Baylor

Junior from Frisco, Texas ... Has appeared in 21 tournaments and 66 rounds for the Bears in his first two years ... Enters 2025-26 in the top-20 on Baylor's career stroke-average list ... 2024 North and South Amateur Champion ... Brother Dawson played golf for SMU.

2024-25 (Sophomore): Cobalt All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Led the team in par-3 scoring average (3.13) ... Went 2-3 in the Big 12 Match Play at Houston Oaks (10/11) ... Recorded his best finish of the season, tying for 11th as an individual at the DBU Classic (10/29) ... Recorded a tie for 54th in the 117-player field at the Prestige (2/17) ... Carded his best tournament as a member of the lineup, tying for 13th at the Hackler (3/18) ... Rode a second-round 70 to a 29th-place finish at the difficult Maridoe Intercollegiate (4/1) ... Tied for 28th at the Aggie Invitational ... Shot 2-under in the second round before ultimately tying for 34th at the Big 12 Championship (4/24).

2023-24 (Freshman): Appeared in a team-leading 12 events and 38 rounds with a stroke average of 72.76 ... Made his collegiate debut as an Individual at the Valero Texas Collegiate (9/11) ... Shot three rounds at par or better en route to a tie for fourth at the MCC River Classic (9/19) ... Went 2-3 in his Big 12 Match Play debut, helping the Bears to a second-place finish (10/11) ... Tied for 91st as an individual at the Kapolei Invitational (11/2) ... Tied for eighth at the Benwater Intercollegiate (2/14) ... Tied for 53rd at the Prestige (2/21) ... Used a final-round 69 to finish tied for 23rd at the Cabo Collegiate (3/5) ... Carded his career-first top-10 as a member of the lineup with a tie for eighth at the All-American Intercollegiate (3/19) ... Tied for ninth at the Aggie Invitational, helping lift the Bears to the team title (4/7) ... Tied for 43rd in the 96-player field at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (4/13) ... Shot two-rounds at par-or-better in his Big 12 Championship debut, helping BU to its best finish in the event since 2002 (4/24) ... Shot a final-round 71, which proved crucial to helping the Bears make the NCAA Championship by one shot in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (5/15) ... Finished tied for 76th in his NCAA Championship debut (5/29). 

High School: Shot a pair of rounds in the 60s to record a second-place finish this past summer at the Legends Junior Tour Byron Nelson Junior Championship … Best AJGA finish came in December 2021 at the Dominican Junior Open, where he finished second with two rounds at par or better … Also finished fifth at the KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in Fort Worth … Two-time Northern Texas PGA State Champion also played on the Legends Junior Tour, winning the Winter Classic in January of 2021 by a shot … A seven-time participant in the US Kids Golf World Championships, Ovard has been playing competitive golf since the age of five.
 
Personal: Business major from Frisco … The son of David and Wren Ovard … Brother Dawson played golf at SMU.