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South Dakota State University Athletics
2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Smith, Grant
Grant Smith
- Position:
- PLAYER
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Johnston, Iowa
- High School:
- Johnston H.S.
- Major:
- Mathematics
Bio
2016-17 Statistics
2015-16 Statistics
2014-15 Statistics
2013-14 Statistics
Career Statistics
Records: Finished career ranked third in scoring average (74.36), first in career rounds (135) and third in top-5 (5), top-10 (9) and top-25 (20) finishes.
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Honors:
- 2017 Summit League Tournament MVP
- 2017 Summit League All-Tournament Team
- 2017Â Summit League Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 Summit League Player of the Year
- 2016 First Team All-Summit League
- 2016 Cleveland Golf/Srixon names All-America ScholarÂ
- 2016 Academic All-Summit League
- 2015 Second Team All-Summit League
- Two-time Distinguished Scholar on The Summit League Academic Honor Roll
- Four-time Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence
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2016-17: Competed in all 12 events, leading the team and finishing 10th in The Summit League with a 74.36 stroke average … stroke average ranks in the top 10 in a single season … tied the single-season record for rounds (36) … recorded a team best in rounds of par-or-better (10) … registered a top-five and a top-10 finish … scores counted in all 33 rounds … shot a season-low 68 in the opening round of The Jackrabbit (9/25) and the second round at the Arizona Intercollegiate (1/23) … season-best 36-holes (139) came at The Jackrabbit … captured The Summit League title shooting a season-low 214 (71-73-70) … recorded 17 rounds below 75 … led team at the NCAA Stanford Regional (5/15-17), firing a 218 (75-72-71) to tie for 48th … registered stroke averages of 74.5 in the fall, 74.23 in the spring, including 72.00 in six postseason rounds.
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2015-16: Competed in all 12 events, posting a career-best and team-leading 73.72 stroke average in 36 rounds ... stroke average ranked second in The Summit League and fourth in a single-season at State ... broke single-season record for rounds (36) ... posted the seventh-lowest 36-hole score with a season-low 139 (71-68) at The Jackrabbit (9/26-28) and sixth-lowest and season-low 54-hole (139) score at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/21-22) ... finished in the top five twice and the top 25 in six tournaments ... best finish came in the season opener at the Ram Masters Invitational, tying for fourth ... named The Summit League Golfer of the Week (Feb. 17) after tying for 17th at the Arizona Intercollegiate (1/29-30) with a 54-hole 218 (77-70-71) ... earned The Summit League Golfer of the Month in September after firing a 54-hole 211 at The Jackrabbit and tying for fourth at the Ram Masters Invitational ... recorded 20 rounds below 75 ... tied for 15th at The Summit League Championship (5/1-3) and tied for 21st at the NCAA Kohler Regional (5/16-18) ... recorded stroke averages of 72.50 in the fall, 74.33 in the spring, including 73.50 in six rounds in postseason action.Â
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2014-15: Competed in all 11 events, posting a career-best 74.28 scoring average in 32 rounds ... seventh-lowest scoring average in a single season ... ranked eighth in The Summit League in scoring average ... ranked fourth in single-season top-10 finishes (5) and sixth in top-25 finishes (7) ... broke the school record for 18 holes with a career-low 65 in the third round at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/16-17) ... recorded second-lowest 36-hole score in school history with a career-low 136 (71-65) at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... owns two 54-hole scores—tied for second (206) and 10th (213)—on the single-season list ... finished in the top 15 in seven of the 11 events and placed in the top 10 in two of the final four events ... best finish came in the season opener at the Whistling Straits Intercollegiate (9/1-2) and at the Ogio Utah Invitational (10/6-7), tying for fifth ... earned Summit League Golfer of the Week after setting the school record for 18 holes at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... shot a 227 (82-70-75) at The Summit League Championship (5/1-3), placing seventh.
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2013-14: Competed in 11 events, posting the team’s second-best scoring average (75.19) in 31 rounds ... scoring average ranked 12th in The Summit League ... recorded one top-10 and six top-25 finishes ... ranked ninth in single season top-25 finishes at SDSU ... tied for 12th at The Summit League Championship (4/21-23), shooting a 230 (78-80-72) ... best finish came at the 2013 Fall Jackrabbit Invitational (9/23-24), finishing sixth with career- and season-low 18-hole (66) and 54-hole (216) scores ... 18-hole 66 ranks tied for third in a single season at SDSU and tied for fifth in a single season in The Summit League ... registered a season-low 36-hole (148) score at the Battle of the Tetons (9/2-3) and tied for 14th.
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Before SDSU: 2013 South Dakota Golf Association Match Play Champion ... ranked as the No. 1 recruit in Iowa according to National Junior Golf Scoreboard ... class 4A state runner-up in 2012 ... first team all-state in 2012 and second team all-state in 2011 and 2010 ... district champion in 2012 ... three-time all-conference pick ... posted four wins and tied for second at the 2012 state tournament ... all-tournament team pick as a senior ... finished tied for 11th at the AJGA Jr. at Quad Cities and tied for 10th at the Bass Pro/Payne Stewart AJGA in 2012 ... four-time academic all-conference selection (2009-12).
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