Will Collins
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Weight:
- 180
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- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Halls High School
Bio
- 2021 All-SAC Honorable Mention
2020-21: Received his first All-SAC accolade with honorable mention status... Started in all five events on the year, playing at as high as the No. 2 spot in three-straight tournaments... Averaged a career-best 73.1 in 15 rounds of play... Landed a pair of top 20 finishes with his best being a tie for 11th at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, carding a career-best 54-hole score of 215... Matched his career-low for a single round with a 69 in second round of that event.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Hurricane Invitational | 2/22-23/2021 | 3 | 74-73-71=218 | +2 | t-12th/85 |
| Bearcat Classic | 3/8-9/2021 | 3 | 74-72-73=219 | +3 | t-25th/111 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/14-16/2021 | 3 | 71-69-75=215 | -1 | t-11th/77 |
| 2021 Tennessee River Rumble | 03/29-03/30, 2021 | 3 | 74-70-78=222 | +6 | 44th/98 |
| SAC Championship | 4/19-20/2021 | 3 | 73-73-76=222 | +6 | t-27th/63 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 15 | 1096 Avg. 73.1 | +1 | - |
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2019-20: Played in two events, including a starting lineup appearance at the Panther Invitational... Posted a 77.8 scoring clip in five rounds... Finished ninth at the Walters State Fall Classic with a six-over 150.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Waters State Fall Classic | 10/14-15/2019 | 2 | 79-71=150 | +6 | 9th/29 |
| Panther Invitational | 03/01-03/2020 | 3 | 79-83-77=239 | +23 | t-53rd/74 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 5 | 389 Avg. 77.8 | +6 | - |
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2018-19: Appeared in nine events with five starts... Held a 75.8 scoring average through 24 rounds of play... Recorded a trio of top 10 finishes, including a second-place showing at the Walters State Fall Classic, where he shot a five-over 149... Carded his lowest single-round score with a 69 in the first round of the Cougar Invitational.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Coker Fall Challenge | 09/10-11/2018 | 2 | 71-71=142 | +2 | t-10th/81 | 71-9 |
| Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac | 09/24-25/2018 | 3 | 69-79-80=228 | +15 | t-71st/90 | 19-70 |
| Walters State Fall Classic | 10/15-16/2018 | 2 | 72-77=149 | +5 | 2nd/61 | 59-1 |
| Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 02/11-02/2019 | 3 | 79-76-81=236 | +20 | 54th/106 | 52-53 |
| Saint Leo Invitational | 02/25-26/2019 | 3 | 74-78-75=227 | +11 | t-41st/72 | 31-40 |
| Southern Tide Classic | 03/04-05/2019 | 3 | 76-74-76=226 | +12 | t-49th/75 | 26-48 |
| 2019 Tennessee River Rumble Intercollegiate | 04/01-02/2019 | 2 | 75-70=145 | +1 | 10th/114 | 104-9 |
| 2019 SAC Men's Golf Championship | 04/14-16/2019 | 3 | 79-75-81=235 | +25 | 40th/55 | 15-39 |
| NCAA DII South/Southeast Regional | 05/09-11/2019 | 3 | 81-75-76=232 | +16 | t-72nd/108 | 36-71 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 24 | 1820 Avg. 75.8 | +4 | - | 413-340 |
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High School: Notched five top ten finishes during his time with the Red Devils... Named All-District and second team All-KIL... On the district championship-winning team all four years with Halls winning the region and state titles during his junior and senior years.
Personal: Son of Lori Collins... Brother, Wade Collins, played soccer at Carson-Newman... Also recruited by Lincoln Memorial... Plans to study accounting.
News mentions
VALDOSTA, Ga. - A stellar round by Jonathan Nielsen moved Carson-Newman up three spots to an eleventh place finish in the NCAA South/Southeast Regional.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - The second round of regional play for the no. 4/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team was a struggle, as the Eagles slid down two more spots to 14th overall
VALDOSTA, Ga. - Despite reaching as high as fourth on the front-nine the no. 4/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team struggled on the back-nine, finishing the first round of the NCAA South/Southeast Regional in a tie for twelfth.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - After claiming the no. one seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional, the no. 4/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team heads to Valdosta, Ga. for regional play beginning on Thursday, May 5.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - For the third straight rankings, the no. 2/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team remains in the top spot of the NCAA Southeast Regional rankings.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - After finishing fifth at the SAC Men's Golf Championship, the Carson-Newman men's golf team held steady at fourth in the newest Golfstat rankings released on Wednesday, Apr. 13.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Will Collins shot a career best six-under in the final round of the SAC Men's Golf Championship to lead the Eagles on Tuesday, Apr. 12.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Jake Mynatt shot two-under on the second day of the 2022 SAC Men's Golf Championship, moving up to tenth-place after the second round.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Despite shooting even-par as a team in the first round, the no. 2/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team sits at seventh-place after the opening round of the SAC Men's Golf Championship.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - After a successful regular season, the no. 3/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team heads to Greeneville, Tenn. for the 2022 SAC Men's Golf Championships.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Carson-Newman men's golf team fell one spot in the newest Golfstat rankings to the no. 4 spot in Division-II golf.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. - Jake Mynatt recorded his third top-ten finish of the season as the no. 2/2 Carson-Newman men's golf team finished fifth at the Tennessee River Rumble.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. - After struggling in the first round, the Carson-Newman men's golf team rebounded in the second round, before darkness halted the first day of the Tennessee River Rumble on Monday, Mar. 28.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Carson-Newman men's golf team continues to climb in the national polls, sitting at second in all of Division-II men's golf in the newest Golfstat rankings.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - A day after shooting the third-best round of golf in SAC history, the Carson-Newman men's golf team remains at number three in all of Division-II golf according to Golfstat.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - After shooting an astonishing 16-under par in the final round, the no. 2/3 Carson-Newman men's golf team recorded their first tournament win of the spring, winning the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate championship.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - After their first 18 holes of play, the Carson-Newman men's golf team sits in first place by two strokes at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate.
GREENWOOD, S.C. - Despite a stellar final round by the Eagles, a strong surge by Barton College moved the Carson-Newman men's golf team to a second place finish at the Bearcat Golf Classic.
GREENWOOD, S.C. - Big first days by Jonathan Nielsen and Jackson Tyler have the Carson-Newman men's golf team in first place after day one of the Bearcat Golf Classic.
INDIANPOLIS, Ind. - After recording a third place finish at their first spring event of the year, the Carson-Newman men's golf team finds themselves at fourth in the Golfstat rankings.
ALBANY, Ga. - Seventeen bogeys, along with under-par rounds by North Georgia and Georgia Southwestern dropped Carson-Newman from first to third on the final day of the Hurricane Invitational.
ALBANY, Ga. - After falling down as low as fifth overall, the Eagles rallied to sit at first after day one of the Hurricane Invitational.
INDIANPOLIS, Ind. - The Carson-Newman men's golf team will open the spring season the same way they ended the fall season, ranked seventh in the Golfstat poll released on Feb. 23.
MILTON, G.A - Although the C-N group slid down the leaderboard, Jonathan Nielsen collected his first collegiate individual win over some of the best golfer NCAA's Division II has to offer. Nielsen finished seven strokes under par with a total score of 209.
MILTON, G.A - Carson-Newman men's golf sits in first place on a cozy four stroke lead after one day of action at Atlanta National Golf Club thanks to Jonathan Nielsen's twelve stroke under par performance.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman men's golf finds themselves sitting just outside the top ten in GolfStat's latest national rankings.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - For the first time since 2019, the Carson-Newman Men's Golf team is coming home with a win thanks to top-ten finishes from Alex Hodge and Jake Mynatt.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Alex Hodge's six under par day is the driving force behind Carson-Newman's place in the leaderboard after day one of the Queens Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman men's golf is headed back to Mossy Creek with a top-three finish in the NCAA Division II Super Regional Preview in Valdosta, Ga.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - As day one concludes at Kinderlou Forrest Golf Club, the Carson-Newman Eagles sit in fifth place thanks to good days from Elliot MacGregor and Jonathan Nielsen.
COLUMBUS, Ga. - After another exceptional day from Jonathan Nielsen, the Carson-Newman Eagles will come home from Columbus in a tie for fifth.
COLUMBUS, Ga. - As the sun sets on day one of the Cougar Invitational in Columbus, Carson-Newman's Jonathan Nielsen leads the Eagles with his lowest round in his college career.
ALCOA, Tenn. – Carson-Newman men's golfer Will Collins locked up the Tennessee Golf Foundation's 2021 Greater Knoxville Amateur title on Sunday afternoon following a 12-under outing and a final playoff round at the Green Meadow Country Club.