2014-15 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2014 Capital One Academic All-America® At Large Second Team
2014 Gulf South Conference "Top Ten"
2014 GCAA All-America Scholar
2014 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2014 Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team
2014 UWF Student-Athlete Leadership Award
2014 Richard and Sandra Berg Scholar Athlete of the Year
2013-14: Played in all but one tournament as a junior... averaged 76.71 strokes per round and 5.07-over par… finished 20th at the Cougar Invitational after carding 68 in the first and third rounds (68-82-68 - 218)… also posted a top-20 finish at the Argonaut Invitational where he placed 16th (69-74-75 - 218)… earned one of the most prestigious awards in all of college sports by being selected to the Capital One Academic All-America Team®… named to the Gulf South Conference “Top Ten” for his athletic, academic and extracurricular achievements… earned GCAA All-America Scholar status… earned his second Capital One Academic All-District selection and his second GSC All-Academic Team award... honored as the Richard and Sandra Berg Scholar Athlete of the Year winner for the second straight year... also earned the UWF Student-Athlete Leadership Award.
2013 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships Elite 89 Award Winner
2013 All-Gulf South Conference Team
2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2013 Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team
2013 UWF Richard and Sandra Berg Scholar Athlete of the Year
2012-13: 2013 Elite 89 Award winner at NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships... 2013 All-GSC Team... 2013 GSC All-Academic Team... Strong sophomore season included action in 10 of 11 tournaments... UWF's third-best stroke average of 74.86 over 29 rounds... Two top-10 finishes... Four top-20 finishes... Best result tied for eighth place twice at the Las Vegas Desert Classic (78-75-153) and Bobcat Invitational (70-70-74-214)... Best round 70 shot four times... Four rounds even par or better.
2011-12: Competed in three events during freshman campaign… Best finish tied for 34th at UNO Mardi Gras Invitational (2/27-28) with career-low 54-hole total 228 (77-76-75)… Low round 72 at Argonaut Invitational (4/2-3)… Stroke average 76.89… Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
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Avg. Vs.
Tourn. Rounds Score Par Adjusted
3 9.0 76.89 5.22 5.32
Tournament IND. FINISH REGION SCORES
Sandestin Collegiate Champ. # T 49- 60 T 30- 34 74 78 79 231
UNO Mardi Gras Invitational T 34- 76 T 23- 41 77* 76* 75* 228
Argonaut Invitational T 43- 48 26- 26 80 81 72* 233
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Prep: Held 37.43 9-hole scoring average over four seasons, his low single-season average being 36.6 during his junior year… 2008 Greater Tampa Junior Golfer of the Year… Won 2012 Casey Award, given to Hillsborough County’s best public school golfer… First Team All-County 2009-11… Western Conference All-Star all four years… Named to 2011 AJGA HP Scholastic All-America Team… 2012 Chick-Fil-A Outstanding Male Student-Athlete… Team was District runner-up in 2008 and 2009… Captain from 2009-12.
Personal: Son of Ronda and Gary Buffington, Jr.,… Father Gary played golf at West Florida from 1985-87, and was a 1987 NAIA All-American… Majoring in Accounting.
