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:
- Sophomore
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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
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – Jackson Tyler’s career-best 5-under round highlighted a 2-over day for No. 21/22 Carson-Newman, landing it a fourth-place finish at the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club on Tuesday.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – A 6-under opening round helped No. 21/22 Carson-Newman to head into the clubhouse at 3-under, good enough for fourth after the first day of the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Three weeks after it wrapped up its regular-season schedule, No. 21/22 Carson-Newman heads to the Woodlake Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday for the South Atlantic Conference Championship.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the seventh time in program history, Carson-Newman has landed three Eagles on the All-South Atlantic Conference lists with Alex Hodge receiving second-team accolades while Jake Mynatt and Will Collins garnering honorable mentions, as announced by the league office on Friday morning.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – A 281 in the final round gave No. 22/23 Carson-Newman the lowest score it has ever posted at the Tennessee River Rumble, helping it jump up seven spots on Tuesday for a share of fourth to close out the regular season at the WindRiver Golf Club.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman made a 15-shot improvement from the first to second round but ended the first day of the Tennessee River Rumble in 11th at the WindRiver Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The final regular-season event before the South Atlantic Conference Championship keeps No. 22/23 Carson-Newman in East Tennessee for a second-straight event as it heads to the Tennessee River Rumble at the WindRiver Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday in Lenoir City.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) closed out the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a career-low 205 that was good enough for second-place while Carson-Newman finished in fourth at the Sevierville Golf Club.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Will Collins (Knoxville, Tenn.) were in the red for a second-straight round on Monday as Carson-Newman moved down two spots to fourth at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at 4-under.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – After spending most of Sunday at the top of the leaderboard, Carson-Newman sits in second-place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, led by a career-low round of 67 for Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Days after a seventh-place finish at the Bearcat Classic, Carson-Newman turns its attention to an event that has come with four-consecutive top-five finishes as it heads to the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – Back-to-back rounds of 292 pushed No. 25 Carson-Newman three spots up the leaderboard on Tuesday for a seventh-place finish at 14-over at the Bearcat Classic in Greenwood, S.C.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – With darkness falling upon the Greenwood Country Club by Monday evening, the first day of the Bearcat Classic was cut short with No. 25 Carson-Newman sitting in a tie for 10th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After a week away from competition, No. 25 Carson-Newman kicks off back-to-back weeks of tournament play with a trip to Greenwood, S.C. for the Lander Bearcat Classic at the Greenwood Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time this season, Carson-Newman has made its way back into the Golfstat national rankings, landing at No. 25 in Tuesday’s poll from the ratings and rankings system.
ALBANY, Ga. – Carson-Newman turned in its highest score of the week in Tuesday’s final round to close out the Hurricane Invitational in fifth-place at the Doublegate Country Club.
ALBANY, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) used a 4-under day that was good enough for a share of second-place helped Carson-Newman into a tie for fourth through the first two rounds of the Hurricane Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- With an extended offseason in the rearview mirror due to the global pandemic, Carson-Newman lifts the lid on the 2021 season at the Hurricane Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Doublegate Country Club in Albany, Ga.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Following a close one-point lead by the end of Friday’s opening match, the Blue team edged the Orange side on Sunday with a 7.5 - 6 victory in a two-day intrasquad match between the men’s and women’s golf teams.
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