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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Erik Schelkun

Jacob Garland

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Nashville, Tenn.
  • Highschool Father Ryan

Biography

2024-25 (Junior)
• Competed in 23 rounds over eight events
• Posted a 75.65 scoring average
• Turned in a season-low round of 71 in the second 18 at Bowling Green's Virtues Intercollegiate
• Was part of the five-man team that competed at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship
• Named a 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

2023-24 (Sophomore)
• Saw action in 30 rounds over 10 events
• Was third on the team with a career-low 74.47 stroke average
• Second on the team with nine rounds at or below par
• Turned in a season-low round of 68 at the Marshall Joe Feaganes Invitational
• Paced the team at the Marquette Intercollegiate, tying for 22nd place out of 78 competitors
• Was one of five Flyers to compete at the 2024 A-10 Championship
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022-23 (Freshman)
• One of three Flyers to compete in all 11 team events during his first season as a Flyer
• Posted a 74.70 stroke average
• Named A-10 Golfer of the Week on Oct. 7 and Oct. 21
• Led the team with eight rounds of par or better
• Turned in three top-10 finishes on the year
• Carded a career-low round of 67 on the second 18 at the Yestingsmeier Invite on the way to a tie for third place
• Competed as a member of the five-man team at the 2023 A-10 Championship
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School
• Graduated from Nashville's Father Ryan High School in May 2022
• Played four varsity seasons under head coach Greg Thompson
• Two-time Tennessee Amateur Championship qualifier
• 2021 Tennessee Junior Tour Player of the Year
• Made three-consecutive appearances in state post-season play

Personal
• Full name: Jacob Elliot Garland
• Parents: Jenny and Rob Garland
• Siblings: Mallory, Stephen, Andrew
• Major: Accounting
 
Season Rounds Strokes Avg.  Low Round Best Finish
2024-25 23 1,740 75.65 71 t-38th
2023-24 30 2,234 74.47 68 t-22nd
2022-23 33 2,465 74.70 67 t-3rd
Career 86 6,439 74.87 67 t-3rd

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'0"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'0"