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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster
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Root, Cameron
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Cameron Root
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- High School:
- Dublin Jerome HS
Bio
2020-21 (Redshirt senior)
2020-21 GCAA Academic All-American
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in five of the Herd’s seven events in the shortened 2020-21 season … Played 15 rounds … Finished with a season stroke average of 75.87 … Dropped score by three strokes (76-78-75) in the third round of Furman Intercollegiate (March 26-28) … Season-low three-round score of 221 (73-74-74) at Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 2-3) … Season-best finish, tied for 36th, at Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) … Improved score by nine strokes in the second round (80-71-74) to score season-low of 1-under 71 at the Conference USA Championships (April 26-29) and moved up 14 places on leaderboard, finished tied for 51st … Competed in 28 total events in Herd career with one top 10 finish and four in the top 20.
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)
2019-20 Golf Coaches Association of America Academic All-American
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in five of the seven tournaments for Marshall in shortened season as the NCAA canceled the remainder of the season due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic … Averaged 74.80 strokes per round … Shot a career-best 4-under 67 in the second round of the season-opener Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 9-10) and scored season-low 212 (70-67-75) for the event … Finished tied for 17th, and second for the Herd (73-76-73), at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) … Saw improved scores in the third round of both the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-24) and the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 6-8).
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in nine of the Herd’s 10 tournaments with a total of 26 rounds played … Finished with a career-best 74.77 season stroke average … Led the team with a 74.27 stroke average in the spring playing in all five tournaments … Ended the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (Oct. 15-16) with a career-best finish (tied for seventh) scoring a three-round score of 1-over 214 (74-70-70) and shooting 1-under par in the second and third rounds … Began the spring season with a 5-over 219 (72-70-77) and tied for 17th at the Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate (Feb. 3-4) … Tied with teammate Will Straub for the top finish for the Herd (tied for 40th) at the Conference USA Championships (April 22-25).
2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman)
2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all nine tournaments for the Herd … Finished with a 77.04 stroke average for the season … Best finish of the year (tied for 27th) came at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 18-20) after scoring a three-round career-low of 220 (72-75-73) … Opened the year with a 4-over 146 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 11-12).
2016-17 (Freshman)
2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Did not compete, redshirted.
2020-21 GCAA Academic All-American
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in five of the Herd’s seven events in the shortened 2020-21 season … Played 15 rounds … Finished with a season stroke average of 75.87 … Dropped score by three strokes (76-78-75) in the third round of Furman Intercollegiate (March 26-28) … Season-low three-round score of 221 (73-74-74) at Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 2-3) … Season-best finish, tied for 36th, at Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) … Improved score by nine strokes in the second round (80-71-74) to score season-low of 1-under 71 at the Conference USA Championships (April 26-29) and moved up 14 places on leaderboard, finished tied for 51st … Competed in 28 total events in Herd career with one top 10 finish and four in the top 20.
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)
2019-20 Golf Coaches Association of America Academic All-American
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in five of the seven tournaments for Marshall in shortened season as the NCAA canceled the remainder of the season due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic … Averaged 74.80 strokes per round … Shot a career-best 4-under 67 in the second round of the season-opener Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 9-10) and scored season-low 212 (70-67-75) for the event … Finished tied for 17th, and second for the Herd (73-76-73), at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) … Saw improved scores in the third round of both the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-24) and the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 6-8).
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in nine of the Herd’s 10 tournaments with a total of 26 rounds played … Finished with a career-best 74.77 season stroke average … Led the team with a 74.27 stroke average in the spring playing in all five tournaments … Ended the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (Oct. 15-16) with a career-best finish (tied for seventh) scoring a three-round score of 1-over 214 (74-70-70) and shooting 1-under par in the second and third rounds … Began the spring season with a 5-over 219 (72-70-77) and tied for 17th at the Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate (Feb. 3-4) … Tied with teammate Will Straub for the top finish for the Herd (tied for 40th) at the Conference USA Championships (April 22-25).
2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman)
2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Competed in all nine tournaments for the Herd … Finished with a 77.04 stroke average for the season … Best finish of the year (tied for 27th) came at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 18-20) after scoring a three-round career-low of 220 (72-75-73) … Opened the year with a 4-over 146 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 11-12).
2016-17 (Freshman)
2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Did not compete, redshirted.
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