University of South Alabama Athletics

Summer 2017: Best round of the summer was a 69 over the second 18 holes of qualifying for the U.S. Amateur ... Shot a 72 in the second of four rounds at the Louisiana State Amateur Championship to make the cut ... Also posted a 72 at the Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour event at the Lakewood Country Club in New Orleans, placing third in a field of 24 competitors.

2016-17: Saw action in three tournaments, playing nine rounds and posting a 77.22 stroke average ... Fired a career-best 3-under-par 69 in the final round of the Badger Shootout, ended the event with an even-par 216 54-hole total ... Claimed medalist honors after winning a playoff ... First appeared in the Jaguar lineup at the David Toms Intercollegiate hosted by Louisiana State ... Tied for 16th place at the USA Individual Tournament in his only appearance of the spring ... Selected to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.

2015-16: Sat out as a redshirt ... A member of the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.

Summer 2015: Won the Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour event in Mandeville, La., with a 69 ... Placed fourth out of 36 competitors at an Arrowhead Junior Tour tournament at the same venue after carding scores of 71 and 70 over the first two rounds ... Came in third in a field of 34 at the AJT event at The Bluffs in St. Francisville, La., following a 71 over the opening 18 holes ... Was eight out of 57 individuals at the St. Francisville Foundation AJGA tournament, closing with scores of 71 and 73.

Amateur Highlights: Earned six letters at Northlake Christian School ... Was the ninth-rated junior golfer in Louisiana’s Class of 2015 ... Was fifth at the state Division III championship his junior season, one year after tying for fourth in the individual standings at the event ... Efforts in 2013 helped the Wolverines end up fourth in the team standings as well ... In 2010, was part of an NCS team that advanced to the state tournament for the first time ever ... Recorded seven top-20 finishes at junior events prior to his senior season, including twice ending up among the top 10 ... Carded scores of 72 and 71 for a 143 total to place 11th out of 162 competitors at the 42nd Southern Junior Championship ... Began the 34th Annual Bubba Conlee National Junior Tournament the following week with a 71; he wound end the tournament with a 54-hole score of 218 to come in 29th in a field of 115 ... Recorded a 72 in local qualifying for the U.S. Open to advance to the event’s sectional qualifier in Memphis, Tenn. ... Also was a member of Louisiana’s River Cup squad — which faces off against a team from Mississippi — for four years ... A member of the National Honor Society since 2012 and was named to the AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll in ’13.

Personal: Full name is Stephen Charles Wall ... Born Oct. 11, 1996, in New Orleans, La. ... Son of Steve and Julie Wall ... Recruited by Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Mississippi as well ... Favorite movie is “End of Watch” ... Favorite book is “Fahrenheit 451” ... Favorite team is the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite athlete is Tom Watson ... Favorite musical artist is Coldplay ... Favorite food is sushi ... Enjoys weightlifting and kayaking in his spare time ... Major is economics and finance.