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Austin Eckroat
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Edmond, Oklahoma
- High School:
- North
Junior (2019-20): Tabbed as a second-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America … also named a second-team pick by Golfweek Magazine … earned all-region plaudits from the GCAA as well … named a second-team Academic All-Big 12 selection … closed with a 65 at The Carmel Cup to finish tied for 13th place at 5-under 211 … tied for 17th place at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational after posting a 214 total which included a 67 during his second round … finished at 2-under 211 at the Nike Collegiate Invitational to tie for 19th place … finished with a 2-2-1 mark at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament … halved his match with Baylor’s Cooper Dossey and picked up wins over Oklahoma’s Quade Cummins and Kansas’ Jeff Doty … posted a 71 at the East Lake Cup to finish in sixth place … went 2-0 during the match play portion of the event with wins over Wake Forest’s Mark Power and Texas’ Cole Hammer … posted a pair of 69s en route to a 5-under 211 score to tie for 28th place at the Amer Ari Invitational … earned a runner-up finish at The Prestige … carded rounds of 72, 67 and 64 to finish at 10-under 203 … tied for 14th place at the Cabo Collegiate after carding scores of 69, 69 and 73 to finish at 2-under 211.
Sophomore (2018-19): Was named a third-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America … was named a second-team pick by Golfweek Magazine … was also tabbed as a first-team All-Big 12 selection … earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as well … posted a 3-1-1 mark at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament … finished seventh at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate after posting a 212 total that included a second-round 67 … posted a 71 to tie for fourth place at the East Lake Cup … tied for third place at The Prestige … finished at 5-under 208 after carding rounds of 68, 70 and 70 … earned his second career victory after carding rounds of 69, 63 and 67 to finish at 14-under 199 at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … tied for 14th place at the Big 12 Championship with a 211 total … posted scores of 69, 69 and 73 … tied for sixth place at the NCAA Louisville Regional … finished with scores of 69, 73 and 67 for a 4-under 209 total … tied for eighth place at the NCAA Championship … posted a 1-over total of 289 with scores of 69, 69, 73 and 78 … went 2-0 for the Cowboys in match play at the event as well … defeated SMU’s Jackson Markham 2 and 1 in OSU’s quarterfinal match … defeated Texas’ Parker Coody 3 and 2.
Freshman (2017-18): Received honorable mention All-America recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America … tied for 32nd place at the Amer Ari Invitational after closing with a 68 to finish at 3-under 213 … earned his first career victory at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate … shared medalist honors after posting rounds of 68, 70 and 64 for a 14-under total of 202 … tied for 16th place at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … closed with a 69 to finish at 2-over 215 … tied for 32nd place at the Lamkin San Diego Classic with a 219 total … tied for 43rd place at the Valspar Collegiate with a 220 total … posted a 225 total to tie for 28th at the Aggie Invitational … carded an even-par total of 213 to tie for fourth place at Arizona State’s individual tournament … finished at 218 and alone in 19th place at the NCAA Columbus Regional … posted a 1-over 289 total at the NCAA Championship to tie for 19th place … posted a 1-up victory over Brandon Smith of Texas A&M during OSU’s NCAA quarterfinal win over Texas A&M … defeated Brandon Mancheno of Auburn, 3&2, during the Cowboys’ NCAA semifinal victory … earned a 1-up victory over Alabama’s Davis Shore in the NCAA title match.
Amateur: Was in the field for the fourth time at the U.S. Amateur in 2020 … finished sixth at the 2020 Southern Amateur Championship … competed at the 2019 U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach … missed the cut after carding rounds of 72 and 75 … was also a member of the 2019 U.S. Palmer Cup squad … finished tied for 10th at the 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship … was runner-up at the Oklahoma Golf Association State Amateur Championship for the second year in a row in 2019 … posted a pair of 72s to advance to match play at the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship … was runner-up at the 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur … posted an 11-under total of 273 with scores of 65, 67, 71 and 70 … was runner-up to teammate Hayden Wood at the 2018 Oklahoma Golf Association State Amateur Championship … finished 14th at The Players Amateur with a 278 total … posted a 281 total to finish 15th at the 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur … finished 22nd at the 2018 Western Amateur Championship with scores of 68, 67, 68 and 72 for a 275 total … competed at the 2018 U.S. Amateur … claimed medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship … posted rounds of 66 and 66 to set the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record … fell in the quarterfinal round to teammate Matthew Wolff … was runner-up at the 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club after carding rounds of 71, 71 and 66 …was named a second-team AJGA All-American in 2015 and 2016 … made the round of 16 at the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship … carded an opening 65 and rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the 2016 Junior Invitational … also posted rounds of 70 and 75 … was a member of the victorious United States squad at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan … was in the field at the 2015 U.S. Amateur … captured the 2015 Scott Robertson Memorial title after firing a 16-under 197 total that included an 8-under 63 … became the first freshman to claim the Oklahoma Class 6A individual crown, taking the title in 2014 …won his second state title as a senior … guided Edmond North to three team state titles … earned all-state honors and was named the conference player of the year three times … finished his prep career with a 71.65 scoring average and 15 wins … his win total matched former Cowboy Kevin Tway’s school record … also posted 41 top 10s and finished in the top three 28 times, both school records.
Personal: Son of Steve and Natalie Eckroat … born Jan. 12, 1999 in Edmond … has one sister, Taylor, who attended OSU … also recruited by Oklahoma, Texas A&M and SMU.
Sophomore (2018-19): Was named a third-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America … was named a second-team pick by Golfweek Magazine … was also tabbed as a first-team All-Big 12 selection … earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as well … posted a 3-1-1 mark at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament … finished seventh at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate after posting a 212 total that included a second-round 67 … posted a 71 to tie for fourth place at the East Lake Cup … tied for third place at The Prestige … finished at 5-under 208 after carding rounds of 68, 70 and 70 … earned his second career victory after carding rounds of 69, 63 and 67 to finish at 14-under 199 at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … tied for 14th place at the Big 12 Championship with a 211 total … posted scores of 69, 69 and 73 … tied for sixth place at the NCAA Louisville Regional … finished with scores of 69, 73 and 67 for a 4-under 209 total … tied for eighth place at the NCAA Championship … posted a 1-over total of 289 with scores of 69, 69, 73 and 78 … went 2-0 for the Cowboys in match play at the event as well … defeated SMU’s Jackson Markham 2 and 1 in OSU’s quarterfinal match … defeated Texas’ Parker Coody 3 and 2.
Freshman (2017-18): Received honorable mention All-America recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America … tied for 32nd place at the Amer Ari Invitational after closing with a 68 to finish at 3-under 213 … earned his first career victory at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate … shared medalist honors after posting rounds of 68, 70 and 64 for a 14-under total of 202 … tied for 16th place at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … closed with a 69 to finish at 2-over 215 … tied for 32nd place at the Lamkin San Diego Classic with a 219 total … tied for 43rd place at the Valspar Collegiate with a 220 total … posted a 225 total to tie for 28th at the Aggie Invitational … carded an even-par total of 213 to tie for fourth place at Arizona State’s individual tournament … finished at 218 and alone in 19th place at the NCAA Columbus Regional … posted a 1-over 289 total at the NCAA Championship to tie for 19th place … posted a 1-up victory over Brandon Smith of Texas A&M during OSU’s NCAA quarterfinal win over Texas A&M … defeated Brandon Mancheno of Auburn, 3&2, during the Cowboys’ NCAA semifinal victory … earned a 1-up victory over Alabama’s Davis Shore in the NCAA title match.
Amateur: Was in the field for the fourth time at the U.S. Amateur in 2020 … finished sixth at the 2020 Southern Amateur Championship … competed at the 2019 U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach … missed the cut after carding rounds of 72 and 75 … was also a member of the 2019 U.S. Palmer Cup squad … finished tied for 10th at the 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship … was runner-up at the Oklahoma Golf Association State Amateur Championship for the second year in a row in 2019 … posted a pair of 72s to advance to match play at the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship … was runner-up at the 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur … posted an 11-under total of 273 with scores of 65, 67, 71 and 70 … was runner-up to teammate Hayden Wood at the 2018 Oklahoma Golf Association State Amateur Championship … finished 14th at The Players Amateur with a 278 total … posted a 281 total to finish 15th at the 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur … finished 22nd at the 2018 Western Amateur Championship with scores of 68, 67, 68 and 72 for a 275 total … competed at the 2018 U.S. Amateur … claimed medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship … posted rounds of 66 and 66 to set the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record … fell in the quarterfinal round to teammate Matthew Wolff … was runner-up at the 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club after carding rounds of 71, 71 and 66 …was named a second-team AJGA All-American in 2015 and 2016 … made the round of 16 at the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship … carded an opening 65 and rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the 2016 Junior Invitational … also posted rounds of 70 and 75 … was a member of the victorious United States squad at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan … was in the field at the 2015 U.S. Amateur … captured the 2015 Scott Robertson Memorial title after firing a 16-under 197 total that included an 8-under 63 … became the first freshman to claim the Oklahoma Class 6A individual crown, taking the title in 2014 …won his second state title as a senior … guided Edmond North to three team state titles … earned all-state honors and was named the conference player of the year three times … finished his prep career with a 71.65 scoring average and 15 wins … his win total matched former Cowboy Kevin Tway’s school record … also posted 41 top 10s and finished in the top three 28 times, both school records.
Personal: Son of Steve and Natalie Eckroat … born Jan. 12, 1999 in Edmond … has one sister, Taylor, who attended OSU … also recruited by Oklahoma, Texas A&M and SMU.
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