Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Honors
2018-19 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2015-16 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
2014-15 All-Big 12 Championship Team


2018-19 (Redshirt Senior)

• Named to the All-Sun Belt second team
• Played in all 11 team events on the season for CCU
• Second on the team with a 72.18 stroke average on the year over 33 rounds, which ranked ninth in Coastal men's golf history
• Was also second on the team with 15 rounds of par or better and six rounds in the 60’s on the season
• His 15 rounds of par or better ranks 11th all-time in CCU's single-season history
• Carded a career-low round 64 in the second round of the Furman Intercollegiate, which is tied for the second-lowest 18-hole round in CCU history
• Also shot a 67 over the final round of play at the Maridoe Intercollegiate and in the first round of the 2019 Sun Belt Men’s Golf Championship
• Was the top Coastal performer in three events – the Maridoe Intercollegiate, the Furman Intercollegiate, and the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Par-4 scoring average of 4.1072 ranked seventh all-time in Coastal men's golf history
• Posted six top-25 individual finishes overall, including a pair of runner-up finishes
• Placed in a tie for 15th overall at the 2019 Sun Belt Championship with a 54-hole score of 210, -3 under par (67-72-71)
• Defeated Julien Sale of Arkansas State in match play 2&1 in the semifinals of the 2019 Sun Belt Championship, one of just two Chants to win his head-to-head match
• Took second-place overall at the Furman Intercollegiate, leading the Chants to the team title with rounds of 69, 64 and 73 for a 54-hole tournament score of 206, -7 under par, which is tied for the sixth-lowest 54-hole tournament score in CCU history
• His 36-hole score of 133, -9 under par, at the Furman Intercollegiate is the tied for the lowest-36-hole tournament score in CCU history
• Also took runner-up honors at the Maridoe Intercollegiate, finishing tied for second with rounds of 74, 74 and 67 for a 54-hole score of 215, +5
• Recorded a 15th-place finish with rounds of 69, 69 and 72 for a tournament score of 210, -3 under par, at the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Finished in a tie for 21st overall at the 2019 General Hackler Championship, scoring each round for the Chants with scores of 71, 74 and 71 for a 54-hole score of 216, even par
• Also placed in a tie for 21st at the rainy John Hayt Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 74, 72 and 78 for a three-round combined score of 224, +8
• Posted back-to-back tournament scores of 216 at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and the Florida Gators Invitational
• Placed 36th with rounds of 74, 72 and 70 (216, even) at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and 34th at the Florida Gators Invitational with rounds of 70, 75 and 71 (216, +6)
• Opened up the fall season with three-straight 54-hole scores of 223 at the Gopher Invitational (77-75-71), the Northern Intercollegiate (78-74-71) and William H. Tucker Intercollegiate (75-75-73)
• Qualified for the U.S. Sectionals with a third-place finish and a round of 70, -2 under par, at the local qualifying event in Wallace, N.C.
• Turned in rounds of 72 and 68 to finish in a tie for 17th overall with a 36-hole score of 140, -4 under par, at the U.S. Sectionals Qualifying event held at the Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, Ga.

Prior to Coastal Carolina

2017-18 (Redshirt Junior) at Texas Tech

• Went 72-70-73 at the Carmel Cup (-1) to tie for 30th-place in his only action of the fall season
• Played a total of nine rounds on the season over three events, shooting a low round of 70 and an average of 72 on the year

2016-17 (Junior) at Texas Tech

• Redshirted
• Did not play in a tournament

2015-16 (Sophomore) at Texas Tech

• Named to the academic All-Big 12 first team
• Placed eighth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate event
• Took 11th overall at the Big 12 Championship, missing out on a second-straight All-Big 12 Championship team honor
• Shot an even-par 72 to open the windy NCAA Albuquerque Regional before finishing in 43rd-place
• In July, he qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship

2014-15 (Freshman) at Texas Tech

• Earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Championship team
• Saved his best golf for the end of the year as he solidified a spot in the starting lineup in the final three tournaments of the year
• Played in a total of 31 rounds on the season
• Finished with a 73.9 stroke average
• Claimed two top 10 finishes
• Dropped two rounds under par at the Big 12 Championships en route to all-Big 12 Championship honors in a tie for 10th-place overall
• Playing as an individual in the Aggie Invitational, he turned in his most complete 54 holes coming in tied for third-place with a 218 (+2)

High School

• Won the Texas State Junior Championship in 2012
• Also won the AJGA Boerne event in 2013
• 2013 AJGA Jr.-Rolex All-American
• 2014 West Texas Amateur Champion
• Won the most high school golf tournaments out of anyone that came through Kingwood High School

Personal

• From Austin, Texas
• Was born in California
• Graduate of Kingwood High School
• Son of Myrl and Linda Artac
• Has one sister, Emily
• Father, Myri, played golf at Penn State