Matt Krauss

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Position:
Player
Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dumfries, Va.
High School:
C.D. Hylton

All-ACC * 1999, 2000 & 2001
All-America * 1999 & 2000
Academic All-America * 2001

Fall 2001: Played in all four tournaments, leading Duke in stroke average (72.6) ... top showing was a tied for 10th place finish at the Duke Golf Classic (78-75-69=222) ... had all 12 of his rounds count in the team total ... second on the team with five rounds of even par or better.

2000-01: Earned All-ACC honors for the third straight year, joining Chuck Taylor and Jason Widener as the only three three-time all-conference honorees in Duke men's golf history ... Academic All-America selection by the Golf Coaches Association of America ... named the recipient of the Blue Devil Award honoring Duke's top student-athlete ... named to the ACC Honor Roll ... led Duke in scoring average (72.8), top-five finishes (4), percentage of rounds counted toward team score (.947), final round difference (8.8) and total number of even and under par rounds (17) ... tied for the team lead with two top-five showings and six top-20 finishes ... finished a season-best tied for fourth in two tournaments - Duke Golf Classic and The Nelson ... other top-20 showings came at The Preview By Ping & Golfweek (T8th), Windon Memorial Classic (T9th), Puerto Rico Classic (T12th) and The Schenkel/EZ-GO Invitational (T20th) ... finished tied for 27th place at the NCAA East Regional held at the Golden Horseshoe Green Course in Williamsburg, Va.

1999-00: Honorable mention All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice for the second consecutive season ... saw action in all 12 tournaments ... owned a team-best stroke average of 72.7 ... counted 82% of his rounds for the season ... recorded 13 sub-par rounds and five rounds of even-par ... Finished second at the Matlock Invitational with scores of 70-71-71=213 (-3) ... Finished sixth at the Golf World/ Palmetto Dunes Collegiate with scores of 69-69-68=206 (-10) ... led team in scoring in five of 12 events ... shot three rounds of 68 on the season ... five top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes ... finished with team-best differential of 3.8.

1998-99: An honorable mention GCAA All-America after finishing tied for 12th individually at the NCAA Championships ... the ACC individual champion and Rookie of the Year, Duke's first such honoree ... also an All-ACC selection ... played in nine tournaments during the season, compiling a 74.1 stroke average ... won the ACC Tournament with a four-under 212 after rounds of 75-68-69 ... 68 was his season low round ... led the field at the NCAA East Regional after the first round, shooting a 69 ... recorded a pair of 75s in the first two rounds to make the cut as an individually ... counted 77 percent of his rounds for the entire season ... recorded five sub-par and one even-par rounds ... carded a differential of 4.6.

Prep: A four-year letterwinner in golf at C.D. Hylton ...served as team captain three years ... Virginia high school state champion as a junior ... two-time All-State selection as a junior and senior ... named Washington Post Player of the Year as a junior ... an all-region selection all four years ... earned Compaq Scholastic All-American honors ... member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Majoring in economics with a minor in computer science ... a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and FCA ... son of Joe and Nikki Krauss ... born January 23, 1980.