Jackson Van Paris Season 2022-23
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Pinehurst, N.C.
High School
Pinecrest
Major
Human & Organizational Development
As a Junior (2023-24)
- GCAA Division I PING Honorable Mention All-American
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- Second Team All-SEC
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Played in 11 tournaments during the 2023-24 season
- Posted four top-five finishes
- Ranked 15th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings at the end of the season
- Won the St Andrews Link Collegiate individual title by carding 9-under 131 in two rounds of stroke play
- Helped Vanderbilt win seven team titles, which are tied for the second-most in a single-season in program history
- Held a scoring average of 70.67 during the season
- Shot under par in 16 rounds and carded in the 60s in 11 rounds
- Carded a career-best 6-under 64 in Round 2 at the St Andrews Links
- Posted a runner-up finish at the 2024 Mason Rudolph Championship by carding career-best 7-under 206
- Went 2-2-0 at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup to help the United States win its first Palmer Cup on international soil since 2018
- Made his PGA TOUR debut at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open and finished in a tie for 10th at 15-under 273
- Posted the lowest round score at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open by carding 8-under 64 in Round 4
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
- Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Won the Sunnehanna Amateur with a 13-under-par 267 72-hole total
- Tied for sixth at the John Hayt Invitational at 4-under-par
- At the Mason Rudolph Championship, tied for 11th at 3-under-par
- Tied for 13th at the Sunnehanna Amateur with a four-day total of 281
As a Freshman (2021-22)
- Tied for 16th at the Jones Cup
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
The Van Paris File
- Four-time Rolex Junior All American
- In 2018 at the age of 14 became the youngest player to win a match at the U.S. Amateur since Bobby Jones in 1916
- Ranked seventh nationally by Golfweek and fourth by Rolex
- Won 10th annual Junior Invitational at Sage Valley by shooting 9-under par with rounds of 71-69-67 – including 4-under on his final nine holes of the tournament
- Captured 2020 Sea Pines Junior Heritage
- Won back-to-back AJGA Simplify Boys Invitational titles
- Member of the 2017 ACDS Junior All Star Team
- 2020 AJGA Player Representative
- AJGA Foundation Board Member
- Four-time NCISAA all-state selection
- Competed in 2017 Evian Junior Cup in France where he won the individual competition and led United States team to victory
- Part of team titles with United States in 2019 Junior President’s Cup, with East Team at 2019 Wyndham Cup and with The O’Neal School in NCISAA state golf tournament
- Organized and hosted Carolina Cup through AJGA’s Leadership Links program raising more than $250,000 for charity