Austin Squires Season 2017-18

- 2018 All-American Athletic Conference Team Selection 
- 2017 NCAA Tournament West Lafayette Regional Individual Participant
- 2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- 2017 Unanimous All-American Athletic Conference Team Selection 

2017-18 Season (Junior): Played in 11 tournaments, recording a school-record-low 71.91 stroke average in 32 rounds … named to The American’s all-conference team … registered seven Top 20 finishes in 2017-18 with a trio of Top 10 results, carding par or better scores during 17 rounds … claimed medalist honors at the Firestone Invitational for the second consecutive year with an 8-under 71-65-72=208 … finished second at the Colleton River Collegiate with an even par 70-76-70=216 … tied for eighth at 3-under 72-72-69=213 … and tied for 13th place at the American Championship with a 4-over 72-74-71=217 … named to the Dean’s List and Bearcats Academic Honor Roll during both the fall and spring semesters ... selected to The American’s All-Academic Team.

Summer 2017: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in Los Angeles, California.

2016-17 Season (Sophomore): Played in 13 tournaments, recording a school-record 71.92 stroke average in 38 rounds ... named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a unanimous first team all-conference selection ... registered an AAC-best six top-5 finishes ... earned 11 top-25 finishes in 13 tournaments ... recorded 21 of 38 rounds with par or better scores ... became only the fifth player in school history to participate in the NCAA Tournament, tying for 21st place at 7-over 72-76-75=223 at the West Lafayette Regional – the highest finish by a Bearcat in school history … carded an eagle on the 18th hole to win medalist honors at the Firestone Invitational, finishing with a career-low 11-under par 69-68-68=205 ... tied for fifth at the American Championship at 1-over 72-68-74=214 ... earned other top-5 finishes at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate (tied for third at 3-under 71-71-71=213); the Invitational at the Ocean Course (tied for fourth at 6-under 73-68-69=210); the Colleton River Collegiate (tied for fourth at 4-over 74-69-77=220); and the Old Waverly Collegiate (tied for fourth at 5-under 71-68=139) ... named to the Dean’s List and Bearcats Academic Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters.

2015-16 Season (Freshman): Played in 10 tournaments, posting a 76.00 stroke average in 28 rounds … registered four top 30 finishes, including a season-best eighth-place result at the Fossum Memorial at 2-over 74-73-69=216 …. carded a single-round season-best 3-under 69 in third-round play at the Fossum Memorial … tied for 15th at the Colleton River Collegiate 9-over 74-76-75=225 … tied for 29th at the American Championship at 13-over 77-73-77=227 … named to the Dean’s List and the Bearcats Academic Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters.

Prior to Cincinnati: Claimed stroke play medalist honors at the 2015 Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Amateur … tied for third at the 2014 American Junior Golf Association sponsored Under Armour/Scott Stallings Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee … became the youngest player to win the Northern Kentucky Men’s Amateur at the age of 16 in 2013 … helped lead Ryle High School to three top-10 team finishes at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championship (tied for fourth in 2012 and 2013 and seventh in 2014) … tied for 35th place as a junior at the 2013 KHSAA State Championship … received the 2014 Forcht Bank All-Around Excellence award from the KHSAA … coached by Jonathan Ehlen at Ryle High School … finished third in the Kentucky Cup as a junior …. won the Kentucky Cup and Collegiate Invitational and was named the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference champion and Region 7 champion as a senior in 2014 … won medalist honors three times at the Grant County Invitational.

Personal: Born May 1, 1997 in Erlanger, Kentucky … son of Rhonda and Drew Squires … has one sister, Andrea … right-handed.