2020-21 Golf Roster
Etienne Papineau
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
- High School:
- Champlain St-Laurence
2019-20 (Senior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (9-30-2019)
- Posted a pair of top-10 finishes on the season
- Set a new 54-hole program record-low with a 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate, finishing in sixth place overall, which was his best finish of the season
- Also earned a new career-best with a 65 at the Old Town Club Collegiate
- Finished the season with a 73.41 stroke average
- Played 21 rounds in seven tournaments
- Finished in a tie for seventh place at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, notching a three-round total of 75-69-72=216
- Carded a score of 78-70-72=220 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational to finish tied for 33rd
- Tied for 46th place at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with scores of 69-69-73=211
- Shot 73-75-75=223 at the Florida Gators Invitational
- Finished T-30th with a three-round total of 76-73-74=223 at the Seminole Intercollegiate
2018-19 (Junior)
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Golf Most Improved
- Played 33 rounds across 11 tournaments
- Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Championship and NCAA Louisville Regional
- Ranked third on the team with a scoring average of 72.09
- Had five rounds in the 60s with a low of 66
- Posted three top-10 finishes on the year
- Twice shot a 54-hole low of 211, finishing tied for 29th at the Old Town Club Collegiate and taking 15th place at the Gator Invitational
- Tied for fourth place and helped WVU take home top team honors at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, shooting 72-75-68=215
- Finished T-6th with a score of 66-73-74=213 at the Seminole Intercollegiate
- Shot 71-72-71=214 at the Irish Creek Collegiate
- Finished ninth with a three-round total of 73-71-69=213 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate
- Carded a score of 73-71-72=216 to finish T-28th at the Big 12 Championship
- Shot 73-74-73=220 at the NCAA Louisville Regional
2017-18 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Played 35 rounds in 12 tournaments, including the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship
- Carried a 73.31 scoring average for 1.80 vs. par, ranking third on the team
- Registered four top-25 finishes on the year
- Posted five rounds of 69 or better, including a season-low 68
- Helped WVU win the Janney VCU Shootout with a 19th-place finish, shooting 74-71-69=214
- Individual runner-up at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (Oct. 9-10) with a season-low score of 211 (69-71-71), helping West Virginia take second at the event
- Shot a career-low 68 in the first round of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 1-2)
- Led WVU to a runner-up finish at the Furman Intercollegiate, taking third with a 71-69-72=212
- Also posted a top-10 finish in WVU’s runner-up showing at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, shooting 69-71-74=214
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Winner of WVU golf’s Academic Achievement award
- Played 34 rounds in 12 tournaments as a freshman
- Fifth on the team with a 75.47 stroke average
- Posted three top-10 finishes on the season
- Shot a pair of rounds in the 60s
- Carded a season-low 218 for two over par at both the Invitational at Kiawah (Sept. 12-13) and the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 10-11)
- Finished 18th at the VCU Janney Shootout (Sept 19-20) with a score of 69-72=141
- Finished tied for 15th at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate after shooting 71-71-76
- Shot 78-76-76=230 to finish 30th in WVU’s win a the East Carolina Intercollegiate (April 3-4)
- Was second on the team in par-3 scoring
Prep
- Member of the Canadian National Team from 2014-15
- Ranked as the No. 2 amateur and junior golfer in Quebec in 2015
- Rated the No. 13 amateur in Canada
- Two-time Junior Golfer of the Year in Quebec
- 2015 Amateur Golfer of the Year in Quebec
- Took medalist honors at the Canadian Collegial National Championship, Quebec Amateur Championship, Graham Cooke Junior Invitational, Alexander of Tunis Championship and Quebec Match Play Championship
- Finished 12th with a score of 68 at the RBC Canadian Open PGA TOUR Monday Qualifier
- Posted a top-20 finish at the 2015 Canadian Junior National Championship
- Finished in the top-10 at the 2015 World Junior Championship
- Won the Quebec Junior Tour Championship in both 2013 and 2014
Personal
- Parents are Luc and Francine
- Birthday is September 13
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in May 2020
- Pursuing a master's degree in business administration
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