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Evan Beck
Evan Beck

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.

High School:
Norfolk Academy

Birthdate:
09/11/1990

05/19/2012

Men's Golf NCAA Championship Bid Ends At The Regionals

Deacons finished in 11th place at 28-over par

05/18/2012

Men's Golf Right In The Mix With Round To Play At NCAA Regional

Demon Deacons shoot a 294 and are just three shots out of the final qualifying spot

05/17/2012

Men's Golf Opens NCAA Regional With Up And Down Round Of 284

Demon Deacons are in eighth place after the opening round

05/16/2012

Men's Golf With Big Opportunity At NCAA Regional This Weekend

Demon Deacons are looking for their first trip to the NCAA Championship since 2009

04/22/2012

Lee Bedford Finishes Runner-Up At ACC Championships

Wake Forest finishes eighth after final round 294


2011-12 Individual Results

Career Tournament Results

Summer 2011
Shot rounds of 72-69-72-69 at the Sunnehanna Amateur and finished tied for 25th at 2-over par ... Finished tied for 28th at the Northeast Amateur after rounds of 71-67-69-71 ... Advanced to match play at the Virginia Amateur after rounds of 68-67 ... Won his opening round match but fell in the round of 16 ... Opened the Eastern Amateur with a round of even-par 70 but finished with rounds of 67-67-66 to finish tied for fifth at 10-under par ... Shot an opening round 69 at the Virginia Open and would close with a stellar 6-under 66 en route to finishing tied for second ... Finished the Porter Cup tied for 39th at 1-under par ... Had a bit of a tough week at the U.S. Amateur, shooting rounds of 76-78 and missing the match play cut.

Spring 2011
Finished the year with the top scoring average on the team at 71.86 ... Earned Golfweek and GCAA honorable mention All-America honors for the first time in his career ... Had the sixth-best scoring average in the ACC and earned first team All-ACC honors ... Led the team with a total of five top-5 finishes and was the only player on the team to have all 36 rounds count towards the team score ... 21 of his 36 rounds were at par or better and he finished six of 12 events under-par ... Finished the year ranked No. 31 in the final Golfweek Sagarin Ratings ... Continued his stellar start to the year by tying for fifth at the JU Invitational ... Shot rounds of 71-70-74 to finish at 1-under, his fifth tournament of the year under-par ... Finished tied for fifth for the second-straight event at the Seahawk Intercollegiate after shooting rounds of 73-71-76 ... Had a tough week at the General Hackler, finishing at 16-over par and tied for 38th ... Both were his worst finishes of the season ... Rebounded by shooting rounds of 71-73-72 at The Hootie at Bulls Bay to finish tied for 24th at 3-over par ... Led the Irish Creek Collegiate through two rounds and ultimately finished tied for fifth ... Shot rounds of 68-69-73 (-3) at Irish Creek to post his sixth tournament of the year under-par ... Fired a second round 69 at the ACC Championship and would finish tied for 18th at 1-over par ... Had a very solid final tournament at the NCAA Central Regional, carding rounds of 73-71-70 to finish tied for 14th and earn All-Region honors.

Fall 2010
Finished the fall with a 70.9 scoring average, which was second-best on the team ... Led the squad with 12 of 15 rounds coming at par or better ... Finished all five tournaments in the top-20 with three top-10s ... Was the only player on the team have all 15 rounds count towards the team score ... Opened the season with three great rounds at the Carpet Capital Collegiate ... Posted scores of 68-68-72=208 (-8) and finished tied for second behind teammate Lee Bedford ... It was his best career finish to date and his first career top-10 ... The 68s were also the lowest two rounds of his career and the 8-under 208 is his lowest career 54-hole event ... Carded three-straight under-par rounds at the VCU Shootout (71-71-69), and finished in third place ... It was the first time in his career that he carded three under-par rounds in the same event ... He is now just the fifth Demon Deacon to record a streak of seven-straight rounds at par or better ... Opened the NC State Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a 2-over 73 but rebounded with a career-low 67 in the second round and a 1-under 70 in the final round ... Finished the tournament tied for third at 3-under par ... Continued his hot start with rounds of 73-70-72 at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and finished the event tied for 12th ... Opened the US Collegiate Championship with a 78 but bounced-back to post rounds of 72-69 and finished tied for 20th at 3-over par.

Summer 2010
Qualified for match play at the Virginia Amateur after a pair of 73s but lost his opening round match ... Fired four sub-70 rounds (68-67-66-68) at the 54th Eastern Amateur and finished in a tie for second ... Won the State Open of Virginia after four sub-par rounds of 65-67-70-66=268 (20-under) ... The 20-under par total tied the tournament record ... Carded rounds of 72-70 in US Amateur qualifying to tie for the final spot but fell short in a five-for-one playoff.

Spring 2010
Finished his first season with a 74.6 scoring average which was third-best on the team ... Named to the Academic All-ACC Men's Golf team ... Played in all but one event and notched four top-20 finishes ... 24.5 of his 31 tournament rounds counted towards the team score which was also third-best on the squad ... Averaged Opened the spring by finishing tied for 46th at the JU Invitational after rounds of 76-80-84 ... Posted his best finish of the season by finishing 15th at the Wexford Intercollegiate with rounds of 72-75 ... Posted scores of 76-74 to finish tied for 24th at the Seahawk Invitational ... Tied for 50th at the General Hackler with rounds of 81-79-78 ... Played a solid tournament at The Hootie at Bulls Bay, posting scores of 75-72-71 to finish at 5-over and tied for 37th ... Carded a solid final round of 75 at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate .. Finished tied for 21st at his first ACC Championship ... Posted a strong round of 2-under 70 in windy conditions to lead the team in the final round of the ACCs ... Finished the year with his best tournament at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Carded rounds of 72-71-69 to finish a season-best tied for 13th and post a season-low 212 ... The final round 69 was also his lowest round of the year.

Fall 2009
Had a very good start to his career, playing in three of the four tournaments and finishing no worse than tied for 24th ... Opened the year with a round of 1-under 71 at the Carpet Capital Classic and went on to finish tied for 20th after rounds of 75-72 ... Played three solid rounds at the VCU Shootout, finishing tied for 20th following scores of 75-73-73=221 (+5) ... After shooting a 75 in the opening round of the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, he carded a season-low 2-under 70 and would again finish tied for 20th at 2-over par ... Was one of two players to have every round count towards the team score ... Finished with a 73.0 average, which was second-best on the team and was third on the squad with a total of 25 birdies.

Summer 2009
Carded solid rounds of 72-73 at the US Open Sectional qualifier at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., to finish tied for 35th in the 70 player field ... Represented Team USA at the 2009 Junior World Cup in Japan, shooting rounds of 68-70-73 and finished tied for 14th ... Qualified for match-play at the Virginia State Amateur ... Finished tied for 58th at the Eastern Amateur after carding rounds of 68-68-75-74 ... Missed the cut by one-shot at the Southern Amateur ... Played for the East squad at the 2009 AJGA Cannon Cup in Flagstaff, Ariz. ... Shot 75-76 in the first two rounds of the Western Amateur but missed the cut ... Finished tied for 44th at the Cardinal Amateur after rounds of 75-76-74.

Background
Full name is Evan David Beck ... Born on September 11, 1990, in Virginia Beach, Va. ... Was a four-year letterwinner at Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Va. ... Earned First Team All-TCIS honors each of his four seasons and was named the TCIS Player of the Year as both a junior and a senior ... Named a 2008 Rolex first team All-American and was a 2009 Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award Recipient ... Finished runner-up at the 2008 US Junior Amateur ... Won the 2008 Junior Players Championship as well as the 2008 AJGA Golf Pride Championship ... Was on the High Honor Roll (4.00) all four years of high school and was a 2009 Cum Laude Society Member ... Son of Gary and Jeanne Beck of Virginia Beach, Va. ... Father Gary played basketball and golf at Hampden-Sydney College from 1975-1979.