2022-2023 Men's Golf Roster

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Benjamin Leistensnider

Robb Kinder

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Kent, Va.
  • Highschool New Kent

Biography

2021-22 - Junior - After another standout campaign, became the fifth player in program history go garner multiple All-American certificates in his career ... Earned second team GCAA All-American plaudits ... Also collected All-Region and VaSID first team All-State honors ... Became just the second Captain in program history to record multiple sub-300 rounds at the NCAA National Championships and the first since 1996 ... Led CNU in the 2022 version of the event for the second straight year, finishing with a top-25 effort and a 298 (74-72-79-73) ... That mark ranks tied for sixth all-time at Christopher Newport for a 72-hole tournament ... Led the championship tournament in total pars with 50, including 17 in the final round ... Finished his third year with a 73.3 stroke average with four top-ten finishes ... Earned his second career win with medalist honors at the Glenn Heath Memorial with a 147 (72-75) ... Fired nine rounds at par  or better in 26 played during the year ... Lowered his career average to 73.8 over 46.5 rounds of play, which ranks second in program history

2020-21 - Sophomore - Pieced together a breakout campaign while garnering honorable mention All-American accolades … Also picked up All-Region nods and became just the second Captain in school history to earn the VaSID All-State Player of the Year award … Named to the first-team All-State squad as well … Finished with the seventh-lowest scoring average in program history after wrapping up the year with a 74.0 mark over 11.5 total rounds of action … Capped off the season with one of the finest efforts in school history at the NCAA Championship … Tied for second at the national tournament with a four-round 287 (77-71-70-69), which marked the lowest score by a Captain at the title competition in program history … His fourth-round 69 was the top score by any of the nation’s 96 competitors on the final day of the tournament … Posted five birdies in each of his final two rounds at the NCAA Championship while helping the Captains place eighth in the team standings, which marked their best finish in program history … Registered a victory at the VSGA Intercollegiate in April after winning the state tournament with a 27-hole 104 (72-32) … That score placed him 4-under-par for the competition … Opened the year with a three-round 230 (75-75-80) at the Jekyll Island Invitational … Also came in 23rd at the Golfweek Spring Invitational in April after completing the tournament with a similar three-round 230 (76-75-79).
 
2019-20 - Freshman - Was the lone freshman to compete in all four tournaments during the school year … Compiled a 75.1 scoring average over nine total rounds … Pieced together his finest showcase at the Don Scalf Invitational after registering a two-round 147 (73-74), which placed him 11th in the field … Came back with another 73 in the second round of the VSGA Intercollegiate in October … Eventually finished 24th at that competition after capping off the state tournament with a two-round 150 (77-73) … Placed 17th in his collegiate debut after carding a 155 (77-78) at the Greene Turtle Invitational in September … Returned in the spring with a three-round 224 (75-74-75) at the Savannah Invitational in March … One of only three Captains who competed in all nine rounds during the year.

At New Kent - Earned six letters as a multi-sport standout with the Trojans … Was a two-time first-team All-State selection for his work on the golf squad … Also was a four-time All-Region honoree … Named the District and Tidewater Player of the Year … Established the school and district scoring record (70.14) … Competed as a shooting guard on the basketball team as well … Set the New Kent record for three-point percentage after converting 42 percent of his attempts from long range.
 
Personal - Robb Allen Kinder was born in Clarksburg, W. Va. ... Son of John and Christina Kinder … Has an older sister, Julia … His grandfather, Chuck Kinder, played baseball and football for West Virginia and became the first college athlete to wear a triple-digit number after donning “100” for the Mountaineer football team in 1963 … Tiger Woods is his favorite athlete and the person in history he’d most like to meet … Bernhard Langer is the most impressive person he has met … Morgan Wallen is his favorite musician … “Dexter” is his favorite TV show … His dream vacation would be a golf trip with his dad in the USA … Majoring in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-2020Freshman

    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2020-2021Sophomore

    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2021-2022Junior

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2022-2023Senior

    5'10" 155 lbs