Columbia College Athletics

Senior | 2020-21
Competed in five events...Finished tied for 8th at the QCC Shootout shooting 155 (78-77, +15)...Finished 2nd at the CC Cougar Classic shooting 148 (74-74, +6)...Finished 5th at the 2020 Porto Cima Invitational shooting 215 (71-68-76, -1)...Finished tied for 14th at the William Woods Spring Invite shooting 154 (78-76, +10)...Finished tied for 8th at the AMC Golf Championships shooting 227 (79-74-74, +11)...Academic All-AMC...Second-Team All-AMC

Junior | 2019-20
Competed in two events...Tied for 12th shooting 156 (75-81, +12) at the William Woods Fall Invitational as an individual… Finished tied for seventh shooting 144 (72-72, +2) at the Columbia College Cougar Classic as an individual…Named AMC Academic All Conference. Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19                         

Sophomore | 2018-19
Competed in two events… Tied for 18^th at the William Woods Fall Invitational with an overall score of 158 (80-78, +14)… Finished tied for 13^th at the CC Cougar Classic with an overall score of 147 (68-79, +5)...Named to AMC Men’s Golf All-Academic Team… Named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

Freshman | 2017-18
Competed in five eventes...Finished in a tie for 10th with a 154 (78-76, +10) in the 2017 Fall Tiger Invitational… Placed in a tie for 18th at the Evangel Fall Invitational with a score of 151 (77-74, +7)… Finished in a tie for 8th at the Cougar Classic with a 149 (73-76, +7)… Placed in a tie for 8th at the William Woods Fall Invitational with a 144 (73-71, E)…Finished in a tie for 18^th at the AMC Men’s Golf Championships with a score of 228 (76-77-75, +15)… Named to AMC Men’s Golf All-Academic Team.

Prep
Attended Blair Oaks High School… Transferred from University of Central Missouri… High School awards/ states: was a four time all-state, all-conference, and all-district selection… 2013 finished second at the MSHSAA Class 2 State Championships … 2015 placed first at the MSHSAA Class 2 State Championship, and being awarded 2015 Missouri Junior Male Golfer of the Year…  Was a member of the United States Euro Cup Golf Team that competed against Canada and Scotland… Academics: Bright Flight Scholar and Superintendent Scholar… Carried a 4.0…

Personal
Born March 30. 1998… Son of Lester and Heather Elder… Brother to Levi Elder…