Delta State University

2017-18:  Averaged 74.3 strokes his senior season...helped the Statesmen finish 11th at the 2018 NCAA National Championships, the best finish in school history...the team received the prestigious Mark Laesch Award for the most improved team in the NCAA.

2016-17:  Competed in three tournaments, including the Gulf South Conference championships...tied 16th at the Mississippi College Spring Invitational...played in eight rounds with a low round of 73...also played in the Southeast Intercollegiate.

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY: Redshirted in 2015-16.

JUCO: Played golf and baseball for Jones County Junior College form 2013-2015.
 
PREP:  Played for Coach Corey Tolbert at South Jones High School in Ellisville, Miss...lettered in football, baseball and golf...earned All-District golf honors in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

PERSONAL: Full name is Avery Gaines Owens…son of Brooks and Lisa Owens...has one sister, Alexa...majoring in history/pre-law.