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As a Senior (2023-24)
Named Mid-American Conference Golfer of Year for second-consecutive season...Received First-Team All-MAC honors for fourth-straight season…Posted second-best single-season stroke average in program history with 71.5 mark in 12 tournaments…Registered team-best 22 rounds of par or under...Posted team's best score or tied for the best score in nine of 11 team events...Won second-straight MAC Championships with 11-under par 205 (67-66-72) and also tied for first with school-record tying 13-under par 203 (67-66-70) at Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational...Also posted Top 10 showings at Auburn's Tiger Invitational (T-7th/75-71-77=223), VCU Shootout (T-8th/68-70-69=207), and Cal Poly Invitational (T-9th/69-72-69=214)...Became second Rocket to compete as individual in NCAA regionals on two occasions.
As a Junior (2022-23)
Earned PING All-Midwest Region Team honors...Named Mid-American Conference Golfer of Year...Received First-Team All-MAC honors for third-straight season…Received Academic All-MAC Team honors for a second time...Set school record with 70.5 stroke average in 12 tournaments…Registered team-best 23 rounds of par or under...Led Rockets in eight of 11 events...Captured first two tournaments of career at MAC Championships with five-under par 211 (73-70-68) as well as UNCW's Seahawk Intercollegiate with school-record tying 12-under par 204 (70-66-68)...Placed second at Rutgers' Johnnie-O at Sea Island with seven-under par 203 (68-67-68)...Carded an 11-under par 205 (67-71-67) and tied for sixth place at Quail Vallety Collegiate Invitational...Tied for 29th place at NCAA Bath Regional with one-over par 214 (73-67-74).
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Received First-Team All-MAC honors for second straight season and was named to Academic All-MAC Team for first time…Competed in all 11 tournaments…Led team with career-low 72.5 stroke average…Registered team-best 17 rounds of par or under…Garnered trio of Top-10 showings, including two top-five finishes at Grandover Collegiate with seven-under par 209 (68-68-73) and at Mid-American Conference Championship with six-over par 222 (68-76-78)…Fired career-best seven-under par 65 in opening round of Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational…Tied for eighth place at Stitch Intercollegiate with one-over par 217 (71-74-72)...Tied for 12
th place at Quail Valley with seven-under par 209 (65-69-75)…Tied for 13
th place at Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with two-under par 214 (76-68-70).
As a Freshman (2020-21)
Earned Mid-American Conference Freshman of Year and First-Team All-MAC honors…Competed in all eight tournaments…Posted team-low 73.5 stroke average…Registered team-best seven rounds of par or under…Posted team’s best finish in all but one tournament…Garnered trio of Top-10 showings, including pair of seventh-place finishes at Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with six-under par 210 (75-68-67) and Hawkeye Invitational with five-under par 211 (66-74-71)…Fired season-low six-under par 66 in opening round of Hawkeye event…Tied for ninth place at Linger Longer Invitational with three-under par 213 (74-70-69)…Tied for 15
th place at MAC Championships with 235 (76-80-79).
High School & Amateur
Registered numerous Top 10 finishes in last two years, including tournament title at Nomads Coastal NOOM after carding one-under 143…Posted Top Five showings at SANLAM Cape Province Open (3
rd/68-73-68-68), Dimension Data Junior Open (T-3
rd/72-68-74), Sun International Africa Junior Open (5
th/73-72-70) and SA Boys Championship (T-5
th)…Tied for sixth at 2020 Nomads South African Junior International (67-75-74)…Carded best round of career with seven-under 65 at Fancourt Outeniqua Golf course.
Personal
Full name is Barend Botha...Parents are Nico and Roné Botha... Brother NJ was a member of the Rocket men's golf team for five seasons (2019-24)…Majoring in marketing.
Botha's Career Scorecard
| Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Average |
Low 18 |
Low 54 |
| 2020-21 |
24 |
1765 |
73.5 |
66 |
210 |
| 2021-22 |
33 |
2393 |
72.5 |
65 |
209 |
| 2022-23 |
36 |
2539 |
70.5 |
66 |
204 |
| 2023-24 |
36 |
2574 |
71.5 |
66 |
203 |
| Totals |
129 |
9271 |
71.9 |
65 |
203 |
