2015-16 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Dustin Atkinson
- Position:
- Player
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ames, Iowa
- High School:
- Ames
2016-17: Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete Honoree ... Made nine starts ... Played in 27 rounds ... Scored a team-best 75.07 stroke average ... Notched 23 rounds in the 70s ... Shot a season-low of 67 at the Derek Dolenc Intercollegiate ... Notched two top-10 finishes ... tied for 14th at the UNO Invitational (Sept. 3-4) with scores of 78-71-77 (223) ... tied for 17th at the John Dallio Memorial (Sept. 19-20) with scores of 74-78-77 (229) ... tied for sixth at the Derek Dolenc Intercollegiate (Sept. 26-27) with scores of 72-77-67 (216) ... tied for 22nd at the Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 3-4) with scores of 77-81-77 (235) ... tied for 97th at the Bon Sitton Invitational (March 13-15) with scores of 76-77-81 (234) ... tied for 16th at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate (March 20-21) with scores of 75-73-73 (221) ... tied for 29th at the ASU Red Wolf Intercollegiate (April 3-4) with scores of 77-78-72 (227) ... tied for ninth at the Tiger Invitational with scores of 69-74-74 (217) ... finished 11th at the MVC Championship (April 25-26) with scores of 73-78-74 (225). Â
2015-16: All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree ... made 10 starts ... played in 30 rounds ... scored a team-best 74.50 stroke average ... notched 24 rounds in the 70s ... shot a season-low round of 67 on two occasions ... tied for the team lead with three rounds in the 60s ... notched six top-10 finishes ... tied for 10th at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-14) with scores of 67-76-77 (220) ... tied for ninth at the Coyote Classic (Sept. 21-22) with rounds of 83-74-73 (230) ... tied for fourth at the Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 5-6) with scores of 72-75-70 (217) ... tied for fifth at the Bob Sitton Invitational (March 15-17) with scores of 74-74-68 (216) ... placed sixth at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate (March 21-22) with rounds of 74-71-73 (218) ... tied for seventh at the Red Wolves Intercollegiate (April 4-5) with scores of 72-67-67 (215).
2014-15: Made 11 starts ... played in 29 rounds ... 76.76 stroke average ... shot a season best 70 two different times ... once at the Jackrabbit Fall Invite in Souix Falls, South Dakota at the Minehaha Country Club ... the other was at the Jackrabbit Spring Invitational in Primm, Nevada at the Primm Golf Club ... at the Jackrabbit Fall Invite he posted his best finish of the season, finishing in a tie for eighth place, shooting rounds of 74-70-74 ... placed 29th at the MVC Tournament, shooting 77-75-80 ... led the team with 24 of his 29 rounds in the 70's.
2013-14: Made 11 starts ... played in 32 rounds ... 76.1 stroke average ... shot a season-best 69 in the first round the Golfweek Challenge in Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... tallied 23 rounds in the 70s ... tied for 20th at the Golfweek Challenge with rounds of 69-74-75 ... tied for 11th at the UALR Classic held at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, Ark., after posting rounds of 79-72-75 ... placed 13th at the 2014 MVC Championship held at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. ... Atkinson scored rounds of 71-80-74 at the MVC meet.
High School: A 2013 graduate of Ames High School in Ames, Iowa ... finished as the runner-up in the 2012 state tournament ... first-team all-state honoree as a senior ... second-team all-state performer as a junior.
Personal: Born Jan. 11, 1995, in Ames, Iowa ... son of Deb and Dan Atkinson ... majoring in management (supply chain and operation).
