Sam Jean Season 2018-19

Prior to Cincinnati: Helped Center Grove win its first IHSAA state championship, finishing third at the 2016 event at 1-under 143, carding a final-round 6-under 66 … guided team to second-place result at 2017 IHSAA state championship, tying for 17th place at 7-over 151 … guided Center Grove to three sectional and regional championships … won the 2016 Indiana Boys State Junior Championship … named an IHSGCA All-State selection in 2017 and 2018 and was a three-time all-conference honoree … tied for 36th place at 4-over 148 in stroke play competition of 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur while advancing to the round of 32 in match play … finished second at the 2017 AJGA at Centennial with a final-round 7-under 65 and three-day total of 9-under … won the 2018 the AJGA Bass Pro Shop/Payne Stewart Junior Championship by three strokes (70-68-69) … named an academic all-state selection in 2018 … one of 12 players nationally tabbed a 2017 AJGA Transamerica Scholastic All-American.

Personal: Born September 20, 1999 in Indianapolis, Ind. … son of Lisa and Scott Jean … finished fifth out of a class of 590 at Center Grove with a 4.622 weighted grade-point average … right-handed.