Men's Golf - 2005-06 Profile - Guilford College

Colin Clark

6-4, Jr., Durham, NC

2005-06: Played in all 11 events this year and placed third on the team for overall stroke average... his best performance was a first place finish at the NCAA Division III Preview (09/19/06) where he shot a 71-72-143... also placed second at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships, where he shot 72-77-149... set school records for low 18-hole score and low 36-hole score at the Marine Federal Credit Union Intercollegiate where he shot a 66-71-78-215... earned First Team All-ODAC laurels for the third straight season and was a PING Third Team All-American by virtue of his 36th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships... 2004-05: Captured the medalist title at the NCAA Division III Championships by winning a one-hole playoff with teammate Dave Patterson. received the Outback Steakhouse Arnold Palmer Award as the tournament medalist. became the school's first NCAA individual national champion in any sport. shot 290 in the four-day tournament and earned First Team PING All-America recognition. won second straight ODAC Golfer of the Year Award. posted 10^th lowest stroke average in Guilford history. won Quakers' Most Valuable Player Award for second straight season. captured two ODAC Player of the Week Awards. shot a career-low 67 during the first round of the Emory Spring Invitational. 2003-04: Earned PING honorable mention All-America honors by placing 19^th at the NCAA Division III Tournament with a four-round 300 (+12). had Guilford's best NCAA finish. received PING All-Southeast Region honors. ODAC Golfer of the Year. First Team All-ODAC. received the Quakers' Most Valuable Player Award. had Guilford's lowest stroke average, the 16^th-lowest in school history. two-time ODAC Golfer of the Week. had five top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments. placed ninth at the ODAC Championships. took seventh at the Lee Nissan/Barton Intercollegiate. shot a Guilford season-low 70 at the Pfeiffer/Pine Needles Invitational. Personal: Received Guilford's English Athletic Leadership and Best Undergraduate Male Athlete Awards. earned Academic All-ODAC status for 2004-05 season. two-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll.  placed sixth at the 2004 North Carolina Amateur Championship with a four-round 285 (-3). finished 12^th at the 2004 Cardinal Amateur. played four years under Coach Joe Wolfe at Chapel Hill H.S. two-time All-Piedmont Athletic Conference (PAC) 6 selection. born 6/15/85 in Minneapolis, MN. son of Jim Clark and Leigh Gosnell. liberal arts major.