Paul Apyan

Class: RS Senior Hometown: Chattanooga, Tenn. High School: Hixson HS

Height: 6-2 Experience: 2L Hand: R

2008-09 (R-Jr.): Played in nine tournaments, earning four Top 20 finishes ... Had a team-high 10 rounds of par or lower ... Led the squad with a season average of 74.2 strokes per round ... Shot a season-low 68 in the first round of the year at the Aldila Intercollegiate (9/8-9/09) where he finished in a tie for 10th-place ... Finished one-under par to tie for 11th-place at the Conference USA Championships (4/19-21/09) ... Also finished in a tie for 11th at the Squire Creek Classic (10/13-14/08), shooting a second round 69 ... Tied for 17th-place at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (3/22-24/09.

2007-08 (R-So.): Played in nine tournaments, earning six Top 20 finishes ... Of his 27 rounds, he tallied rounds of 74 or lower 17 times ... Led the squad with a season average of 73.3 strokes per round ... Tied for the highest finish ever for a Southern Miss golfer at the Conference USA Championships (4/20-22) when he finished in a tie for third, earning him all-tournament honors ... Shot a season-low 68 in the first round of the championships ... Also shot a 68 at the UCF Rio Pinar Invitational, where he finished in a tie for eighth-place (2/25-26) ... Also, finished in a tie for eighth at the Bank of America Intercollegiate (4/7-8) Posted three straight 73's to finish in a tie for 11th-place at the Middle Tennessee Aldila Intercollegiate (3/31-4/1) ... Tied for 18th at the Grub Mart-Young Oil Intercollegiate (3/17-18).

2006-07 (R-Fr.): Played in ten tournaments during his redshirt freshman season ... Tied for 18th place at the Club Glove Intercollegiate, shooting 77-75-77 for a 229 (10/23-24) ... Finished even par at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, shooting 70, 74 and a season-low round 69 (10/30-31) to finish tied for 10th ... Shot one-under 215 (75-70-70) at the ASU Indian Classic to finish in a tie for 15th place (4/9-10) ... Shot a final round 71 to finish tied for 22nd place at the Conference USA Championships (4/30-5/2).

Prep: Played under the direction of Earl Cornette at Hixson High School ... Helped lead Hixson to its first-ever Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Class A/AA state championship, while also winning individual medalist honors ... Had a 35.5 scoring average per nine holes his senior year ... Lost only one match during his junior and senior years combined ... Named Best of Preps Player of the Year by the Chattanooga Times Free Press ... Competed on the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour and the Plantation Junior Golf Tour ... Also named all-state, all-district, and all-county in golf ... During his high school career, he earned four letters in golf, two letters in track, and one letter in wrestling ... Named to the National Honor Society and Beta Club.

Personal: Son of Paul and Laura Apyan ... Born November 26, 1986 ... Majoring in Business Administration.