2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Ross Bell
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Madison, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Germantown HS
CAREER AWARDS
2019 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 Men’s Golf Newsom Award
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 Men’s Golf Newsom Award
2017 SEC Career Tour
2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC Community Service Team
2017 Men’s Golf Newsom Award
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 SEC Community Service Team
2015 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2015 SEC Community Service Team
2018-19 SENIOR SEASON
Awards/Recognitions: Named the men’s golf recipient of the Newsom Award, Mississippi State’s award for academic achievement... Earned fifth SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection... Picked as a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar.
Season: Played in eight events with seven starts… Earned two top-10 finishes… Was State’s best player at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, placing fourth, as the team took the runner-up spot… Earned second-career top-10 performance at Old Waverly Collegiate Championship, finishing tied for 10th. Steelwood Collegiate Invitational (10/27-28/18): Finished fourth, his second-career top-five finish… Shot a 1-under 71 in round two, a 69 in the finale… Carded a 3-under 213 54-hole total… Collected 12 birdies. Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (3/9-10/19): Helped MSU to team win…Shot an even 72 in the middle round. Schenkel Invitational (3/15-17/19): Helped team’s fourth-place finish… Carded an even 72 in round two. Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate (4/5-7/19): Posted a team-best 3-under 68 in the opening round. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (4/15-16/19): Played as an individual… Tied for tenth with a 4-under 219… Carded a 1-under 72 in round one, a 67 on the second 18. NCAA Louisville Regional (5/13-15/19): Traveled as a reserve… Played in final round of event and shot an even 71 to close his MSU career.
Non-MSU events: Over the summer of 2018, finished as runner-up to MSU teammate Cameron Clarke at the Trustmark Invitational... Tied for 10th at Magnolia Amateur… Finished 15th at the Mississippi State Amateur.
2017-18 JUNIOR SEASON
Awards/Recognitions: Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll… The men’s golf recipient of the Newsom Award, Mississippi State’s award for academic achievement.
Season: Played in four events, three of them starts… Tallied 27 birdies. Louisiana Classics (2/26-27/18): Second start of season… Shot an event 72 in the second round. Tiger Invitational (3/4-6/18): Helped State tie for third as a team… Carded an important 3-under 69 in round three, his season low round. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (4/16-17/18): Played as an individual… Tied for 24th… Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round… Carded eight birdies.
Non-MSU events: Competed as an amateur at the Sanderson Farms Championship, a PGA event, in October after winning the Mississippi State Amateur in June 2017.
2016-17 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards/Recognitions: Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll… A member of the SEC Community Service Team… The men’s golf recipient of the Newsom Award, Mississippi State’s award for academic achievement.
Season: Competed in nine events, all starts… Part of State’s five top-5 finishes… Totaled 71 birdies and three eagles… Finished in the top 15 on the player leaderboard twice. Boasted a 72.00 stroke average, the tenth best individual stroke average in program history. Sam Hall Intercollegiate (9/12-13/16): Helped MSU to a tied-for-third performance in the season opener… Carded a round three 2-under 69. Bearcat Invitational (9/26-27/16): Part of State’s tie for fourth. Mountaineer Intercollegiate (10/10-11/16): Tied for fifth as State’s best finisher in the team’s runner-up performance… Boasted a 1-under 215… Shot a 1-under 71 in round two, a 70 in round one… Tallied 13 birdies over the three rounds. Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational (10/24-25/16): Tied for 21st… Carded a 2-under 70 in the opening round, a 71 in the final round… Picked up 10 birdies. Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (2/20-21/17): Helped State to a tied-for-third finish… Opened the event with a 2-under 70. Tiger Invitational (3/5-6/17): Shot an even 72 in the opening round. Lone Star Invitational (3/20-21/17): Tied for 11th to help State finish third as a team… Amassed a 6-under 210 total… Registered an even 72 in round two and a 7-under 65 in the final round… Holed 13 birdies and an eagle between the three rounds. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (4/3-4/17): Shot an even 144 for the two rounds to tie for 24th… Recorded a first round 1-under 71.
2015-16 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards/Recognitions: Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll… A member of the SEC Community Service Team.
Season: Competed in nine events, all of them starts… Made his Golf Dawg debut in State’s first event, the Sam Hall Intercollegiate… Earned two top-15 finishes and three top 20s. Sam Hall Intercollegiate (9/14-15/15): Made his collegiate debut… Helped State to a fourth-place finish… Shot an even 71 in the final round. Shoal Creek Invitational (9/28-29/15): Earned his first top-15 performance, tying for 12th place… Was MSU’s best player at the event… Shot a 2-over 218… Carded a 1-under 71 in the opening round. Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (2/22-23/15): Tied for 17th after shooting an even 216… Tied as State’s best player… Bookended play with an even 72 and a 71. Tiger Invitational (3/6-8/16): Opened the event with a 2-under 70. Lone Star Invitational (3/21-22/16): Played part in State’s tied for fifth performance. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (4/4-5/16): Took a share of eighth place, tying as MSU’s best performer… Shot a 1-over 217… Carded a first-round 1-under 71.
2014-15 FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards/Recognitions: Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll… A member of the SEC Community Service Team.
Season: Redshirted his first year on campus.
PRIOR TO MSU
Led Germantown High School to the 2014 MHSAA 5A State Championship, as well as back-to-back district championships in 2013-14... Named all-state in 2013 and 2014.
PERSONAL
Born Charles Ross Bell III on November 16, 1995... Son of Chuck and Cindy Bell... Has two brothers, Benjamin and Andrew; Benjamin is a freshman on the MSU baseball team... Major is Accounting.
