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2022-23 YellowJackets Men's Golf Roster

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Bryson Thurston

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Montgomery, Texas
  • High School Montgomery
  • Major Business Management

Biography

Honors:

  • LeTourneau Male Athlete of the Year (2022-23)
  • GCAA/PING All-Region 7 (2023)
  • ASC All-Conference first team (2023)
  • ASC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 21, 2022; March 15, 2023; March 22, 2023; April 12, 2023)
  • ASC Academic All-Conference (2022-23)
  • ASC All-Tournament (2022)
  • ASC All-Conference second team (2022)
  • ASC All-Conference honorable mention (2021)

SENIOR (2022-23): Competed in 12 tournaments and 28 rounds... All-ASC first team selection... GCAA/PING All-Region... Four-time ASC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 21, March 15, March 22, April 12), becoming the program's first four-time winner of the award in a season... Led the YellowJackets with a 73.67 scoring average, a program record, on the year and tallied two first-place finishes and seven top-10s... He had nine rounds with a score at par or better, including two rounds of 68 on the year... Was named the LeTourneau Male Athlete of the Year and moved up to 25th in the nation in the Golfstat rankings heading into the NCAA Tournament after placing tied for ninth at the ASC Championships... Had back-to-back first place finishes in the spring as he was the medalist at the Pinecrest Invitational and tied for first at the Texas Cup... Won his first collegiate tournament with 2-under, 211 (75-68-68) at the Pinecrest Invitational (March 13-14)... Less than a week later, finished tied for first (before falling in a playoff) at the Texas Cup with a 147 (71-76) (March 19-20)... Placed tied for ninth with a 217 (73-72-72) at the ASC Championships (April 28-30)... Had a 74 and a 76 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Championships (May 16-17)... Named ASC Academic All-Conference

JUNIOR (2021-22): All-ASC second team selection... Played in all 11 tournaments and 31 rounds... Led the team in scoring average at 75.58 and had five top-10 finishes, with two inside the top-five... Earned ASC All-Tournament honors after finishing fourth in the ASC Tournament with a 220 (73-71-76)... Also finished fourth at the season-opening Pine Dunes Invitational with a 222 (72-74-76)... Had a season-best round score of 70 in the second round of the Rhodes College Fall Collegiate Classic

SOPHOMORE (2020-21): All-American Southwest Conference Honorable Mention ... Had 77 stroke average, third best on the team ... Finished 12th at the Rhodes College Spring Classic, shooting a season low 75-75-76 -- 226 ... Tied for 18th in season-opener tournament, shooting 79-78-79 -- 236 at the D3 San Antonio Shoot Out ...

FRESHMAN (2019-20): Had 76.46 stroke average ... Finished ninth in Pinecrest Intercollegiate, shooting 78-71-74 -- 223 ... Tied for 20th at Tempest Intercollegiate, carding 76-81-80 -- 237 ... Tied for 20th at Alamo City Classic, shooting 81-70 -- 151 ... 70 low round of season ... Shot par or better twice.

Prior to LeTourneau: Four-year letterwinner in golf at Montgomery High School.

Personal: Son of Jaime Thurston ... Majoring in business management

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    6'0" 150 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    6'0" 150 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    6'0" 0 lbs