Indiana University Athletics
Recruiting Spotlight: Brandon Pike
12/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana men's golf head coach Mike Mayer announced that Drew Allenspach (Sugar Land, Texas), Seth Brandon (Dalton, Ga.), Jorge Campillo (Caceres, Spain) and Brandon Pike (LaFontaine, Ind.) have signed letters-of-intent to attend Indiana University beginning in the fall semester of 2005.
After featuring Drew Allenspach, Seth Brandon and Jorge Campillo, the final Hoosier in the spotlight is Brandon Pike.
Regarded as one of the top golfers in the Hoosier state, Pike will follow in the footsteps of current All-American candidate Jeff Overton (Evansville) and play golf for the Hoosiers. In 2004, Pike was an all-state selection at Huntington North, as he finished sixth at the Indiana High School Golf Championship. The LaFontaine, Ind., native won the Anderson Regional with a 67 and earned medalist honors at the Huntington North Sectional on his way to his sixth-place finish at state.
Pike's success continued into the fall of 2004, where he picked up a pair of top 10s at Plantations Junior Golf Tour (PJGT) events, finishing second at the PJGT at Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame (Oct. 16-17) and finishing eighth at The Rail (Oct. 9-10). During the summer, he claimed the title at the AJGA Boyne Highlands on July 26-29, firing 211 (74-67-70) in a field of 112. He also scored two fifth-place finishes, with the first coming at the PJGT AHEAD Lowcountry Junior Classic (Jan. 3-4) and at the Westfield PGA Junior Section Championship (June 24-25).
"We always try to get the best players from the state of Indiana, and we feel perhaps we have the best from the state coming here," said Mayer. "There hasn't been a young man I have seen with more confidence than Brandon. He has a tremendous feel for the game with tremendous hands. It would not surprise me if Brandon does some great things in his career. He reminds me a lot of a young Jeff Overton.
