| Name |
Matt Hill |
| Height |
5'5" |
| Naionality |
Canadian |
| Date of Birth |
January 19, 1968 |
| Place of Birth |
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Famous for |
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The first NC State golfer to become the NCAA Individual champion with his two stroke win in May … Won the 2009 Haskins Award … Also won the 2009 Jack Nicklaus Award, presented to the top collegiate golfer in all four divisions … Received the 2009 Arnold Palmer Award, given by the GCAA to the NCAA individual champion … Named Golfweek’s Player of the Year … Only the second golfer in NCAA history to win conference, regional and NCAA titles in the same year (Tiger Woods 1996) … A first-team PING All-America selection … Became the seventh NC State golfer to earn multiple All-America honors during his career … Named the 2009 ACC Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the first golfer to do so … The 2009 ACC Golfer of the Year, only the second NC State golfer to win the award (Tim Clark in 1997) … Earned all-ACC honors for the second straight season … Twice named the SGA National Am of the Month during the season … Won the GolfStat Cup, presented to the individual with the lowest stroke average on the year … Won eight tournaments during the school year, besting the previous ACC record of five … Eight tournament wins in a school year is believed to have tied the NCAA record (Tiger Woods in 1995-96) … Won his last five collegiate tournaments he played, and seven of his final eight … His 70.1 stroke average for the year set a new school record (Tim Clark, 1997-98 – 70.87) … That stroke average ranks 20th in NCAA history for a single season … He currently has the lowest career stroke average in school history, 70.69 … Only the second NC State golfer to earn medalist honors at the NCAA Regionals (Tim Clark in 1997 & 1998) … Earned co-medalist honors at the ACC Championships … Became NC State’s first ACC medalist since Hank Kim in 1995, and only the sixth Wolfpack golfer to win top honors at the ACC Championship … His 65 in the second round of the Hawks Invitational ties as the 2nd lowest round in school history.
