2013-14 Men's Golf Roster
Richard Fountain
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Needham Broughton
Honors/Awards
2014 NCAA At-Large Selection
2014 All-Conference Selection
2014 SoCon All-Tournament Member
2013 PING All-Region Selection
2013 NCAA At-Large Selection
2013 All-Conference Selection
2013 SoCon All-Tournament Member
2012 All-Conference Selection
2011 NCAA Automatic Qualifier
2011 Southern Conference Individual Champion
2010 Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Individual Champion
Notes: Just the second three-time NCAA qualifier in school history... First three-time all-conference selection in the program’s 77 years... Holds the school record for career stroke average, top-fives and top-10s... 46 career rounds of par or better... In four SoCon Championship appearances finished first (2011), fifth (2013, 2014) and 10th (2012).
2013-14: Named to the 2014 all-conference team... earned 2014 SoCon all-tournament honors with his fifth-place finish at the league championship... led the team with a career-best 72.24 stroke average, which was third-best in the league... had an impressive 71.4 stroke average during the fall campaign... carded 11 rounds of par or better, including a season-low 68 on separate occasions... recorded three top-five showings and five top-10 finishes... posted a season-best 207 (-3) at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate to finish fifth... also came home fifth at the Fightin Irish Gridiron Classic with a 54-hole total of 211 (-2).
2012-13: Named to the 2013 all-conference team… played his way on to the 2013 SoCon all-tournament team... led the Wildcats with a 73.81 stroke average... finished with three top-five showings and six top-10s in nine events... concluded the regular season with four straight top-10s, including a fifth place finish at the SoCon Championship... posted 13 rounds of par or better... named SoCon Golfer of the Week on April 10... carded a 36-hole total of two-under 142 to finish fifth at the Firestone Invitational... highlighted by a career-low six-under 66 in the second round, finished fourth at the Irish Creek Collegiate... finished T-17th at the NCAA Golf Regional with a 54-hole total of 211 (71-68-72)… During the summer advanced to both the Men’s North & South Amateur Match Play and North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship.
2011-12: Named to the 2012 all-conference team… one of two Wildcats to compete in all 10 events… led the team in stroke average for the second straight season… posted three top-five finishes and four top-10s… was Davidson’s top finisher on four separate occasions… recorded 13 rounds of par or better… fired a season-low 67 in the second round of the Samford Intercollegiate… two-time SoCon Golfer of the Week… named SoCon Golfer of the Month in February following two top-five finishes… placed a season-best tied for second at the Samford Intercollegiate with a 54-hole total 213 (-3)… carded a final round 70 to finish tied for 10th at the 2012 Southern Conference Championships.
2010-11: Became the first Davidson golfer since Rusty Boyd in 1973 to win individual medalist honors at the SoCon Tournament, thus earning the league’s automatic NCAA bid … fired a tournament-low, final-round, five-under-par 67, which included a birdie on the final hole, to win by one stroke at 207 (68-72-67), nine-under par … placed in a tie for 35th place at 226, 10-over-par at the NCAA Virginia Tech Regional at The Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech … led team in stroke average at 73.90, competing in 10 events … earned a 12th-place finish at 212 to lead the team in second collegiate event, the Mason Rudolph Championship … won the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate in a playoff with a season-low score of 206 (-10) in just his third collegiate outing … concluded fall with a 27th-place finish (224) at the Davidson College Invitational.
Before Davidson: Four-year letter winner in golf at Needham Broughton … named to the all-conference team as a sophomore, junior, and senior … named first team all-state by the Carolinas Golf Association in 2009 … finished 11th at the 2009 Big I National Junior Championship ... was ranked No. 67 by Golfweek in the class of 2010 ... tied the Carolina Country Club course record with a 59 … on honor roll all four years of high school.
Personal: The son of Richard and Emily Fountain… has four siblings, Mary Norris, Janie, Preyer, and Peter… majoring in political science.
