Junior season (2008-09)
Earned All-Southern Conference honors ... led UNCG in stroke average with a 73.71 mark ... carded five top-20 finishes and a pair of top-five finishes with one win ... picked up his first collegiate tournament victory with a career weekend at the Palmas Del Mar Intercollegiate in Puerto Rico, turning in a 54-hole total of 211, a career-low ... also shot a career-low 67 in the opening round of that tournament, following it up with rounds of 71 and 73 ... finished fifth at the SoCon Tournament in Florence, S.C., turning in a three-round total of 213 (72-68-73).
Sophomore season (2007-08)
UNCG's No. 3 scorer in his sophomore season ... started all 12 tournaments, recording three top-20 finishes and one top-10 (Pinehurst Intercollegiate, finishing 10th) ... carded his season-low of 70 in the final round of the Coca-Cola Duke Classic, helping him to a 54-hole total of 219.
Freshman season (2006-07)
Competed individually at the Sam H. Hall Intercollegiate, where he tied for 24th place with a three-round score of 216 (76-68-72) ... also took part in the Mid Pines Intercollegiate (t49th/221), Mattaponi Springs Shootout (t76th/238), Memphis Intercollegiate (t89/238), Pinehurst Intercollegiate presented by Gatorade (91st/247), Furman Intercollegiate (t95th/234), and the Cavalier Classic (52nd/247).
Amateur
Competed in the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship in Tulsa, Okla. ... took fourth in the 2009 North Carolina Amateur Championship in Durham, N.C. ... tied for third at the Boyd Quaich Memorial Students' International Golf Tournament in St. Andrew's, Scotland in July 2009 ... was third in the 2009 Cardinal Amateur ... won the AJGA Ringold Junior Classic qualifier and finished third at the AJGA's Hargray Junior in Hilton Head, S.C. ... also finished in ninth place twice at the North Carolina Junior Championship ... qualified for the North South Amateur which took place at the Pinehurst Resort ... played in the 2006 Palmetto Amateur and finished tied for 55th in the four-round event at the Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken, S.C.
High school
Earned four letters at Forsyth Country Day in Lewisville, N.C. ... four-time all-conference and three-time all-state honoree ... named conference Player of the Year ... led team to the North Carolina Independent Schools 3A state title in 2006 at Bryan Park Golf Course ... tied for first senior year in state championship with back-to-back rounds of 69 ... team finished runner-up in the state championship three times ... placed fifth individually as a freshman in 2003 at River Run Golf Course in Huntersville, N.C.
Personal
William Paige Bowman ... born May 19, 1987, in Greensboro, N.C. ... son of David and Kelly Bowman ... father played basketball at UNCG ... also considered UNCW and East Carolina ... majoring in leisure services management.
