Career Notes & Records
Closed collegiate career with 74.32 stroke average in 104 (PSU-80, KSU-24) rounds in 38 total events (PSU-30, KSU-8)…Competed for three years at Penn State (2016-2019) after starting his career at Kent State (2014-15)….Recorded three career top-five finishes and four career top-10 finishes, all coming during his time at Penn State…Claimed second place, his top collegiate finish, in the 2017 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate…Tallied a career-best 14-under 202 (66-68-68) at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/13-15, 2017) to share the No. 4 spot on Penn State’s 54-hole tournament scoring chart…Tied for seventh on Nittany Lions’ single-round bests list (vs. par) with 6-under 66 on first day of Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/13/17)…Named to All-Northeast Region honors list twice (2017 & 2018)...Earned three letters.
Senior Year (2018-19): Played in all nine events with a 73.04 stroke average over 23 rounds…Recorded five of team’s top 11 single-round scores, including 7-under 65 at Linger Longer Invitational (2nd round-3/16) and 6-under 66 at Rod Myers Invitational (1st round-9/8)…Contributed to team effort in season-opening win at the Rod Myers Invitational (9/8-9) with 11th-place finish at 2-under 214 (66-72-76)...Opened the event at Duke University Golf Club with a then-career-low tying 66 and tied for Penn State’s low-round score of fall...Made team-best 14 birdies at RMI...Tallied a 68 in second round of Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/12-14) for one of his lowest rounds of the year…Recorded a top-20 finish at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate (10/27-28) with a 223 ( total (+7) and 2-under 70 in the second round...Started streak of four-straight events with a round in the 60s with a 67 in second round of Colleton River Collegiate (3/4/5)…Went even for that tournament and tied for 10th place with a 216…Posted his best finish of season at Linger Longer Invitational (3/15-17) with a tie for fourth place…Fired a 7-under 209 including a career-low 65 in second round at Reynolds Lake…Had 15 birdies in Linger Longer event, including nine birdies in the second round…Named Big Ten Golfer for the Week (3/20) for his efforts...Shot a 68 in second round of Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/13-14)…Helped Penn State to its fifth-straight Rutherford Intercollegiate title with team’s second-best score at a 4-over 217 (76-68-73)…Moved up four spots in the final round of weather-shortened Kepler Intercollegiate (4/19-20) with a 2-under 69 to claim a share of fifth place with 1-over 143…Made an eagle on his final hole of the second round with a 2 on the par-four No. 18 on Scarlet Course…Withdrew from Big Ten Championships (4/26-28) after two rounds.
Junior Year (2017-18): Competed in 10 events and had second-highest Nittany Lion finish in the NCAA Regional...Played 28 rounds with a 72.57 average...Recorded top-five finishes at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate...Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for Oct. 18 after Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate performance...Tallied a three-round score of 202 at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate to tie for fourth on Penn State’s 54-hole records chart...Second-round 66 at Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate is tied for 15th on Nittany Lion’s single-round bests list...Tied for 10th overall in 102nd PA Open with share of the amateur low score at 1-over 201...Made an eagle on first day, one of only six total recorded during the tournament...Made 10 birdies during the three-day tournament, three coming on his final nine holes.
Sophomore Year (2016-17): Competed in 11 of 12 events...Played 29 rounds with a 74.4 average...Recorded his then-career-low (70) in the third round of the Rutherford Intercollegiate...Won 2017 Pennsylvania Amateur at White Manor Country Club.
2015-16: Sat out the campaign to satisfy NCAA transfer requirements.
Freshman Year at Kent State (2014-15): Played in eight events and 24 rounds with a 77.5 average…Finished 20th at Rocket Individual Classic...Posted lowest score of 222 (75-75-72) at Louisiana Classics.
Before Penn State: Had a seventh-place finish in PIAA State Championship as a junior and top-10 as a senior...Selected to first-team All-State both years...Took 10th in 2016 Pennsylvania Open Championships...Qualified for 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship.
Personal: Born October 20, 1995...Resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...Parents are James and Rebecca Hughes...Has one sister, Julianna, and two brothers, Michael and Ryan...Majoring in business.
JD Hughes Season 2016-17
ClassSophomore
HometownCarlisle, Pa.
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