2023-24 Golf Roster
Trent Tipton
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Orient, Ohio
- High School:
- Bishop Hartley
2023-24 (Fifth-Year Senior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Golf Most Improved Player Award
- Played in five tournaments
- Competed in 14 rounds for a 72.29 average
- Appeared in the WVU lineup four times
- Had two rounds of 68 and one round of 69
- Finished tied for 21st place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 78-74-68=220 (+4)
- Tied for 14th place at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with rounds of 75-68-75=218 (+2)
- Finished 14th at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 75-68-75=218 (+2)
- Shot 1-under-par at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-74=143
- Was WVU's top finisher at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate, shooting 75-68-75=218 (+2) and finished 14th
2022-23 (Senior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- GCAA All-America Scholar
- Played in eight tournaments
- Competed in 24 rounds for a 74.17 average score
- Had five rounds of par of better, including two rounds in the 60s
- Appeared in the WVU lineup five times
- Shot 80-82-72=234 at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Had rounds of 69-71-71=211 at the Butler Spring Invitational, tying for 11th place at 1-over-par
- Finished tied for 26th place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with rounds of 76-75-73=224 (+8)
- Shot 2-under-par on the final day and finished with rounds of 73-76-70=219 (+3) at the Dorado Beach Collegiate
- Had rounds of 73-79-80=232 at the Gators Invitational
- Shot 1-under in the final round of the Arizona Intercollegiate and finished +4 with rounds of 73-76-71=220
- Finished with rounds of 75-77-76=228 (+12) at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
- Recorded wins against Oklahoma State and Baylor in the Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Shot 1-under par at The Gopher Invitational with rounds of 73-67-72=212 (67 was a career low at WVU)
2021-22 (Junior)
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Championship lineup
- Competed in every tournament
- Had seven rounds of par or better, including four rounds in the 60s
- Recorded rounds of 83-77-79=239 (+23) at the Big 12 Championship to place 45th
- Had rounds of 76-74-73=223 (+10) at the Mason Rudolph Championship
- Shot 72-73-75=220 (+4) at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
- Tied for 49th place at 6-over-par with rounds of 71-78-73=222 at the Schenkel Invitational
- Recorded his best finish as a Mountaineer, tying for a career-best eighth place at 6-under-par (68-74-68=210) at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate
- His two rounds of 68 were his lowest rounds as a Mountaineer
- Shot rounds of 75-69-75=219 (+9) at the Gators Invitational
- Tied for 41st at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 74-75-75=224
- Recorded victories over Texas Tech and Kansas in the Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Posted scores of 74-76-72=222 (+6) and tied for 29th at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Shot 6-over-par and tied for 35th at The Gopher Invitational
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Golf Most Improved Award
- Big 12 Championship lineup
- Competed in every tournament during the spring season
- Top 30 finish at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Tied for 12th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 71-72-71=214 to finish 2-under-par
- Posted seven rounds of par of better
- Shot a season-best 69 in the second round of the Florida Gators Invitational
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Competed in three events in his first collegiate season
- Appeared in the Mountaineers’ lineup once and competed twice as an individual
- Shot a career-best 73 at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, making his Mountaineer debut
- Finished the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic tied for 59th after shooting 73-80-81=234
- Competed at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, notching scores of 83-75-78=236 for 20-over par
- Collected the top finish of his rookie season at the Trojan Invitational, carding a two-round total of 79-78=157
Prep
- Ranked as the No. 41 junior golfer (class of 2019) by Golfweek
- Ranked at No. 73 by Junior Golf Scoreboard
- Won the 2016 PGA Junior Series at Kearney Hill (68-70-67)
- Qualified for the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur after winning the Qualifier at Browns Run (66)
- Finished as the runner-up at the 2018 AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship (72-68-70) and the 2016 AJGA Junior All-Star at The Virtues (71-70)
- Was third at both the 2017 and 2016 Hudson Junior Invitational and was fifth at the 2017 AJGA Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior
- Finished in the top 10 of the 2017 the Memorial Junior Championship (eight place) and the 2018 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst (ninth place)
- Posted top-20 finishes at the 2017 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst (16th place), the 2017 Ohio Amateur (18th) and the 2016 Ohio Amateur (20th)
- Was the runner-up at the 2016 Ohio High School State Championship and placed third at the event in 2017
- Competed in the Western Junior Championship (2018), U.S. Junior Championship (2017) and the Junior PGA Championship (2016-17)
Personal
- Parents are Gary and Jenny
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Birthday is January 4
- Graduated in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in finance
- Graduated in 2024 with a master's degree in business management
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