PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL – APGA Tour officials today announced the most recent update in the APGA Collegiate Ranking for the 2021-2022 season with Duke’s Quinn Riley moving into the top spot in the rankings as Howard’s Everett Whiten, Jr. has decided to return to school for an additional season. The APGA Collegiate Ranking was announced in October 2020 through a partnership between the PGA TOUR and the APGA Tour.
Eligible players are Black golfers from NCAA Division I or II programs – including HBCUs – who exhaust a minimum of four years of college eligibility. The APGA Collegiate Ranking is based on players’ Golfstat adjusted scoring average, designed to evaluate the top players positioned to qualify for APGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament access.
Riley took over the top position in the standings with Jeffery Cunningham (Drexel) remaining at No. 2 in the standings after recently opting into the program and making his debut last month. Kasoma Paulino (Henderson State) rounds out the top 3 in the standings. The Class of 2022 Ranking includes Golfstat-ranked college tournaments played in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. The top five players in the final APGA Collegiate Ranking will receive:
- Scholarship access to APGA TOUR events through the remainder of the 2022 APGA Tour season.
- Scholarship access into the Korn Ferry Qualifying School for the 2023 season.
- Additionally, the #1 Player will receive a sponsor exemption into the 2022 REX Hospital Open on KFT.
Current rankings as of April 18th, 2022-
| Rank | Player | University | Rounds | Adjusted Scoring Avg |
| (In relation to par) | ||||
| 1 | Quinn Riley | Duke | 38 | 1.64 |
| 2 | Jeffery Cunningham | Drexel | 38 | 1.80 |
| 3 | Kasoma Paulino | Henderson State | 16 | 3.23 |
| 4 | Xavier Williams | North Carolina A&T | 32.5 | 3.75 |
| 5 | Jason Johnson | Alabama A&M | 34 | 8.71 |
| 6 | Travis Jackson | North Carolina Central | 22.5 | 9.22 |
| 7 | Camron Ratliff | North Carolina Central | 8 | 17.25 |
- Any player who wants to be removed from the listed because they decided to come back and complete their last year of eligibility needs to inform the APGA no later than April 15.
- A player must complete a tournament in each of the three semesters (Spring 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022) to be eligible for the APGA Collegiate Rankings top five benefits.
Full rankings will be updated monthly at https://www.apgatour.org/apga-collegiate-ranking. At the end of the 2022 season, APGA Tour officials will determine the minimum number of rounds to qualify.
