Andrew Riley

Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
St. Johns, Fla.
High School:
Creekside High School

Scoring Average: 71.86 in 139 rounds
Riley’s Wins: 2 (2022-23 NCAA Division II South/SE Regional, Grand Oaks Golf Club, Davie, Fla.; 2022-23 NCAA Division II Championship, Avalon Lakes, Warren, Ohio)
Best Finish at UNC: T7, Stephens Cup
Top 5s (7), Top 10s (14)
Match Play: 1-2
Low Round (strokes & to par): 9-under 62, 1st round, 2022-23 NCAA Division II South/SE Regional
Low 54 Holes (strokes): 198, 2023-24 Gator Invitational, Mark Bostick Golf Course, Gainesville, Fla.
Low 54 Holes (to par): -12, 2022-23 NCAA Division II Championship and 2023-24 Gator Invitational
Low Round at UNC (strokes & to par): 5-under 65, 1st rd, Stephens Cup
Low 54 Holes (strokes) at UNC: 207, Stephens Cup
Low 54 Holes (to par) at UNC: 6-under 210, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational

Career: Played two seasons (2021-23) at Palm Beach Atlantic, one at North Florida (2023-24) and one at UNC (2025-26) as a graduate student • Won the Division II NCAA championship and was a first-team All-America in 2023 • PING All-East Region honoree in 2026 • Played in 46 collegiate tournaments, averaging 71.86 strokes per round • Shot in the 60s 34 times with a low round of 62 as a sophomore in the first round of the 2023 NCAA regional • Averaged a season-best 70.92 in 12 tournaments in 2023 • Had 15 top-10 finishes, including medalist in the 2023 NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional and NCAA Championship.

2025-26 at UNC: PING All-East Region honoree • Averaged 71.62 in 37 rounds • Low rounds of 65 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup and 66 at Notre Dame and Valspar • Two top-10 finishes (T7 at Stephens Cup and T8 at Notre Dame) • Final round 68 and tied for 11th at 7-under 209 in the NCAA Bryan Regional • Defeated Virginia’s Michael Lee on the 19th hole in the ACC semifinal.

2023-24 at North Florida: Second-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference • Averaged 72.79 in 39 rounds • Placed second at the Gator Invitational with rounds of 68-64-66 for a career-best 12-under 198 • The second-round 64 was his season best • Had two top 10s and five top-25 finishes • Ninth at Virginia’s Lewis Chitengwa Memorial with rounds of 70-67-73 for 3-under 210 • Finished under par in five tournaments • Shot 68 in the second round of the NCAA Rancho Santa Regional and tied for 13th • Competed in the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, Calif. • Academic all-district and A-Sun Academic honor roll.

2021-23 at Palm Beach Atlantic: Won the 2023 NCAA DII regional and the DII national championship • Career-best 62 in the first round of the regional and won with a 9-under 204 • Shot rounds of 67-70-67 for a 12-under 204 to win the national championship by two strokes at the Avalon Lakes Golf Course in Warren, Ohio • The title was the first in Palm Beach Atlantic’s history • Made three birdies and an eagle with no bogeys in shooting 5 under in the final round • First-team All-America and Arnold Palmer Award winner in 2023 • Two-time second-team Sunshine State Conference honoree • Broke PBA’s single-season scoring average record at 70.92 over 36 rounds • Had 11 top-10 finishes in 21 starts.

Prep/Amateur: Tied the course record with a 64 at The Royal Ottawa Club and tied for fifth (was low amateur) at 6-under 274 in the 2025 Canadian Amateur • Attended Creekside High School in St. Johns, Fla. • Qualified for the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Amateurs and 2019 Junior U.S. Amateur • Won the 2022 Palm Beach County Amateur • Greater First Coach Player of the Year (2021), 2020 and 2021 county champion, 2021 district champion and 2021 all-state selection at Creekside High School, where he played for coaches David Hudson and Jim Bagnardi • Also played baseball for nine seasons.

Personal: Born March 7, 2003, in Jacksonville, Fla. • Son on Kevin and Miclyn Riley • Enjoys fishing, wake boarding and playing pickle ball and basketball • Favorite vacation spots are Lake Allatoona (Georgia) and Breckenridge, Colo. • Favorite non-golf athlete is Michael Jordan • Top golf achievement is winning the Division II national championship • Favorite course is Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. • Favorite player is Jordan Spieth • Go-to club under pressure is his 8 iron.