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Blake Benson
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Westlake HS
Bio
ACADEMIC HONORS
2025 Cobalt Golf GCAA All-America Scholar
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 American All-Academic Team
2024 AAC All-Academic Team
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2023 Conference USA Academic Medal
2023 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 Conference USA Academic Medal
2022 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024-25 (Gr.)
Participated in 10 tournament … had a 74.93 stroke average … career-high eight rounds of par or better … two top 20 finishes … tied for 15th-place at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18) at -1 … fired a career-low 67 in the final round … also set career-lows for 36-hole score (142) and 54-hole score (209) … tied for 16th-place at the All-American Individual (3/17-18) … tied for 38th-place at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (9/30-10/1), where he posted a second round 68 … closed the AAC Championship (4/21-23) with a 70-72.
2023-24 (Sr.)
Participated in nine events … had a 75.81 stroke average … three rounds of par or better … tied the lowest round of his career when he fired a final round 69 at the Louisiana Classics (3/12) … tied for 33rd-place at the Bentwater Intercollegiate (2/12-13) … tied for 34th-place at the All-American Intercollegiate (3/18-19).
2022-23 (Jr.)
Conference USA All-Academic Team … participated in nine events … fourth on the team with a 75.19 stroke average … five rounds of par or better … had the best finish of his career at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate (3/26-27), tying for fourth-place at two-under par … fired a career-low 69 in the second round … also set career-lows for 36-hole (144) and 54-hole score (214) … tied for 22nd-place at the Houston Classic (2/13-14).
2021-22 (r-Fr)
Participated in four events … had an 80.33 stroke average … carded a season-low 74 in the opening round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (9/12-14) … shot a 77 to tie for ninth-place at the Sam Houston Dual Match (4/6) … tied for 90th-place at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (4/11-12).
Seattle (2020-21)
Redshirted
Westlake High School
Owns the school record for an 18-hole tournament, firing an eight-under 63 as a sophomore in the 2017 Lake Travis Shootout...qualified for the 6A Texas State Championships in 2019...competed in a number of tournaments held by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA)...as a senior, he earned pair of Top 20 finishes, a 17th place finish in a field of 54 at the AJGA Jordan Spieth Open, followed by 12th in a field of 94 in the 2018 AJGA Junior Championship at Sugarloaf.
Personal
Full Name: Blake Benson...Born August 28 in Dallas...Parents: Todd and Melissa Benson...one sister...Grandmother, Joyce Benson, played on the LPGA Tour from 1972-85...Rice major: Business Finance.
| Years | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round |
| 2021-22 | 9 | 723 | 80.33 | 74 |
| 2022-23 | 26 | 1,955 | 75.19 | 69 |
| 2023-24 | 27 | 2,047 | 75.81 | 69 |
| 2024-25 | 30 | 2,248 | 74.93 | 67 |
| TOTALS | 92 | 6,973 | 75.79 | 67 |
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