Wichita State Athletics

2012 MVC Medalist

Three-time All-MVC (2010, 2011, 2012)

Four-time MVC Golfer-of-the-Week

Two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete (2011, 2012)

As a junior... Won the 2012 MVC Championship... Named MVC All-Conference and MVC Scholar-Athlete... Three-time MVC Golfer-of-the-Week (Sept. 14, Sept. 28, and Oct. 26)... Finished with a 71.65 stroke average... Ended the fall schedule with two tournament victories and the No. 2-ranked stroke average (68.91) in the nation, according to GolfStat... Entered the spring schedule with a No. 32 national ranking by GolfWeek... Won the MVC Championship with a 54-hole total 217 (72-72-73), leading WSU to a fifth-consecutive team title... Opened the year tying teammate Calvin Pearson for medalist honors at the 2011 Diet Pepsi Shocker Invitiational with a 54-hole total 204 (64-71-69)... Shot a personal low round 64 in the first round... Earned first of three fall semester MVC Golfer-of-the-Week awards for that performance... Followed with a seventh-place finish at the UTA/Waterchase Invitational then tied for seventh at the VCU Shootout, after which he claimed his second weekly award... Ended the fall season with the Herb Wimberly Invitational individual title... Fired off a personal best 199 (68-65-66) over 54 holes... His 14-under par score helped WSU to a second place team finish and earned him his third conference weekly award in four fall tournaments... Tied for 10^th at the Rio Pinar Invitational and tied for ninth at the Desert Shootout... Tied for 51^st at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a tournament total 217 (70-76-71).

As a sophomore... Named MVC All-Conference and MVC Scholar-Athlete... Named MVC Golfer-of-the-Week after placing fifth at the Hawkeye Invitational... Shot a 36-hole total 146 (79-67) to claim his first top-10 finish of the season... Followed with a fifth-place finish at the MVC Championship... Carded a 54-hole total 223 (73-76-74) to help WSU to the team championship... Finished the year with a 74.03 stroke average in 12 tournaments... Placed 63^rd at the NCAA Regional at Indiana University with a tournament total 232 (77-78-77)... Won the Kansas Amateur Individual Championship the summer between his sophomore and junior seasons... Was the third seed and defeated the top seed Kyle Smell (Kansas State) 2-and-1 in the 36-hole final.... Also was the medalist at The Railer, Kansas Stroke Play Championship.

As a freshman... Finished his first year as a Shocker with a 74.74 stroke average in 13 tournaments... Named to the MVC All-Conference Team with an 8^th place finish and 233 (81-75-77) tournament total... Tallied two other Top-20 finishes: 16^th place at the UMKC Bill Ross Intercollegiate in the fall and 15^th place at the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic in the spring... Finished in the Top 25 in eight of 13 tournaments... Opened the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic with a season-low 68 first round score... Concluded the fall schedule with a season-best 218 (78-71-69) for 25^th place at the Aldila Scenic City Invitational... Nearly bested that score at the NCAA Regional at Texas A&M, coming in at 219 (72-74-73) for 23^rd place.

Before he was a Shocker...Lettered in golf for the Putnam School Pirates all four years...Competed in five American Junior Golf Association events...Placed 9th at the Wellstone Communities Junior at Craig Ranch with a 54-hole score of 223 (74-75-74)...Finished 38th at the HP Boys Junior Championship at Bay Hill Golf Club after carding a 305 in four rounds (79-72-79-75)...Accrued four top-five finishes while competing in the Oklahoma Junior Golf Tour, including his victory at the Tour Championship where he shot a 36-hole score of 134 (67-67)...Notched two more top-five finishes on the Texas Junior Golf Tour...Shot his career-low round (66) at the Lake Hefner Spring Fling, taking 2nd in the process.

Personal...Sean Hunter Sparks was born on December 24, 1990 in Oklahoma City...Son of Wayne and Debbie Sparks and big brother to Chase... Majoring in Business Administration at Wichita State...Chose WSU because of Coach Grier Jones.