2011-12 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
John Darden
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, TX
- High School/Previous School:
- Frisco Centennial HS
Sophmore Year (2010-2011):
Bettered his career-best round to 70 at the Gator
Invitational and then matched it the following week at the Mobile Bay
Intercollegiate ... Also notched his career-best tournament clip with a 217 at
the Gator Invitational when he also became one of five Top 20 finishers on the
Bulldog squad with a tie for 19th ... Lead the Bulldogs in one tournament while
only appearing in four tournaments and 11 rounds ... Posted a 76.1 scoring
average and 227.3 tournament average.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2009-2010):
Played in six tournaments as a redshirt freshman for the
Maroon and White ... Made his spring debut at the Gator Invitational with a
three-round score of 240... Saw his first action in over a month in State's
dual match versus Memphis, improved from the first to the second round by two
strokes and posted a top 10 finish ... Had his best event in the fall opener at
the Sam Hall Intercollegiate with a three-round score of 219, and tallied his
career-best round of 71 in the second round of the tournament.
Freshman Year (2008-2009):
Redshirted his first year as a collegiate athlete.
Prior to MSU:
Finished fifth at the 2005 Ashworth Junior Championship ...
Tied for seventh at the 2007 Fidelity Investments Stars Tournament ... Finished
in a tie for fourth at the 2007 EFW's Defense for America Classic ... Tied for
ninth at the 2007 Randy Smith Classic ... Ranked 111th nationally coming out of
high school by golfweekrankings.com ... Placed third his senior year at the
2008 Texas High School State Tournament ... While at the tournament fired his
career-low round of 67... Played basketball as well as golf at Frisco
Centennial ... Made the 2008 First-Team Boys All-Area Golf in Dallas, Texas.
Personal:
Born on May 22, 1990 in Dallas, Texas ... Son of George and
Leanne Darden ... Majoring in Economics.
