2013-14 Men's Golf Roster
Samuel Echikson
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brussels, Belgium
- High School:
- European School
2012-13: Named to the All-Conference squad after posting a 74.61 stroke average… led the team in scoring for most of the season… fired five rounds of par or better, including a season-low 69 in the second round of the Irish Creek Collegiate… captured the 2013 Davidson Invitational title with a 36-hole total of 145 (73-72)… recorded three other Top-10 showings, including a runner-up finish at the Waterville Collegiate Classic… finished the spring season with an average finish of 12th in five events.
2011-12: Competed in nine of the Wildcats’ 10 tournaments… finished third on the team with a 74.27 stroke average… recorded a pair of top-10 finishes… Davidson’s top finisher on two separate occasions… fired six rounds of par or better… recorded a career-low 68 in the final round of the Firestone Invitational… placed a season-best tied for ninth at the Wexford Plantation Collegiate and Samford Intercollegiate… also recorded a top-20 finish in Davidson’s spring opener at the Seahawk Intercollegiate.
2010-11: Finished the year third on the team with a 74.70 stroke average, competing in all nine tournaments … earned two top-20 finishes in the four fall events … placed 12th (223) in first-career collegiate event at The Invitational at The Ocean Course … fired low three-round score of the season (216) at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate, placing 18th … placed 27th at 224 in the Davidson College Invitational … opened spring season with a season-best eighth-place finish, tying with teammate John Skeadas, at the Wexford Invitational … fired a season-low 68 at the Irish Creek Collegiate en route to a 27th-place finish at 219.
Before Davidson: Attended the European School of Brussels 3 ... and was a member of Belgium’s national team ... finished fourth in the 2009 Belgium National Stroke Play tournament and reached the third round of the 2009 British Boys Championship.
Personal: Son of William Echikson and Anu Ristola ... siblings Julia and Ben ... born in Paris, France ... major is art.
