Personal
Son of Ronald and Susan Ellison...Father Ron Ellison is the head golf coach at Dixie State College...Snow Canyon High School...earned letters in golf, basketball, baseball and tennis...Golf Region Champion 1997-2000...3A State Golf Champion 1997-1999...All-State Golf Team 1997-2000...2000 All-Region Basketball Team...Business Management major...married Kathryn Holley in Las Vegas Temple on Sept. 18, 2004...Son, Morgan, born May 2006.
Before BYU
* Best competitive round of 64 (par 71) at Cedar City golf course
* First-place finish at the Green Springs Amateur (67) in 2003
* First-place finish at the Bloomington Amateur (69) in 1998
* First-place finish at the Junior State Amateur in 1998
* First-place finish at the Utah Junior Open (67-69--136) in 1998
* First-place finish at the Utah Summer Games (64) in 1997
* Eleventh-place finish at Junior World (74-73-72-69--288)
* Quarterfinalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur in 1998
* Sixth-place finish at the BIG Invitational in 2000
* Sixth-place finish at the BIG Invitational in 1999
* Seventh-place finish at the BIG Invitational in 2000
Stats
2006-07 William H. Tucker Intercollegiate 73-75-72--220 (+4) T14/108 Ping/ Golfweek Preview 71-75-79--225 (+15) T64/75 Jerry Pate National Collegiate 73-70-72--215 (+2) T38/60 Pacific Invitational 71-72-76--219 (+3) T31/60 Western Refining All-America 71-72-72--215 (+2) T23/28 PING Arizona Intercollegiate 69-67-73--209 (-4) T16/89 John H. Burns Invitational 69-69-66--204 (-12) 2/123 USC Intercollegiate 76-WD-WD-- -- WD/84 Morris Williams 73-73--146 (+2) T23/78 US Intercollegiate Championship 83-74-75--232 (+16) T54/78 PING Cougar Classic 66-67-73--206 (-10) 2/100 MWC Championship 74-76-69--215 (+2) T22/34 NCAA West Regional 72-72-75--219 (+3) T97/142 2005-06 Tucker Invitational 64-78-71--213 (-3) T5/104 PING Preview 73-71-75--219 (+3) T22/75 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 74-66-66--206 (-7) T2/60 The Prestige 74-70-71--215 (-1) T6/90 Barona Collegiate Cup 69-66-70--205 (-11) T4/92 PING Arizona Intercollegiate 71-65-69--205 (-8) 4/87 John Burns Invitational 70-65-70--205 (-11) T7/106 Ashworth Invitational 75-80-74--229 (+16) T58/81 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 74-73-73--220 (+4) T32/92 U.S. Collegiate Championship 73-78-77--228 (+12) T45/69 PING Cougar Classic 70-67-68--205 (-11) T2/84 MWC Championship 74-73-76--223 (+7) T20/45 NCAA West Regional 68-73-72--213 (-3) T46/141 NCAA Championship 69-74-72-75--290 (+2) T32/156 2004-05 Husky Invitational 72-71-74--217 (+1) T11/60 Tucker Invitational 76-74-77--227 (+11) T64/95 Fresno Lexus Classic 68-67-72--207 (-9) T3/95 Barona Collegiate Cup 69-68-71--208 (-8) T9/78 The Prestige 80-79-79--238 (+22) T45/84 Arizona Intercollegiate 69-71-65--205 (-8) 3/88 John A. Burns Intercollegiate 73-69-73--215 (-1) T40/120 Ashworth Collegiate Invitational 72-71-72--215 (+2) T12/81 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 79-83-76--238 (+22) T67/85 ASU Thunderbird Invitational 72-75-76--223 (+10) T37/79 PING Cougar Classic 74-70-72--216 (E) T44/100 MWC Championship 74-71-76--221 (+5) T18/40 NCAA West Regional 73-76-73--222 (+12) T72/141 NCAA Championship 72-76-78-69--295 (+15) T47/156 2003-04 William H. Tucker Invitational 70-76-74--220 (+4) T23/103 Husky Invitational 75-78-75--228 (+12) T38/60 Fresno Lexus Classic 72-67-DQ Barona Collegiate Cup 73-68-76--217 (+1) T41/96 Prestige 72-69-69--210 (-6) T3/78 John A. Burns Invitational 68-70-72--210 (-6) T13/116 Cleveland Golf Classic 72-69-75--216 (+3) T14/90 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 65-71-75--211 (-5) T3/81 ASU Thunderbird Invitational 70-80-69--219 (+3) T51/87 PING Cougar Classic 73-74-73--220 (+4) T40/76 MWC Championship 77-68-78--223 (+7) T15/40 NCAA West Regional 74-70-80--224 (+8) T46/141 NCAA Championship 70-72-72-82--296 (+16) T52/156 BYU CAREER STATS Season Events Rnds. Stokes Avg. Lw Rd. Top 20 06-07 13 36 2,605 72.3 66 4 05-06 14 43 3,076 71.5 64 7 04-05 14 43 3,147 73.1 65 6 03-04 13 39 2,833 72.6 65 5 Total 54 161 11,661 71.4 64 22
*Medalist/quarterfinalist at Utah State Am with 67-70--137 during Summer 2004.
*Finalist at Kalamazoo Invitational, Summer 2004.
*Tied for 41st place at the Barona Collegiate Cup with 73-68-76--217 (+1) and shot a career low round score of 68
*Shot six-under-par at the Prestige to tie for third place and earn his top-career finish, firing 72-69-69--210
*Tied for 13th place at the John A. Burns Invitational, shooting 68-70-72--210 (-6) and tying his career round low of 68
*Finished 14th at the Cleveland Classic with 72-69-75--216 (+3)
*Took home his second third-place finish of the season and shot a career-best 65 in the first round of the Morris Williams (65-71-75--211)
*Tied for 15th place at Mountain West Conference Championship with 77-68-78--223 (+7)
*Tied for 46th place at NCAA West Regional
*Tied for 52nd place at NCAA Championship in Hot Springs, Va.
*Named to All-Mountain West Conference team
*No. 8 on MWC leader board
*Led Cougars in scoring three times during the season
*Named Honorable Mention All-American by GCAA
*Finished season ranked No. 121 by Golfweek
*Tied career-best third place finish at Fresno Lexus Classic with 68-67-72--207 (-9)
*Shot five consecutive rounds of par or lower at Fresno and Barona
*Earned three top-10 finishes on the season
*Finished No. 176 in the final Golfstat Cup Standings and No. 151 by Golfweek Magazine
*Finished third (-8) at PING Arizona Intercollegiate, tying career-low of 65 in the third round
*Shot an 8-under 208 and tied for ninth in Barona Collegiate Cup
*Tied for 11th (+1) at Husky Invitational
*Tied for 12th (+2) at Ashworth Collegiate Invitational
*Tied for 18th (+5) at MWC Championships
*Tied for 37th (+10) at ASU Thunderbird Invitational
*Tied for 40th (-1) at John A. Burns Intercollegiate, carding a second-round 69
*Tied for 44th (E) at PING Cougar Classic
*Tied for 45th (+22) at The Prestige
*Tied for 47th (+15) at NCAA Championship
*Tied for 64th (+11) at Tucker Invitational
*Tied for 67th (+22) at Morris Williams Intercollegiate
*Tied for 72nd (+12) at NCAA West Regional
*Named 2006 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year
*Invited to play in the prestigious 2006 Fuji Xerox U.S.A. vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship as a member of the U.S.A.'s 12-member squad
*Began the spring 2006 season ranked No. 24 collegiate golfer in the nation by Golfweek.com
*Named All-MWC First Team
*Named Mountain West Conference Golfer for the Month after recording three top-10 finishes for October.
*GCAA H.M. All-American 2006
*2006 GCAA All-Southwest Region
*All-American Honorable Mention
*Ranked 50th at season end according to Golfweek.com
*Earned eight top-20 finishes
*Earned seven top-10 finishes
*Finished in second place at the Jerry Pate Invitational after consecutive rounds with a 66 and finishing seven-under-par (74-66-66--206)
*Shot a career-best opening round 64 and finished fifth at the Williams Tucker Invitational.
*Finished in second place at the PING Cougar Classic shooting eleven-under-par for the tournament
*Tied for sixth at The Prestige (-1)
*Tied for fourth at the Barona Collegiate Cup (-11)
*Fourth at PING Arizona Intercollegiate (-4)
*Tied for seventh at John Burns Invitational (-11)
*Tied for 20th at MWC Championship
*Tied for 46th at NCAA West Regional (-3)
*Tied at 32nd at NCAA Championship (+2)
*Competed at the Western Refining All-America, finished in 23rd place
*Finished 14th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate
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