2023-2024 Men's Golf Roster

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Aidan Baron

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leesburg, Va.
  • Highschool Heritage

Biography

2021-22 - Sophomore - Appeared in all nine tournaments for the Captains during his second season at CNU ... Helped the Captains log the second lowest single season scoring average in program history as a team ... Averaged 77.0 in his second season over 26 rounds of play with 2001 total strokes ... Helped CNU qualify with an at-large berth into the NCAA Championship ... Tied for 77th in the postseason event with a 313 (81-78-77-77) ... Helped CNU finish in 17th place as a team in the national championship ... Matched his career-low with back-to-back rounds at two-under par with a 70 in the Savannah Invitational ... Finished that tournament with a seven-over 220 (70-70-80) ... Notched a top-five finish at the Glenn Heath Memorial, firing a 36-hole 154 (76-78) ... Signed for eight consecutive sub-80 rounds starting with a 90th-place effort at the Jekyll Island Collegiate with a 227 (74-77-76)

2020-21 - Freshman - Made a smooth transition to college while securing All-Region honors for his efforts … Finished the year with a 76.4 stroke average, which was the second-lowest by a freshman with at least 10 rounds in program history … Stepped into the national spotlight with an appearance at the NCAA Championship … Tied for 47th in the country after registering a four-round 303 (76-75-78-74) … Helped the Captains finish the national tournament in eighth-place in the final team standings, which marked the best performance in school history … Carded a season-best 70 during the second round of the Savannah Invitational in March … Wrapped up that tournament with a three-round 223 (76-70-77), which placed him 29th in the field … Came in 18th at the VSGA Intercollegiate after posting a 27-hole 115 (77-38) … Finished 39th at the Jekyll Island Invitational with a three-round 226 (75-75-76) … Also took part in the Golfweek Spring Invitational while posting a three-round 241 (84-78-79) … Excelled in the classroom as well while garnering Academic All-Conference accolades for his efforts.

At Heritage - Was a standout member of the golf team during his time with the Pride ... Secured All-Conference accolades for his efforts ... Also placed in the top-five at the state tournament and was the medalist during the district championships.

Personal - Aidan Joshua Baron is the son of Timothy and Stacy Baron ... Tiger Woods is his favorite athlete, and Lil Baby is his favorite musician ... Tiger Woods is the person in history he would most like to meet, and Billy Hurley is the most impressive person he has met ... His dream vacation would be a trip to Europe ... Favorite food is steak ... Favorite movie is "Avengers" and favorite TV show is "Friends" ... Aspires to become a successful entrepreneur ... Majoring in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-2021Freshman

    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2021-2022Sophomore

    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 2022-2023Junior

    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 2023-2024Senior

    5'10" 175 lbs