Golf Profile

Joseph PoplinJoseph Poplin
Sr., 6-0, Eden, N.C.


Career: In four seasons, Poplin had a 75.66 career stroke average in 101 rounds, the 11th-lowest in Guilford history... had 18 career top-10 finishes... is Guilford's 14th two-time All-America golfer... 2006-07: Earned PING First Team All-America and Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Player of the Year honors... played in all 11 events for the Quakers... posted a league-leading 73.00 stroke average in 26 rounds, the second-lowest figure in Guilford's history... was Division III's top-ranked golfer according to the May 22 Golfstat Cup rankings... stands first nationally among Golfstat's Division III par-4 scoring (4.02), fourth in subpar strokes per round (3.23) and ninth in par-5 scoring (4.78)... set the school record for 18 holes (62), 36 holes (133) and tied Guilford's best 54-hole score (207) at the Camp Lejeune Invitational... had three runner-up finishes among eight top-eight efforts... recorded Guilford's low score in four of 10 tournaments... placed second in the ODAC Championships only after teammate Colin Clark '07 birdied the final five holes to finish first... 2005-06: Second Team PING All-America... First Team All-ODAC... had six top-10 results, including a shared third-place finish at the Emory Invitational... shot a career-low and school-record tying 66 in the first round of the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate... 2004-05: Played most of the year in the number-four or five position... had three top-10 finishes… placed third at the Tom O’Briant Memorial… recorded the Quakers' seventh-lowest stroke average… 2003-04: Posted the team’s sixth-lowest stroke average… earned all-tournament honors by finishing fourth at the ODAC Championships… Personal: Was one of three recipients of Guilford's 2006-07 English Athletic Leadership Award, the school's highest athletic honor... two-time member of Guilford’s Student-Athlete Honor Roll… won the 2005 Bryan Amateur Tournament... lettered four years for coach and former Guilford golfer Jamie Gilley '96 at Morehead H.S… four-time all-conference honoree… National Honor Society member… born 1/19/85 in Albemarle, N.C… son of Randy and Debbie Poplin… sport management major.

Year Rounds Strokes Average Low NCAA
2003-04 24 1850 77.08 70 308/T48
2004-05 25 1944 77.76 70 320/T81st
2005-06 26 1950 75.00 66 302/T13
2006-07 26 1898 73.00 62 312/T36th
Total 101 7642 75.66 62 302/T13th