Nick Austin

Weight:
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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Midlothian, Va.
High School:
James River

2012-13 (Senior): Named to Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholars Team for second-straight year ... Played in all nine tournaments on the season, averaging 74.63 strokes per round ... Recorded one top-10 and two top-20 finishes on the season ... Finished his career with a scoring average of 74.18 - the fifth-best in school history ... Placed third at the Waterville Collegiate with a total of 153 (+9) ... Finished in a tie for 11th place at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate with a score of 221 (+5) ... Tied for 12th at the season-opening Marshall Invitational with a score of 217 (+4), carding rounds of 75-71-71 ... Placed in a tie for 29th at the Irish Creek Collegiate with a score of 219 (+6) ... Finished in a tie for 30th at the Atlantic 10 Championship with a score of 222 (+6) ... Tied for 31st at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a score of 229 (+17) ... Placed 32nd at the VCU Shootout with a total of 229 (+13) ... Tied for 40th at the rain-shortened C&F Bank Intercollegiate with a score of 74 (+4) ... Tied for 43rd at the ODU/OBX intercollegiate with a score of 227 (+11) ...

2012 (Summer): Advanced to the sectional qualifying round of the U.S. Open ...

2011-12 (Junior): Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection for the second-straight year ... Named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Team ... Played in nine events for the Spiders, posting a scoring average of 73.50, second-best on the team ... Totaled a team-best three top-10 finishes to go with four top-20's ... Earned a second-straight top-10 at the Atlantic 10 Championship, placing in a tie for seventh with a score of 142 (-2) ... Tied for 7th at the VCU Shootout with a three-round total of 211 (-5) ... Carded a second-round 67 (-5), tying him for the fourth-best round in school history ... Earned another top-10 at The Invitational at the Ocean Course, tying for seventh again, this time with a score of 216 (E) ... Placed in a tie for 14th at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a total of 220 (+7) ... Tied for 25th at the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational with a score of 219 (+3) ... Carded a 230 (+14) to tie for 28th at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate ... Tied for 30th at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a total of 222 (+9) ... Placed in a tie for 40th with a score of 220 (+7) at the Irish Creek Collegiate ... Carded a 231 (+15) to tie for 69th at the ODU/OBX Collegiate ...

2011 (Summer): One of two Spiders that competed at the U.S. Amateur Championship at Erin Hills, joining teammate Brad Miller as the first Spiders to qualify for the USGA Championship since 2005 ... At the US Amateur sectional qualifying, he fired a competitive course record 8-under-par 64 in the afternoon session to earn medalist honors in the 36-hole event ... Crowned the champion of the Richmond Golf Association Amateur ...

2010-11 (Sophomore): Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection ... Finished T1 at the A-10 Championship to cap the spring season, but fell in a playoff and finished second overall after carding rounds of 78-70-75 for the Championship ... His 70 was one of 11 under-par rounds he fired, which tied Sam Beach for the team lead ... His 70.50 stroke average for the season was second behind Beach's 70.46 ... Finished T2 at the Wofford Invitational, opening with a 67 and following that with rounds of 73 and 72 for a four-under par 212 ... Finished four of five fall tournaments under par, six of 12 rounds under par ... Played in the VCU Shootout, he shot a 70 in the third round finishing the tournament in 6th place, having four birdies in the first round and one birdie in the second round as he shot a pair of 72s ... At the Marshall Invitational he finished T23 after shooting a 72-74-66 ... Finished T11 at the Richmond Intercollegiate after shooting 66-71-79 ... Tied for 13th at OBX Classic, shooting 2-under 70s in the first and third rounds ...

2009-10 (Freshman): Played in nine events with a 76.00 scoring average ... Shot one round under par ... Best finish was tying for 11th at the Turning Stone Missouri Tiger Intercollegiate ... Tied for 17th at the Georgetown Intercollegiate ... Tied for 18th at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championship ... Tied for 27th in helping the Spiders to victory at the Frank Landrey Invitational ...

High School: Qualified for the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur, advancing to the round of 32 in match play ... Three-time AAA District Player of the Year for coach James Mclean at James River High ... Ranked 33 by Golfweek in the 2009 graduating class ... Three-time AAA Regional Medalist (2006-08) and two-time (2007-08) AAA Regional Player of the Year at James River High ... Runner-up at the AAA State Championship in both 2006 and 2007 and finished third in 2008 ... Led James River High to the 2008 district, regional and state titles ... An all-academic, all-district, all-region and all-state selection ... National Honor Society ... Distinguished Dean's List ...

Personal: Son of Al and Richele Austin.