Player Bio: James Lepp - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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Washington and Amateur Notes
• Won the 2005 NCAA Individual Championship
• Became the first Husky to win the NCAA title
• 2005 U.S. Amateur Medalist
• Named the 2005 Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Men's Player of the Year
• Named the male recipient of the 2006 Top Dawg Award, given annually to the male and female UW student-athletes who demonstrate the highest caliber of excellence in athletics
• Honored as a 2005-06 Pac-10 Conference Medal Winner
• Named to the watch list for the 2006 Ben Hogan Award
• 10 career Top-10 finishes tied for sixth most in Husky history
• A two-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st team, 2005; 2nd team 2006)
• Named the Golf Coaches Association's 2005 Arnold Palmer Award winner as the collegiate national champion
• Named a 2005 first-team PING All-American and a 2006 honorable mention All-America selection
• Named to the 2005 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar team
• A two-time Pac-10 All-Academic first team honoree (2005-06)
• Helped Canada win the 2005 Copa de las Americas title in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
• Won his fourth straight British Columbia Amateur Championship in summer of 2005
• Named the Royal Order of Merit as Canada's top amateur golfer for 2003 and 2004 by the Royal Canadian Golf Association
• Placed fourth at 2005 Sahalee Players Championships
• Was 13th at 2005 Pacific Coast Amateur
• Finished 18th at the 2004 World Amateur Team Championships in Puerto Rico, helping Canada place fourth among 66 teams.
• Tied for eighth at 2004 Sahalee Players Championship
• Was second at the 2004 Times Colonist Open
2005-06 (Senior)
• Finished his senior year ranked as the No. 8 Amateur in the nation by Golfweek
• Named to the All-Pac-10 second team
• An honorable mention All-American
• Tabbed to the Pac-10 All-Academic first team with a 3.36 GPA in business administration
• Finished eighth at the 2006 NCAA Championship, shooting 3-under 285
• Shot a season-best 7-under 209 at the West Regional, good for 18th place
• Placed eighth at the 2006 Pac-10 Championship, shooting even-par 284
• Was under par in six of his last seven rounds, including three rounds in the 60s
• Led the team with 15 rounds under par, including six rounds in the sixties
• Shot 6-under 65 in the second round at Pac-10s, establishing a new season-best
• Scoring average of 72.63, eighth best in Husky single season history
• Recorded four Top-10 finishes
• Finished second at the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge at 6-under 210
• Was ninth at the 2005 Fall Preview at 3-under 213
2004-05 (Junior)
* Won the 2005 NCAA Individual Championship
* Became the first Husky to win the NCAA title
* Named to the Cleveland Golf All-Scholar Team and the Pac-10 All-Academic squad
* Defeated Pepperdine's Michael Putnam in a three-hole playoff for medalist honors at the NCAAs
* Shot a course-record 7-under 63 during the final round of the NCAAs at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Springs, Md., to force the playoff.
* Shot 4-under 276 at NCAAs with rounds of 70, 67, 76 and 63.
* Was in eighth place, six shots of the lead entering the final round at the NCAAs
* Became the first Canadian to win the NCAA golf title
• Had eight birdies during his final round, but needed a tough up-and-down for a par on the ninth hole (his last hole of the day after starting on the round on the 10th hole), to preserve his score
* Helped the Huskies to a third-place finish, the best in UW history
• Named the Golf Coaches Association's Arnold Palmer Award winner as the collegiate national champion
• Named a first-team PING All-American
• Named to the Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar team with a 3.32 GPA in UW's business school
* A first-team All-Pac-10 selection
* Placed 25th at the West Regional at 5-over 215
• Led UW with a 71.45 stroke average that ranks third on UW's all-time single-season list
* Played in 12 of 13 tournaments, missing the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge to compete for Canada at the World Team Amateur Championships
* UW's top finisher in six of 12 tournament appearances
* Set UW scoring record with 18-under 198 at Waikoloa Intercollegiate
* That bettered the previous best gross score by four strokes and topped the previous best finish against par by five shots
* Won the Duck Invitational with an 8-under 208
* Led the Huskies with six top-10 showings and 11 rounds in the 60s
* Did not break par in nine rounds during the fall
* Equaled career best single-round mark by shooting 7-under 65 during final round at Waikoloa Intercollegiate
Illinois
2002-03 (Sophomore)
* Second-Team All-American
* Big Ten Player of the Year
* First-team All-Big Ten selection
* Named to five-player Big Ten All-Championship Team after tying for runner-up at 7-under par
* Les Bolstad Award winner for lowest stroke average in the Big Ten
* Finished the season ranked 21st in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings
* Led team with a 71.41 stroke average, setting a single-season stroke average record at Illinois (breaking previous record of 71.5 set by Steve Stricker in 1988-89)
* Claimed medalist honors at three tournaments (Northern Intercollegiate, Conrad Rehling Invite and Bruce Fossum/TaylorMade Invite)
* Had nine Top-10 finishes in 11 events, including eight top-five finishes
* 20 of his 34 rounds were below or even par with 14 rounds in the 60s
* Career-best round of 65 posted at the Northern Intercollegiate
* Shot UI-record 54-hole score of 202 to win the Northern Intercollegiate
2001-02 (Freshman)
* Honorable mention All-American
* Tied for 13th at the NCAA Championships, finishing 2-under par (282)
* All-Big Ten and unanimously selected as Big Ten Freshman of the Year
* Named to five-player Big Ten All-Championship Team after placing third at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 5-under par (283)
* Led Illinois in scoring average with a 72.08 on the season, ranking as the third-lowest single-season stroke average in school history and the lowest by a freshman in school history
* Co-medalist of The Tillinghast, finishing 2-under par to claim the first individual title of his collegiate career
* Had six top-10 finishes and finished in the top-25 in 12 of 13 tournaments
* Illinois' top finisher in seven tournaments
* Carded 14 rounds under par and five even-par rounds in 39 rounds of golf during the season
Personal
* Named the 2003 Pacific Northwest Golf Association's co-player of the year along with former Husky Brock Mackenzie
* Reached the semifinals of the 2003 Canadian Amateur Championship.
* Took top honors with a six-stroke win at the 2003 Canadian Tour's Greater Vancouver Classic
* Won the 2003 Pacific Amateur event by 10-strokes and his 72-hole score of 263 beat the old record by seven strokes. His outing included a 62 that bettered the Capilano Country Club course record by two strokes.
* The first non-American to win the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship
* Played for Team Canada at 2002 & 2004 World Amateur Championships
* Won the 2001 Canadian Junior Amateur by nine strokes, carding a score of 268, 12-under par
* No. 1 ranked junior player in British Columbia
* Member of the Willingdon Cup Team for British Columbia
* Team member of the British Columbia 4 Junior America's Cup
Lepp's Career Statistics
Years Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 2001-2002* 39 2811 72.08 68 2002-2003* 34 2428 71.41 652004-2005 38 2715 71.45 63 2005-2006 40 2905 72.63 65 Totals at UW 78 5620 72.05 63
* University of Illinois
Career Best Finish: 1st, NCAA Championships, June 1-4, 2005, Duck Invitational, March 21-22, 2005 Career Top-10 Finishes: 10 Career Best 54-Hole Score: 198, Waikoloa Intercollegiate, Feb. 9-11, 2005 Career Best 18-Hole Score: 63, NCAA Championships, June 4, 2005
Lepp's Tournament Results
2005-06 UW Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl. 9/17-18 Gopher Invitational 76-73-72 +5 221 14 3 9/26-28 Fall Preview 70-70-73 -3 213 9 2 10/3-4 Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge 70-69-71 -6 210 2 1 10/31-11/1 CordeValle Collegiate 71-79-71 +5 221 39 2 2/8-10 Waikoloa Invitational 68-71-72 -2 211 14 2 2/27-28 Ashworth Invitational 71-79-72 +9 222 27 2 3/10-12 Southern Highlands Col. 74-76-81 +15 231 36 2 3/26-28 National Invitational 77-77-76 +14 230 76 4 4/1-2 Augusta State Invitational 77-73-72 +6 222 37 3 4/15 U.S. Intercollegiate 72-74 +6 146 15 3 4/24-26 Pac-10 Championship 76-65-71-72 E 284 8 2 5/18-20 NCAA West Regional 71-69-69 -7 209 18 2 5/31-6/3 NCAA Championship 69-71-71-74 -3 285 8 1
2004-05 UW Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl. 9/27-28 Opus NW Invitational 72-75-72 +3 219 14 3 10/11-12 Alister MacKenzie Invitat. 72-76-77 +12 225 53 4 10/17-18 Duke Classic 73-73-73 +3 216 9 1 2/9-11 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 66-67-65 -18 198 2 1 2/28-3/1 Ashworth Invitational 71-68-71 -3 210 3 1 3/11-13 So. Highlands Collegiate 71-78-76 +9 225 40 2 3/21-22 Duck Invitational 73-66-69 -8 208 1 1 3/27-29 National Invitational 76-74-67 +1 217 41 3 4/17-18 U.S. Intercollegiate 76-72-71 +9 219 25 1 4/25-27 Pac-10 Championship 74-71-69-70 E 284 10 2 5/19-21 NCAA West Regional 72-75-68 +5 215 25 3 6/1-4 NCAA Championships 70-67-76-63 -4 276 1 1
