Joe Walp
Joe Walp
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    175
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Portland, Maine
  • High School:
    Deering

Bio

As a junior: All-NEC First Team ... NEC Golfer of the Week ... Participated in all 10 of the Bulldogs' events in 2014-15 ... Won the individual title at the Lonnie Barton Invitational for the second-straight season (78-72=150) ... Finished fourth at the Rhody Fall Invitational (76-74-74=224), sixth at the Hartford Hawk Invitational (70-76-72=218) and ninth at the Northeast Conference Championships (74-78-76=228) ... Eight of his 10 finishes came inside the top-25 ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll ... Best Round: 70 / Average: 75.5

As a sophomore: All-NEC First Team ... NEC Golfer of the Week ... Participated in all 10 events in the 2013-14 season, earning seven top-10 finishes and nine top-25 finishes ... Best finish came at the Lonnie Barton Invitational, where he finished tied for first and won the tournament on a sudden death playoff hole (73-71=144) ... Finished tied for third at the Prisco Boulet Shootout (79=79) ... Tied for fourth at the Blue Devils Invitational (68-75=143) ... Tied for fifth at the New England DI Championships (75-71=146) ... Tied for eighth at the Adams Cup of Newport (73-72-75=220) ... Finished tied for ninth at the NEC Championships (72-78=150) ... Tied for 10th at the Rhody Invitational (78-74=152) ... Took 14th at the Connecticut Cup (75-73-76=224) ... Tied for 22nd at the NEIGA Championship (74-80=154) ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll ... Best Round: 68 / Average: 74.9

As a freshman: Participated in nine of the team's 10 events as a rookie, earning three top-5 finishes ... Best finish came in the Lonnie Barton Invitational March 11-12, coming in tied for second overall with a two-round 156 ... Tied for third overall at the New England Division I Championships (74-73=147) and finished knotted for fourth at the Prisco Boulet Shootout (76) ... Also finished ninth at the Northeast Conference Championship May 3-5 (76-73-77=226) ... Was named the NEC Golfer of the Week April 17 ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll ... Best round: 70 / Average: 76.7

Before Bryant: Four-year varsity letterwinner for Deering High School ... Led team to Maine state championship as a freshman in 2008 ... Team went on to win the Southern Maine Athletic Association conference championship in 2009 and the division title in 2010 ... Four-time First Team All-SMAA selection ... First team all-state pick as a junior and senior ... 2010 Maine Golf Jr. Champion ... 2011 Class A Schoolboy Champion as a senior ... Named the Maine Sunday Telegram Boys Golf Player of the Year in 2011-12 ... Qualified for 2011 U.S. Jr. Amateur ... Senior captain ... Three-year honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Anne and Michael Walp, Joseph Walp was born Feb. 7, 1994 ... Has one brother, Michael.