Honors and Awards
Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year 2024
Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference 2024
GS Honor Roll Spring 2024 (3.00-3.49 GPA)
GS Dean's List Fall 2023 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2023-24 (5th Season): Season scoring average was a team-low 72.06, coming in 33 rounds • Best finish was a
 T5 at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate • Low round was a 66, coming in the third round of the JT Poston Invitational • Recorded one top-10 finish • Shot par or better in 18 rounds and six tournaments • Went 2-2-0 in match play action • Was second on the team with 116 birdies • Had 360 pars and two eagles • The Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year and a second-team all-conference selection.
Athletic Highlights
Spent the previous four seasons at Anderson University
Ranked sixth in Division II by Golfstat in 2022-23
2022-23 NCAA Division II PING first-team All-America
Helped lead the Trojans to five straight team titles to start the 2022-23 season and carded five of the top-seven 54-hole scores in program history
2022-23 Stroke Average of 70.33 (30 rounds) with seven finishes in the top 3
2022-23 SAC Golfer of the Year
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
2021-22 Stroke Average of 72.38
2020-21 Stroke Average of 72.65
2019-20 Stroke Average of 71.67
Four-time All-South Atlantic Conference selectionÂ
2020 All-South Atlantic Conference Freshman of The Year
Has posted 14 top-10 finishes and placed in the top-5 seven times
2 collegiate wins, AU Invitational & Southern Tide Classic
Two-time CoSIDA Academic selection
3.69 GPA
2022 Mid-Pines Amateur 67-73-71, 3rd
Selected to represent South Africa on the 19U provincial team in 2017 and 2018
Finished high school ranked 34 in Golf RSA 19U rankings.
Advanced to match play in the NOMADS South African Boys U19 Championship for two consecutive years (2017, 2018).
Personal: Born Reece James Coleman Dec. 18, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa • The son of Claire and David • Has a brother, Travis, and a sister, Sydnee.
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies
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Career Snapshot |
Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
2019-20* |
6 |
15 |
1075 |
71.67 |
67- UNG |
206 (-4) |
T1-twice |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2020-21* |
7 |
20 |
1453 |
72.65 |
64-LMU |
209(-7) |
T3-Full Moon |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2021-22* |
9 |
26 |
1882 |
72.38 |
66-Bulldog |
213(-3) |
2-LMU |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2022-23* |
10 |
30 |
2110 |
70.33 |
67-UNG |
207(-9) |
1-Hurricane |
7 |
7 |
10 |
2023-24 |
11 |
33 |
2378 |
72.06 |
66-JT Poston |
209 (-7) |
T5-Sharkey |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Totals |
43 |
124 |
8898 |
71.76 |
64-LMU |
206Â (-4) |
1-Hurricane |
14 |
18 |
29 |
* at Anderson University
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Career Scorecard |
2019-20 ^ |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
AU Tournament |
68-73=141 |
-3 |
T1 |
Kiawah Island Invitational |
72-79=151 |
+7 |
T61 |
UNG Fall Invitational |
67-72-72=211 |
-5 |
T10 |
Donald Ross Intercollegiate |
72-66-68=206 |
-4 |
2 |
2020 Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate |
74-77-73=224 |
+8 |
11 |
Southern Tide Classic |
72-70=142 |
-2 |
T1 |
2020-21 ^ |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
Matt Dyas Invitational |
72-74-74=220 |
+4 |
T7 |
Full Moon Invitational |
71-70=141 |
-1 |
T3 |
2021 LMU Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate |
64-73-72=209 |
-7 |
5 |
Saint Leo Invitational |
72-73-70=215 |
-1 |
T26 |
Bearcat Classic |
77-69-77=223 |
+7 |
T44 |
2021 Tennessee River Rumble |
66-76-77=219 |
+3 |
T32 |
SAC Men's Golf Championship |
75-75-76=226 |
+10 |
35 |
2021-22 ^ |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
Camden Collegiate |
72-67-76=215 |
+5 |
T21 |
Donald Ross Intercollegiate |
71-73-71=215 |
+5 |
T16 |
Miami Intercollegiate |
74-80-69=223 |
+13 |
T31 |
2022 LMU Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate |
73-73-67=213 |
-3 |
2 |
Spring Bulldog Clash |
78-69-66=213 |
+3 |
7 |
Tusculum Invitational |
72-74=146 |
+2 |
T17 |
2022 Tennessee River Rumble |
76-77-75=228 |
+12 |
56 |
SAC Men's Golf Championship |
73-73-69=215 |
-1 |
T18 |
2022-23 ^ |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
UNG Intercollegiate |
67-68-72=207 |
-9 |
3 |
Cougar Invitational |
71-65-73=209 |
-1 |
2 |
Camden Intercollegiate |
71-68-69=208 |
-2 |
3 |
2022 McCoy Wright Currahee Collegiate |
67-73-79=219 |
+3 |
T15 |
2023Â LMU Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate |
71-71-70=212 |
-4 |
T3 |
Hurricane Invitational |
70-69-70=209 |
-7 |
1 |
Bearcat Classic |
71-69-70=210 |
-6 |
T3 |
2023 State Farm Tennessee River Rumble |
68-75-71=214 |
-2 |
T13 |
SAC Men's Golf Championship |
70-68-72=210 |
-6 |
T2 |
2023 NCAA Southeast/South Region |
69-73-70=213 |
-1 |
T16 |
2023-24 |
|
|
|
Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
Valero Texas Collegiate |
71-76-75=222 |
+6 |
T38 |
JT Poston Invitational |
72-73-66=211 |
-2 |
T20 |
Fighting Irish Classic |
75-71-71=217 |
+7 |
T43 |
Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate |
75-71-72=218 |
+2 |
T34 |
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* |
71-70-70=211 |
-5 |
T5 |
John Burns Intercollegiate |
71-72-70=213 |
-3 |
T14 |
The Invitational at The Ford |
67-79-70=216 |
E |
T20 |
Colleton River Collegiate |
67-70-72=209 |
-7 |
T13 |
Schenkel Invitational |
70-74-71=215 |
-1 |
T36 |
The Stitch |
76-74-75=225 |
+12 |
T30 |
Sun Belt Championship |
76-76-79=221 |
+5 |
T27 |
* played as an individual
^ at Anderson University