2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Nelson Chenault
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Brian Tirpak
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
George Walker/DFWsportsonline

Jansen Smith

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 170
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Letters:
    2
  • Hometown:
    San Angelo, Texas
  • High School:
    Central H.S.
  • Prev School:
    Texas Tech

Summary

Biography

Second Team All-Sun Belt Selection - 2021-22

2021-22 (Junior):
Second team All-Sun Belt selection ... Competed in all 11 events with a 72.97 scoring average, ranking third on the team ... Registered 14 rounds of par-or-better, including seven rounds in the 60s ... Notched a pair of top-10 individual finishes and another top-20 showing ... Tied for second at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 4-5) with an 8-under 205, tied for the fifth-lowest tournament in program history ... Posted a 6-under 65 in round three, tied for the fifth-lowest individual round in program history, with a 2-under 69 in round two ... Placed fifth at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (Feb. 28 - Mar. 2) with an 8-under 208, shooting a pair of 3-under 69s in rounds two and three ... Tied for 15th at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 18-19) with a 2-over 218 ... Posted an even-par 210 at The Goodwin (Mar. 24-26), notching a 1-under 69 in both rounds one and three ... Tied for 21st at the Sun Belt Championship (Apr. 24-26) with a 12-over 228 ... Registered a pair of key wins in both the match play semifinals against UT Arlington and the championship against Georgia Southern, including winning both the 16th and 17th holes to flip his match ... Halved the 18th hole against the Eagles to clinch the Trojans' Sun Belt Championship ... Tied for 30th at the NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional (May 16-18) wth an 8-over 224 ... Finished among the top-three Trojans in eight events.

Prior to Little Rock: Spent two seasons at Texas Tech ... Finished in the top-20 three times as a sophomore in 2019-20 with a 72.00 scoring average ... Competed in seven events as a freshman in 2018-19 with a 73.40 scoring average ... Competed at Central High School in San Angelo, Texas ... Ranked the number 18 recruit nationally in the 2018 class and number three player in the state of Texas ... Two-time 6A Texas state tournament qualifier ... Three-time US Amateur participant ... Holds AJGA single round (61) and tournament (191) records ... 2017 Texas Legends Player of the Year ... Son of Tim and Sherry Smith ... Plans to major in applied communications.

SMITH'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Events Rounds Strokes Average Low Rd. Par - 10/20
2021-22 11 32 2,335 72.97 65 14 2/1
2022-23 11 33 2,368 71.76 65 17 6/2
TOTALS 22 65 4,703 72.35 65 31 8/3

SMITH'S CAREER BESTS
Low Round: 65 - Two times (last at Windon Memorial Classic, Sept. 27, 2022)
Low 54-Hole Tournament: 205 - Two times (last at Windon Memorial Classic, Sept. 26-27, 2022)
Best Finish: 2nd - Three times (last at Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2023)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Junior

    6'2" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    6'2" 170 lbs
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    6'2" 170 lbs