Eli Huntington

26 APR 2025: The 2025 Mountain West Men's Golf Championship is held at Emerald Valley Golf & Resort in Creswell, OR. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos)

Photo by: C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos

Height:
6-0
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Camas, Wash.
High School:
Camas

SOPHOMORE | 2024-25: Played in all 32 rounds and led the team with a 74.16 season stroke average, the best of his career…Led the team with 11 rounds at par or better…Was the top Falcon in seven of the 10 tournaments… At one point, had five straight rounds at par or better and seven of eight in the fall…Career-best 67 (-5) in the third round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, the best round by a Falcon in 2024-25… Placed sixth of 110 golfers at the GMFI with a career-best 213 (-3)…In the next tournament, shot a 214 (-2) at the Mark Simpson CU Invitational to place 36^th…Placed fifth at the Commander-in-Chief’s Cup with a 144 (Even, 74-70)…Was the top Falcon at the MW Championships with a 220 (+4)… Named to the Cobalt GCAA Golf All-America Scholar Team … Named to the Mountain West spring all-academic team.

FRESHMAN | 2023-24: Played all 30 rounds and was second on the team with a 75.23 season stroke average … Had five rounds at par or better, second best on the team … Season-best round of 68 (-4) came in the final round of the Loyola Intercollegiate … His 212 (+4) at Loyola is his season best tournament … Shot a 231 at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational team event … Shot a 225 at the CU Mark Simpson and a 220 at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational … Shot a 217 (+4) at the Ka’anapali Collegiate.

BEFORE AIR FORCE: Lettered four years in golf … Placed third in the state in 2023, shooting 69-71 … First in district in 2022, shooting 64-73 … Season stroke average of 67 in 2023 … Season stroke average of 70 in 2022 … Graduated with a 3.96 GPA … Competed in the Oregon Golf Association 2018-23 and the American Junior Golf Association 2021-23 … First-team OGA selection … OGA Junior Americas Cup team selection … AJGA Scholastic All-American honorable mention … Earned a spot in the Junior PGA Championship after winning the PNW Junior PGA shooting 69-67.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 13 … Major is systems engineering – mechanical engineering … Son of Lee Huth and Bradley Huntington … Has one older brother, Owen, who is a senior at the Naval Academy and is a member of the golf team … On the Dean’s List … Long-term goal is become an operations research analyst … Greatest moment in sports was winning the PNW Junior PGA Championship … Career best round in a tournament is 64 (twice) … Mother served in the Coast Guard … Grandfather, Capt. Ronald Render (Ret.), is a 1959 graduate of the Naval Academy … Was a member of the Dean’s List as a freshman … This past summer, completed Combat Survival Training and the powered flight program.