2018-19 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

Jacob Poore

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Union, Ky.
  • Highschool Ryle

Biography


NCAA Championship Regional Participant (2018)
All-Horizon League First Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
Horizon League Individual Champion (2018)
Horizon League All-Championship Team (2018)
2x Srixon/Cleveland All-America Scholar (2018, 2019)
Horizon League All-Academic Team (2018)


2017-18
  • Won the Horizon League Championship with a 1-under-par 212, the fifth-lowest three-round score in the 40-year history of the championship ... Named to the All-Championship Team
  • Earned a berth in the 2018 NCAA Championship Regionals, playing in the Columbus Region ... finished tied-52nd in the 75-man field with rounds of 75-77-77
  • Led NKU with a 73.94 scoring average over 31 rounds in 11 events
  • Six rounds were carded at par or better on the season
  • Also finished in the top-10 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (2-under, tied-8th) and NKU Fall Classic (5-over, tied-7th)
  • Garnered First Team All-Horizon League status
2016-17
  • Earned first team all-Horizon League status
  • Led the Norse with 73.88 scoring average, playing in all 32 rounds for the Norse with 29 countable scores
  • Posted all nine of Northern Kentucky's under-par rounds and carded 13 rounds at par or better
  • Finished in the top-10 in five of 11 events, including one top-five showing with a runner-up at the Wright State Invitational
  • Also placed in the top-10 at the NKU Fall Classic (t-8th), Invitational at Savannah Harbor (t-8th), Cape Fear National Intercollegiate (t-8th) and Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (t-10th)
2015-16
  • One of three Norse to compete in all 12 events and 32 rounds
  • Averaged 76.47 strokes per trip around the course
  • Best finish of the year came at the Leo Keenan Invitational, where he carded rounds of 74-73 to earn a share of 12th
  • Twice shot rounds of 70, once each at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational and 2016 Greenbrier Intercollegiate Invitational
PRIOR TO NKU
  • Earned three medals as a senior and five medals combined during his sophomore and junior campaigns
  • State and All "A" State TournamentsKHSAAWas a two-time participant in both the
  • Player of the Week during sophomore seasonLaRosa's garnered recognition on the all-region team and was named the PooreAs a senior,
  • Earned runner-up medalist honors in 2015 Northern Kentucky Men's Amateur qualifying round
  • Finished t-21st in the 106th Annual Tony Blom Metropolatin Championship, earning a spot in the match-play event where he fell on the 19th hole of the first round
PERSONAL
  • Plans on majoring in business