Career: Re-wrote the program record books in his time on the Main Line after earning All-BIG EAST First Team in 2022-23 and Second Team as a sophomore ... Owns the all-time Villanova record for career scoring average (72.46), wins (six), birdies and par or better rounds ... Picked up five medalist honors throughout his career, including two as a sophomore ... Maintains the second lowest round ever at Villanova with a 65, which he shot at the Wildcat Spring Invitational in 2023 and 2024 ... Tallied 18 top-10 and 13 top-20 finishes in his career ... Four-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and earned a spot on the AD's Honor Roll for seven semesters on campus.
2023-24: Led the Villanova lineup in his final campaign with a 72.35 average in 26 stroke play rounds … Picked up two wins as a senior to increase his program record in victories … Earned three straight top-three finishes to kick off the year … Finished third with a pair of five-unders at the Alex Lagowitz and Ryan T. Lee to start out the season … Tied for second with a seven-under 137 in the team victory at the Matthews Auto Collegiate … Got his first win of the year with a 67 at the Big 5 Invitational … Wrapped up the fall with a tie for eighth at the Nassau Intercollegiate … Picked up a win in his first round at the BIG EAST Match Play event … Notched his sixth career win with a 65-72-69 performance at the Wildcat Spring to repeat as the medalist for the team's home tournament … Tied for 21st with an eight-over 224 in his final performance as a collegian at the BIG EAST Championship ... Earned BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week on two occasions for five total honors throughout his Villanova career.
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2022-23: Earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors as the league's third ranked player with one medalist honor on the year ... Broke his own record for single season scoring average at 71.91 while also establishing program single season bests in birdies (109), par or better rounds (14) and counting scores (100%, 33 counters) ... Set new records for low-36 hole total with a nine-under 133 at the Wildcat Spring Invitational and low-54 hole total with a four-under 206 at The Doc Gimmler ... One of two golfers to appear in all six fall tournaments … Selected to All-Tournament Team with T-5th finish at the BIG EAST Championship ... Started the campaign by earning 9th place at the Alex Lagowitz with a 215 … Put forth his best performance of the fall with a 206 (67-71-68) for 17th at The Doc Gimmler … Shot a 216 at the Wildcat Fall Invitational for his second top-10 finish … Placed in the top 20 with a 217 at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate … Ended at 7th in the City 6 with a round of 73 ... Registered three top-10 and two top-20 finishes in the spring campaign ... Shot a 221 at the Advance Golf Partners for T-24th ... Finished tied for 11th with a 73-68-75 at the Ross Collegiate Classic ... Collected T-7th at VU's first team victory of the year at the Golden Horseshoe ... Captured first medalist honor of the season with a 133 (68-65) at the Wildcat Spring Invitational ... Ended atop the VU lineup at Ohio State's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate with a 220 for T-17th.
2021-22: Named Second Team All-BIG EAST as a sophomore after twice earning medalist honors … Set a new program record for lowest stroke average at 72.26, had been held since the 2009-10 season … Competed in all 12 tournaments, with all counting toward team scores in 31 rounds played … Finished the season with 10 placements inside the top-20 … Earned his first career individual title at the Doc Gimmler Invitational in the fall, shooting -4 (206) … Placed first at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate in March after carding a +1 (214) … In both wins, he had his lowest round score of 67 in the final round of the Doc Gimmler and the first round of the Golden Horseshoe … At the OBX/ODU Intercollegiate, his score of -1 (212) helped Villanova break the program record for lowest score in a 54-hole tournament … Tied for seventh at the Ross Collegiate Classic with a score of even (216) in early March … Finished the season with back-to-back finishes inside the top-10, tying for eighth place at both the Wildcat Spring Invitational (+5, 145) and the BIG EAST Championship (-1, 215).
2020-21: Flourished during his first collegiate season and finished second on the team with a 74.19 stroke average for the year … One of five members of the team who competed in all eight tournaments and 16 rounds that the Wildcats played in … Tied for individual medalist honors at the LuLu Spring Invite and for the season counted that finish along with three top-20 showings in his eight starts … Ranked second on the team with four rounds of par or lower during the season, including a low round of 67 (-4) … Finished first or second in the Villanova lineup in all but two of the tournaments he played in and counted 15 of his 16 rounds (96.7%) towards the team score … His average round was +2.75 over par … His round of 67 (-4) at the LuLu Spring Invite tied him for a first place finish with teammate Ambrose Abbracciamento … Led the Wildcats at the Donald Ross Collegiate Classic where he posted scores of 77-77-74 (228, +12) over 54 holes … Went below par (71, -1) in the first round of his collegiate career at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor and posted a 54-hole score of 226 (+10) to finish second in the team lineup in his debut tournament … Carded a 74 (+4) to tie for 25
th place overall and second in the Villanova lineup at the Rolling Green Intercollegiate … Tied for 11
th place at the Temple Spring Invite (77, +7) and tied for the team lead with a 15
th place finish at the Wildcat Invitational where he shot 75-70 (145, +5) over 36 holes … Had one of his best showings of the year at the BIG EAST Championship where he tied for 13
th place … His score of 220 (+4) was his lowest of the year for a 54-hole tournament and he led the Wildcats with a score of 71 (-1) in the final round … Tied for 21
st place at the ABARTA Coca-Cola Collegiate Invitational with scores of 76-74 (150, +6) over 36 holes.
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Saint Louis Priory School: Played golf and basketball during his scholastic career … As a junior was the Metro Conference Player of the Year in golf … Two-time all-state golfer as a freshman and a sophomore … Earned St. Louis All-Metro honors in golf as a freshman (second team) and a sophomore (first team) … Helped his team win a Class 3 Missouri state high school championship as a sophomore … Winner of the Jay Randolph Achievement Award … Achieved First Honors status academically all four years … Winner of the Holy Cross Book Award his junior year.
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Personal: Born 4/20/02 in St. Louis, Mo. … Youngest of four children of Earle and Rebecca Weaver … Has three older siblings: Sarah, Thomas and Joseph … Father played college lacrosse at Cornell … Brother, Thomas, played golf at Rhodes College … Enjoys playing basketball and watching sports in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for the highly-recognized engineering program and the university’s athletics reputation … Majoring in Mechanical Engineering ... Winner of the 2023 Missouri Amateur Championship.
