Trace Thomas '18 Recruiting Profile

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my personal statement.

  As a two sport athlete, playing both golf and baseball, for the last 10 years I have divided my time equally between the two but unfortunately my summers have been spent  playing travel baseball every weekend and, golf on the weekdays.   I am finally realizing this summer that my passion is to play college golf. My resume for tournament golf is limited considering I haven’t played in many large scale tournaments because of my commitment to baseball.  I am a four year letterman in golf, in which I finished Division 1 Second Team All-Conference this past year, I am a three time district qualifier, I was nominated and selected to go to The First Tee Life Skills and Leadership Academy in 2015, and I also finished second in my first Golf Week Magazine tournament shooting 82, 74 at Lassing Pointe in Northern Kentucky.  I would also like to add that just recently I was selected on the Golf Channel’s Morning Drive to play in the Pure Insurance Championship with The First Tee at Pebble Beach and playing with PGA Tour Champs, September 22-24. With all of this being said here are some of my more notable rounds in the past two seasons.

- 2016 Best of the West-77 

- 2016 Sectional-77

- 2016 NCR Invatational-76 

-2016 GMC Conference Tournament-76-80

-2017 Sectional Tournament- 79

-2017 NCR Invatational-78

-2017 Heatherwood Invatational-79 

-2017 CIC Country Club Invitational-80 

-2015 Potters Club Championship-76-72

-2016 Cincinatti Enquirer Honorable Mention  

Because my resume is so small, in order for you to get a better grasp on my skill set I have several videos on hand of my swing to get a better feel on where my game is at. I will send you those in a separate email. If possible I would be interested in talking to you and possibly discussing a visit. From an academic standpoint my ACT is at a 19, and GPA is a 3.0. Thank you in advance  for your time, and I look forward to you hearing back from you. 

    In my recruiting process I emphasize on finding the right school not only athletically but, most important, academically and to obtain a scholarship as well to help offset the financial burden. Throughout this process I ask myself why a coach should choose me; First and foremost it is because of my honesty, desire, dedication and leadership skills. My love and desire is to compete at sports, I am a natural competitor whether it be at baseball, board games, ping pong, basketball and

golf. Bottom line is I love to compete.

I look forward to hearing from you and to answer any other questions that you may have for me.

Sincerely,

Trace N. Thomas