Player: Michael Feagles
Hometown:
Scottsdale, Arizona
University: University of Illinois
Area of Study: Sport Management
Expected Graduation: 2020
Soldier Honored: Grant A. Dampier
University: University of Illinois
Area of Study: Sport Management
Expected Graduation: 2020
Soldier Honored: Grant A. Dampier
Summer 2017
- Earned a top 25 finish at the Southwestern Amateur
- Placed among the top 15 at the Sahalee Players Championship
- Advanced to the Match Play Round of 32 at the North & South Amateur
Freshman - 2016-17
- Appeared in the Illini lineup in all five fall tournaments
- Earned his highest finish at Wolf Run, tying for fifth individually
- Also earned a fifth place finish in the stroke play round at the East Lake Cup
- Defeated Texas’ Scottie Scheffler 3 & 1 in the semifinal match at the East Lake Cup
- Finished among the top 15 three times during the fall season
- Recorded nine birdies to shoot 6-under par (66) and lead Illinois in the second round at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational
- Placed among the top 25 in six spring tournaments, earning two finishes among the top five
- Tied for third at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate to earn his highest collegiate finish
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big Ten First Team
- Appeared in the lineup for Illinois at the 2017 NCAA Championship