Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors
Dean's List (F24, S25, F25)

As a freshman in 2024-25: Played in the lineup for the Governors in all nine appearances during his freshman season… posted a 76.07 scoring average, with two rounds in the 60s, six rounds at even or under par, and a counting score in 17-of-27 rounds played… shot three-over 219 (71-75-73) and finished tied for 36th in his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Fall Challenge… finished tied for 34th with a score of 145 (67-78) at the Grover Page Classic… posted a career-low score of 67 in the first round of the Grover Page Classic… posted his first top-10 finished when he shot six-under 210 (71-68-71) and finished tied for 10th at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate… carded a four-over 217 (72-73-72) and finished tied for 23rd at The Buddy… beat Murray State’s Sam Guest, 2Up, to help the Governors secure a 6-4 victory over the Racers in the Battle of the Border… went 1-1-1 at the Sweetens Cove Intercollegiate Match Play, picking up a 2Up win over Seton Hall’s Will Hennessee in a match the Govs dropped to the Pirates… played as a substitute and shot an 80 in the third round of the  ASUN Men’s Golf Championship.

Prior to Austin Peay: A two-time New Mexico Class 4A State Champion during his prep career at Infinity High School… won his first individual state championship as a freshman in 2021 and captured his second title as a sophomore in 2022… finished as the individual runner-up at the 2023 New Mexico Class 4A State Championship, missing his third-straight individual state title by just one stroke… a three-time New Mexico Class 4A All-State selection and 4A All-District 5 selection while earning District 5 Player of the Year honors in three straight seasons… helped lead the Eagles to a 4A District 5 championship in 2021 en route to a fourth-place finish in the 2021 New Mexico Class 4A State Championship… posted a 69.2 scoring average as a junior in 2023 and a 70.7 scoring average as a senior in 2024… also had a pair of wins on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in 2023 to go along with wins at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship Kansas Regional and the Sun Country PGA Section Junior PGA Championship.

Personal: Grady Bennett Cox is the son of Dustin and Rebecca Cox… has three siblings: Camden, Ryant, and Hesston… his grandfather, Gary Ness, played football and baseball at New Mexico… born May 25.