Michael Shears

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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Franklin, Tenn.
High School:
Franklin
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    2022-2023: Joined the Bulldogs as a graduate transfer after playing four seasons at Vanderbilt ... Represented the Bulldogs in the Patriot All-America.
    2021-2022: Appeared in four events for the Commodores ... Came in sixth at the Carmel Cup and seventh in the Tiger Invitational ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
    2020-2021: Appeared in five events for the Commodores ... Came in 39th at the NCAA Championships, including a 69 in the third round ... Placed fourth in the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
    2019-2020: Appeared in four events for the Commodores ... Placed 28th in the Crooked Stick Collegiate.
    2018-2019: Appeared in four events for the Commodores ... Made his collegiate debut with a 68th-place effort in the Shoal Creek Invitational ... Earned the Tom Cousins Award (which is named for the former UGA swimmer) for academics and community engagement ... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
    High School: Graduated from Franklin ... Named All-State and All-Region in 2017 ... Won the Williamson County Award for the Boys Golfer of the Year in 2017-18 ... Served as team captain in 2017 and 2018.
    Personal: Son of Michael and Shannon Shears ... his father was a member of the Bulldogs’ golf team in the 1980s ... his grandfather, Joel Darden, lettered on the Georgia football team from 1962-64.