Career Highlights

Senior - 2014-15

• Posted a 71.1 stroke average during the season, second-best on the team
• Recorded eight top-10 finishes, including a win at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate (209, -4)
• Took home his second consecutive NCAA Regional title at the NCAA Noblesville Regional
• Matched the Sagamore course record with a 65 in his final round at the NCAA Regional
• Also tied for second at the rain-shortened Sagamore Fall Preview with a 2-under 142 and tied for eighth at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational with a 7-over 217
• Shot under par in 22 of 33 rounds during the season
• Recorded his low-18 tally at the 3M Augusta Invitational where he finished 11-under par to lead the Illini and take third individually
• Sits third all-time for his 72.22 career stroke average
• Qualified for the U.S. Open following his last Illinois tournament, the NCAA Championships

2014 Summer

• Qualified for the U.S. Open by tying for fourth at the Daly City, California, sectional qualifier on June 2
• Missed the U.S. Open cut by one stroke, finishing +6
• Reached the match-play semifinals of the 2014 Western Amateur
• Tied for fourth at the Trans-Mississippi Championship

Junior - 2013-14

• PING second-team All-American
• Golfweek third-team All-American
• Big Ten Player of the Year
• Unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection
• Broke the school record with a 71.08 season stroke average, finishing four strokes better than previous record-holder Luke Guthrie in the same number of rounds (37)
• Posted two wins on the season, the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional and The Macdonald Cup
• Earned All-America status by finishing tied for ninth at the NCAA Championships
• Tied the Illinois and Prairie Dunes Country Club course record with a final-round 63 (-7) at NCAA Championships
• His low 54-hole score of 197 (-13) at The Macdonald Cup in October was a school record and the second-best 54-hole score in Big Ten history
• Also posted seven top-10 finishes and 10 top-25 finishes on the season
• Registered 16 rounds under par and six even-par rounds in 2013-14
• 36 of his 37 rounds (97.3 percent) on the season counted in Illinois' team score
• Was Illinois' top finisher five times and the second finisher three in 12 tournaments
• Named Golfweek's preseason Big Ten Player to Watch in January
• Named Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week on March 5 after tying for second with a 15-under-par 201 at the USF Invitational
• Tied for sixth at the Louisiana Classics with a 4-under 212
• Finished 15th at the Boilermaker Invitational after a 3-over-par 219
• Posted a team-best stroke average of 70.33 during the fall season
• Earned his first collegiate win at The Macdonald Cup, breaking Illinois' 54-hole record with a 197 (-13), which also was the second-best score in Big Ten history
• Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors after his performance at The Macdonald Cup
• Also carded a career-best 64 (-6) in the first round of The Macdonald Cup
• Finished second at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate with a 1-under-par 212, three strokes behind teammate Thomas Detry, as Illinois broke the tournament record with a team score of 844
• Tied for eighth at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with a 1-under-par 215

2013 Summer

• Qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur
• Tied for 16th at the Trans-Mississippi Championship.

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Ranked third on the team in stroke average at 73.09
• Defeated collegiate player of the year Michael Kim 2 & 1 in the NCAA semifinal match on June 1
• Tied for second at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional with a 2-under-par 214, a career-best 54-hole score
• Tied for second at the Big Ten Championships with a 72-hole score of 289 (+1), earning a spot on the five-player All-Championships team
• Named second-team All-Big Ten
• Has four top-10 finishes and six top-20 finishes this season
• Has 11 rounds under par and five rounds at par on the season
• Tied his career-low round of 67 at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional
• Tied for 11th at the Louisiana Classics
• Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week on Feb. 20 along with teammate Mason Jacbos after tying for fifth at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
• Shot a career-best 4-under 67 at the Wolf Run Invitational, where he also carded a career-best 54-hole score of 217 (+4)
• Recorded two rounds under par and two even-par rounds during the fall
• Tied for ninth as Illinois' top finisher at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational

Freshman - 2011-12

• Finished fourth on the team in stroke average at 74.48
• Competed at all eight spring tournaments, including at the NCAA Championships
• Placed in the top 20 at three events
• Turned in his best career finish at the NCAA Norman Regional, tying for 10th after matching his career-best 54-hole total of 218 (+2)
• Tied for 15th at the Big Ten Championships with a 72-hole total of 299 (+11), helping Illinois win a fourth-straight Big Ten title
• Tied for 18th at the Boilermaker Invitational
• Placed as the Illini's third finisher six times
• Turned in a career-low round of 71 four times.

High School

• Ranked No. 88 in the nation's junior rankings by Golfweek
• Chose Illinois after visiting Oregon, USC and Oklahoma State
• Won the AJGA Mission Hills Desert Junior event and placed in the top 20 in three other AJGA events.

Personal

• Born March 6, 1993
• Son of Donald and Kimberly Campbell
• Has one brother, Derek
• Majoring in business
• Hobbies include hanging with friends, fishing, and playing sports.

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