CHARLESTON, S.C. – For the seventh-consecutive year, the College of Charleston men's golf program will be represented at the U.S. Amateur Championship as former All-American and recent alum William Rainey ('17) qualified for the second time of his career.
 
Rainey shot 3-under par to finish runner-up at a qualifying tournament held at the Country Club at Woodmore on July 17-18 in Bowie, Md. The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Golfer of the Year previously qualified for the U.S. Am held at Olympia Fields in 2015.
 
This year's event will be held on Aug. 14-20 and co-hosted by The Riviera Country Club and Bel-Air Country Club located in Pacific Palisades and Los Angeles, Calif.
 
"I am excited that our program will be represented at the U.S. Amateur for the seventh year in a row," CofC Head Coach Mark McEntire said. "Congrats to William Rainey. What a way to finish out his career as a Cougar. William has been a great ambassador for our program over the past four years and we could not have a better representative. We hope that he gets to match play and uses this event as a springboard to his professional career."
 
Rainey, who earned his bachelor's degree in sociology in May, closed out his four-year career with his second nod on both the All-CAA First Team and Division I PING All-Region Team. During his senior campaign, he led the Cougars to their fourth-straight CAA title and NCAA Regional berth.
 
In 2016, Rainey was a Division I PING All-America honorable mention selection and became the program's first-ever NCAA Division I Men's Golf Individual Finalist. He ranks second all-time in single-season scoring average (71.58 in 2016-17) and tied for first all-time in single-season tournament wins (2 in 2015-16) in program history.