Will Oldham Season 2008-09

ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownSpartanburg, S.C.

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“Being voted as the captain of our team for the second straight year speaks volumes about Will’s character and leadership. He continues to earn the respect of his teammates and the coaching staff, and given his experience, we expect Will to help us contend for another ACC Championship this spring.”

- Coach Jay Hardwick

Enters Spring 2009 25th on the Virginia Tech all-time scoring list … Captain of the 2007-08 and the 2008-09 teams … Appeared in three events in Fall 2008 … Best finish was as an individual at VCU Shootout … Shot a three-round total of 211 and tied for 10th, which marked his best collegiate finish and was highlighted by a career low second-round six-under 65 … Also played at the Wolverine Intercollegiate and the Brickyard Collegiate … Appeared in one event in Spring 2008, as an individual at the Furman Intercollegiate … Appeared in one event in Fall 2007, as an individual in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at The Ridges … Played once in Spring 2007, at the Furman Intercollegiate … Appeared in all five events in Fall 2006 … Was the team’s second-leading scorer in the first two events of the season … Had his best outing with a 20th-place individual finish at the season-opening Inverness Intercollegiate … Suffered a hand injury after the first tournament of the 2005-06 season and was sidelined for the remainder of the year -- was granted a Medical Hardship Waiver and received an additional year of eligibility … Won the Coach’s Award and lettered as a freshman … Played in one event in Fall 2005, finishing 43rd at the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions … His 73.33 scoring average was third-best on the team in Fall 2005 … Appeared in three events in Spring 2005 … Best finish was 12th as an individual at the Furman Intercollegiate … Appeared in three of the four events in Fall 2004 … Best finish was 28th at the Landfall Tradition, highlighted by a final round 70 … Had a 75.88 scoring average in the fall … Runner-up in the 2008 South Carolina Amateur Championship … 2007 South Carolina Four-Ball champion … Quarterfinalist in the 2007 South Carolina Match Play Championship … Finished 4th in the 2006 South Carolina Upstate Amateur … Selected as a member of the Virginia/West Virginia and the Virginias/Carolinas Junior teams in 2002 and 2003 … Third at the 2003 Virginia State Junior Championship … Fourth in 2003 Donald Ross Junior … Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year in 2003 … Qualified for the 2002 U.S. Junior Championship … Won the 2002 Bobby Bowers Junior … Quarter-finalist in the 2002 Virginia State Amateur … Four-year letterman at Douglas Freeman High School in Richmond, Va., where he led his team to a third-place finish at the 2002 VHSL AAA State Championship … Majoring in consumer studies.