James Allen Season 2023-24

2022-23 | Junior Season
Awards: GCAA All-America Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Competed in 11 events, finishing third on the team with a 72.37 stroke average...Collected one top-five finish and two top-10 placements...Was Penn State’s top finisher at three events during the spring season, including the 2023 Big Ten Championships.
 
Rod Myers Invitational (9/9-10): Shot a 14-over, 230, to finish tied for 65th. Old Town Club Collegiate (9/26-27): Finished at 12-over, 222, to place tied for 52nd. Georgetown Intercollegiate (10/10-11): Tied for 15th after carding a 4-over, 220. Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational (10/16-17): Fired a 6-under, 210, to place tied for 29th. Florida Gators Invitational (2/11-12): Shot an 8-over, 218, to place tied for 34th. Colleton River Collegiate (3/6-3/7): Was Penn State’s highest finisher after carding an 8-under, 208, that was good for a tie for eighth place...Shot a 66 in the opening round. Sea Island Shootout (3/11): Shot a 3-over, 75, to finish tied for 15th in single-round event. The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (3/13-14): Carded a 7-over, 217, to finish tied for 35th. Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/15-16): Was Penn State’s highest finisher at the Nittany Lions’ home tournament for the second-straight year...Finished tied for fourth after shooting a 4-under, 209. Big Ten Championships (4/28-4/29): Was the Nittany Lions’ highest finisher in weather-shortened championship event, placing tied for 20th with a 5-over, 147. National Golf Invitational (5/19-21): Placed tied for 13th in inaugural postseason event, carding a 1-under, 215.

2021-22 | Sophomore Season
Awards: GCAA All-America Scholar...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Competed in seven events, finishing the season third on the team with a 73.48 stroke average...Claimed individual championship at 2022 Rutherford Intercollegiate, shooting a 3-under, 210.
 
Old Town Club Collegiate (9/27-28): Shot a 1-over, 211, highlighted by a 66 in the second round, finishing tied for 44th. Mountaineer Invitational (10/4-5): Fired a 5-over, 221, placing tied for 25th. Florida Gators Invitational (2/12-13): Shot an 8-over, 218, finishing tied for 49th. Colleton River Collegiate (3/7-8): Carded a 13-over, 229. Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/16-17): Claimed individual title after shooting a career-low 210, 3-under, and defeating teammate Patrick Sheehan in a tiebreak to earn first collegiate individual championship. Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (4/23-24): Shot a 3-over, 219, placing tied for 34th.  Big Ten Championships (4/29-5/1): Fired a 19-over, 235, placing tied for 58th in his first league championship appearance.

2020-21 | Freshman Season
Season: Competed in one event, placing tied for fourth in the Rutherford Intercollegiate as an individual.
 
Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/17-18): Finished tied for fourth while playing as an individual after finishing with a 3-under 210…Shot a 2-under 69 in the first round.

Junior Career
Placed third at the 78th New York State Junior Amateur Championship in summer 2019…Qualified for the 72nd U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, in July 2019…Tied for third in 2019 MGA Carter Cup…Turned in five-straight AJCA top-25 finishes in summer 2019.

High School
Played for Scarsdale High School head coach Andy Verboys and served as team captain as a senior…Led Scarsdale to three-straight section championships, including an undefeated 24-0 mark as a junior in 2019…Became first Raider to earn all-state honors three times…Received all-NYSPHSAA Section 1 and all-league honors all three years…Shot 31 in 2019 team section finals as a junior…Took 10th place in 2019 New York state championship as a junior…Owned the third-best scoring average in Section 1 as a sophomore and was 17th in state championship…Finished second in 2017 individual section championship and 16th in state championship as a freshman…Shot low round of 34 at Quaker Ridge Country Club during freshman season…Competed for the wrestling team as a freshman…Received membership into the Scarsdale Junior Academic Honors Society…Did not participate in any spring 2020 competitions as all events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal
Parents are Tony Allen and Dr. Kelli Keough…Has a younger sister, Grace…Grandfather played football and baseball at Cal…Uncle was an All-Star with the Oakland A’s major league baseball team…Has a second cousin who played volleyball on Texas’ Big 12 championship team…Has another cousin who played football for the University of Miami…Enjoys weightlifting, writing and playing football.