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Fall, 2007:
Remarkable fall was capped by a stunning birdie-birdie-birdie finish at the Pacific Invitational to claim medalist honors with a school-record -17, 199 and rally Charlotte to its fourth straight stroke-play victory ... was named Golf World's Mid-Year National Player of the Year after posting two individual titles (-7, 209 at PING/Golfweek Preview; -17, 199 at Pacific) and a second-place finish (-7, 206 at Scenic City) in the four events ... posted a team-best 69.8 stroke average and was ranked for a period as the nation's number one golfer ... ranked 10th by Golfstat and 12th by GolfWeek in the individual rankings ... ranking aided by first-place finish at PING/Golfweek Preview, an event made up nearly entirely of Top 25 competition ... also named Golf World's Mid-Year Surprise of the Year ... shot a personal-best single round 65 at the Scenic City Invitational.
Summer, 2007:
Won the Luxembourg Invitational.
2006-07:
Competed in nine events, including three as an individual/B ... posted a 72.5 stroke average that included a 72.4 stroke average while in the starting lineup ... outings in the starting spot included a -2, 214 at the Pacific Invitational; a -1, 215 at the Fossum Invitational, an E, 216 at the Palisades, a +1, 217 at the Mattaponi Springs Shootout and a +1, 217 at the Atlantic 10 Championships ... also won the Hargett Invitational (-2, 142) as an individual and shot a -1, 215 to lead the 49ers B team to victory at the First Energy Tournament in Akron, Ohio.
2005-06:
Competed in five events, as a freshman, including four as an individual ... lone performance in the lineup was a +4, 217 as Charlotte took 2nd-place at the Wolverine Intercollegiate ... finished in the top 10, individually, with a +7, 223 at the 49er Collegiate Classic ... added a +8, 224 at the Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate.
Previous Experience:
A member of the German Men's National Team ... placed 3rd at the 2004 German Amateur (73-74 -- 147) ... placed 2nd at the Luxembourg Amateur (72-74-146) ... 2nd at the Belgian Amateur ... 7th at Portuguese Amateur ... 8th at the Finnish amateur ... won the 2005 Collegiate Players Tour (CPT) event at Disney World (68-72-70 -- 210) by two strokes ... finished 2nd at Regent Park Golf Club's CPT event (69-69-72 -- 210), three strokes off the pace but 12 strokes better than the third-place finisher ... placed 4th at the Greystone Invitational (Birmingham, Ala.) with a -1, 215 (72-67-76) ... led team to first place at the 2002 German Team Championship and 10th at the European Boys Team Championship.
Personal:
Son of Dieter Wiedergruen ... has a sister, Jana ... majoring in International Business ... born July 21, 1984.
