Hikari Yamamoto

  • Award
    Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    11/11/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Golf
  • School
    Warner
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Soka-shi, Saitama-ken, Japan
  • High School
    Faith Baptist Christian School
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Hikari Yamamoto helped Warner to their first tournament win since 2010 in the Beyond the Drive Invitational. His opening round 67 was the lowest single round score by a Royal since before the 2007-08 season. He finished first in the field with a 213, also a program best since before the 2007-08 season.

Prior to that, the junior from Japan shot a 54-hole score of 224 in the Southeastern Invitational which was the second-lowest score on the team.

Other Nominees

Adam Andreasson, Northwood 
Jonathan Kopsell, Embry-Riddle 
Rhys Tosczak, Ave Maria 
Jud Milam, USC Beaufort