2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Tim Conover
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 140
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Holly Springs, N.C.
- High School:
- Holly Springs
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
One of two players in ECU lore to participate in three NCAA regional tournaments (Harold Varner 2010, ‘11, ‘12) ... Fourth player in program history to receive an individual NCAA bid joining Mike Teague (1993), Harold Varner (2010) and Eric Brady (2014) ... Posted two career victories to go along with five top-5 and eight top-10 finishes ... Completed his eligibility with the fourth-lowest career stroke average (73.45) in program history.
As A Senior (2017-18)
Individual Tournament Results
Participated in all 11 events for 33 total rounds ... Ranked third on the team with a 72.88 strokes per round average ... Posted 14 rounds of par or better ... Recorded two top-10 finishes, placing fourth at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate and tying for sixth at the ECU Intercollegiate ... Lowest round of the season was a first round 68 at the Rod Myers Invitational at the Duke Golf Club in addition to a third round 68 at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate ... Carded a 5-under-par 211 (73-70-68) at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate ... Shot par-216 (71-73-72) at the General Hackler Championships ... Shot a 1-under-par 70 during his final career round at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
As A Junior (2016-17)
Individual Tournament Results
Competed in all 12 events and compiled a team-low scoring average of 72.15 ... Recorded five top-10 finishes, tied for the sixth-most in a season at ECU ... Registered two victories, winning the 2016 Wolfpack Fall Intercollegiate and 2017 East Carolina Intercollegiate ...Posted the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history with a final tally of 12-under-par 201, shooting 4-under-par 67 in all three rounds at the Wolfpack Fall Intercollegiate ... Dubbed the American Athletic Conference Men’s Golfer-of-the-Month for October during the fall and was later tabbed the conference’s Golfer-of-the-Week following his fourth-place performance at the 2017 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate.
Summer 2016
Captured the 116th North And South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 2.
As A Sophomore (2015-16)
Individual Tournament Results
Participated in 12 events and tallied a 73.71 strokes per round scoring average ... Shot par or better in 10 of 34 rounds played during the season ... Low round of the year was 3-under 67 during the third round of the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invitational ... Carded three rounds in the 60s during the campaign ... His lone top-10 finish of the season was eighth-place at the Elon Phoenix Invitational ... Completed the year with six top-20 finishes, including four top-15 finishes ... Was the Pirates' low scorer in three events: John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invitational and Irish Creek Collegiate ... Posted his lowest score to par of the season at the NCAA Franklin Regional, carding a 1-under 215 ... Finished tied for 14th at the American Athletic Conference Championship.
As A Freshman (2014-15)
Individual Tournament Results
Competed in nine events and compiled a 75.15 strokes per round scoring average ... Shot seven rounds of par or better, third-most on the team ... Top finish of the year was a tie for 17th at the General Hackler Championships ... Was part of the Pirates' five-man roster at the NCAA Noblesville Regional and finished tied for 27th ... Low round of the year was a 70.
High School
A four-year letterman at Holly Springs High School for coach Guy McConnell ... Named the 2013 Richard S. Tufts Boy's Junior Golfer-of-the-Year by the Carolinas Golf Association ... Won the 2013 Carolinas PGA Junior Championship ... Named to the 2013 N.C. Boys' All-State Golf Second Team by the TYGA and the Carolinas Golf Association ... Two-time Tri-9 4A Conference Player-of-the-Year ... 2013 PGA Junior Championship participant ... Finished as the co-medalist at the 2013 Tar Heel Youth Golf Association (TYGA )Team Challenge ... Placed third at the 2013 Bobby Chapman Junior Boys Invitational and the TYGA State Championship ... Tied for 10th at the 2013 Carolinas PGA Charles Tilghman Junior ... Competed at the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championships
Personal
Born Timothy Barry Conover in Morristown, N.J. ... Son of Barry and Jackie Conover ... Has a older brother, Wes, a former member of the ECU golf team, and younger sister Stephanie ... His father played college basketball at Green Mount College (Vt.) and his grandfather, Richard, played three seasons of basketball at Syracuse (1958-60) ... His uncle, Rich, played basketball at Fairleigh Dickinson and Green Mountain ... Four cousins played Division I baseball ... Academic major was criminal justice.
