2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Mark Power
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kilkenny, Ireland
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Secondary School
Career Accolades
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Finished his career with the eighth-best stroke average in program history with a mark of 72.11 over the course of his 108 career rounds
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2023 Walker Cup member for Team Great Britain/Ireland
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2023 Battle at Briar's Creek Individual Medalist
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2021 Walker Cup member for Team Great Britain/Ireland
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2021 PING All-East Region
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2021 All-ACC
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2020 Arnold Palmer Cup member for Team International
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2020 PING Second Team All-American
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2020 Golfweek Third Team All-American
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2020 Ben Hogan Award Watch List member
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2020 PING All-Region East Team
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2019 East Lake Cup Individual Medalist
2022-23 Season (Senior)
Played in 31 rounds during his senior season as he was a fixture in the Wake Forest lineup…Provided the clinching point in the ACC Championship semifinal win over Virginia, helping the Demon Deacons reach the finals for the second consecutive year while also tying for 16th as an individual…Finished second on the team with a 71.50 stroke average for the season while finishing in the top 25 in six of the last seven events of the season…Claimed medalist honors at the Battle at Briar’s Creek, winning by four strokes over the field and helping the Demon Deacons to the first of two team titles during the season.
2021-22 Season (Junior)Notched three top-25 finishes, all coming in the final three events of the regular season...Played his best tournament of the season at NCAA Regionals, tying for ninth along at 4-under-par including a round of 67 (-3)...Provided a point in the ACC Championship Semifinal match...Highest finish of the regular season came at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 where he tied for 20th...Tied for a team-high 33 rounds played this season.
2020-21 Season (Sophomore)
Played in the lineup for nine out of 10 events this spring...PING All-East Region...Named to the All-ACC Team...finished the season fifth on the team with a 72.21 stroke average over 28 rounds...recorded six top 20 finishes with his best coming at the season opener Seminole Invitational where he tied for third with a seven-under score of 209...All-ACC selection...played in the 48th annual Walker Cup for Team GBI
2019-20 Season (Freshman - COVID-19 Shortened Season)
Played in the lineup for seven out of eight events in the short season...led the team with a 70.47 stroke average...finished inside the top 25 six times...won the stroke play title at the East Lake Cup with a five-under 67...finished inside the top 10 on four occasions with his second-best coming at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate where he tied for third with a score of 211 (-5)...best score came at the White Sands Intercollegiate where he carded a 207 (-9) and tied for sixth...was one of only three freshmen named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List and was also on the short list to be selected to the Arnold Palmer Cup international team...Named to PING All-Region East Team...Selected to PING All-American Second Team...Golfweek All-American Third Team selection.
Prior to Wake Forest...
Two-time winner of Irish Open Boys Championship (2016, 2017) ... Winner of the 2016 Peter McEvoy Trophy ... 2018 Semifinalist at British Boys' Championship 2018 ... Competed at the 2016 European Young Masters ... Three-time winner of Irish Boys Order of Merit (2016, 2017,2018) ... 2nd in the 2018 East of Ireland Open Championship 2018 ... 3rd in 2019 South African Open ... Competed internationally on the 2015 and 2016 Irish Boys U16 Team 2015 & 2016, on the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Irish Boys U18 Team, on the 2016 and 2017 Great Britain & Ireland Boys Team and was team captain in 2017, in the 2018 Jacques Leglise Trophy, and on the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Irish Mens Team ... also played soccer for Kilkenny U17 team that won the All Ireland District League Championships in 2016.
Personal...
Born June 9, 2000 in Kilkenny, Ireland ... son of Eddie and Eileen Rose Power ... has a brother, Kevin ... Father Eddie was a three-time winner of the Irish Men's Championship (1987,1993, 1998) ... Mother Eileen Rose was a three-time winner of the Irish Ladies Championship (1990,1992, 1995) and was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland team at the 1994 Curtis Cup.
