Named to GS Dean's List in fall
2018-19 third-team All-Sun Belt
2018-19 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 Named to GS Dean's List in the spring
Fifth Year (2020-21): Played in all 10 tournaments and posted a 73.90 scoring average • Shot 72 or better in 11 rounds and carded a season-low 68 twice • Tallied five top-25 finishes, including two top-5s • Tied for 25th in stroke play at the Sun Belt Championship and went 2-0 in match play, winning both matches in a combined 28 holes.
Senior (2019-20): Ranked 12th in the Sun Belt and fourth on the team with a 71.72 scoring average • Low round was a 65 in the first round of the JT Poston Invitational • Shot a GS career low there with a 205 (-8) and finished ninth • Won the GS Individual Collegiate after posting a 210 (-6) • Tied for ninth at the Colleton River Collegiate and shot 214 (-2) • Posted 10 rounds of par or better • Was in the lineup for both of the Eagles’ team tournament wins.
Junior (2018-19): 72.93 scoring average ranked fourth on the team • Had four top-25 finishes • Tied for 15th at the Sun Belt Championship after shooting a season-low 66 in the final round • Won his match in the Sun Belt Match Play semifinals • Shot 4-under and finished ninth at the Stanford Regional to help the Eagles advance to the NCAA Finals • Placed second in the Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate, his best finish of the season, to open the spring • Tied for 12th at the Colleton River Collegiate • Shot 72 or better 12 times, including all three rounds of the Stanford Regional • Injuries held him out of four events in the fall.
Before Georgia Southern:
NJCAA Golfstat ranking as high as 8
The 2018 Patriot All-American Invitational invitee
2018 PING 1st Team All American
2018 NJCAA National All-Tournament Team
2018 Central Alabama Community College Golf Player of the Year
2018 Nick Ward Memorial Award recipient
2018 Brad Willis Memorial Award recipient
2018 Jack Nicklaus Award semi-finalist
2018 NJCAA Region XXII All – Region Team
2017 NJCAA District 4 All-District Team
2017 Central Alabama Community College Golf Player of the Year
2017 NJCAA Freshman All American
Member of the 2017 NJCAA Academic National Championship team
Junior College Tournament Top-10s
August 2017 – May 2018
Wallace State Fall Invite; Cross Creek Golf Club; 72-72-73; 5/49
District 4 Preview; Duran Golf Club; 71-75-76 5/50
MGCCC Fall Invite; Grand Bear Golf Club; 72-76; T8/97
Titan Winter Invite; Suntree Country Club;71-73-73 T9/70
2017 Trojan Invite; Wynlakes Golf & Country Club; 72-71;T2/68
Calhoun Spring Invite; Point Mallard Golf Club; 71-74; 3/32
Ron Marshall Spring Fling; Goose Pond Colony; 74-75-67;Win/92
Glen Lakes Invitational; Glen Lakes Golf Club, Foley, AL; 72-73-68; T1/76
NJCAA Region 22 Championship; Good Pond Colony; 70-69-70; T2/44
NJCAA District 4 Championship; Duran Golf Club; 70-74-75; T6/52
NJCAA Men’s National Championship D1; The Rawls Course 72-67-73-72 T8/106
August 2016-May 2017
Montgomery Country Club Invitational; 71-69-72; T-4/65
District Preview; Brewton County Club; 74-76-73; T-7/49
Calhoun Fall Invitational; Point Mallard Golf Course: 79-76-78; T-10/35
CACC Fall Invitational; Willow Point Country Club; 75-71; 5/53
Titan Winter Invitational; Suntree Country Club; 71-74-77; T-10/81
Faulkner State Invitational; Rock Creek Golf Club; 75-75; T-10/64
Ron Marshall Spring Fling; Goose Pond Colony; 73-71-73; 1/99 playoff win
Glenlakes Invitational; Glenlakes Golf Club; 78-76-71; 4/37
Personal: Born Sept. 11, 1997, in McDonough Ga. • The son of Robert and Carla Maples.
Major: Management.
Career Snapshot |
Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
2018-19 |
10 |
29 |
2115 |
72.93 |
66-SBC |
206 (-7) |
2-GS Indy |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2019-20 |
6 |
18 |
1291 |
71.72 |
65-Poston |
205 (-8) |
1-GS Indy |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2020-21 |
11 |
33 |
2436 |
73.82 |
68-Twice |
209 (-7) |
2-Bash |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Totals |
27 |
80 |
5842 |
73.03 |
65-Poston |
205 (-8) |
1-GS Indy |
4 |
7 |
9 |
Career Scorecard |
2018-19 |
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|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
Invitational at The Ocean Course* |
73-78=151 |
+9 |
T36 |
GS Individual Collegiate |
74-69-67=210 |
-6 |
2 |
Gator Invitational |
75-76-77=228 |
+18 |
T75 |
Colleton River Collegiate* |
71-75-71=217 |
+1 |
T12 |
Schenkel Invitational |
79-72-69=220 |
+4 |
T28 |
Tar Heel Collegiate |
74-74-75=223 |
+7 |
T31 |
Mason Rudolph Invitational* |
75-69-68=212 |
-1 |
T21 |
Sun Belt Championship |
70-74-66=210 |
-3 |
T15 |
NCAA Stanford Regional |
67-71-68=206 |
-4 |
9 |
NCAA Championships |
79-77-82=238 |
+22 |
-- |
*Played as an individual |
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|
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2019-20 |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
JT Poston Invitational |
65-73-67=205 |
-8 |
9 |
Fighting Irish Classic |
78-77-74=229 |
+16 |
74 |
White Sands Intercollegiate |
76-74-68=218 |
+2 |
T52 |
GS Individual Collegiate |
72-70-68=210 |
-6 |
1 |
Gator Invitational |
75-70-70=215 |
+5 |
T24 |
Colleton River Collegiate |
71-70-73=214 |
-2 |
T9 |
2020-21 |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
Scenic City Collegiate |
84-77-77=238 |
+22 |
38 |
Graeme McDowell Invitational |
71-76-79=226 |
+10 |
T38 |
Bash in the Boro |
68-69-72=209 |
-7 |
2 |
Gator Invitational |
71-69-70=210 |
E |
T48 |
Seminole Invitational |
76-73-74=223 |
+7 |
T44 |
Spartan Collegiate |
73-70-68=211 |
-5 |
T4 |
Auburn Tiger Invitational |
74-75-70=219 |
+3 |
T43 |
Schenkel Invitational |
72-74-74=220 |
+4 |
T21 |
Mountaineer Invitational |
78-75-74=227 |
+11 |
T23 |
Sun Belt Championship |
79-77-78=234 |
+18 |
T25 |
NCAA Tallahassee Regional |
75-70-74=219 |
+3 |
T37 |