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Sam Jean Season 2022-23

YearSenior
HometownGreenwood, Ind.
Year Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Finish, Event
2018-19 28 2083 74.39 70 T17th, Rod Myers Invitational
2019-20 24 1775 73.96 68 T6th, Steelwood Collegiate Invitational
2020-21 21 1527 72.71 68 T2nd, AAC Championships
2021-22 36 2578 71.61 66 1st, Badger Invitational
2022-23 35 2442 69.77 66 1st, Bearcat Invitational
Totals 144 10,405 72.26 66

2022-23 (Fifth Year): Earned his third-straight All-Conference honor and PING All-Midwest Region honor from the GCAA ... Graduated with a 3.9 GPA in mechanical engineering in May, earning CSC Academic All-District ... Broke school records for season (69.77) and career (72.26) stroke averages) ... Finished ninth at Las Vegas Regional, UC's highest individual mark in its NCAA history ... Won the Bearcat Invitational in September, his second-career victory ... Five top-10 finishes, with three coming in the fall and the others in Puerto Rico and Las Vegas to begin and end the spring, and UC won three of those ... Finished fourth with a 9-under at the Bank of Tennessee event.

2021-22 (Senior): CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Earned No. 6 seed in NCAA's Columbus Regional, the seventh individual appearance in UC history and first since Austin Squires in 2019 ... Finished tied for 45th there, carding a 7-over 220 (77-69-74), which included the tourney's only bogey-free round in the second out of 75 golfers ... Received All-AAC nods for the second-straight year, joining Squires (2017-19) as the team's only multi-year AAC honorees ... Improved his stroke average for the third-straight year, bringing a 71.45 into the NCAAs ... Claimed five top-10 finishes ... Had nine rounds in the 60s, including a career-low 66 at the Steelwood Collegiate Invite ... Won the Badger Invitational (Sept. 26-28) with a 7-under 209, the first Bearcat since Squires in October 2017 to win a tournament ... Named AAC Golfer of the Month following that performance, as well as his fifth-place finish at the fall-opening Hoosier Collegiate Invite in which UC won as well ... Shot under-par in seven of 11 tournaments.

2020-21 (Junior): Earned All-AAC accolades alongside Clay Amlung, the first UC teammates to do so since 2018 ... Had a team-low 72.71 stroke average, which included two top-10 finishes and three others in the top-15 ... Produced eight par-or-better rounds ... Finished third at Spartan Collegiate, the team's second of the season, with a 6-under 210 that included a career-low 67 and 69 to close it out ... Best performance came at the AAC Championships, where his 71-69-68 allowed him to finish with an 8-under 208 and tie for second ... 

2019-20 (Sophomore): Played in eight tournaments, registering a 73.96 stroke average in 24 rounds … recorded three Top 30 finishes … posted a season-best finish, tying for sixth place at 1-under 73-71-71=215 at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational … tied for 21st place at 7-over 70-75-78=223 at the Crooked Stick Collegiate Invitational. 

2018-19 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 tournaments, compiling a 74.39 stroke average (third best on the team) in 28 rounds … earned a pair of Top 30 finishes … tied for 17th place at the Rod Myers Invitational, carding an even par 71-71-74=216 … tied for 28th place at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular, posting 6-over 72-77-73=222 … finished the American Championship tied for 34th place at 13-over 77-74-75=226 … carded his best round of the year, a 2-under 70, in the first round of the Seminole Intercollegiate … named the Dean’s List and Bearcats Academic Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters ... tabbed to The American’s All-Academic Team.

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 Sept. 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.
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Junior
2021-22

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Sophomore
2020-21

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Sophomore
2019-20

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Freshman
2018-19