Brandon Matthews

Evan Thornton

/ Men's Golf

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Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Dupont, Pa.
High School:
Pittston Area

2014-15: Shared Temple's Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors with WIll Cummings (MBB)...Named Honorable Mention All-American, first Temple player to earn the national honor since Pete Dannenbaum in 1988...Placed in the top-10 in 11 of the 12 tournaments...Set a new school record for season stroke average (70.9), while tying school marks for consecutive wins (3) and career wins (8)...Won the Temple Invitational in the fall, while picking up victories at the Furman Intercollegiate, the Met Intercollegiate and the Princeton Invitational in the spring...Earned All-American Athletic Conference and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship, placing 15th overall at the New Haven Regional...Also took the title at the prestigious Dixie Amateur in December, and shot a five-under 65 in the final round to tie for third at the Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions.

2013-14: Earned at-large berth to NCAA Championship...Tied for 38th overall at the NCAA Raleigh Regional carding a six-over 77 … Carded a one-under par 70 on the final day of the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships to tie for fourth-place with a one-under 213 ...Tied for fourth at the Furman Intercollegiate … Tied for fourth at the Princeton Invitational …Helped lead Temple to a tie for 4th at the Temple Invitational and placed 4th among 93 golfers (68-73, 141) … Fired a five-under 67 for the round and his two-day total of seven-under won the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate Tournament, helping team to second place … Placed third at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate...Carded a five-under par and tied for second at the Hartford Hawk Invitational … Tied for third at The Doc Gimmler Tournament...Shot a one-over 73 to tie for 70th overall at the 2014 U.S. Amateur before missing the quarterfinals by one stroke.

SUMMER 2013: Won the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 109th Open by carding a two-under 140 … Tied for second at PA Amateur Cup … Advanced to the Quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur by defeating Matt Pinizzotto 1-up, Gavin Green 4 & 3 and Charlie Danielson 3 & 2 before being defeated by quarterfinal opponent … Shot a seven-under 65 to win the 111th Patterson Cup

2012-13: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team … Honored as Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year … Finished in the Top 10 in 11 of 12 events … Averaged 72.3 strokes per round over 12 events … Won Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week a record eight times and Player of the Week once over the course of the season … Fired a three-round score of four-under 209 (69-71-69) at the Princeton Invitational to tie for win … Placed second at the Atlantic 10 Men’s Golf Championship shooting a seven-under par 209 and finishing just two strokes behind the winner … Carded a 220 (69-77-74) to tie for sixth overall at the Wildcat Invitational … Fired a 72-74 to lead the Owls and tie for seventh overall at the Yale Spring Opener … Led the Owls and tied for sixth overall with a 151 (75-76) at the Century Intercollegiate … Tied for 58th overall with a 227 (74-77-76) at the Furman Intercollegiate...Won the Hartford Hawks Invitational with a two-under 214 over the three-round tournament … Fired a one-under 69 in the final round of the Philadelphia Big 5 Invitational to win by one stroke with a two-round total of 145 (76-69) … Shot the lowest single round since 1973 and lowest ever by a freshman in school history(64 at The McLaughlin) … Led Temple and tied for seventh overall after carding a three-round total of 210 (72-74-64) including a final round six-under 64 at The McLaughlin … Tied for 12th with a score of 149 (73-76) at the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate … Tied for 14th after shooting a pair of 73s at the Navy Fall Classic … Carded a 142 (70-72) to tie for 15th overall at the MacDonald Cup