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2021-22 Men's Golf Roster

Cooper Sears

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mount Juliet, Tenn.
  • High School Mount Juliet, Tenn.
  • Previous School Middle Tennessee

Biography

AT MTSU: 

2020-21 (Junior):
 
• Played 11 rounds for the Blue Raiders, averaging a score of 76.1
• Appeared in all three of MTSU's fall events, including the Graeme McDowell Invite where he finished in the top-30
• Shot a season low score of 70 (-2) in the secondy round of the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, en route to a season best score of 218.  

2019-20 (Junior)
 Did not compete in the fall before having his redshirt removed to play in the spring.
• Made the lineup for MT’s lone spring event, the All-American Intercollegiate, before the season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

2019 Spring: 
• Began his Blue Raider career with a bang, sharing the individual title at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational at 6-under par (69-69=138)
• Collected two more career low rounds of 69 at the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Earned a runner-up finish at the Conference USA Championship at 4-under par (71-71-70=212)
• Finished tied for second on the team in his first postseason appearance with a 6-over par (72-75-75=222) performance in the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional
• Collected All-Conference USA Second Team honors after just one semester as a Blue Raider.

2018 Fall: 
• Did not see action for Vanderbilt and transferred to Middle Tennessee ahead of the 2019 spring season.   

2017-18 (Freshman) 
• Did not play in the fall semester
• Saw action in six rounds in the spring, three of which saw him in the Commodore lineup, with a 77.8 stroke average
• Earned a lineup spot at the Quarencia Cabo Collegiate before competing as an individual at the Mason Rudolph Championship.

Junior Golf / Mt. Juliet HS: 
• Four-year letterwinner at Mount Juliet High School
• Helped Mount Juliet to TSSAA State Championship appearances as a freshman and senior
• Ranked as high as No. 70 nationally and No. 2 in Tennessee on the Junior Golf Scoreboard
• Won the 2016 Wally Invitational and 2015 Schooldays Tournament during his junior golf career
• Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Junior Championship and advanced to match play
• Finished second in the North and South Junior Invitational
• Was a member of the East Team in the 2015 and 2016 TN Junior Cup.

Personal: 
• Born July 12, 1998 in Nashville, Tenn.
• Son of Rondal and Katy Sears
• Has one brother, Coleman.