University of South Alabama Athletics

Summer 2015: Tied for fourth in the stroke play portion of the Devon Amateur with a pair of 1-under-par 70s, going on the advance to the semifinals of the match play draw ... Shot a 2-under-par 70 in each of the first three rounds of the Welsh Amateur, tying for 20th in a field of 132 competitors ... Tied for 23rd at the South West Amateur ... Shot 72 or lower in each of the first three rounds at the Tillman Trophy ... Tied for 20th with a 2-under-par 70 at the English Amateur to qualify for the match play segment of the event.

2014-15: Played 10 rounds while participating in four tournaments ... Recorded scores of 73 and 72 to tie for fourth out of 69 individuals at the Central Alabama CC Willow Point Invitational ... Posted a season-low 2-under-par 70 to tie for 26th place at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic with a 145 36-hole score ... Made the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.

Summer 2014: Won the Exeter Club Championship with a 9-under-par 129 total, which included a 6-under-par 63 in the final round ... Placed 19th out of 132 golfers at the Berkshire Trophy after posting a 1-over-par 289 72-hole score, breaking par in the middle two rounds with a 70 and 71 ... Came in 32nd place in a field of 120 at the South of England Amateur Championship, with a low 18-hole score of 71 in the second of four rounds.

2013-14: Played in all 13 tournaments, recording a 75.31 scoring average ... That included eight scores of par or lower as well as a pair of top-20 results ... Led USA at the NCAA East Regional with a three-round 220 total, which included a 72 over the opening 18 holes of the tournament ... Began his career with a 2-under-par 69 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, finishing with a 215 total over two days to tie for 30th in the individual standings ... Fired a 2-under-par 70 to begin the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate to start the spring campaign, adding a 71 in the final round for a career-best 13th-place finish with an even-par 216 54-hole score ... Tied for 15th two weeks later at the Samford Intercollegiate, recording a 2-under-par 70 in the second of three rounds to help USA win the team title ... Matched his career-low with a 3-under-par 69 on the first day of the Linger Longer Invitational, going on to post a 225 total ... Carded an even-par 72 on the final day of both the Tiger Invitational hosted by Auburn and the Sun Belt Conference Championship ... Opened the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic with an even-par 72, recording a 222 54-hole score ... Recorded a 74 to begin the Memphis Intercollegiate and had a pair of 74s on the opening day of the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship to end the regular season, ending the latter with a 225 54-hole score ... Had a 231 three-round total at the Columbia Regional Preview while finishing with a 233 total at both the David Toms Intercollegiate and The Invitational at The Ocean Course ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Amateur Highlights: Won the Devon Men’s Amateur in May — which included a field of 64 competitors — with a 72-hole score of 285 which included three rounds of 71 ... Claimed the Exeter Club Championship as well after recording scores of 70 and 68 ... Tied for fourth out of 64 at the South West English Amateur with rounds of 71 and 72 ... Had a low score of 71 at the Berkshire Trophy, placing 35th among the 132 individuals in the field ... Missed advancing to match play at the English Amateur on a tiebreaker, finishing with a 36-hole 144 total after posting a 72 in each round ... Was forced to withdraw from three other world amateur events he was set to participate in due to illness ... As a junior advanced to the match-play segment of the British Boys Amateur Championship in consecutive years ... In the summer of 2012, recorded top-10 finishes at both the Carris Trophy English Boys Under-18 and South of England Boys Championships ... Served as Devon County’s team captain at the English National County Under-18 Boys Finals ... Was the individual medalist at the South West of England Four Counties Under-18 Championship to help Devon win the team trophy ... Carded rounds of 68, 69 and 72 to win the National Intercollegiate Tour finals by three strokes in May 2012, and was also the individual runner-up at the National Schools and Colleges Finals the previous month ... Was the top-ranked player in the Midlands Region on both the 2011-12 Intercollegiate and British Schools and Colleges Tours ... Career-low round of 62 came in a qualifying event at the Exeter Golf and Country Club, equaling the course record.

Personal: Full name is Ryan Clifford Pope ... Born Oct. 1, 1994, in Exeter, Devon, England ... Son of Greenville and Sharon Pope ... Father, Greenville, lettered in soccer for four years at South Carolina from 1985-88, helping the Gamecocks to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances including a berth in the national semifinals his senior year; led the team with eight assists his final season ... Is the oldest of four children ... Enjoys tennis, table tennis, watching sports and music in his spare time ... Favorite movie is “Skyfall” ... Favorite book is “Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success” ... Favorite team is Liverpool ... Favorite player is Ian Poulter ... Favorite musical artist is Calvin Harris ... Likes Italian food ... Favorite subjects are math and physical education ... Major is interdisciplinary studies.