Adam Ball

2015-16 Golf

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2015-16: Senior

Finished career with five individual tournament wins second only to John Rollins (six)
VCU's No.1 career scoring average (72.25)
Voted Va Lottery Athlete of the Week for his play at the Cabarrus Irish Creek Intercollegiate (4/10) where he shot (69-70-71=210) for second place.
Atlantic 10 Championship at Grand Cypress Golf Club (5/1)
Led VCU in scoring average for the fourth straight season

2015: SUMMER

Fired a course-record 62 in the final round and finished 5-under to capture the 75th Monroe Invitational at the Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, N.Y. Previous winners include Dustin Johnson, Chris DiMarco and Jeff Sluman.
Shot 65 in the final round, a course record, to win the U.S. Amateur Sectional at Richmond's Willow Oaks Country Club. The victory earned Ball a fourth trip to the U.S. Amateur Championship.

2014-15: JUNIOR

Became VCU's first conference champ in 13 years.
Set a VCU single-season record for scoring average (71.73).
Tied a VCU 54-hole scoring record when he shot 14-under (66-68-68=202) at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championship at Harmony Preserve (4/10).
Captured the 2015 Seahawk Invitational (77-68-71=216) at the Country Club of Landfall (3/29).
Recorded five top-5 finishes in seven spring tournaments.
Led VCU in scoring average for the third straight season.
Shot par or better in 21 of 33 rounds.

2013-14: SOPHOMORE

His 72.94 scoring average led the team for the second straight season and is the lowest by a Ram since Lanto Griffin in 2008-09.
Recorded his first collegiate victory at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (Feb. 17-18) after shooting 4-under (73-73-66=212).
Placed fifth (68-79-73=220) at the 2014 Atlantic 10 Championship at TPC Tampa Bay (April 25-27).
Was VCU's top finisher at the NCAA San Antonio Regional at Briggs Ranch Golf Club, placing 31st (75-70-76=221).
Grabbed runner-up honors at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular (March 14-15) after firing a final-round 67.
Started all 12 tournaments for the Rams and recorded seven top-15 finishes.

2013: SUMMER

Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 113th U.S. Amateur Championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Along the way, he topped Max Orrin, the seventh-ranked amateur in the world 2 and 1 in the round of 32 of match play.
Defeated Chris Kapsak 1-up to capture the Richmond Golf Association Amateur Championship at Willow Oaks Country Club.

2012-13: FRESHMAN

Enrolled at VCU in January of 2013, in time for the Spring Semester.
Led the Rams in scoring average (73.53) in six spring tournaments.
Placed second overall at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate and recorded three top-10 finishes overall.
Fired a 3-under 67 in the second round at the Dell Walker Intercollegiate.

PRIOR TO VCU:

Ranked as high as No. 2 nationally in the Golfweek U.S. Junior Rankings in 2011.
Three-time Virginia Golf Association (VSGA) Junior Golfer of the Year.
First four-time VSGA Junior Champion in history, including match and stroke play titles in 2012.
Shot a tournament-record 63 in the final round of the 2012 VSGA Junior Stroke Play Championship on the way to a seven-stroke victory.
In 2011, he won seven major tournaments and was runner-up at five others. Posted a 69.7 stroke average that year.
Placed third at the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur Match Play Championship and eighth in stroke play. Was also 17^th in stroke play at the 2010 U.S. Juniors.
Has twice carded 62 in competition.

GET TO KNOW ADAM:

Born in Rihcmond, VA on June 1, 1994
Son of Matt and Kim Ball
Sibling(s): Matt Jr.
Major: Criminal Justice
Chose VCU after receiving interest from NCAA Champion Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, USC, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech and others
Grew up playing at First Tee in Chesterfield.