Josiah Gilbert Season 2024-25

Josiah Gilbert Season 2024-25

Height5-9
ClassSophomore
HometownSunshine Coast, Queensland

Honors & Awards
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 25, Oct. 23, 2024)
Valero Texas Collegiate Individual Champion (2024)
Golf Channel Third Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
Golfweek Third Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2024)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 18, 2023)

Career Highlights
Career Low 18: (-6, 2x) last at Valero Texas Collegiate first round (9/21/24)
Career Low 54: (-12) Valero Texas Collegiate (9/21 - 23/24)

2023-24 (Freshman)
Averaged 72.00 strokes per round over 36 rounds of play... carded 20 rounds at par or better and collected six top-10 finishes... made birdie 115 times and eagle five times... counted 20 of 22 team rounds played... played mostly individual tournaments over the fall and early spring, picking up top 10s at the MartinFed Invitational (-11) and Thomas Sharkey Individual (-2)... secured spot in the postseason lineup with a T5 finish in first team start at the Mossy Oak Collegiate, shooting 71-66-72 (-5) to help the Tigers sweep first through fifth on the individual leaderboard... finished inside the top 20 at first career SEC Championship with a 69-72-68 (-1) scorecard... proved to be the squad's secret weapon with a dominant, 3-0 showing in match play at the confefence championship... bested No. 9 Alabama's Jones Free 4&3 in the quarterfinals, No. 11 Arkansas' Jacob Skov Olesen 1&1 (unfinished) in the semifinals, and No. 2 Vanderbilt's and WAGR No. 1 Gordon Sargent 4&3 in the final match to clinch the title-winning point... Secured one of three Auburn points in the NCAA Championship quaterfinals with a 2&1 win over No. 9 Virginia's Bryan Lee... named to SEC All-Freshman Team.

Prior to Auburn
Ranked as the No. 24 player in the class per the Junior Golf Scorecard… multi-sport athlete in golf, basketball, baseball, cricket and Australian football… captain of Gosnells Golf Club Junior Pennant Team… Western Australia Junior Golf All-State Team selection.

Personal
Born November 20, 2004 in Queensland, Australia... Son of Jeremy & Erika Gilbert… father, Jeremy, is the Director of Instruction at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Alabama… has four younger siblings, Judah, Shiloh, Jireh and Jezrah… favorite movie is "Gladiator"... favorite course is Lake Karrinyup Country Club... lists Steph Curry as his favorite professional athlete... calls Australian meat pies his comfort meal... chose Auburn over Alabama.

Gilbert's Career Stats
Year Tournaments Rounds Strokes Average Low 18 Rounds At/Below Par
2023-24 12 36 2,592 72.00 (-6) 20
Career 12 36 2,592 72.00 (-6) 20
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Freshman
2023-24

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