Ahead of starting his Tar Heel career, one UNC golfer had a very good week at one of the biggest events for non-professionals.

Mason Howell, 18, capped a productive summer before his senior year of high school by winning the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club on Sunday. He's the third-youngest U.S. Amateur champion ever.

Howell, the 18-year-old product of Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, Georgia, beat Jackson Herrington on Sunday at the Olympic Club, 7 and 6, to win the Havemeyer Trophy, the latest step in his rise up the amateur golf ranks.

The Harrisburg Woodies (Class A) and Parkston Rays (Class B) won 2025 state amateur baseball tournament titles.

Keep that foot on the gas.” That’s the message that five-time PGA Tour winner Harris English had been texting 18-year-old Mason Howell all week as Howell advanced through match play at the U.S. Amateur.

The Harrisburg Woodies earned the program’s first amateur baseball state championship with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Renner Monarchs Sunday. The Monarchs scored three in the bottom of the first to take a 3-1 lead but were held scoreless the final eight innings.

How to watch the 2025 U.S. Amateur on Sunday at the Olympic Club, including full U.S. Amateur TV coverage and streaming info for the finals.