Bradley University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American: 2018
CoSIDA Academic All-District V: 2018
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2017-18
Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2016-17
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 04-04-18
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2016, 2017
MVC Honor Roll: 2016, 2017, 2018
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (5): Fall '15, Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17

2017-18 (SENIOR)
Third player in program history and fifth men’s golfer in MVC history to earn Academic All-America honors, taking home second-team honors … First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District V selection … First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Ranked third on the team with a 74.97 season stroke average, which is 19^th among Bradley season marks and was 19^th in the MVC … Played in all about one tournament during his time at BU, sitting out the Little Rock Invitational to wrap up the 2017 fall schedule ... Bradley’s top finisher in three tournaments ... Had back-to-back top-10 finishes, tying for third at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate and tying for seventh at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Posted a 74.50 stroke average in the spring ... Fired 72’s in all three rounds of the Houston Baptist Invitational to tie for 13th at even par 216 ... Carded season-best two-under 69 in the second round of the Derek Dolenc Invitational and matched it in the second round of the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate ... Career stroke average of 75.51 per round ranks seventh in school history.

2016-17 (JUNIOR)
Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete … One of three individuals on the team to play all 35 rounds … Ranked fourth on the squad with a 76.14 stroke average, which tied for 33^rd in the MVC and is 23^rd among Bradley season marks … Posted five top-10 finishes and placed in top 20 six times … Had 28 sub-80 rounds, including tying the lowest round in school history with a 66 in the final round at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate … Tied the fifth lowest 54-hole score in program history at Twin Oaks (212), where he finished third.

2015-16 (REDSHIRT)
Appeared in all four fall tournaments before missing the entire spring season due to injury … Posted a 75.00 average in the fall with one top 10 finish and carded 10 of his 12 rounds in the 70’s or better … Fired a 69 in the opening round at the Derek Dolenc Invitational in Madison, Ill., and tied for 14th at 214 … Shot 217 at the Austin Peay Invitational to close out the fall schedule.  

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE
Second-Team All-American as a sophomore after posting a 75.1 stroke average … Tied for 13th at the NJCAA national championship his sophomore year … Tied for 28th at the national championship as a freshman … Earned medalist honors at the Illinois Valley Community College Classic … Took home all-conference and all-region honors both of his seasons at ICC … Helped the Cougars to conference and regional titles in 2015. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time first-team all-conference selection … Peoria Park District Player of the Year for 2012 … Also lettered in baseball and basketball, earning first-team all-conference honors as a senior.

PERSONAL
The son of Mark and Michelle Jewell, Zach was born in Peoria, Ill. … Has two younger siblings: Slade and Riley … Majored in marketing.