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Cooper Smith
 
2024-25: Appeared in all 11 tournaments and played 32 rounds … posted career-low round of 66 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate and Linger Longer Invitational … carded a career-best total of 206 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate … recorded best career finish tying for seventh at the FAU Invitational … averaged a 72.68 … recorded four top-25 finishes and two top-10 finishes … tallied 94 birdies and 3 eagles.
 
2023-24: Appeared In 12 tournaments and played 35 rounds … posted a career-low at USF with a 67 in the NCAA Regional … notched his best finish at USF with a tie for 11th at the USF Invitational … recorded a personal-best 54-hole score with a 208 at the Windon Memorial … finished the season with an average of 72.20 … collected four rounds in the 60s and 13 rounds of par or better … produced four top-25 performances … tallied 100 birdies and three eagles on the season.
 
2022-23 (North Florida): Competed in eight events ... posted a 73.04 scoring average, including a low round of 66 at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate ... went on to post a career-best 54-hole total of 210 in the event ... recorded three rounds under par and one Top 25 Finish.
 
2021-22 (North Florida): Played in six events with a scoring average of 74.11 per tournament ... made collegiate debut at Windon Memorial Classic with a score of 11-over 224 ... posted five under-par rounds and was under par for one tournament ... best 18-hole score was 2-under 70 in the first round of Coral Creek Club Invitational ... helped UNF to a team runner-up finish at Coral Creek Club Invitational ... posted his best 54-hole score with a 3-under 213 at Veterans Intercollegiate ... recorded his best finish with a tie for sixth place at the Veterans Intercollegiate ... shared ASUN Golfer of the Week after performance at Bucknell ... named to ASUN All-Freshman Team ... had 3-for-6 (50.0%) of competitive rounds counted towards team score.
 
2020-21 (North Florida): Did not compete in any tournaments.
 
Career at North Florida
Best Finish: T6th, Veterans Intercollegiate (2022)
Career Best Round:  66 at the 2023 Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate
Low 54-Hole Total: 210 at the 2023 Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate 
 
High School: Smith was a two-time district champion at Freedom HS ... qualified for the 2A State Championship as an individual.
 
Personal: Son of Amy and Brian ... has an older sister, Peyton ... studying economics at USF ... enjoys going to Tampa Bay Lighting games and playing pickleball in his free time ... in non-collegiate competition, he posted a second-place finish at the New Years Invitational in January of 2023, a third-place finish at the FSGA State Am Match Play in 2022, and was the FSGA Florida Four-Ball Champion.
 

USF CAREER STATS
Year	Events	Rounds	Avg	Low Rd	Par or Better	Best 54	Top 25	Top 10	Best Finish
2023-24	12	35	72.20	67	13	208	4	-	T11th
2024-25	11	32	72.68	66	11	206	4	2	T7th
Totals	23	67	72.43	66	24	206	8	2	T7th