Ben Dietrich

AWARDS/HONORS

• 2018 SEC Community Service Team
• 2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 SEC Community Service Team
• 2016 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC Community Service Team
• 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 SEC Community Service Team

2017-18 (REDSHIRT SENIORR)

• Saw action in seven events his final season, playing in the lineup five times
• Earned starts in both postseason contests, finishing T-36th at the SEC Championship (April 25-29) and T-41st at the NCAA Bryan Regional (May 14-16)
• Posted a 73.81 scoring average seven rounds of par or better
• Shot season-best 215 (-1) en route to a T-35th finish at the All-American Intercollegiate (Feb. 16-18)
• Tallied a season-best T-26th finish at the General Hackler Championship (March 10-11)
• Score counted in the lineup 12 times in 15 rounds played
• Earned a spot on the SEC Community Service Team for the fourth time in his Gamecock career

2016-17 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)

• Played in the lineup for six of the team’s 12 events, racking up a 74.50 18-hole scoring average for the season
• Started all four events during the fall slate, tallying a 72.50 scoring average
• Finished the season with seven rounds of par or better and three rounds in the 60s
• Best finish came at the Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 22-23), where he finished T-17th after shooting 220 (+10)
• T-30th at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) after shooting an even par 213
• Fired a 69 in the final round in Hawaii, helping the team to a top-five finish
• Shot 1-over (214) at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 23-25) en route to a T-34th finish
• Recorded a new 18-hole career low with an opening round 66 at the Maui Jim
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 (JUNIOR)

• Did not compete
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)

• Played in five tournaments, including four as a part of the lineup
• Finished the season with a stroke average of 73.53
• Recorded one top-20 finish, a tie for 15th showing at The Carmel Cup to open the season
• Finished just outside the top 20 playing as an individual at the Camden Collegiate Invitational (T-23rd)
• Member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Named to the SEC Community Service Team

2013-14 (FRESHMAN)

• Secured a spot in the postseason lineup with a strong spring
• Played in 10 tournaments, including one individual event
• Recorded four top-20 finishes
• Finished tied for seventh at the Savannah Quarters Individual and tied for 10th at the Seahawk Intercollegiate to help the Gamecocks win the event
• Posted a season-low 54-hole total of 214 (-2) to finish tied for 11th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
• Narrowly missed a top-20 finish at the NCAA Eugene Regional, finishing tied for 22nd
• Tied for 109th at the NCAA Championship
• Matched career-low with a 68 (-2) in the final round of the NCAA Championship
• Had a stroke average of 73.68
• Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• Named to SEC Community Service Team

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

• Graduated from Heritage Academy
• Ranked in the top 10 in the Polo Golf Rankings for the class of 2013
• Finished in a tie for 19th at the 2013 Players Amateur
• Tied for third in match play at the Polo Golf Classic
• Won the 2012 AJGA Junior at Savannah Quarters
• Tied for seventh at the AJGA Junior Players Championship
• Placed in the top 10 at the Junior Players
• Finished tied for 12th at the 2011 Junior Jones Cup
• Tied for 22nd at the 2012 Exide Technologies Junior Open
• Was also a standout in the classroom
• Graduated with honors
• Member of the National Honors Society

PERSONAL

• Full name is Ben Dietrich
• Parents are Lee and Kristi Dietrich
• Has one brother, Ethan
• Majoring in hotel, restaurant and tourism management
• Chose South Carolina because of the coaching staff and overall potential of the program