The University of Akron Athletics
2018-19 Akron Men's Golf Roster
Elliott Grayson
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Shelby, N.C.
- High School:
- Shelby High School
as a Senior (Spring 2019): Played in all six spring events … posted a team-best 73.89 spring stroke average (16 rounds) … posted six rounds of par or better … recorded two Top 15 finishes … finished fourth overall at the Wexford Intercollegiate (215, -1) and 11th at the Wildcat Spring Invitational (146, +4) … completed 2018-19 season as Zips’ leading scorer with a 73.00 stroke average (27 rounds) … posted two Top 10 and seven Top 25 finishes … recorded under-par scores in three tournaments ... posted 10 rounds of par or better … named MAC Golfer of the Week on Feb. 28, 2019 ... earned second-team All-MAC honors …
as a Senior (Fall 2018): Played in all four fall tournaments … led the Zips’ scoring efforts with a 73.18 stroke average (11 rounds) … posted three Top 25 finishes … finished fourth at the Firestone Invitational (211, -5), 21st Mountaineer Invitational (226, +10) and 22nd at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate (217, +4) … helped Zips secure first win at Firestone Invitational … posted four rounds of par or better
as a Junior (Spring 2018): Played in all six spring events … posted a team-best 73.89 spring stroke average (19 rounds) … posted five rounds of par or better … recorded two Top 10 finishes … finished fourth overall at the Wexford Intercollegiate (211, -5) and sixth at the Furman Intercollegiate (213, -3) … completed 2017-18 season as Zips’ leading scorer with a 72.94 stroke average (33 rounds) … posted four Top 10 finishes and six Top 25 … recorded under-par scores in four tournaments … earned second-team All-MAC honors …
as a Junior (Fall 2017): Played in all five fall tournaments … led the Zips’ scoring efforts with a 71.64 stroke average (14 rounds) … posted two Top 10 finishes … finished second overall at the Firestone Invitational (210, -6) and 10th at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate (210, -3) … completed two tournaments with under-par scores … posted six rounds of par or better
as a Sophomore (Spring 2017): Played in all six events … fired a second-best 74.59 spring stroke average (22 rounds) … posted two Top 25 finishes … finished 13th overall at the MAC Championships … posted one round of bar or better … was the Zips overall scoring leader in 2016-17 with a 73.94 (36 rounds) … posted six Top 25 finishes … carded five rounds of par or better
as a Sophomore (Fall 2016): Played in all five fall events … led Akron’s scoring with a 72.93 stroke average … Finished in Top 20 in 3-of-5 events … led Akron scoring twice … Fired a career low 64 (-8) at the Firestone Invitational … Scored par of better four times
as a Redshirt Freshman (Spring 2016): Appeared in all six of the Zips’ spring events … posted a second-best 73.95 spring scoring average (19 rounds) … finished the 2015-16 season second in scoring for Akron with a 74.45 average (33 rounds) … fired three rounds of par or better during the spring, including a career-best score of 5-under par 67 in the second round of the Furman Intercollegiate (March 25) … led the Zips’ scoring twice, finishing 24th overall at the Wexford Intercollegiate (221, +5) and 41st overall at the Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament (221, +5) … had two Top 25 finishes in the spring Wexford Intercollegiate (24th, Feb.22-23) and MAC Championship (20th, April 29-May 1) … finished the season with four Top 25 finishes
as a Redshirt Freshman (Fall 2015): Appeared in all five fall events … posted a 76.17 fall scoring average (14 rounds) … two Top 25 finishes (the Firestone Invitational (25th, Oct. 5-6) and the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (23rd, Oct. 19-20) … set a collegiate-best 1-under par 70 during the second round of the Firestone Invitational (Oct. 5)
as a Freshman (Spring 2015): Utilized his redshirt season
as a Freshman (Fall 2014): Utilized his redshirt season.
at Shelby High School: Ranked No. 114 in the Class of 2014 by Golfweek Magazine ... was a two-time South Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... also named Western North Carolina Junior Golf Association's Player of the Year on three occasions ... posted wins at the 2013 AJGA Preseason Junior at St. James Plantation, as well as the 2011 Old North State Championship ... finished in the top-five at the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier ... was a top-10 performer at the 2013 NCHSAA 2A State Championships (sixth) ... helped SHS win the 2013 NCHSAA 2A West Regionals ... selected for the 2014 Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship, which features the top 20 boys and top 10 girls from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia ... built an impressive resume in the amateur golf world, including 64 career wins ... was a member of the National Honor Society, French Club and the French National Honor Society at SHS.
Personal: Son of Kevin and Anita Grayson ... has one brother, Kendall ... started playing golf at the age of two and began playing in competitions at the age of six.
