Had two top-10s during the 2012 collegiate season, a third-place showing at the South Beach International Amateur in Florida and a sixth-place effort at the Southeastern Amateur in Georgia.

Played collegiately at the University of Florida between 2009 and 2013.

Won the 2010 New Year's Invitational in St. Petersburg, Fla. In cold, windy weather in early January, shot a final-round 79–including a 6-foot par putt on the 72nd hole–to force a playoff with Nuno Henriques and Michael McGowan. His bogey-6 on the sec