2012-13 (Senior): Second-team All-American ... Named Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year … Chosen to the PBC All-Conference First-Team, PBC All-Tournament Team and PBC All-Academic Team… Selected to the Capital One Academic NCAA Division II Men’s At-Large District Three Team … Twice honored as the PBC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 11, 2012 and March 14, 2013)… Competed in 13 events for 36 rounds played on the season… Led the PBC in scoring with a 73.03 stroke average… Claimed individual medalist honors at the 16thAnnual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate by posting a three-day 4-under score of 206 (68-68-70) at the 6,617-yard, par-70Palmetto Golf Club … Also claimed individual medalist honors at the Peach Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championship at thepar-72, 7,057-yard Mountain View Course at Callaway Gardens by carding a 4-under 212 (78-65-69) … Claimed five top-5finishes and seven top-10’s in the season … Posted the team’s season-low round of 65 (-7) in the second round of the PBC Championship, good for the second-best round in the PBC this season … Carded 15 rounds of par or better during the season.
2011-12 (Junior): Completed the season being named Division II PING First-Team All-American and included on the Capital One Academic NCAA Division II Men’s At-Large All-American Second-Team ... Chosen Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar ... Also a First-Team Peach Belt All-Conference selection ... Named to PBC All-Tournament Team… Earned a team-best 72.5 scoring average in 38 rounds which led to three top-5 finishes ... This scoring average puts him in the top-5 all-time single season scoring averages for USC Aiken ...Atkins also claimed five top-10 and nine top-20 finishes on the season ... Atkins highlight of the season came in the NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional where he finished first overall finishing -6, shooting 70 in each of the three rounds …Two-time South Carolina Education Lottery USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week ... Chosen Days Inn Downtown Aiken USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Month for May of 2012 ... Named Team Most Valuable Player.
2010-11 (Sophomore): Garnered two top 10 finishes, including a fifth place finish at the 14th Annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate at the Palmetto Golf Club... Atkins’ 67 in the second round of the annual event was the low round of the year for the Pacers ... Finished his first season as a Pacer with a 75.1 stroke average in 28 rounds played... Recorded two top 10 finishes in total as he was also tied for10th at West Florida’s Argonaut Invitational.
Henderson State (Freshman): Recorded a 75.08 stroke average for the Reddies.
Apollo High School: Was the Daviess County Invitational Individual Champion in 2008 ... Claimed individual honors in the City-County Tournament in 2008 ... Holds the All-Time Birdie Record for the Eagles ... Named Apollo’s2008-09 Wendy’s High School Heisman winner ... Equally strong in the classroom, Atkins was named to the All-State Academic First-Team all four years.
Personal: Matt is the son of Frank and Lori Atkins ... He is majoring in Business Administration.
