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2018-19 Men's Golf Roster

Griffin Peters

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fountain Hills, Ariz.
  • High School Fountain Hills

Biography


On the Links with Peters
• 2018 First-Team All-Patriot League
• 2017 Second-Team All-Patriot League


2017-18 (Jr.) — Led the team with a 74.92 stroke average among the nine tournaments in which he competed ... earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors after placing fourth at the Patriot League Championship ... finished just outside of the top 20 at the Clemson Invitational where he turned in a 9-over par 225 to place 24th ... posted a 10-over par 226 at the NCAA Regional played at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club where he tied for 55th ... defeated Army’s Max Messner 5&4 in the annual Star Match.

2016-17 (So.) — Saw action in eight of the nine tournaments, posting the team’s second-lowest stroke average of 76.21 ... opened the year with a 22nd-place finish at the Bucknell Invitational where he shot an 8-over par 148 ... turned in a 4-over par 146 to finish tied for 25th at the Wildcat Invitational ... shot a 7-over par 149 to place 15th at the Navy Spring Invitational ... he tied a tournament record with his 5-under parr 66 in the final round of the Mids’ home tournament which also marked the third-lowest round by a Navy player since 1990 ... went on to garner Second-Team All-Patriot League recognition after placing seventh at the Patriot League Championship with a 2-over par 212 ... paired up with Eric Terminello to defeat Army’s Gunnar Doyle and Matt Plunkett, 2&1, in the four-ball portion of the annual Star Match to help lead the Mids to a 6-5 win over Army, their first at West Point since 2010.

2015-16 (Fr.) — One of just two players on the roster to play in all 10 tournaments, as well as the Army-Navy dual ... owned the third-lowest stroke average on the team (75.84) ... placed among the top 10 three times and the top 20 six times ... quickly made a name for himself when in his first collegiate tournament he earned medalist honors by turning in a 9-under par 133 at the Navy Fall Classic ... he shot the program’s second-lowest round, an 8-under par 63, over the final 18 holes  en route to becoming just the third Navy player to earn medalist honors in the 22-year history of the Navy Fall Classic and only the second Navy freshman to win ... he went on to be named the Patriot League Golfer of the Month for the month of September ... opened the spring season with a 5-over par 221 to place 14th at The Legacy Intercollegiate and followed up with a seventh-place 10-over 154 mark at the Patriot Spring Intercollegiate ... he finished ninth at the Finegan Invitational following his 5-over par 147 ... placed 15th at the Navy Spring Invitational with a 7-over par 149 and finished the season just outside of 20th at the Patriot League Championship with a 16-over par 229 ... scored a 2&1 victory over Justin Pagila in singles play in the annual Star Match against Army.

More on Peters — A 2015 graduate of Fountain Hills High School in Fountain Hills, Ariz., Peters was a four-year golf letterwinner who garnered All-State (Ariz.) honors his senior year ... was the runner-up at the state championship his senior year ... won the individual title at the 2014 Wrangler Invitational ... member of the National Honor Society ... father played golf at New Mexico ... majoring in Quantitative Economics ... son of Greg and Katie Peters.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior