Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

28 Inside Hokie Sports /hokiekidsclub M E N ’ S G O L F LAWRENCE JR. JR • RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Mark T he Virginia Tech men’s golf team suffered through a bit of an up and down season, but nothing was down about the play of the top player in the lineup. As expected from last year’s Virginia State Amateur champion and a U.S. Amateur semifinalist, Mark Lawrence Jr. led the way for the Hokies all season. Lawrence tied for the team lead with 33 rounds played, and he led the Hokies in just about every statistical category. His low round of 66, which he accomplished three times, was the team’s lowest of the season. He also led the squad in rounds under par (22), top-20 finishes (eight), top-10 finishes (four), stroke average (71.45) and final-round average (70.27). Lawrence recorded a fifth-place finish at the Gopher Invitational to open the season, shooting 1-under-par. He also recorded a sixth-place finish at the 3M Augusta Invitational, and he came in seventh at the General Hackler Championship. He was the lone Hokie to make the NCAA’s regional play, as he received an at-large bid to play in the NCAA Raleigh Regional held in Raleigh, North Carolina. He finished 65th in that tournament. Following the ACC Championship, Lawrence earned All-ACC honors in a vote conducted among the league’s head coaches. Fortunately, he returns for another season to a Tech men’s golf program looking for a big turnaround in 2018-19.