Ben Huskey
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Hometown:
- Sevierville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- R-Freshman
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- High School:
- Sevier County HS
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- Major:
- Civil Engineering
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- Previous School:
- Sevier County HS
Bio
In Fall 2015 (R-Freshman): Huskey played in three of the team’s six fall tournaments, completing eight rounds of action… fired a season-low 74-71-84=229 at the Kenny Perry Invitational (Oct. 12-13), tying for 25th overall… also carded his season-best round of 71 at the same event… finished the ASU Fall Beach Classic (Oct. 25-27) with a 84-78=162... completed fall play with a scoring average of 78.00.
In Spring 2015 (Freshman): Huskey sat out the spring season as a redshirt due to injury.
In Fall 2014 (Freshman): Huskey participated in one event in the fall before sitting out the remainder of the season as a redshirt due to injury… tallied a 70-74-76=220 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-9)… finished the fall averaging 73.33 per 18 holes.
High School: Huskey was a four-year letterman and competed as the No. 1 seed for three years at Sevier County High School… as a senior, set school record for scoring average (par 39) with a mark of 35.8 and for lowest nine-hole match with a score of 32 at five under… finished as the low medalist in all but one regular season match as a senior… named All-Conference all four years, All-District each of his final three years and both All-Region and All-State his senior year… placed third at the TSSAA 3A state tournament as a senior, leading his team to a spot in the regional tournament… named All-Prep Extra First Team by the Knoxville News Sentinel after his senior campaign… also took home Athlete of the Year honors as a senior at SCHS… graduated in the top 10 percent of his class.
Personal: Son of Richard and Katherine Huskey… born on September 20, 1996… full name is Benjamin Wayne Huskey.
Academic: Majoring in civil engineering… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll once.
News mentions
Senior Mitchell Thomas and sophomore Allyson Dunn have been named as the Most Valuable Players, and two captains for each squad have been recognized as Tennessee Tech head golf coach Polk Brown recently announced the annual awards for the Golden Eagle men’s and women’s golf teams.
With freshman Matthew Giles leading the way on the third day, the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team wrapped up play at the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Championship with a solid 295 for the final round.
The Tennessee Tech men’s golf team fired off the lowest round of the tournament on Tuesday, carding a sensational 286 to begin their long climb toward the top. The Golden Eagles rebounded from an opening round 313, improving by a whopping 26 strokes and leaped from 10th into seventh place.
After first round 313, the Tennessee Tech men's golf team has some ground to make up over the next two days at the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Championships. Tech is 10th in the 11-team field.
The final 18 holes will be a fight-to-the-finish Tuesday at the Big Blue Invitational, and Tennessee Tech is in the hunt with seniors Mitch Thomas and Bryce Kendrick leading the way.
Senior Neil Gannaway shaved five strokes off his second round score in Tuesday’s final round, and climbed into a tie for ninth place individually, pacing the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team on the final day of the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
Senior Bryce Kendrick blazed through Monday’s second round at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a three-under-par 69, leading the way for the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team to jump to fifth place at the 12-team tournament with one round remaining.
The most veteran player on the roster, senior Mitch Thomas earned his third Top 10 finish of the season Tuesday and helped the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team hold onto fourth place in the 12-team Grover Page Classic.
After a long, excruciating wait, the spring season has finally arrived for the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team, as the Golden Eagles make their way southeast to North Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the Bash at the Beach Collegiate hosted by Appalachian State.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – A valiant surge towards the top of the leaderboard fell just short for the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team Tuesday, as the Golden Eagles concluded play at the rain-shortened ASU Fall Beach Classic just three strokes back of first place.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – Both youth and experience played a crucial role in helping the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team get off to an excellent start at the ASU Fall Beach Classic Sunday afternoon, as the Golden Eagles completed the first of three rounds at the Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club in third place overall.
Just three more rounds remain in the fall season for the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team, as the Golden Eagles round out the first half of its 2015-16 campaign at the A-State Fall Beach Classic from Sunday to Tuesday.
KENNESAW, Ga. – Facing its toughest competition of the season, the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team wrapped up play at the Pinetree Invitational Tuesday afternoon, finishing the tournament in 11th place overall in the event hosted by Kennesaw State.
The Tennessee Tech men's golf team is tied for eight place and squarely in the middle of a pack of teams battling for fifth through 11th place after two rounds of Kennesaw State's Pinetree Intercollegiate.
With two top five finishes already in the books this season, the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team will look to add another to its resume as the Golden Eagles head south for the Pinetree Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday.
Freshman Matthew Giles came within one stroke of winning medalist honors, settling for a tie for second place in leading the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team to a third place finish among 12 teams at the 54-hole, Kenny Perry Invitational hosted by Western Kentucky University at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Following nearly two weeks away from competition, the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team put all of that practice time to good use and showed it Monday afternoon at the Kenny Perry Invitational hosted by Western Kentucky.
Following nearly two weeks away from the links, the Tennessee Tech men’s golf team will get back to work Monday morning at the Kenny Perry Invitational hosted by Western Kentucky at the Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.