2023-24 Golf Roster
Will Stakel
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Peachtree Corners, Ga.
- High School:
- Wesleyan High
2023-24 (Senior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Team
- Academic Achievement Award from the WVU golf team
- Played in 26 rounds for an average score of 73.57
- Was in the WVU tournament lineup four times
- Shot a career-low 66 in the Dorado Beach Collegiate
- Tied for 25th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-75-70=221 (+5)
- Finished with rounds of 74-72-76=222 (+6) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
- Shot 3-under-par and finished tied for 23rd place at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 73-70=70=213 (-3)
- Competed as an individual at the Dorado Beach Collegiate and finished tied for 19th place with rounds of 66-72=138 (-6)
- Recorded rounds of 74-75-75=224 (+8) at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate
- Shot 74-74-76=224 (+8) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational
- Posted rounds of 76-75-74=225 (+15) at the Xavier Invitational
- Shot 72-74-70=216 (E) and tied for 24th place at the Minnesota Golf Classic
- Competed as an individual at the Red Bandanna Invitational and tied for 31st place at +14 (78-75-77=230)
2022-23 (Junior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- GCAA All-America Scholar
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Team
- WVU Golf Most Improved Player Award
- Competed in eight tournaments
- Appeared in the lineup six times
- Participated in 24 rounds for an average score of 74.58
- Recorded five rounds of even par or better
- Had rounds of 77-73-80=230 at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Shot Even par at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 77-69-70=216
- Recorded rounds of 79-78-76=233 at the Schenkel Invitational
- Shot 71-78-73=222 (+6) at the Dorado Beach Collegiate
- Recorded the lowest third round score (-2) at the Gators Invitational and had rounds of 76-74-68=218 (+8)
- Shot 2-under-par in the final round of the Arizona Intercollegiate and finished at +3 with rounds of 73-76-70=219
- Tied for 44th place at the Isleworth Collegiatiate Invitational with rounds of 76-74-76=226 (+10)
- Recorded a win against Iowa State in the Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Tied for 48th place at the Minnesota Golf Classic with rounds of 75-76-75=226 (+10)
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Competed in seven tournaments
- Had two rounds of par or better, including one round in the 60s
- Tied for 28th place with scores of 73-74=147 (+7) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
- Shot rounds of 82-75-85=242 at the ECU Intercollegiate
- Tied for 23rd place at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate with rounds of 81-77-75=233 (+17)
- Tied for 52nd place at the Xavier Invitational with rounds of 78-78-73=229
- Shot 76-73-76=225 (+9) at the Georgia State Invitational
- Shot rounds of 74-77-76=227 (+11) at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Career-best finish by tying for 10th place at the Minnesota Golf Classic at 3-under-par with rounds of 72-73-68=213
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Competed as an individual at The Hootie at Bulls Bay, finishing with rounds of 80-77-82=239
- Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Finished tied for 55th at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 81-79-76=236
- First collegiate event was the Colonial Collegiate Invitational and shot rounds of 84-78-81=243
Prep
- Wesleyan High’s all-time individual scoring leader, playing as part of the Atlanta Athletic Club
- Ranks as the No. 16 prospect in Georgia's class of 2020 via Junior Golf Scoreboard
- Posted wins at the Cambridge Cup (seven-under-par) and the Georgia High School Regional Championship (four-under-par)
- Was the medalist at the 2018 HJGT Atlanta Fall Open (75-67) and the runner-up at the 2017 Donald Ross Junior Championship (74-71)
- Notched top-10 finishes at the 2018 North & South Junior Championship (sixth place), 2019 SJGT Blake Hadden Memorial Junior (ninth place), 2019 AJGA Dominican Junior Open (10th place) and 2019 Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship (10th place)
- Posted top-25 finishes at the 2018 Southern Junior Championship (16th place) and 2019 AJGA Rome Junior Classic (25th place)
- Earned first-team honors for all-state Georgia and all-Gwinnett County in 2019
- Was a third-team all-state Georgia honoree in 2017
- Represented Team Georgia in the 2018 Georgia vs. South Carolina matches
Personal
- Son of John and Courtney Stakel
- Birthday is November 28
- Graduated in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in finance
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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