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
Pearl at Kalauao Invitational Recap
Sunday, November 09
Hawaii Practice
Tuesday, November 04
Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Recap
Friday, October 03
Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Preview
Wednesday, September 24
