2013-14 Men's Golf Roster

David Mills
- Height:
- 5-11
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Evansville, Ind.
- High School:
- Evansville North
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Career scoring average of 74.09 ranks eighth all-time at Indiana at the time of his graduation.
2013-14 (Senior):
• Named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America
Played in all 12 events on the year ... posted a scoring average of 73.94, which led the team ... registered scores of 75 or better in 26 of his 34 stroke play rounds ... had six Top 25 showings, led by a second place finish at the NYX Hoosier Invitational ... opened his senior season with a T4 performance at the Northern Intercollegiate with a score of 214 (74-68-72) ... followed that with a T12 showing at Olympia Fields with a score of 218 (75-70-73) ... rounded out the fall with a T10 finish at the Pinetree Intercollegiate with a score of 220 (73-73-74) ... tied for ninth at the Talis Park Challenge with a score of 221 (72-76-73) ... closed his career with a T31 finish at the Big Ten Championships on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick ... earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... became just the fourth golfer in IU history to earn All-America Scholar honors on multiple occasions. 2012-13 (Junior):
• Named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America
Played in every tournament, totaling 37 rounds ... had season scoring average of 75.21 with four Top 25 finishes ... best finish was a T2 at the NYX Hoosier Invitational ... placed 19th at the Northern Intercollegiate with a score of 228 (80-75-73) to help the Hoosiers to the win ... went 1-0-2 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship, defeating Matthew Negri (NW) in the fifth place match ... came in T16 at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular, an even the Hoosiers won, with an individual score of 222 (77-71-74) ... led the winning IU team at the NYX Hoosier Invitational with a score of 209 (70-66-73) to finish T2 ... was T15 at the Boilermaker Invitational with a score of 220 (71-73-76) ... once again had a strong showing at the Big Ten Championships in French Lick with a score of 295 (74-74-74-73) to place T8 ... competed in the NCAA Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., finishing in 54th place with a score of 235 (75-76-84) ... named Academic All-Big Ten.
2011-12 (Sophomore):
Posted a season stroke average of 73.23 ... will enter his junior campaign with the fifth lowest career scoring average in program history (73.55) ... produced on a consistent basis with eight top-25 finishes, including three top-5 performances ... tied for third during the IU team win at the Firestone Invitational with a 210 (71-72-67) ... fired a 212 (71-69-72) at the Windon Memorial to tie for eighth ... carded a three-round total of 221 (72-77-72) to tie for 16th at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational ... finished third at the NYX Hoosier Invitational with a 209 (70-68-71) ... tied for seventh at the Kepler Intercollegiate with a 225 (72-76-77) ... fired a four-round score of 292 (76-73-72-71) to finish fourth at the Big Ten Championships and was named to the All-Championship Team ... named First Team All-Big Ten ... selected to the PING All-Midwest Region Team ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
2011 (Summer):
Finished the North and South Match Play with a 1-1 record ... tied for 30th at the Northern Amateur after posting a 218 (70-75-73) ... registered a 281 (70-68-73-70) at the Transmiss Amateur to tie for 25th ... won the Evansville Men's City Championship with a total of 276 (66-68-79-63).
2010-11 (Freshman):
Finished his debut season with the second lowest freshman season scoring average in school history with a mark of 73.83 ... saw action in each of IU's 14 events ... had seven top-25 finishes, as well as three top-10 showings ... kicked off the season with a 14th place finish at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate after posting a 220 (74-74-72) ... fired a season-low 67 on his way to a tie for 10th to help the Hoosiers capture the Firestone Invitational team title ... followed it up with a tie for second at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate after a three-round total of 218 (70-75-73) ... posted a perfect 4-0 record at the Big Ten Match Play Championship ... recorded a tie for 14th at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate and a tie for 23rd at the National Invitational Tournament ... helped lead the Hoosiers to the team title at the adidas Hoosier Invitational, tying for fourth after registering a 212 (69-71-72) ... tied for 13th at the Illini Spring Classic ... ended the season with a tie for 34th at the NCAA Indiana Regional after posting a 222 (76-74-72).
Prep/Personal:
No. 1-ranked junior golfer in the state of Indiana ... four-time IHSAA State finalist and two-time All-State honoree ... finished as the IHSAA State Finals runner-up in 2009 and placed third in 2010 ... earned medalist honors in 12 high school events including three high school city titles, two SIAC Medalist titles (shot a course-record 62 in 2009 and again in 2010), and Sectional and Regional medalists in 2009 ... named All-City and All-SIAC four times ... in 2006 became the youngest player to qualify for the Evansville Men's City Tournament (14 years old) in the 77 year history of the event ... placed sixth in the 2010 Western Junior and 18th in the 2010 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions ... owns five AJGA top ten finishes, including a runner-up finish in the McArthur Towel & Sports Future Legends Tournament in 2009 ... earned three top ten finishes in both the Future Collegians World Tour and Optimist ... posted five Plantation Tour medalist honors ... competed in over 235 tournaments during high school and junior golf career from 1999-2010, tallying 61 wins, 43 runner-up finishes, 23 third place showings, and 195 top ten finishes ... recorded a high school scoring average of 70.6 ... an Evansville North High School Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame inductee ... was named the IHSAA Fred A. Keeslig Mental Attitude Award winner in 2010 and was a member of the All-State Academic Team ... owner of a 4.0 GPA in high school and named to the 2009 AJGA HP Scholastics Junior All-American Team, 2010 FWCT Academic All-American Team, and the 2010 Optimist Hugh Cranford All-Scholastic Team ... named 2010 AJGA Rolex All-American Team Honorable Mention ... was a four-year Husky Scholar ... won the Indiana University Valedictorian Award ... awarded with Academic All-City honors four times ... member of the National Honor Society ... was also awarded Kiwanis athletic and academic honors ... born February 4, 1992 ... the son of Rick and Karen Mills ... majoring in business.
Career Stats
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Stroke Avg. | Low Round |
2010-11 | 36 | 2,658 | 73.83 | 67 |
2011-12 | 31 | 2,270 | 73.23 | 67 |
2012-13 | 37 | 2,783 | 75.21 | 66 |
2013-14 | 34 | 2,514 | 73.94 | 68 |
Totals | 138 | 10,225 | 74.09 | 66 |