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2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Reece Coleman

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • High School Gray
  • Prev School Anderson
  • Instagram reececoleman18
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Biography

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 selection 
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
 
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 206 (-4) 1-Hurricane 14 18 29

* at Anderson University
 
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
2023 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