JC Deacon Class: Junior Hometown: Unionville, Ont. High School: St. Stephens HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 170 Birthdate: 11/17/1982 Experience: 2L

UNLV: A seasoned veteran with 63 competitive rounds to his credit … A tall player with good fundamentals for the game and an outstanding work ethic … Should make a heavy impact this year on the national golf scene.

2002-03: A mainstay in the lineup, playing in all but one tournament … Posted three top-10 finishes last season, including claiming second place at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate … Shot a career-best 67 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate which powered him to a 16th-place finish.

2001-02: Played in 30 rounds and 10 tournaments, including the team’s last seven ... Shot a 222 at the Tucker Intercollegiate to finish tied for 29th in his debut ... Tied for ninth at the rain-shortened Kepler Intercollegiate just two weeks before carding a runner-up finish at the Mountain West Conference Championship ... Fired a then-career low 70 in the final round of the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas, but bested that round with a 69 at the NCAA West Regional.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 honors graduate of St. Stephens High School in Bradenton, Fla. … Attended school there for one year while studying at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, which also produced former Rebel Calvin Kupeyan … Collected three wins and finished as the district runner-up as a senior … Attended Holy Trinity School in Richmond Hill, Ont., for three years … A four-time provincial champ, with victories at the Bantum and Juvenile levels and two as a Junior, who is still the only golfer in the history of Ontario to win all three ... Was named his school’s MVP in every season … Carded a tournament-record 65 in the first round at the 1999 U.S. Junior Championship in York, Pa. … Played on the Canadian Junior National team that played in the World Junior Championship in Tokyo, Japan last summer … Lettered four times in hockey and soccer.

PERSONAL: J.C. Deacon was born Nov. 17, 1982, in Toronto, Ont., Canada … The son of Jennifer and Campbell Deacon … Has one brother, Jeff (24) and one sister, Gillian (16) … Has not yet declared a major.

KNIGHT ON DEACON: “JC is a strong man loaded with talent and one of the hardest-working players I’ve ever had. He puts a lot into improving himself physically, on the golf course and in the classroom, and I think that hard work will pay off for him this year.”