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Andrew Walker

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Battle Creek, Mich.
High School:
Battle Creek Lakeview

FIFTH-YEAR (Spring 2021): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten … Second on the team in scoring average with a 73.4 over eight events … Best 18-hole performance was a 69 in the second and third rounds of the Kiawah Invitational … Finished in the top ten at the Tar Heel Invitational with a 3-under-par 213 (70-72-71) … Shot 12-over-par 225 and tied for 15^th at the Hoosier Invitational.

SENIOR (2019-20): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection … Recorded a 75.2 scoring average … Recorded a season-best 9-over-par 222 (71-78-73) at the Fighting Irish Invitational … Tied for 19^th place in the Challenge at Concession with a 16-over-par 232 (78-82-72).

JUNIOR (2018-19): Srixon/Cleveland All-America Scholar Team honoree … Academic All-Big Ten … Recorded the best scoring average of his career at 73.97 … Played in 11 tournaments … Had his best-career 54-hole total at the NCAA Pullman Regional, registering a 1-under-par 209 (70-71-68), which gave him the second best finish of all Spartans in 37^th place … Tied with Donnie Trosper for the best finish by a Spartan at the Windon Memorial Classic as the duo tied for eighth place at 2-under-par 214 … Fired a 5-under-par 67 in the opening round of the Windon, which was his lowest round of the second and the second best of his career … Tied for 15^th place in helping lead the Spartans to the Colleton River Collegiate title.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Appeared in 11 out of the 12 events … Finished the Quail Valley Intercollegiate by carding his best 18-hole round with a career low, 6-under-par 66 in the final round… He also shot a 54-hole career low at Quail Valley (211) to tie for 21st ... Matched his best individual finish of the season by taking 21st at the Hawkeye Invitational at 6-over-par 150 … Shot a 1-under-par 69 in the second round of the Big Ten Championships ... In 31 rounds, he averaged 74.03 strokes per round.

FRESHMAN (2016-17): Played in four events as a freshman ... Had a season-low score of 73 at Inverness Intercollegiate in September ... Saw his first collegiate action at the Gopher Invitational in September ... Competed in NCAA Regionals finishing 71st.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Michigan Mr. Golf ... 2015 and 2016 Division 1 Michigan State High School Champion ... Helped lead Battle Creek Lakeview to the 2013 D1 Michigan High School State Championship ... Elected high school team captain his sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Named to the Michigan Super Team all four years ... Named the Battle Creek Lakeview Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2016 ... 2013 and 2014 GAM Junior Player of the Year ... 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American ... Competed in the U.S. Amateur Championship at 14, becoming the the youngest African-American to ever play in the tournament.

PERSONAL: Father played basketball at Michigan Tech ... Favorite athlete is Tiger Woods ... Son of Filmore and Nancy ... Born Oct. 23, 1998 in Battle Creek, Michigan ... Major is applied engineering sciences.