Backes Signs NLI to Join Gonzaga Men's Golf
11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Gonzaga men's golf Head Coach Robert Gray announced the signing of Holden Backes to a National Letter of Intent Wednesday.
Holden Backes, Yakima, Wash. (Eisenhower)
Backes will join the Zags in 2017-18 as a freshman after having a stellar career at Yakima's Eisenhower High School. He has been named First Team All-Columbia Basin Big Nine following his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. He is a two-time CBBN Player of the Year, was the district champion last season, after placing second in a tiebreaker in 2015.
In 2015, Backes played in the Junior World and Big I National Championships. He was in the final eight of the 2015 Junior PNGA Championships.
Backes is a member of the National Honors Society at EHS, and is in the top five percent of his class with a 3.75 grade point average.
Gray on Backes: "We're very excited to have Holden joining our program. He's a very well rounded young man through his involvement in so many different areas in addition to golf. He's a great athlete and has just begun to tap his abilities as a high level golfer. His family is amazing, which reflects on Holden's character and that's a big part of our program. He's highly competitive and he doesn't like to lose, which will serve him well at the next level."
