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2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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Josh McDaniel
Tom Morris
Kane McGuire
Emerald McIntyre

Hunter Battles

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Muscle Shoals, Ala.
  • High School Muscle Shoals HS
  • Twitter hunter_battles
  • Instagram hunterbbattles

Biography

CAREER HONORS
CUSA All-Tournament Team (2024)
CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
GCAA All-America Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)


FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2023-24)
• Participated in nine events while registering three top-20 finishes.
• Recorded a stroke average of 73.67 over 27 rounds, second best on the team. 
• Totaled 67 birdies and two eagles.
• Shot at or under par in nine rounds, second most on the squad.
• Top Bulldog finisher at the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational (10/15-17), tying for 16th after shooting 217 (+1).
• Shot a season-low -2 on five different occasions.
• Tied for 15th at the Louisiana Classics (3/11-12), shooting 216 (E). 
• Best finish of the season was a tie for fifth at the Conference USA Championship (4/22-24), shooting 74-71-70=215 (-1).

SENIOR (2022-23)

• Saw action in nine of the 11 events as a senior.
• Registered a stroke average of 75.07 over 27 rounds.
• Totaled 67 birdies and two eagles (one of only two Bulldogs with multiple eagles this season).
• Shot at or under par in five rounds, including a season-low 70 in the third round of the CUSA Championship (4/26).
• Best finish came at CUSA Championship, tying for 16th as an individual.

JUNIOR (2021-22)

• Competed in nine events as a junior.
• Recorded a stroke average of 75.04 over 25 rounds.
• Shot at or under par in six rounds, including a career-low 69 in the second round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (9/13).
• Tied for 11th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, shooting -3.
• Had a top 10 finish at the Border Olympics, tying for ninth while shooting +2.
• Tied his career-low round of 69 in the third round of the Border Olympics (2/15).

SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
• Competed in eight events as a sophomore.
• Registered a stroke average of 75.68 over 19 rounds.
• Shot a career-low 71 in the first round of the Intercollegiate at The Grove (Oct. 12).

FRESHMAN (2019-20)
• Competed in three tournaments as a freshman.
• Recorded a 77.75 scoring average over 8 competitive rounds.
• Shot a season-low 72 at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate to open the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered six years for coach Derrick Gargis at Muscle Shoals High School in Alabama.
• Helped lead the program to the Alabama Class 6A state title in 2017 and 2018.
• Medalist at the Athens High School Invitational in 2018 and the Brooks High School Invitational in 2017.
• Team captain in 2017 and 2018.
• Selected to represent the state of Alabama at the 2018 Southern Junior Cup Matches.
• Named to the Times Daily Al-Area first team every year since eighth grade.
• Qualified for the 2018 Southern Amateur Championships and then made the cut at the event (1 of only 2 high school players to make the cut).
• Finished second at the 2018 Alabama Boys State Junior Championships (won the 16-18 Division) at Glen Lakes Golf Club.
• His first round 64 at the event tied the course record.
• Tied for 22nd at the 2018 Southern Junior Championships at Squire Creek Golf Course.
• Won the division and finished 10th overall at the 2018 Daikin Spirit of America Championships at Burningtree Country Club.
• Member of the National Honor Society.
• Named a Muscle Shoals High School Ambassador.
• Member of the 30+ Club at Muscle Shoals (recognizes students who make a 30 or higher on any section of the ACT).

PERSONAL: Full name is Hunter Braxton Battles … Son of Micah and Kelly Battles … Born Jan. 27, 2001 in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Graduate Student