Ben Kennard
Ben Kennard
Birth Date: 6-24-96
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Corryton, Tenn.
High School: Gibbs
Major: Pre-Engineering

2014-15: Competed in 10 tournaments as a freshman including an appearance in every event during the spring season... Recorded two top-five finishes at the Don Benbow Invitational and the Tennessee River Rumble... Low score of the year was a 73 during the first round of the Tennessee River Rumble... His stroke average of 77.2 was the lowest average by a Carson-Newman freshman. 

TournamentDate(s)RoundsScoresParRankW-L
The Smokey Mountain Intercollegiate09/08-09/2014378-78-77=233  +17  t-24th/4218-23
Kiawah Island Invitational09/15/2014178  +6  t-75th/9015-74
Univ. of North Georgia Fall Invitational10/6-7/2014377-80-72=229  +13  t-52nd/7321-51
State Farm Intercollegiate10/13/2014277-77=154  +10  t-47th/6922-46
Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate02/16-17/2015385-80-80=245  +29  41st/5615-40
The Don Benbow Invitational03/09-10/2015275-74=149  +7  t-4th/4238-3
Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate03/16-17/2015376-76-78=230  +14  72nd/819-71
Tennessee River Rumble03/30-03/31, 2015273-76=149  +5  t-5th/8580-4
SEASON TOTALS191467 Avg. 77.2+5-218-312

 

High School: Finishing T-29th at the 2014 state tournament...Runner-up in the 2014 AAA District...Made the cut in the Greater Knoxville Amateur at age 17...Three-time captain of the golf team...All-KIL Junior and Senior Year for golf achievements...Gibbs won theA-AA District 3 Championship in 2011...Graduated third in his class. 

Personal: Cousin, Kevin, ran track at Carson-Newman and cousin, Jill Corum, played golf at Tusculum...Son of Paul Kennard...Plans to major in engineering at C-N.