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1 Schedule and Results SEPTEMBER 9-11 Carpet Capital Collegiate 2nd of 14 The Farm GC Dalton, Ga Inverness Intercollegiate 1st of 13 Inverness Toledo, Ohio OCTOBER 3-4 Jerry Pate National 1st of 12 Old Overton Vestavia Hills, Ala Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate 10th of 17 GC of Georgia Lake Alpharetta, Ga. FEBRUARY 2-4 Amer Ari Invitational 13th of 21 King s Course Waikoloa, Hawaii All-American Intercollegiate 5th of 18 GC of Houston Houston, Texas MARCH 5-7 Tiger Invitational 1st of 19 Grand National Opelika, Ala Bandon Dunes Championship t-8th of 16 Old MacDonald Bandon, Ore Hootie at Bulls Bay t-3rd of 15 Bulls Bay GC Awendaw, S.C. APRIL Gary Koch Invitational 1st of 14 Gaston CC Gastonia, N.C SEC Championship t-9th of 14 Sea Island GC St. Simons Island, Ga. MAY NCAA West Lafayette Regional Kampen Course West Lafayette, Ind NCAA Championship Rich Harvest Farms Sugar Grove, Ill AUBURN GOLF AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE AUBURN, AL NCAA WEST LAFAYETTE REGIONAL May 15-17, 2017 West Lafayette, Ind. Kampen Course Par 72 7,411 Yards Participating Teams (Golfstat/GCAA Coaches Rankings) 5/5 Florida, 8/8 Illinois, 17/17 UNLV, 20/19 Auburn, South Carolina, Colorado, Purdue, New Mexico, Augusta, Saint Mary s, Campbell, Richmond, Cleveland State PROBABLE LINEUP (5 of the 7) Name Year Hometown Stroke Avg. Trace Crowe Sophomore Bluffton, S.C Jacob Solomon Sophomore Dublin, Calif Jovan Rebula Freshman George, South Africa Matt Gilchrest Senior Southlake, Texas Will Long Senior Gastonia, N.C Ryan Benton Senior Dothan, Ala Ben Schlottman Junior Advance, N.C TOURNAMENT FIELD The 2017 NCAA West Lafayette Regional will feature a very tough field as four teams are nationally-ranked in the Golfstat and GCAA Coaches Poll. No. 5 Florida, No. 8 Illinois, No. 17 UNLV and No. 19 Auburn are in the top 25. ADVANCING TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP The top five teams and one individual not on those teams qualify for the 121st NCAA Men s Golf Championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., May Auburn is the No. 4 seed in the NCAA West Lafayette Regional. Sugar Grove, Ill., is 46 miles west of Chicago. AUBURN AT THE NCAA REGIONAL The Tigers are making their 26th overall appearance in the last 28 years as eighth-year head coach Nick Clinard has led the Tigers to eight-straight NCAA Regional appearances. Last season, Auburn advanced to the NCAA Championship by finishing fifth at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional behind Will Long s tie for 10th at 1-under and Jacob Solomon s and Michael Johnson s tie for 14th at even par. Auburn has advanced to the NCAA Championship five consecutive seasons and 21 overall. The Tigers have won two Regionals, the 1990 NCAA East Regional in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the 1997 NCAA East Regional in The Homestead, Va. Auburn has one individual NCAA Regional medalist in Jimmy Green in ONE OF ONLY SEVEN Auburn is one of only seven teams to make five consecutive NCAA Championship appearances with Florida State, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas. AUBURN AT THE NCAA REGIONAL Schedule of Events Sunday, May Practice Round, Auburn shotgun start off No. 6 at 10 am ET (9 am CT) Monday, May First Round, Auburn tees off No. 10 at 8:20 am ET (7:20 am CT) Tuesday, May Second Round, Tee time TBA Wednesday, May 17...Third Round, Tee Time TBA

2 Golfstat Rankings Rank Team 1. Southern California 2. Vanderbilt 3. Oklahoma State 4. Stanford 5. Florida 6. LSU 7. Oregon 8. Illinois 9. Baylor 10. Wake Forest 11. Texas Tech 12. Kent State 13. Texas A&M 14. Clemson 15. Oklahoma 16. Texas 17. UNLV 18. Virginia 19. Duke 20. AUBURN 21. Georgia Tech 22. Ole Miss 23. Georgia 24. Florida State 25. Missouri -As of May 2, 2017 GCAA Coaches Poll Rank Team Points 1. Southern California (17) Oklahoma State Vanderbilt Baylor (3) Florida LSU Stanford Illinois Oregon Wake Forest Kent State Oklahoma Texas Tech Clemson Texas Virginia UNLV Texas A&M AUBURN Georgia Tech Ole Miss Duke Georgia Pepperdine Arizona State 29 Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 23, Arkansas 11, Kennesaw State 7, Florida State 5, Lipscomb 5, NC State 4, Colorado 3, UCF 2, North Carolina 2 First-place votes in parenthesis * Auburn is paired with South Carolina and Colorado in the first round Auburn NCAA Regional Records Best Team Finish... t-7th (1994) Team Low Final Score (2007) Individual Best Finish...Champion (Once)... Chip Spratlin (1995) Auburn at the 2016 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Auburn (5th of 13) t-10 Will Long (-1) t-14 Michael Johnson (E) t-14 Jacob Solomon (E) t-30 Ben Schlottman (+5) t-36 Matt Gilchrest (+7) RANKINGS Auburn has been ranked in the top 25 polls throughout the season, including a No. 2 ranking at one point during the fall and enters the NCAA Regional ranked No. 20 in the Golfstat rankings and No. 19 in the GCAA Coaches poll. AGAINST THE FIELD THIS SEASON The Tigers have faced seven teams in the NCAA Regional, compiling a 6-7 (.462) mark. Auburn s record against the field: UNLV (1-0), Purdue (1-0), Richmond (1-0), Florida (1-1), Saint Mary s (1-1), South Carolina (1-3) and Colorado (0-2). GOLF COURSE The Kampen Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, links-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with vast sand bunkers, native grasslands, ponds and a natural celery bog. Kampen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,400 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards. Kampen is rated one of the top collegiate courses in the nation and has been awarded 4.5 stars on Golf Digest s Places to Play. Kampen receives high marks as it is ranked as one of the most difficult golf courses in Indiana. The course has also played host to a number of prestigious collegiate and public tournaments such as the 2000 Men s Big Ten Championship, the 2003 Women s NCAA Championship, the 2004 Indiana Open, the 2005 Women s Western Amateur and the 2008 Men s NCAA Championship. WEATHER The weather for Sunday s practice round is 65/44 and sunny, wind NNW 12 mpg; Monday s first round is 69/50 and 50% afternoon showers, wind N 12 mph; Tuesday s second round is 72/52, 60% morning showers, win N 10 mph; and Wednesday s final round is 67/49 and partly cloudy, win 9 mph. ALL-SEC TIGERS Two Auburn golfers received All-SEC honors as sophomore Trace Crowe was named to the All-SEC second-team and senior Matt Gilchrest was a SEC Men s Golf Community Service Team selection. WINNING WAYS Since 2009 when Nick Clinard took the helm, Auburn has won 25 team titles including four wins this season at the Inverness Intercollegiate, Jerry Pate National, Tiger Invitational and Gary Koch Invitational. He has coached the Tigers to eight wins in the last two seasons alone. Under Clinard s tutelage, Auburn has had 27 individual medalists including Trace Crowe this year at the Gary Koch Invitational.

3 AS THE CROWE FLYS Sophomore Trace Crowe was named to the All-SEC second team with a team-best stroke average. He won his first career tournament at the Gary Koch Invitational with pair of 66s in the final two rounds to finish 9-under. The Bluffton, S.C., native tied for fourth in the Tiger Invitational at 7-under. BIG EASY 2 True freshman Jovan Rebula, a nephew of Ernie Els, has followed the recent trend of Clinard-coached freshmen to have outstanding seasons. Following Ben Schlottman and Jacob Solomon, Rebula, has a stroke average. The George, South Africa, native has earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice, first following an eighth-place finish at the Tiger Invitational and then following a top five finish at the Gary Koch Invitational. He has three top 10 finishes this season. IN THE SPOTLIGHT Several Tigers were named finalists or to prestigious award watch lists throughout the season. Senior Matt Gilchrest is one of five finalists for the Byron Nelson Award. Fellow senior Will Long was named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List and was ranked in both the fall and spring Palmer Cup rankings. Gilchrest, along with sophomore Trace Crowe were also in consideration for the Palmer Cup. RYAN BENTON, NO. 11 AUBURN RUNNERS-UP AT CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE Senior Ryan Benton finished a shot back in a three-way tie for second to lead No. 11 Auburn men s golf to a runner-up finish at 25-under in the Carpet Capital Collegiate at The Farm Golf Club. Benton was 10-under. Benton, who finished a shot behind Georgia Tech s Luke Schniederjans after entering the final round tied, had three birdies on Nos. 3, 9 and 11 and tied with Virginia s Derek Bard and North Florida s Phillip Knowles. Senior Will Long tied for ninth at 7-under 209 with a final round 3-under 69. The Gastonia, N.C., native recorded five birdies. Sophomore Trace Crowe, competing as an individual, fired a 5-under 67 to finish 6-under 210 in a tie for 11th. NO. 11 AUBURN WINS INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE No. 11 Auburn men s golf won the Inverness Intercollegiate carding a 2-under 282 for a final score of 9-under 843 at the Inverness Club. The Tigers ( ) defeated No. 23 Duke ( ) by three strokes. Senior Will Long finished third at 3-under , one stroke behind co-medalists Nick Carlson of Michigan ( ) and Jake Shuman of Duke ( ). The Gastonia, N.C., native had four birdies on the back nine in the final round on Nos. 13, 15, 17 and 18. Seniors Matt Gilchrest and Ryan Benton were part of a five-way tie for fourth a shot back at 2-under. Gilchrest ( ), a two-time All-SEC performer, held the lead after the first two rounds after carding the second-lowest round in school history with his opening round 64. Benton ( ), a native of Dothan, Ala., closed out his tournament with a 1-under 70 final round with birdies on Nos. 5, 6, 13 and 18. NO. 2 AUBURN WINS JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE No. 2 Auburn men s golf won the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, carding a 2-over 282 at the Old Overton Club for a final even par 840. The Tigers have won two-straight tournaments with the Inverness Intercollegiate and were runner-up at the Carpet Capital Collegiate. Auburn ( ) held off UNLV ( ) to win by one stroke. Senior Will Long led the way for the Tigers for the second consecutive tournament, tying for fifth at 2-under The Gastonia, N.C., native carded three birdies as part of a near bogey-free final round. It is Long s second top-five finish in as many tournaments. Freshman Jovan Rebula finished a shot back of Long at 1-under to tie for eighth. The George, South Africa, native had four birdies in the final round on Nos. 3, 8, 15 and 16. All-American junior Ben Schlottman delivered a 1-under 69 final round to tie for ninth at even-par The Advance, N.C., native tallied five birdies for the day with four coming on the front nine on Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 9. Auburn Quick Facts Location... Auburn, Ala. Founded... April 1, 1865 Enrollment... 27,287 President... Dr. Jay Gogue Athletic Director...Jay Jacobs Conference...Southeastern Colors... Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Nickname...Tigers Home Courses... Auburn University Club... Grand National Lake Course,... Saugahatchee Country Club. Auburn Links,... Moore s Mill Golf Course, Indian Pines Golf Course Head Coach...Nick Clinard (Wake Forest, 1995) Assistant Coach... Corey Maggard (Transylvania, 2008) Record (.725) 2017 SEC Finish... t-9th 2016 NCAA Regional Finish... 5th 2016 NCAA Championship Finish...t-19th Media Relations Contact...Chuck Gallina Gallina s gallica@auburn.edu Media Relations Office Phone Auburn Men s Golf Roster Name Year Hometown Last School Ryan Benton Senior Dothan, Ala. Providence Christian Trace Crowe Sophomore Bluffton, S.C. Hilton Head Christian Matt Gilchrest Senior Southlake, Texas Southlake Carroll Reagan Harrell Freshman Guntersville, Ala. Guntersville Graysen Huff Sophomore Eagle, Idaho Cole Valley Christian Ryan Knop Sophomore Pleasanton, Calif. UC Davis Will Long Senior Gastonia, N.C. Forestview Jovan Rebula Freshman George, South Africa Ben Schlottman Junior Advance, N.C. Forsyth Country Day Jacob Solomon Sophomore Dublin, Calif. Dublin Coaches Head Coach: Nick Clinard (Wake Forest 95) (Eighth Season) Assistant Coach: Corey Maggard (Transylvania 08) (Third Season) Director of Operations: Joan Alexander (College of Charleston) (First Season)

4 Kampen Course Scorecard Hole Yards Par OUT 3, Hole Yards Par IN 3, TOTAL 7, NO. 15 AUBURN FINISHES FIFTH AT ALL AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE No. 15 Auburn finished fifth at the All American Intercollegiate carding a 1-over 289 at the par 72, 7,067-yard AAI Course at the Golf Club of Houston to finish at 2-under No. 8 Baylor won the title at 28-under while No. 1 Vanderbilt was the runner-up at 23-under All-SEC senior Matt Gilchrest led the Tigers at 3-under to t-13th. The Southlake, Texas, native birdied threestraight on the back nine on Nos to finish the day at 2-under. NO. 17 AUBURN WINS TIGER INVITATIONAL No. 17 Auburn Men s Golf won the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner, carding a 4-under 284 in the final round at the Grand National Lakes Course to finish at 13-under The Tigers held off a late surge by Troy, who carded a 10-under 278 and finished at , to win by five strokes. Sophomore Trace Crowe carded a 7-under to t-4th. The Bluffton, S.C., native tallied six birdies as part of his 2-under final round on Nos. 1, 4, 5, 12, 14 and 17. It his best finish of the season and his fourth top 25 finish this season. Freshman Jovan Rebula finished two shots back to t-8th for the second time this season. The George, South Africa, product carded a 2-under 70 with seven birdies on Nos. 1, 5 and 7 on the front and 11, 12, 14 and 16 on the back in the final round to finish at 5-under Sophomore Jacob Solomon and senior Will Long t-13th at 2-under 214. Solomon, a native of Dublin, Calif., eagled the par-5 14th and added a trio of birdies as part of an even-par final round. He finished at Long, playing as an individual, used four birdies on Nos. 6, 12, 14 and 16 to finish at 2-under in the final round and finish at overall. NO. 20 AUBURN TIES FOR THIRD AT HOOTIE No. 20 Auburn Men s Golf finished in a tie for third at the Hootie at Bulls Bay, carding an 11-under 277 at the Bulls Bay Golf Course to finish at 10-under Three Tigers finished in the top 10 as Jacob Solomon and Matt Gilchrest tied for seventh and Ryan Benton t-10th. South Carolina finished at 20-under to win the title while Ole Miss finished runner-up at 16-under 848. NC State tied Auburn for third at 10-under Auburn s 277 final round tied Georgia State s opening round for the lowest team score of the tournament. The Tigers tallied 27 birdies in the round led by Solomon s nine. Solomon, a sophomore from Dublin, Calif., birdied four of the first five holes on Nos. 2-5 in addition to Nos. 9, 10, 14, 15 and 18 as part of a career-low 6-under 66. The Freshman All-SEC selection finished at 5-under All-SEC senior Matt Gilchrest tied Solomon at 5-under He carded five birdies on Nos. 2, 4, 6, 10 and 13 as part of a 2-under 70 final round. The Byron Nelson Award finalist now has two top- 10 finishes for the season and 16 for his career. Benton, playing as an individual, recorded his third top-10 finish of the season. The Dothan, Ala., native carded a 2-under 70 with four birdies on Nos. 2, 10, 13 and 14 on Tuesday to finish at 3-under NO. 20 AUBURN, TRACE CROWE WIN GARY KOCH INVITATIONAL No. 20 Auburn Men s Golf won the Gary Koch Invitational, carding a 1-under 287 at the Gaston Country Club to finish at 18-under Sophomore Trace Crowe won medalist honors for the first time this season at 9-under as four Tigers finished in the top-10. Auburn defeated North Carolina State ( ) by eight strokes. It is the Tigers fourth win of the season following the Inverness Intercollegiate, Jerry Pate National and the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner, and ties the mark from last season. Crowe, a native of Bluffton, S.C., carded a 6-under 66 in the final round, tying his career-low set just one round prior. His round consisted of four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 No. 1. He tallied 11 birdies and an eagle as opposed to just four bogeys over 54 holes. It is Crowe s first individual win of the season and the second of his career. He won the 2016 USA Individual Tournament as a freshman. Freshman Jovan Rebula had a career-best finish tying for fifth at 4-under The George, South Africa, product carded a trio of birdies in the final round and 13 total for the week. It s his third top-10 finish of the season. GILCHREST LEADS TIGERS IN SEC CHAMPI- ONSHIP All-SEC senior Matt Gilchrest tied for 18th at the SEC Championship, carding a 3-over 73 Saturday at the Seaside Course to finish at 2-over No. 19 Auburn ( ) finished in a tie for ninth, four strokes off the cutline as the top eight teams advanced to match play.

5 Tournament Results Carpet Capital Collegiate Dalton, Ga. -- Final results from the Carpet Capital Collegiate hosted by Georgia Tech at The Farm Golf Course. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, Virginia (-31) 2. AUBURN (-25) 3. Clemson (-16) 4. LSU (-12) 5. Florida (-8) 5. Georgia Tech (-8) 7. Tennessee (+1) 8. Kennesaw State (+3) 9. Alabama (+10) 10. South Carolina (+11) 11. North Florida (+21) 12. Dalton State (+25) 13. Chatanooga (+26) 14. Memphis (+36) Auburn Individuals t-2 Ryan Benton (-10) t-9 Will Long (-7) t-11 Trace Crowe* (-6) t-19 Jacob Solomon (-1) t-25 Jovan Rebula (E) t-30 Matt Gilchrest (+2) * - competed as an individual Luke Schniederjams (-11) Inverness Intercollegiate Toledo, Ohio-- Final results from the Inverness Intercollegiate hosted by Toledo at the Inverness Club. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, AUBURN (-9) 2. Duke (-6) 3. Michigan (+10) 4. Michigan State (+13) 5. Penn State (+14) 6. Minnesota (+21) 6. Virginia (+21) 8. Bowling Green (+26) 8. Saint Mary s (+26) 10. Toledo (+35) 11. Ball State (+36) 12. Miami (Ohio) (+52) 13. Austin Peay (+65) Auburn Individuals 3 Will Long (-3) t-4 Matt Gilchrest (-2) t-4 Ryan Benton (-2) t-16 Jacob Solomon (+2) t-23 Ben Schlotman (+4) t-26 Trace Crowe (+5) Jake Shuman (Duke) (-4) Nick Carlson (Michigan) (-4) Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Vestavia Hills, Ala.- Results from the Jerry Pate National hosted by Alabama at the Old Overton Club Par: 70 Yardage: 7, AUBURN (E) 2. UNLV (+1) 3. Baylor (+7) 4. UAB (+16) 5. Alabama (+18) 6. Arkansas (+21) 7. Charlotte (+22) 8. Michigan (+23) 9. South Alabama (+27) 10. Florida State (+29) 11. Mississippi State (+32) 12. UTSA (+44) Auburn Individuals t-5 Will Long (-2) 8 Jovan Rebula (-1) t-9 Ben Schlottman (E) t-17 Matt Gilchrest (+3) 50 Ryan Benton (+15) John Oda (UNLV) (-7) Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Alpharetta, Ga. - Final results from the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate hosted by Georgia Tech at the Golf Club of Georgia. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, Virginia (-8) 1. Texas (-8) 3. Southern California (-7) 3. Stanford (-7) 5. Texas A&M (-6) 6. Oklahoma (-5) 7. Duke (-4) 8. Oklahoma State (-3) 9. Wake Forest (-1) 10. AUBURN (+4) 11. LSU (+7) 12. Georgia Tech (-+13) 13. Clemson (+15) 14. UCLA (+25) 15. TCU (+41) 16. East Tennesse State (+50) 17. Villanova (+65) Auburn Individuals t-4 Will Long (-6) t-39 Ryan Benton (+4) t-43 Matt Gilchrest (+5) t-43 Jovan Rebula (+5) t-43 Ben Schlottman (+5) Jimmy Stranger (Virginia) (-9) Max McGreevy (Oklahoma) (-9) Amer Ari Invitational Waikoloa, Hawaii - Final results from the Amer Ari Invitational hosted by Hawaii-Hilo at the Kings Golf Club. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, Texas Tech (-44) 2. Southern California (-36) 3. Oregon (-26) 4. Arizona State (-23) 4. Colorado (-23) 6. Stanford (-21) 7. Oklahoma State (-13) 7. UCLA (-13) 7. Georgia Tech (-13) 7. Texas (-13) 11. TCU (-11) 12. St. Mary s (CA) (+1) 13. AUBURN (+4) 14. San Jose State (+8) 14. Oregon State (+8) 16. UC Davis (+11) 17. Hawaii (+18) 18. Osaka Gakuin Univ (+23) 19. Pacific (+24) 20. Chico State (+26) 21. Hawaii-Hilo (+42) Auburn Individuals t-10 Trace Crowe* (-9) t-40 Matt Gilchrest (-2) t-45 Will Long (-1) t-50 Jovan Rebula* (E) t-60 Ryan Benton (+2) t-75 Jacob Solomon (+5) t-112 Ben Schlottman (+13) * - Competed as an individual Rico Hoey (Southern California) (-16) Jared dutuit (Arizona State) (-16) Fredrik Nilehn (Texas Tech) (-16) All American Intercollegiate Humble, Texas- Final results from the All American Intercollegiate hosted by Rice at the Golf Club of Houston. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, Baylor (-28) 2. Vanderbilt (-23) 3. Houston (-12) 4. South Carolina (-5) 5. AUBURN (-2) 6. Rice (+1) 7. SE Louisiana (+3) 8. McNeese State (+4) 9. UTSA (+5) 10. Charlotte (+9) 11. Louisiana Tech (+14) 11. SMU (+14) 13. Wisconsin (+16) 14. Sam Houston State (+19)

6 Tournament Results 15. Lamar (+25) 16. New Mexico State (+26) 17. Samford (+37) 18. Houston Baptist (+47) Auburn Individuals t-13 Matt Gilchrest (-3) t-25 Trace Crowe (E) t-25 Jovan Rebula (E) t-37 Jacob Solomon (+3) t-37 Ryan Benton* (+3) t-56 Will Long (+6) * - Competed as an individual Cooper Dossey (Baylor) (-10) Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner Auburn, Ala. - Final results from the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner hosted by Auburn at Grand National. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, AUBURN (-13) 2. Troy (-8) 3. Missouri (-7) 4. Kennesaw State (+3) 5. Georgia State (+4) 6. Charlotte (+5) 6. UNCW (+5) 8. Arkansas State (+6) 9. South Alabama (+7) 10. Mississippi State (+8) 11. Minnesota (+9) 12. Louisville (+12) 13. West Virginia (+13) 14. Kansas State (+14) 15. Maryland (+18) 15. James Madison (+18) 17. UNCG (+32) 18. Davidson College (+42) 19. Samford (+54) Auburn Individuals t-4 Trace Crowe (-7) t-8 Jovan Rebula (-5) t-13 Jacob Solomon (-2) t-13 Will Long* (-2) t-31 Ryan Benton (+3) t-47 Matt Gilchrest (+6) t-61 Ben Schlottman* (+8) t-83 Reagan Harrell* (+14) * - Competed as an individual Thomas Eldridge (UNCW) (-13) Bandon Dunes Championship Bandon, Ore.- Final results from the Bandon Dunes Championship hosted by Gonzaga at the Old Mac- Donald Course Par: 72 Yardage: 6, Oregon (-28) 2. Texas Tech (-7) 3. Oregon State (-6) 4. Colorado (-4) 5. Texas A&M (+5) 6. Georgia State (+8) 7. Seattle U (+12) 8. Denver (+14) 8. AUBURN (+14) 10. Fresno State (+16) 11. Washington State (+17) 12. Boise State (+29) 13. CSU-Northridge (+36) 14. San Jose State (+41) 15. Gonzaga (+43) 16. Utah Valley (+48) Auburn Individuals t-17 Jacob Solomon (+1) t-30 Trace Crowe (+4) t-36 Jovan Rebula (+5) t-51 Ryan Benton* (+9) t-56 Matt Gilchrest (+10) t-56 Will Long (+10) t-77 Ben Schlottman* (+17) * - Competed as an individual Hannes Ronneblad (Texas Tech) (-10) Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Awendaw, S.C. - Final results from the Hootie at Bulls Bay hosted by the Bulls Bay Golf Club. Par: 72 Yardage: 7, South Carolina (-20) 2. Ole Miss (-16) 3. AUBURN (-10) 3. NC State ( Georgia State (-5) 6. Kentucky (-4) 7. Purdue (-3) 8. Missouri (-2) 9. Kansas (-1) 10. Virginia (E) 11. College of Charleston (+3) 12. Houston (+11) 13. Richmond (+17) 14. Charleston Southern (+23) 15. Wisconsin (+36) Auburn Individuals t-7 Jacob Solomon (-5) t-7 Matt Gilchrest (-5) t-10 Ryan Benton (-3) t-24 Trace Crowe (E) t-57 Jovan Rebula (+6) t-65 Will Long (+8) Ben Wolcott (Ole Miss) (-12) Gary Koch Invitational Gastonia, N.C. - Final results from the Gary Koch Invitational hosted by Kentucky at the Gaston Country Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7, AUBURN (-18) 2. North Carolina State (-10) 3. Coastal Carolina (-2) 4. Georgia Southern (-1) 4. ULM (-1) 6. Virginia (+5) 7. Kentucky (+7) 8. Charleston Southern (+15) 9. Lamar (+22) 9. Jacksonville State (+22) 11. Gardner-Webb (+24) 12. Richmond (+26) 13. Southern Illinois (+33) 14. Wofford College (+51) Auburn Individuals 1 Trace Crowe (-9) t-5 Jovan Rebula (-4) t-9 Jacob Solomon (-2) t-9 Ben Schlottman* (-2) t-19 Will Long* (E) t-29 Matt Gilchrest (+2) t-34 Ryan Benton (+4) t-39 Reagan Harrell* (+6) * - Competed as an individual Trace Crowe (Auburn) (-9) SEC Championship Sea Island, Ga. - Final results from the SEC Championship at the Seaside Golf Course Par: 70 Yardage: 6, Vanderbilt (-11) 2. Texas A&M (-5) 3. LSU (-3) 4. Florida (-2) 5. South Carolina (+9) 6. Alabama (+11) 7. Missouri (+12) 7. Ole Miss (+16) 9. AUBURN (+16) 9. Georgia (+16) 11. Kentucky (+17) 12. Arkansas (+19) 13. Tennessee (+34) 14. Mississippi State (+37) Match Play (1) Vanderbilt def. (8) Ole Miss 3-2 (2) Texas A&M def. (7) Missouri 5-0 (6) Alabama def. (3) LSU (4) Florida def. (5) South Carolina 3-2 (1) Vanderbilt def. (4) Florida 3-2 (2) Texas A&M def. (6) Alabama 3-2 (1) Vanderbilt def. (2) Texas A&M 3-2

7 Tournament Results *Alejandro Tosti (Florida) (-10) Patrick Martin (Vanderbilt) (-10) * won playoff

8 AUBURN MEN S GOLF STATISTICS SEC Championships: 3 SEC s: 4 All-America honors: 27 All-SEC Selections: 76 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE TOURNAMENT COURSE (SITE ) FINISH SCORE H2H BEST FINISH Sept Carpet Capital Collegiate The Farm Golf Club (Dalton, Ga.) 2/ (-25) 12-1 (.923) Benton (T2nd) Sept Inverness Intercollegiate Inverness (Toledo, Oh.) 1/ (-9) 12-0 (1.000) Long (3rd) Oct. 3-4 Jerry Pate National Old Overton (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) 1/ (E) 11-0 (1.000) Long (T5th) Oct Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Golf Club of Georgia (Alpharetta, Ga.) 10/ (+4) 7-9 (.438) Long (T4th) Feb. 2-4 Amer Ari Invitational King s Course (Waikoloa, Hawaii) 13/ (+4) 8-12 (.400) Crowe (T10th) Feb All-American Intercollegiate Golf Course of Houston (Houston) 5/ (-2) 13-4 (.765) Gilchrest (T13th) March 5-7 Tiger Invitational Grand National Lake Course (Opelika) 1/ (-13) 18-0 (1.000) Crowe (T4th) March Bandon Dunes Championshp Old MacDonald (Bandon, Ore.) t-8/ (+14) (.500) Solomon (T17th) March Hootie at Bulls Bay Bulls Bay Golf Course (Awendaw, S.C.) t-3/ (-10) (.821) Solomon, Gilchrest (T7th) April Gary Koch Invitational Gaston Country Club (Gastonia, N.C.) 1/ (-18) (1.000) Crowe (1st) April SEC Championship Seaside Golf Course (Sea Island, Ga.) t-9/ (+16) (.321) Gilchrest (T18th) May NCAA Regional Kampen Course (West Lafayette, Ind.) May NCAA Championship Rich Harvest Farms (Sugar Grove, Ill. ) (.725) INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS - STROKES (AVERAGE) ROUND 1 STROKES AVG. ROUND 2 STROKES AVG. ROUND 3 STROKES AVG. OVERALL STROKES AVG. Trace Crowe Jacob Solomon Jovan Rebula Matt Gilchrest Will Long Ryan Benton Ben Schlottman Reagan Harrell TEAM AVERAGE 11 3, , , , TEAM TOTAL LOW SCORES/TOP FINISHES NAME LOW 18 LOW 36 LOW 54 TOP 5 TOP 10 TOP 20 -/PAR -PAR 60 S Ryan Benton (CL) 206 (CL) Trace Crowe 66 (CL) 132 (CL) 207 (CL) Matt Gilchrest 64 (CL) Reagan Harrell 66 (CL) 148 (CL) 230 (CL) Will Long Jovan Rebula 65 (CL) 136 (CL) 209 (CL) Ben Schlottman Jacob Solomon 66 (CL) 136 (CL) 211 (CL) (CL)- Career Low (AR)- Auburn Record

9 RYAN BENTON Carpet Capital Collegiate t-2 Inverness Intercollegiate t-4 Jerry Pate National Inter Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate t-39 Amer Ari Invitational t-60 All American Intercollegiate* t-37 Tiger Invitational t-31 Bandon Dunes Championship* t-51 Hootie at Bulls Bay* t-10 Gary Koch Invitational t-34 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 16/21 (.762) TRACE CROWE Carpet Capital Collegiate t-11 Inverness Intercollegiate t-26 Amer Ari Invitational t-10 All American Intercollegiate E t-25 Tiger Invitational t-4 Bandon Dunes Championship t-30 Hootie at Bulls Bay E t-24 Gary Koch Invitational SEC Championship t-23 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 20/21 (.952) MATT GILCHREST Carpet Capital Collegiate t-30 Inverness Intercollegiate t-4 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t-17 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate t-43 Amer Ari Invitational t-40 All American Intercollegiate t-13 Tiger Invitational t-47 Bandon Dunes Championship t-56 Hootie at Bulls Bay t-7 Gary Koch Invitational t-29 SEC Championship t-18 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 28/33 (.848) JOVAN REBULA Carpet Capital Collegiate E t-25 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate t-43 Amer Ari Invitational* E t-50 All American Intercollegiate E t-25 Tiger Invitational t-8 Bandon Dunes Championship t-36 Hootie at Bulls Bay t-57 Gary Koch Invitational t-5 SEC Championship t-41 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 24/27 (.889) BEN SCHLOTTMAN Inverness Intercollegiate t-23 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate E t-9 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate t-43 Amer Ari Invitational t-112 Tiger Invitational* t-61 Bandon Dunes Championship* t-77 Gary Koch Invitational* t-9 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 7/12 (.583) JACOB SOLOMON Carpet Capital Collegiate t-19 Inverness Intercollegiate* t-16 Amer Ari Invitational t-75 All American Intercollegiate t-37 Tiger Invitational t-13 Bandon Dunes Championship t-17 Hootie at Bulls Bay t-7 Gary Koch Invitational t-9 SEC Championship t-43 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 22/24 (.916) REAGAN HARRELL Tiger Invitational * t-83 Gary Koch Invitational* t-39 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED WILL LONG Carpet Capital Collegiate t-9 Inverness Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t-5 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate t-4 Amer Ari Invitational t-45 All American Intercollegiate t-56 Tiger Invitational* t-13 Bandon Dunes Championship t-56 Hootie at Bulls Bay t-65 Gary Koch Invitational* E t-19 SEC Championship t-61 TEAM ROUNDS COUNTED/PLAYED 23/27 (.852)

10 CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE SEPT. 9-11, 2016 Ryan Benton t-2 Trace Crowe* t-11 Will Long t-9 Jacob Solomon t-19 Jovan Rebula E t-25 Matt Gilchrest t-30 TEAM /15 INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE SEPT , 2016 Will Long t-4 Matt Gilchrest t-4 Ryan Benton t-4 Jacob Solomon* t-16 Ben Schlottman t-23 Trace Crowe t-26 TEAM /13 BANDON DUNES CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 12-14, 2017 Jacob Solomon t-17 Trace Crowe t-30 Jovan Rebula t-36 Ryan Benton* t-51 Matt Gilchrest t-56 Will Long t-56 Ben Schlottman* t-77 TEAM T-8 OF 16 HOOTIE AT BULLS BAY MARCH 26-28, 2017 Jacob Solomon t-7 Matt Gilchrest t-7 Ryan Benton* t-10 Trace Crowe E t-24 Jovan Rebula t-57 Will Long t-65 TEAM T-3 of 15 JERRY PATE NATIONAL OCT. 3-4, 2016 Will Long t-5 Jovan Rebula Ben Schlottman E t-9 Matt Gilchrest t-17 Ryan Benton TEAM E 1/12 G.C. OF GEORGIA COLLEGIATE OCT , 2016 Will Long t-4 Ryan Benton t-39 Matt Gilchrest t-43 Jovan Rebula t-43 Ben Schlottman t-43 TEAM /17 AMER ARI INVITATIONAL FEB. 2-4, 2017 Trace Crowe* t-10 Matt Gilchrest t-40 Will Long t-45 Jovan Rebula* E t-50 Ryan Benton t-60 Jacob Solomon t-75 Ben Schlottman t-112 TEAM /21 GARY KOCH INVITATIONAL APRIL 10-11, 2017 Trace Crowe Jovan Rebula t-5 Jacob Solomon t-9 Ben Schlottman* t-9 Will Long* E t-19 Matt Gilchrest t-29 Ryan Benton t-34 Reagan Harrell* t-39 TEAM OF 14 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL 21-24, 2017 Matt Gilchrest t-18 Trace Crowe t-23 Jovan Rebula t-41 Jacob Solomon t-43 Will Long t-61 TEAM T-9 OF 14 THE ALL-AMERICAN FEB , 2017 Matt Gilchrest t-13 Trace Crowe E t-25 Jovan Rebula E t-25 Jacob Solomon t-37 Ryan Benton* t-27 Will Long t-56 TEAM /18 TIGER INVITATIONAL MARCH 5-7, 2017 Trace Crowe t-4 Jovan Rebula t-8 Jacob Solomon t-13 Will Long* t-13 Ryan Benton t-31 Matt Gilchrest t-47 Ben Schlottman* t-61 Reagan Harrell* t-83 TEAM /19

11 HEAD-TO-HEAD Alabama Arkansas Arkansas State Arizona State Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Boise State Bowling Green Charleston Southern Chattanooga Charlotte Chico State Clemson Coastal Carolina College of Charleston Colorado CSU Northridge Dalton State Davidson College Denver E Duke East Tennessee State Florida Florida State Fresno State Gardner-Webb Georgia E Georgia Southern Georgia State Georgia Tech Gonzaga Hawaii Hawaii-Hilo Houston Houston Baptist Jacksonville State James Madison Kansas Kansas State Kennesaw State Kentucky Lamar LSU Louisiana Tech Lousiville Maryland McNeese State Memphis Miami (OH) Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Mississippi State Missouri New Mexico State North Carolina State North Florida Ole Miss Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon Oregon State Osaka Gakuin Univ Pacific Penn State Purdue Rice Richmond Saint Mary s (CA) Sam Houston State Samford San Jose State Seattle University South Alabama Southern California South Carolina Southern Illinois Southeast Louisiana SMU Stanford Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech TCU Toledo Troy UAB UCLA UC Davis ULM UNCG UNCW UNLV UTSA Utah Valley Vanderbilt Villanova Virginia Wake Forest Washington State West Virginia Wisconsin Wofford TOTALS (.725) -2,143

12 Ryan Benton Senior Dothan, Ala. Providence Christian (Senior) Averaging strokes per round... Had two top four finishes in four tournaments this fall... Three top-10 finishes overall sub-par rounds... 4 rounds in the 60s... Counted 14-of-18 rounds played... Finished in a 3-way tie for runner-up, one shot behind Georgia Tech s Luke Schniederjans, in the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate with a 10-under Tied for fourth in the Inverness Intercollegiate at 2-under Tied for 10th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay at 3-under as an individual... Tied for 31st at the Tiger Invitational at Tied for 34th at the Gary Koch Invitational with a Tied for 37th at the All American Intercollegiate at Tied for 39th at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate at th at Jerry Pate National at Tied for 51st at the Bandon Dunes Championship at Tied for 60th at the Amer Ari Invitational at (Junior) Averaged strokes per round... 3 sub-par rounds... Counted 5-of-5 rounds played... Third at the USA Individual Tournament at 4-under Tied for 19th at the Primland Collegiate Invitational with a Tied for 22nd at the Tiger Invitational as part of Auburn s B-team with a Tied for 42nd at the Amer Ari Invitational at Academic Top Tiger (Sophomore) 2015 NCAA All-Southeast Region selection... Averaged strokes per round sub-par rounds... Five rounds in the 60s... Counted 14 of 16 rounds played while also playing as an individual for three rounds in the USA Individual Tournament, the Tiger Invitational and Gary Koch Invitational... Career-best finish in the SEC Championship tying for sixth with a 4-under Won the USA Individual Tournament with an even par with a 29-person field... Tied for seventh at the NCAA Lubbock Regional with a 4-under Tied for 10th at 4-under par in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 27th at the Primland Collegiate Invitational with a Tied for 28th in the Gary Koch Invitational with a Tied for 31st in the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner with a Tied for 74th in the NCAA Championship with a and sank a 90-foot birdie putt with a triple break on the par 4, 18th hole to end his second round with a 74 as the Tigers shot a tournament low 2-over (Redshirt Freshman) Competed in four events, two as an individual... Had a stroke average of Counted 3 of 3 rounds... Tied for fourth at the USA Individual with a Tied for 37th in the USF Invitational with a Tied for 12th as an individual in the Tiger Invitational with a Tied for 12th as an individual in the UK Bluegrass Invitational with a Had six rounds at par or better... Two Top-5 finishes... Named 2014 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll...was the runner-up at the 98th Men s State Amateur Championship played at Lakewood Golf Club at Phoenix City... Finished 12th at the 2014 Players Amateur (Freshman) Redshirted this season... Qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur after shooting a minus-7 at Amelia National Golf and Country Club at Amelia Island, Fla.... Shot 145 over two days at the U.S. Amateur Championships in Brookline, Mass., shooting a 73 in the opening round and a 72 in the second round, missing the cut by one stroke. High School Played for Providence Christian for six years... Helped lead Providence Christian to the 2012 AHSAA Boys 1A-2A State Championship while also winning the individual title... Was the runner-up in the 2011 State Championship... Was the State Individual Co-Champion his freshman year in Amateur and Junior Advanced to the 2011 US Junior Am Quarterfinals... Finished fourth at the 2011 Greystone Invitational... Finished in fifth place at the 2011 and 2012 Future Masters... Placed in the top-25 at the 2012 Southeastern Am... Participated in the 2012 Western Am. Personal Son of Tim and Michelle Benton... Has two sisters, Ashley and Emma... Swing coach is Tony Ruggiero... Home course is Dothan Country Club... Born on March 18, Studying in College of Liberal Arts.

13 Trace Crowe Sophomore Bluffton, S.C. Hilton Head Christian Academy (Sophomore) Averaging strokes per round... All- SEC second-team selection sub-par rounds... 9 rounds in the 60s... Won the Gary Koch Invitational at 9-under with the pair of 66s in the final two rounds... Finished in the top-30 in all events this season with four top-15 finishes... Counted 20-of-21 rounds played plus 6 rounds played as an individual... Tied for fourth at the Tiger Invitational at 7-under Competing as an individual, tied for 10th at Amer Ari Invitational at 9-under Also competing as an individual, tied for 11th in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a 6-under Tied for 23rd in the SEC Championship with a 3-over Tied for 24th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay at even-par Tied for 25th at the All American Intercollegiate with a Tied for 26th in the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 5-over Tied for 30th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a High School Was the 2013 South Carolina Player of the Year, winning seven tournaments in 2013, four in Was the 2015 SCISSA 3A Men s Golf Individual State Champion... Won the 2015 NJGT SC Winter Championship... Won the 2015 Wren Hurricane High School Invitational... studying in College of Liberal Arts (Freshman) Averaged strokes per round... 3 sub-par rounds... 2 rounds in the 60s... Counted 2-of-3 rounds played... Won first tournament of his career at the USA Individual Tournament with a 7-under tied for 48th as part of Auburn s B-team at the ASU Fall Beach Classic with tied for 63rd at the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner at

14 Matt Gilchrest Senior Southlake, Texas Southlake Carroll HS Senior ( ) Averaging strokes per round... Byron Nelson finalist... named to the SEC Community Service Team sub-par rounds... 3 rounds in the 60s... 4 top-10 finishes... Counted 28-of-33 rounds played... Was the second round leader and finished tied for fourth in the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 2-under His 64 tied his career low and tied for the second lowest round in Auburn history, one off the record... Tied for seventh at the Hootie at Bulls Bay at 5-under Tied for 13th at the All American Intercollegiate at 3-under Tied for 17th in the Jerry Pate National at Tied for 18th at the SEC Championship at 2-over Tied for 29th at the Gary Koch Invitational at 2-over Tied for 30th in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a 2-over Tied for 40th at the Amer Ari Invitational at 2-under Tied for 43rd at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate at Tied for 47th at the Tiger Invitational with a Tied for 56th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a Junior ( ) Averaged strokes per round... Counted 29-of-35 rounds played sub-par rounds... 7 rounds in the 60s... 5 top 10 finishes in 9 spring tournaments... Third at the SEC Championship, his career best finish at the tournament, with an even par Tied for third at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate at 5-under Tied for third at the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner at 2-under Tied for sixth in the Hootie at Bulls Bay with a 2-under Tied for seventh at the Seminole Intercollegiate at 4-under Tied for 14th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 20th at the NCAA Championship with a 3-over , including back-to-back birdies on his last two holes of the third round that closed Auburn to within a shot of the 15-team cutline... Tied for 23rd at the Primland Collegiate Invitational with a Tied for 36th at the NCAA Regional with a Tied for 36th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a Tied for 66th at the Schenkel Invitational at st at the Amer Ari Invitational at Academic Top Tiger. Sophomore ( ) Named to the All-SEC first-team... one of 24 golfers on the Ben Hogan Award Watch List... NCAA All-Southeast Region selection... averaged strokes per round sub-par rounds rounds in the 60s... Counted 33-of-39 rounds played... comedalist at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate with a 5-under Named SEC Golfer of the Week on Feb. 11 after firing a career-low 64, tied for the second lowest round in Auburn history (one off the school record), as he tied for fifth at the Amer Ari Invitational with a 12-under Tied for third at the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner with a 6-under Had his third consecutive top four finish to open the season by tying for second with teammate Dan Stringfellow at the Sagamore Fall Preview with a 2-under Tied for third at the Primland Collegiate Invitational with an 11-under Tied for fourth at 7-under in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 17th at the US Collegiate with a Tied for 17th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with a Tied for 18th at the Gary Koch Invitational with a Tied for 19th at the Schenkel Invitational with a 5-under Tied for 47th at the SEC Championship with a Tied for 63rd at the NCAA Lubbock Regional with a Tied for 71st at the NCAA Championship with a was named to the SEC Men s Golf Community Service Team. Freshman ( ) An All-SEC second team selection... Named to the Freshman All-SEC team... Had a stroke average of Counted 31 of 36 rounds... Had two Top-5 finishes and three Top-10 finishes... Carded 19 rounds at par or better... Played 15 sub-par rounds... Played nine rounds in the 60s... Named both SEC Player of the Week and SEC Freshman of the Week after his win at the UK Bluegrass Invitational where he fired a 9-under Tied for third after a final round 66 at Hootie for Bulls Bay with a 6-under Tied for ninth in the Wolf Run Intercollegiate with a Tied for 13th in the SEC Championship with a Tied for 18th in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a Tied for 20th in the Tiger Invitational with a Tied for 29th at the US Collegiate with a Tied for 30th at the Amer Ari Invitational with a Tied for 34th in the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with a Tied for 52nd in the NCAA Regional with a Tied for 55th in the NCAA Championship with a Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Honor Roll... Finished third at the 2014 Trans-Miss Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. High School Played for Southlake Carroll and was named the Team MVP. Amateur and Junior 2013 FJ Invitational Champion... Finished third at the 2013 Rolex Tournament of Champions... Captured five AJGA wins... Part of the 2013 Wyndham Cup winning West Team... Participated in the 2012 U.S. Amateur. Personal Son of Eric and Susan Gilchrest... Born Feb. 7, Has a sister, Christina... Swing coach is Cameron McCormick and mental coach is Dr. Bob Rotella... Home course is Timarron Country Club... Majoring in Business (Finance).

15 Will Long Senior Gastonia, N.C. Forestview HS (Senior) Averaging strokes per round... Finished in the top nine in all four fall events... 8 rounds in the 60s sub-par rounds... Counted 23-of-27 rounds played... Third at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 3-under , leading the Tigers to their first team win of the season... Tied for fourth at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with a 6-under Led the Tigers to their second straight win at the Jerry Pate National as he tied for fifth at 2-under Tied for ninth in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a 7-under Tied for 13th at the Tiger Invitatonal as an individual at 2-under Tied for 19th at the Gary Koch Invitational playing as an individual with an even Tied for 45th at the Amer Ari Invitational at 1-under Tied for 56th at the All American Intercollegiate with a Tied for 56th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a Tied for 61st at the SEC Championship with a Tied for 65th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with a (Junior) Averaged strokes per round... Counted 19-of-24 rounds played... 4 rounds in the 60s... 7 sub-par rounds... Co-medalist for the first win of his career at the U.S. Collegiate Championship with a 6-under Tied for 10th in his first NCAA Regional appearance with a 1-under after not being in the lineup in the previous two months... Tied for 12th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 13th as an indivudal at the Seminole Intercollegiate at 2-under Tied for 18th as part of Auburn s B-team at the Tiger Invtiational presented by Jason Dufner at Tied for 37th at the Schenkel Invitational at 2-under Tied for 51st at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate with a Tied for 72nd at the Amer Ari Invitational with a Tied for 118th in the NCAA Championship with a Academic Top Tiger (Sophomore) Had a stroke average... Counted 15- of-23 rounds played... also played three rounds as an individual... Played 14 subpar rounds... Shot eight rounds in the 60s... Has recorded career-low 68s six times... Tied for second at the Schenkel Invitational with an 11-under , finishing a shot behind teammate Dan Stringfellow... Tied for third at the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner with a 6-under Led after the first round of the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate with a 2-under 70 before tying for 36th with a Tied for 24th at the Primland Collegiate Invitational with a Tied for 32nd at the Sagamore Fall Preview with a Tied for 32nd as an individual at the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 32nd at the US Collegiate with a Tied for 52nd in the Gary Koch Invitational with a Tied for 53rd in the Amer Ari Invitational with a finished 59th in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with a won the War Eagle Moment Award at the AUSPYS for his double eagle on No. 16 in the 2014 NCAA Regional final round (Freshman) Had a stroke average... Counted 24 of 30 rounds... Carded 16 rounds at par or better... Played 11 sub-par rounds... Shot five rounds in the 60s...Named SEC Freshman of the Week after finishing 10th in the USF Invitational with an 8-under Tied for third at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with a 3-under Tied for ninth at the Tiger Invitational with a Tied for 11th at the NCAA Regional with an even par Tied for 16th at the UK Bluegrass Invitational with a Tied for 19th at the SEC Championship with a Tied for 20th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with a Tied for 49th at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate with a Tied for 72nd at the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 77th as an individual at the Amer Invitational with a Tied for 82nd at the NCAA Championship with a Named 2014 SEC First- Year Honor Roll. High School Attended Forestview High School... Forestview won the 3-A team state championship during his junior and senior years... Won the individual state championship as a senior... Two-time Conference Player of the Year. Amateur and Junior Two-time US Junior Qualifier... Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur... Won the 2011 Carolinas Junior Championship and was the runner-up in Third-place finish at the Azalea Amateur... Third-place finish at the 2015 Rice Planters Amateur. Personal Son of Alec and Dove Long... Born Oct. 14, Has a sister, Maggie... Swing coach is Bruce Suddreth... Home course is Gaston CC... Major is undecided.

16 Jovan Rebula Freshman George, South Africa Freshman ( ) Averaging strokes per round... 9 sub-par rounds... 6 rounds in the 60s... Counted 19-of-21 rounds played... Named SEC Men s Freshman Golfer of the Week following his tie for 8th at the Tiger Invitational at 5-under Finished eighth at the Jerry Pate National with a 1-under Tied for 25th in his first collegiate tournament in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with an even par Tied for 25th at the All American Intercollegiate at even-par Tied for 36th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a Tied for 43rd at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate at Tied for 50th at the Amer Ari Invitational with an even-par Tied for 57th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with a Amateur and Junior Ranked in the top 100 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings and was the No. 1 amateur in South Africa prior to arriving at Auburn... Represented Team South Africa at the prestigous 2016 World Amateur Team Championship in Maya Rivera, Mexico, and was tied for 21st after the first two rounds of play... Won the Western Province Amateur at Clovelly Country Club in Cape Town in April Won the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship in April Runner-up at the Southern Cape Open in 2016 and the South African Amateur in 2015.

17 Ben Schlottman Junior Advance, N.C. Forsythe Country Day School Junior ( ) Averaging strokes per round... 5 sub-par rounds... Counted 7-of-12 rounds played... Tied for ninth at the Jerry Pate National with an even-par Tied for ninth playing as an individual at the Gary Koch Invitational with a Tied for 23rd in the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 4-over Tied for 43rd at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with a Tied for 61st at the Tiger Invitational with a Tied for 77th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a Tied for 112th at Amer Ari Invitational at Sophomore ( ) Averaged strokes per round... 4 top- 10 finishes on the season... Counted 26- of-32 rounds played... 7 rounds in the 60s sub-par rounds... Tied for sixth at the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner at 1-under Tied for eighth as part of Auburn s B-team at the ASU Fall Beach Classic at Tied for 10th at the Schenkel Invitational at 8-under Tied for 10th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay at 1-under Tied for 14th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a Tied for 17th at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate at even par Tied for 18th at the SEC Championship with a Tied for 30th at the NCAA Regional with a Tied for 34th at the Primland Collegiate Invitational at Tied for 41st at the U.S. Collegiate Championship with a Tied for 42nd at the Amer Ari Invitational at Tied for 53rd at the Tied for 125th in the NCAA Championship with a Academic Top Tiger. Freshman ( ) Became the first freshman in Auburn history to be named Golfweek All-American honorable mention... also the first freshman in Auburn history to be named to the All-SEC first-team... SEC Freshman of the Year... Freshman All-SEC... NCAA All-Southeast Region selection... made his debut on the PGA Tour in the 2015 Barbasol Championship at Grand National s Lake Course in Auburn-Opelika, Ala., missing the cut with a 2-over in July... had a team-low stroke average, the fourth lowest singleseason stroke average in Auburn history and the lowest ever by a Tiger freshman sub-par rounds out of 25 played... eight rounds in the 60s... counted 23 of 25 rounds played... SEC Championship runner-up with an 8-under had a career-low 65 in the second round... set the Auburn record for SEC Championship finish by a freshman... named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 1 after he tied for second in the Schenkel Invitational with an 11-under , finishing one shot behind teammate Dan Stringfellow... fired a career-low first round 66 in the Schenkel Invitational first round... tied for third at the Tiger Invitational with a 6-under tied for fifth at the Gary Koch Invitational with a 4-under tied for 22nd at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with a 1-under tied for 26th in the Amer Ari Invitational with a 6-under in his collegiate debut as all three rounds counted... tied for 54th in the NCAA Lubbock Regional with a 6-over tied for 61st in the NCAA Championship with a and played with 2015 NCAA Champion Bryson Dechambeau in the final round... named the Auburn Athletic Department s Male Rookie of the Year at the AUSPYs awards banquet. High School Played for Forsyth Country Day School for five years... Helped lead the school to a team title while also capturing the individual Palmetto High School Championship... Was five-time NCISAA All-State and two-time North Carolina All- State first-team. Amateur Was the 2014 CCNC Amateur Champion... Two-time US Junior Qualifier... Won the 2014 Carolinas Junior Championship... Tied for first in the 2014 Verizon Junior Heritage... Tied for ninth at the 2014 New Year s Invitational. Personal Son of Jeff and Jeanne Schlottman... Born March 21, Majoring in Business Analytics.

18 Jacob Solomon Sophomore Dublin, Calif. Dublin HS Sophomore ( ) Averaging strokes per round sub-par rounds... 4 rounds in the 60s... Counted 22-of-24 rounds played plus three more rounds played as an individual... Finished in the top-20 in six events this season... Tied for seventh at the Hootie at Bulls Bay at 5-under Tied for ninth at Gary Koch Invitational at 2-under Tied for 13th at the Tiger Invitational at 2-under Tied for 17th at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a Tied for 19th in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a 1-under Tied for 16th in the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 2-over Tied for 37th at the All American Intercollegiate with a Tied for 43rd in the SEC Championship with an 8-over Tied for 75th at the Amer Ari Invitational at Freshman ( ) PING All-Southeast Region... Freshman All-SEC selection... Averaged strokes per round, the fourth lowest stroke avearge by an Auburn freshman in school history behind Ben Schlottman s in , Niclas Carlsson s in and Matt Gilchrest s in rounds in the 60s sub-par rounds... Counted 23-of-23 rounds played... 10th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a Tied for 11th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a Tied for 12th at the Primland Collegiate Invitational at Tied for 13th at the Seminole Intercollegiate as an individual at 2-under Tied for 14th at the NCAA Regional with an even par Tied for 18th at the SEC Championship with a Tied for 18th at the U.S. Collegiate Championship with an even-par Tied for 22nd at the Tiger Invitational as part of Auburn s B-team at Tied for 42nd at the Amer Ari Invitational at even par Tied for 62nd at the NCAA Championship with a 7-over Academic Top Tiger. Amateur Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur. Junior Won the Heather Farr AJGA event, marking the fourth AJGA win of his junior career. High School Was named to the 2015 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Golf first-team... Was named to the prestigous Wyndham Cup team in 2015 for the thirdstraight year. Personal Parents are Lance and Debbie Solomon... birthday 1/29/ home golf course is Castlewood CC... swing coach is Bill Johnson... Major: Pre-Business.

19 Nick Clinard Head Coach Eighth Season Alma Mater: Wake Forest (1995) Nick Clinard is in his 16th year overall as a head coach and eighth season with the Auburn men s golf team in Auburn has been ranked as high as No. 2 nationally this season while winning four team titles: Inverness Intercollegiate, Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, Tiger Invitational and Gary Koch Invitational. Trace Crowe, who was an All-SEC sec- ond-team selection, won medalist honors at the Gary Koch. Matt Gilchrest was a By- ron Nelson Award finalist. Under Clinard, the Tigers have reached five-straight NCAA Championships while earning 25 team and 27 individual titles and bringing in the strongest recruiting classes the Tigers have seen in years. Auburn is one of five teams in the na- tion... Florida State, Georgia, Texas and USC the others... who have made at least five-straight NCAA Championship appear- ances. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 nationally for the much of the fall season while senior Michael Johnson was ranked No. 1 nationally in the Golfweek individual rankings and second in the Palmer Cup rankings. Through May 4, 2017, Clinard has posted a.756 winning percentage at Auburn with a record of Auburn has made the NCAA Regionals each of his eight seasons and have advanced to the NCAA Championship five straight years. Auburn won four tournaments in including the Carpet Capital Collegiate, U.S. Collegiate Championship, Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate and the Seminole Intercollegiate while finishing as runner-up in four others. The Tigers had five medalists with Mi- chael Johnson winning three, the Primland Collegiate, Mobile Sports Authority Inter- collegiate and the Schenkel Invitational. Freshman Graysen Huff won the ASU Fall Beach Classic while Will Long was comedalist at the U.S. Collegiate Champion- ship. Michael Johnson was named first-team All-SEC and was a semifinalist for both the Jack Nicklaus Award and Ben Hogan Award and was on the Haskins Award Watch List. Jacob Solomon was a Fresh- man All-SEC selection in The Tigers had the fourth best NCAA Championship finish in school history by finishing 12th in 2015 and the Tigers are one of only eight teams to appear in four consecutive NCAA Championships. Since Clinard came to Auburn in 2009, Auburn has produced six All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans, 14 NCAA All-Southeast Region selections and 19 All-SEC selections, including five All-SEC first-team selections, six All-SEC second team picks, seven Freshman All-SEC se- lections and one SEC Freshman of the Year. Auburn won three consecutive tourna- ments with three straight medalists, all different, in the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, Tiger Invitational Pre- sented by Jason Dufner and the Schenkel Invitational in Ben Schlottman was named Golfweek honorable mention All-American, the first freshman in school history to receive All- America honors. Five Tigers were named to the NCAA All-Southeast Region team as No. 1 Illi- nois and No. 2 Texas were the only three schools in the nation to have five players named NCAA All-Region. Schlottman and Matt Gilchrest were both named first-team All-SEC while Michael Johnson was a second-team selec- tion. Schlottman also became the first Auburn freshman to be named All-SEC first-team in history while also being tabbed SEC Freshman of the Year. Auburn destroyed the school s team single-season stroke average record by av- eraging strokes per round in 2015 with the previous mark being set in In fact, Clinard-coached teams have the four lowest averages in Tiger his- tory. Schlottman recorded the fourth lowest single season stroke average in school his- tory and set the Auburn freshman record averaging Auburn climbed to being ranked fourth nationally in after winning two consecutive tournaments in the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate and the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner by 28 shots, the largest margin of vic- tory in school history. Auburn then won the Schenkel Invitational at 41-under, edging No. 5 Vanderbilt by a stroke, for its third-straight win. Clinard coached the Tigers to their third- straight NCAA Championship appearance in 2014 as the Tigers had three tourna- ment wins and eight top three finishes, including thirds in both the NCAA Region- al and SEC Championship. Auburn, which was , finished 23rd in the NCAA Championship in Hutchinson, Kan., and finished ranked 19th overall. Auburn s three tournament wins in came in the Tiger Invitational Pre- sented by Jason Dufner, the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate and the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate as Niclas Carlsson tied for first with a and Matt Gil- chrest finished a stroke behind with a Senior Niclas Carlsson was named hon- orable mention All-American in Carlsson and freshman Matt Gilchrest were both All-SEC second-team selec- tions, and Gilchrest was also named to the Freshman All-SEC team. Three Tiger freshmen were named SEC Freshman of the Week, including Gilchrest, Blake Messer and Will Long. Gilchrest was named SEC Player and Freshman of the Week following his four-stroke win at the UK Bluegrass Invitational. Messer won the USA Individual Tournament in Mobile while Long finished 10th in the USF Invita- tional. Auburn men s golf received the NCAA

20 Public Recognition Award for placing in the top 10 percent in the most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores with a perfect 1000 APR. Auburn placed 10 on the 2014 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll five on the 2014 SEC First-Year Honor Roll. In , Auburn finished 13th in the 2013 NCAA Championship in Milton, Ga., after finishing tied for second at the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio. The Tigers finished the season ranked 14th nation- ally while having a record of Auburn won three tournament titles at The McLaughlin, Mobile Bay Classic and Samford Intercollegiate. The Tigers had three individual medalists with redshirt freshman Jake Mondy at The McLaughlin in his first career tournament, Dominic Bozzelli at the Ameri Ari Invitational and Niclas Carlsson at the Mobile Bay Intercol- legiate. Senior Michael Hebert was selected to the All-SEC second team while Mondy was a Freshman All-SEC selection. Auburn was ranked No. 1 nationally in the Coaches Poll after two events in the season for the first time since the poll began in It marked the first time Auburn received a No. 1 ranking since the fall of The Tigers finished the season ranked a school-best fifth nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings with three team victories and three individual wins and a record of (.833), the sec- ond best winning percentage in school history. Auburn advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time under Clinard, finishing 15th at historic Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Auburn won the Carpet Capital Colle- giate for its first opening season victory since the 1978 Alabama Intercollegiate. The Tigers also won the Gator Invitational and Hootie at Bulls Bay. Dominic Bozzelli became the first Au- burn golfer in history to win back-to-back tournaments with the U.S. Collegiate and the Gator Invitational. Niclas Carlsson won the Hootie at Bulls Bay, a shot ahead of Blayne Barber. The Tigers were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Greensboro Regional for the first time in school history. At the regional, Au- burn had an incredible final four holes as it went 8-under par over that span to jump from seventh to finish third to qualify for the NCAA Championship for the first time since Five Auburn golfers earned All-SEC and NCAA All-Southeast Region honors, in- the world - Sweden s Niclas Carlsson and cluding first-team Blayne Barber, second- Michael Johnson of Birmingham, Ala. Clin- teamers Will McCurdy, Dominic Bozzelli ard also signed the No. 1 recruit out the and Niclas Carlsson and Freshman All-SEC state of Alabama two seasons in a row in Michael Johnson. The five All-SEC hon- Michael Johnson and Ryan Benton. orees are the most in program history, As swing coach for Barber, Clinard helped breaking the record of four in the Lake City, Fla., native become just the Junior All-American Blayne Barber fin- second golfer in school history to earn the ished the campaign with a scoring aver- honor of representing the United States at age of 70.76, which snapped the 36-year- the Walker Cup. Barber also represented old Auburn record that was set by Buddy the United States at the 2011 and 2012 Gardner in The Lake City, Fla., native Palmer Cup. Barber earned his PGA Tour finished the year with seven top-5 finish- card for 2015 by finishing seventh on the es including back-to-back runner-ups at 2014 Web.com Tour by earning $269,111. the E-Z-GO Schenkel Invitational and the Clinard also coached Barber and David Hootie at Bulls Bay. Barber finished the Johnson, who both were Florida State Am- season ranked No. 7 in the nation in the ateur Golfer of the Year, the highest award Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and became in the state of Florida. the first Auburn golfer to be named a first- In his career, Clinard has 36 tournament team All-American since Chip Spratlin and victories including two conference cham- Iain Steel in Dominic Bozzelli was an pionships, coached nine All-Americans, 14 All-America honorable mention selection Academic All-Americans, two conference in players of the year, three individual con- In , Auburn finished with a school ference champions and 28 all-conference record winning percentage of.907 with a selections record as the Tigers won back-to- UCF won the NCAA Southeast Regional back titles at the Chris Schenkel Invita- title by defeating No. 2 Georgia and No. 13 tional in 2010 and 2011 while also winning South Carolina in 2009 along with claimthe 2010 Jerry Pate National Intercolle- ing the school s first Conference USA giate, 2010 Tiger Shootout and 2011 UK Championship. The Knights also won The Bluegrass Invitational. Hummingbird Intercollegiate and the Rio The Tigers finished the season ranked Pinar Invitational as Clinard was named 11th nationally and advanced to the NCAA Conference USA Coach of the Year and the Colorado Regional. Three Tigers were PING NCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the All-Southeast Region selections in soph- Year. omores Blayne Barber, Michael Hebert Clinard played professional golf for and freshman Niclas Carlsson. Only three five seasons from on the NGA NCAA Div. I programs had more selections Hooters Tour as well as several Nike Tour than Auburn. and Canadian Tour events prior to becom- Auburn also had three All-SEC selec- ing head coach of UCF. He was also the tions as Ben Hogan Award semifinalist assistant tournament director of the Jim Blayne Barber was named second-team McLean Future Collegians World Tour All-American and first-team All-SEC leadfrom and worked as an assis- ing the Tigers with a scoring average tant golf professional at the Hank Haney as Hebert as an All-SEC second team pick Golf Ranch in McKinney, Texas, from while Carlsson was a Freshman All-SEC selection. It marked the first time since The Gastonia, N.C., native graduated 2005 that three Tigers earned All-SEC from Wake Forest University in 1995 with honors. Barber was also selected to play in a Bachelor s degree in speech communica- the prestigious Palmer Cup. tion. He played one year of collegiate golf In , Kyle Kopsick was named at SMU before playing his final three years All-SEC second-team while David Zick- at Wake Forest from , where the ler was named to the Freshman All-SEC Demon Deacons were ranked in the top 10 team. Alongside Barber in , Mi- in the nation all three seasons. Clinard is chael Hebert was named All-SEC second married to the former Susan Roberts, and team while Niclas Carlsson was named they have two daughters, Chloe and Pey- Freshman All-SEC after he became to first ton. freshman since Jimmy Green in 1988 to earn individual medalist honors. In his first two recruiting classes, Clinard signed a pair of recruits ranked top-10 in

21 Corey Maggard Associate Head Coach Third Season Alma Mater: Transylvania (2008) Corey Maggard is in his third season at Auburn under head coach Nick Clinard, and his first as Associate Head Coach in The Tigers had the fourth best NCAA Championship finish in school his- tory by finishing 12th in 2015 in his first season. Maggard is a finalist for the Jan Strick- land Award for the National Assistant Coach of the Year this year as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America and was a semifinalist in Auburn, which finished tied for 19th at the NCAA Championship, won four tour- naments in including the Carpet Capital Collegiate, U.S. Collegiate Championship, Mobile Sports Authority Intercol- legiate and the Seminole Intercollegiate while finishing as runner-up in four oth- ers. The Tigers had five medalists with Mi- chael Johnson winning three, the Primland Collegiate, Mobile Sports Authority Inter- collegiate and the Schenkel Invitational. Freshman Graysen Huff won the ASU Fall Beach Classic while Will Long was comedalist at the U.S. Collegiate Champion- ship. Michael Johnson was named first-team All-SEC and was a semifinalist for both the Jack Nicklaus Award and Ben Hogan Award and was on the Haskins Award Watch List. Jacob Solomon was a Fresh- man All-SEC selection in Johnson and Solomon were both named to the PING All-Southeast Region team. Auburn won three consecutive tourna- ments with three straight medalists, all different, in the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, Tiger Invitational Pre- sented by Jason Dufner and the Schenkel Invitational in Ben Schlottman was named Golfweek honorable mention All-American, the first freshman in school history to receive All- America honors. Five Tigers were named to the NCAA All-Southeast Region team as No. 1 Illi- nois and No. 2 Texas were the only three schools in the nation to have five players named NCAA All-Region. Schlottman and Matt Gilchrest were both named first-team All-SEC while Michael Johnson was a second-team selec- tion. Schlottman also became the first Auburn freshman to be named All-SEC first-team in history while also being tabbed SEC Freshman of the Year. Auburn destroyed the school s team single-season stroke average record by av- eraging strokes per round in 2015 with the previous mark being set in In fact, Clinard-coached teams have the four lowest averages in Tiger his- tory. Schlottman recorded the fourth lowest single season stroke average in school his- tory and set the Auburn freshman record averaging Auburn climbed to being ranked fourth nationally in after winning two consecutive tournaments in the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate and the Tiger Invitational Presented by Jason Dufner by 28 shots, the largest margin of vic- tory in school history. Auburn then won the Schenkel Invitational at 41-under, edging No. 5 Vanderbilt by a stroke, for its third-straight win. Prior to coming to Auburn in , Maggard won four-straight Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships in his four years as head men s golf coach at Div. III Guilford College. Maggard, who led Guilford to 16 tourna- ment wins in his four seasons, was named the Jack Jensen ODAC Coach of the Year three-straight seasons from Guil- ford spent time ranked No. 1 in the nation by Golf World and in the Golfstat.com rankings in 2011 and 2012 as the Quak- ers finished ninth at the 2011 NCAA Div. III Championship, 11th in 2012 and 17th in both 2013 and Guilford s Noah Ratner was selected a three-time first-team PING All-American and ODAC Golfer of the Year from and received the 2012 Jack Nicklaus Award as the Div. III National Player of the Year. Maggard coached three All-Americans and had 11 golfers earn 18 All-ODAC awards, including Tanner Gross, who was a second-team PING All-American in 2014 and won the Golf Coaches Association of America s Phil Mickelson Award as Div. III s top rookie. Prior to Guilford, Maggard spent two seasons as the assistant golf coach at Transylvania under Brian Lane. He was one of 10 semifinalists for the GCAA s 2010 Jan Strickland Award, which is given annually to the assistant from all levels in college golf who excels in working with student-athletes on the course and in the classroom. Transylvania won the Heartland Colle- giate Athletic Conference title and earned the league s automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III Tournament in 2009 and The Pioneers featured the HCAC s top golfer both seasons and had nine all-conference selections during his coaching tenure. Maggard was a four-year letterman at Transylvania from , was a three- time All-HCAC selection and helped lead the Pioneers to the HCAC Championship and a pair of NCAA Championship ap- pearances in 2007 and He was the runner-up at the 2006 HCAC Tournament while finishing third as both a junior and senior. The London, Ky., native won the 2007 Anderson Spring Invitational and the 2005 Transylvania Spring Invitational and served four years on the student-athlete advisory committee. Maggard spent four years as an assis- tant golf professional at the Man O War Golf Learning Center in Lexington, Ky., and is a Level Two Titleist Performance Institute Certified Golf Professional and Power Coach. He also worked as a golf op- erations assistant at the Gulf Stream Golf Club in Delray Beach, Fla. Maggard earned his B.A. degree in busi- ness management from Transylvania in He is married to the former Katie Young of Lexington, Ky.