Player: Piercen Hunt

Hometown:
Hartland, WI
University: University of Illinois
Area of Study: Gies College of Business (Undecided)
Expected Graduation: 2024
Soldier Honored: Matthew I. Pionk
University: University of Illinois
Area of Study: Gies College of Business (Undecided)
Expected Graduation: 2024
Soldier Honored: Matthew I. Pionk
SUMMER - 2021
- Won the 120th Wisconsin State Amateur Championship (July 19-22) by six strokes with a 72-hole total of 279 (-1) after carding rounds of 68-72-70-69 at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield, Wis.
- Placed 47th at The Western Amateur Championship (July 26-31)
- Finished third at the Wisconsin State Open (Aug. 16-18)
FRESHMAN - 2020-21
- Competed in 15 rounds over five events as an individual competitor
- Ranked sixth on the team with a stroke average of 73.20
- Recorded eight of his 15 rounds at par or better
- Notched three top-25 individual finishes
- Posted a season-best finish with a tie for 4th at the Boilermaker Individual (April 10-11)
- Closed the Boilermaker Individual with back-to-back rounds of a season-best 70 (-2) in Rounds 2 and 3 to card a season-best 54-hole total of 213 (-3)
- Traveled to Big Ten Championship at Crooked Stick (April 30-May 2), the NCAA Stillwater Regional at Karsten Creek (May 17-18), and the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club as the team’s alternate, but did not compete
HIGH SCHOOL
- Won the 2019 Western Junior
- Two-time WIAA Division I State High School individual champion
- Won the 2018 WSGA Wisconsin State Junior Championship
- Finished in the runner-up spot at the 2018 AJGA Junior at Big Sky
- Earned top-10 finishes in five AJGA events, and was named a 2019 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American Second Team honoree
- Recognized as the 2018 Wisconsin Junior PGA Player of the Year
- Finished among the top 10 at the 2019 Wisconsin State Amateur Championship
PERSONAL
- Son of Paul and Julie Hunt
- Born Sept. 24, 2001 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Played hockey growing up
- Also lived in the Netherlands
- Majoring in Business