By Bret Strelow for App State Sports.BOONE, N.C. — App State Men’s Golf officially added Alex Martin and Jack Seward during the recent signing period.
Martin, a Thomasville, N.C., native who is in his second year at Sandhills Community College following his graduation from Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve, and Seward, a Florence, S.C., native who is a prep senior at Trinity Collegiate School, are set to join coach Alan Cress’ program in advance of the 2023-24 season.
Martin finished second place individually while helping lead Sandhills to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national team title earlier this year. He shot 73-76-72-73—294 at Chautauqua Golf Club in New York as Sandhills, which is located in Pinehurst, N.C., finished 89 strokes ahead of the event runner-up.
Martin also finished second overall in the NJCAA Region 10 Tournament. In high school, he was the conference player of the year as a standout at Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve, which is located in Trinity, N.C.
“They have a great golf program (at App State),” Martin said.
Relatively new to golf after taking up the sport in 2020, Seward was a captain for a Trinity Collegiate School team that won a South Carolina Independent School Association AAA state title in April.
Seward competed in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur in Oregon over the summer after qualifying by shooting a 69 to earn co-medalist honors at The Links at Stono Ferry in Charleston, S.C.
“App State felt like home as soon as I arrived on campus,” Seward said.
