Player: Piercen Hunt
University: University of Illinois
Graduation Year: 2024
Area of Study: Marketing
Soldier Honored: Gary Rovinski
HONORS & AWARDS
Two-Time PING All-Midwest Region (2022, 2023)
Two-Time All-Big Ten Second Team (2022, 2023)
Two-Time GCAA All-America Scholar (2022, 2023)
Two-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
JUNIOR - 2022-23
Second-Team All-Big Ten selection and GCAA PING All-Midwest Region
Played in the lineup in 12 of 13 tournaments
Fifth on the team with a stroke average of 72.17
Recorded five top-15 individual finishes on the season, at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (T11th), the Hal Williams Collegiate (T12th), the Tiger Collegiate Invitational (5th), the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate (3rd), and the Big Ten Championship (T13th)
Shot a career-low score of 64 (-8) in the second round of the Tiger Collegiate Invitational, helping the Illini to a school-record for a 54-hole team score, and finished with a tournament score of 202 (-14), a personal best for a 54-hole collegiate event
Carded 17 of 36 rounds at par or better on the season, including six rounds in the 60s