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Career Honors

• 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Golfer of the Year.
• 2016 Division I PING All-America honorable mention.
• Two-Time Division I PING All-Region selection (2016 and 2017).
• 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Individual Finalist.
• 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Individual Champion and Most Outstanding Player.
• Member of four CAA Championship title and NCAA Regionals teams.
• Two-Time All-CAA First Team selection (2016 and 2017).
• 2016 CAA All-Academic Team selection.
• Four-Time CAA All-Tournament Team selection (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
• Ranked second all-time in single-season scoring average (71.58).
• Was ranked as high as No. 60 in the nation (2015-16) and No. 65 (2016-17).
• Tied for first all-time in single-season tournament wins (2) with former CofC greats Jack Boeckx (1996-97) and Bruce McDonald (2002-03).
• Selected to compete in the 2016 Sun Bowl Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic.

• Named CAA Men's Golfer of the Year and earned a spot on the All-CAA First Team.
• Honored on the CAA All-Tournament Team.
• Tied for 3rd (-2) at the Clemson Invitational.
• Tied for 4th (-5) shooting rounds of 68, 72 and 71 at the CAA Championship.
• Tied for 4th shooting ever par at The Intercollegiate at The Grove.
• Tied for 5th (-2) with rounds of 73, season-low 68 and 73 at the East Bay Deli Classic.
• Tied for 7th (-2) with rounds of 70, 70 and 71) among 19 All-Americans in the tournament field at the 2016 Sun Bowl Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic.
• Tied for 11th (-1) at the Southwestern Invitational.
• Tied for 12th (-4) at the Schenkel Invitational.
• Tied for 14th at the Bearcat Invitational.
• Tied for 22nd (+3) at NCAA Austin Regional.
• Tied for 22nd at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.
• Tied for 24th shooting even par at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate.
• Tied for 38th (+3) at The Invitational at The Ocean Course.

2015-16: (Scoring Average: 71.69, Low Round=67)

• 2016 All-CAA FIrst Team and CAA All-Academic Team honoree.
• Became the first men's golfer in school history and second in CAA history to make the cut for the final day of individual play at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships in Eugene, Ore. Tied for 51st with rounds of 72, 68, 71 and 80 (+11).
• 2016 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional low individual carding rounds of 71, 70 and 68 to finish at 7-under par for the tournament and became first player in school history to advance to nationals as an individual.
• Carded a 5-under par 211 with rounds of 71-69-71 to be crowned the CAA Men's Golf individual champion becoming the fifth all-time player in school history to win a conference individual title next to Daniel Brunson (2002), Bruce McDonald (2003), Josh Lorenzetti (2013) and John Jonas (2015).
• Named CAA Most Outstanding Performer and to the CAA All-Tournament Team. 
• Claimed first collegiate victory as individual medalist of The Invitational at The Ocean Course (-5) in the team's fall opener.
• Tabbed CAA Men's Golfer of the Week twice on Sept. 16, 2015 and April 6, 2016.
• Finished as individual runner-up at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with rounds of 73, 67 (career low) and 71 to finish at 5-under par for the tournament.
• Tied for 16th (-1) at the Kiawah Classic by Aramark.
• Tied for 17th (+3) at the Shoal Creek Invitational.
• Tied the course record with a 63 at The Links at Stono Ferry during qualifying.
• Finished 6th (+2) at The Intercollegiate at The Grove.
• Tied for 7th (+5) at the Colleton River Collegiate.
• Tied for 21st (-5) including a season-low round of 68 in the first round at The Schenkel Invitational.

2014-15: (Scoring Average: 74.56, Low Round=68)

• Tied for 32nd at the NCAA Yale Regional with a team-low 214 (+4) shooting a second-round, 2-under par 68.
• Tied for 13th at the CAA Championship (+8) - his highest finish of the season.
• Finished 14th at The Invitational at The Ocean Course with rounds of 74-74-71—219.
• Fired a season-low of 70 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship (T37th).

2013-14: (Scoring Average: 75.12, Low Round=69)

• Tied for 5th in his collegiate debut at the Navy Fall Classic with rounds of 71-69—140 (-2).
• Placed 21st at The Firestone Invitational with scores of 75-75-69—219.
• Placed third overall at the CAA Championship with a 1-over 217, earning a spot on the CAA All-Tournament Team.
• Tied for 5th at The Navy Fall Classic with a 2-under, two-round score of 71-69—140.

Prior to CofC:

• Ranked as high as No. 16 in the country in the Class of 2013 and was the No. 1 ranked player in the state of North Carolina in the Fall of 2012.
• Named First Team Boys’ All-State by the Carolinas Golf Association/Tar Heel Youth Golf Foundation.
• Shot a career-low round of 66 at the 2012 Joe Cheves Junior Invitational.

Personal:

• Son of Richard and Julia Rainey.
• Sociology major at College of Charleston.
• Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship at Olympia Fields.
• Won the Rice Planters Amateur in the summer of 2015.
• Featured nationally for his trick-shot videos on Vine.