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2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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Samuel Espinosa

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pedrena, Spain
  • Prev School King
  • Highschool IES Ortega y Gassett
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Biography

- Summer 2022 transfer from King with two years eligibility remaining
- Started collegiate career at ETSU
 
YEARLY HONORS
- PING All-Region: 2022 (King)
- All-SoCon: 2023, 2024
- GCAA All-America Scholar: 2023, 2024

WEEKLY/MONTHLY HONORS
- SoCon Golfer of the Month: Sept. 2023
 
WINS
- 2023 Marquette Intercollegiate
- 2021 King Invite (King)
- 2022 Hurricane Invite (King)
- 2022 Tennessee River Rumble (King)
 
2023-24
- All-Southern Conference...Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar.
- 11 appearances, all starts…71.97 scoring average…28 of 32 cards counted to team score.
- Tied Cal’s Eric Lee for medalist honors at Erin Hills with 3-under 213 topping the strong Marquette Intercollegiate field.
- Four total top 5s with the win, a runner up at Furman, tie for third in the SoCon Championships and fourth at the Bearcat.
- 17 par or better cards with eight in the 60s…low was 6-under 65 at Furman with best 36 (135, -7) coming there as well.
- Four par or better finishes led by 11-under 205 at the SoCon Championships…three of his seven cards in the 60s came there logging 67, 69 and 69…opened the campaign shooting 3 under (Marquette), 5 under (Bearcat) and 7 under (Furman).
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll student.
 
Season Scoring
Tournaments: 11
Rounds: 32 | Counters: 28/32
Strokes: 2,303 | Average: 71.97
Wins: 1 | Top 5s: 4 | Top 10s: 4
Par/Better Rounds: 17 | Cards in 60s: 8
Par 3: 3.11 | Par 4: 4.11 | Par 5: 4.71
Best Finish: T1, 2023 Marquette Intercollegiate
Low 18: 65 (-6), 2023 Furman Intercollegiate (1st)
Low 36: 135 (-7), 2023 Furman Intercollegiate
Low 54: 205 (-11), 2024 SoCon Championships
 
2022-23
- All-SoCon…started all 13 events ranking third on the squad with a 71.87 average…counted 35 of his 39 team rounds...Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar.
- 39 rounds tie teammates Paul Conroy and John Houk for a new school record for appearances.
- 12-under 204 at the Allstate Streamsong Invite is the best season opening score in school history…began his career with four straight top 10s…first Mocs men’s golfer to open a season like that breaking Derek Rende’s three in a row in 2007-08…five total top 10s with two top fives including his season-best tie for third at the J.T. Poston Invitational…23 under over those firs 12 cards.
- 21 par or better rounds…tied for fifth-best all-time behind teammates Paul Conroy and John Houk’s 23 and PGA Tour pro Stephan Jaeger’s 22 (2012)…seven of those were in the 60s including a season-low 66 to close the Streamsong event.
- Six par or better tournament finishes led by the 12 under to open the season…next lowest was 6 under at Wolfpack.
- Five eagles…included one in five different rounds with a tourney high of two in the win at the Wolfpack Invite.
- 136 birdies…broke the former record of 132 by Rende in 2007-08 but ranks tied for second with Conroy behind new record holder Houk’s 139.
- Dean’s List and A.D. Honor Roll. 
 
Season Scoring
Tournaments: 13
Rounds: 39 | Counters: 35/39
Strokes: 2,803 | Average: 71.87
Wins: 0 | Top 5s: 2 | Top 10s: 5
Par/Better Rounds: 21 | Cards in 60s: 7
Par 3: 3.13 | Par 4: 4.13 | Par 5: 4.59
Best Finish: T3, 2022 J.T. Poston Invitational
Low 18: 66 (-6), 2022 Streamsong Invitational
Low 36: 138 (-6), 2022 Streamsong Invitational
Low 54: 204 (-12), 2022 Streamsong Invitational
 
PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
- Transfer from King College signing after 2022 season ended…3-time winner for the NCAA DII program becoming first multi-winner in school history.
- 70.82 stroke average was school record for season…shot 1 under for his 28 rounds…20 par or better cards (10 in the 60s)…low round of 67 (3x) with best 36 of 135 (-9) coming at Kiawah Island Invite…9-under 207 was best total in Hurricane win.
- Three wins, five top 5s and six top 10s in 10 events…led King to Conference Carolinas Championship.
- Individual qualifier for NCAA DII Championships…finished third there (215) and at NCAA South/Southeast Regional (210).
- 2022 GCAA PING All-Region…first team All-Conference Carolinas.
- 24 rounds in two seasons at ETSU…three top 10s averaging 74.75 strokes per 18 with three top 10s and eight par or better rounds…best finish was tie for eighth at the General Hackler Championship.
- Ranked 270th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings when signing with ETSU...recorded two wins in 2018 and seven top 10 finishes in his final 12 tournaments leading to college winning back-to-back tournaments – Campeonato Absoluto de Puerta Hierro and Campeonato de los Castillas – both in the Royal Spanish Golf Federation…posted consecutive runner-up finishes at the Biarritz Cup and Grand Prix de Landes in July 2018...part of the Spanish National Team and a member of the C.A.R. Madrid Blume Team, sponsored by the Royal Spanish Federation.
 
PERSONAL
- Born Aug. 4...son of Angel Espinosa Trueba and M’Luz Trueba Preciado.
 
CAREER STATS
Tournaments: 42
Rounds: 123 | *Counters: 63/71
Strokes: 8,883 | Average: 72.22
Wins: 4 | Top 5s: 11 | Top 10s: 18
Par/Better Rounds: 66 | Cards in 60s: 25
*Par 3: 3.13 | Par 4: 4.12 | Par 5: 4.64
Best Finish: 1 (4x), 2023 Marquette Intercollegiate, 2021 King Invite (King), 2022 Hurricane Invite (King), 2022 Tennessee River Rumble (King)
Low 18: 65 (-6), 2023 Furman Intercollegiate
Low 36: 135 (-9/-7), 2021 Kiawah Island Invite (King) | UTC: 135 (-7), 2023 Furman Intercollegiate
Low 54: 204 (-12), 2022 Allstate Streamsong Invite
*Chattanooga only

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior