CAREER HONORS
* 2012 NCAA Championship Reserve Medalist
* 2012 PING First-Team All-American (GCAA)
* 2012 All-Nicklaus Team (GCAA)
* 2012 PING All-Central Region (GCAA)
* 2012 Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist (nation's top golfer)
* 2012 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year
* 2012 All-Mountain West Conference
* 2012 Palmer Cup selection (European Team)
* Two-time Golfweek National Player of the Week (5/5/12; 4/2/12)
* Golf World College Player of the Week (4/2/12)
* Two-Time MWC Co-Golfer of the Month (Sept. 2011, Feb. 2012)
* 2012 Academic All-Mountain West Conference
* TCU career record for individual victories (three)
* TCU season record for individual victories (three in 2011-12)
2011-12 (FRESHMAN)
Julien Brun already has left a significant imprint on TCU golf in only one season with the program, recording the top individual campaign ever by a Horned Frog golfer as a freshman ... was named a PING First-Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America, becoming only the third TCU golfer ever to receive the honor and the first freshman ... earned reserve medalist honors at the 2012 NCAA Championship by tying for second place with a final score of -2 at The Riviera Golf Club, matching the best NCAA finish in TCU history ... finished the season ranked No. 8 according to both Golfstat and the Golfweek/Sagarin national rating system ... was No. 5 nationally in individual stroke average (70.51) and No. 2 in average score versus par (-1.03) ... both figures set individual TCU season records, along with his marks for victories (three), top-5 finishes (eight; tied Alberto Ochoa, 1996-97, and J.J. Henry, 1997-98), top-20 results (12), finish percentage (91.3 percent) and rounds at or below par (27; tied Adam Rubinson, 2002-03) ... the wins total also set a new TCU career standard ... the stroke average figure bested the old school record of 71.08 set by PGA TOUR pro J.J. Henry during his Golfweek National Co-Player of the Year season in 1997-98 ... finished the collegiate season ranked high in the overall amatuer rankings at No. 8 in the world and No. 1 in Europe and France according to R&A and No. 9, No. 2 and No. 1 according to Scratch Players ... was named one of 10 finalists for The Ben Hogan Award given annually to the nation's top collegiate golfer ... was one of five freshmen on the list ... tabbed Mountain West Freshman of the Year and one of 10 All-MW selections ... selected as a member of Team Europe for the prestigious 2012 Palmer Cup played in Summer 2012 at The Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Northern Island ... earned top-medalist honors at the Turning Stone Tiger Invitational (-8), John Hayt Collegiate Invitational (-5) and Insperity Augusta State Invitational (-14) ... the win at Turning Stone came in his first collegiate tournament ... became the first Frog freshman ever with more than one victory in a single season ... finished as TCU's low man in eight of 13 events ... placed among the top-15 individuals in 11 times of 13 events ... in addition to his victories and runner-up performance at the NCAA Championship, also finished top 5 at the Mountain West Championship (t-2nd; -7), The McLaughlin (t-3rd; -4), the Jack Nicklaus Invitational (t-5th; -2) and the NCAA Central Regional (t-5th; -6), while he added a top-10 result at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (t-10th; +4) ... shot below par in 22 of 39 rounds with 16 sub-70 scores ... shot below par a career-best nine consecutive rounds dating from the third round of the Barona Collegiate Cup (March 23) through the second round of the NCAA Central Regional (May 18) ... experienced an outstanding first fall campaign, placing in the top 10 in each of TCU's four events ... fired sub-70 scores in all three rounds of his win at the ASU Invitational, including a career-low 65 in Round 2 ... previously recorded a 65 in the final round of the Amer Ari Invitational to help him finish the week tied for 13th at -5 after shooting 77 in the opening round ... played the final two rounds at -10 ... finished the fall season with a stroke average of 70.67.
AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS Brun arrived at TCU as a high-impact recruit from Antibes, France, who made a strong name for himself on the international amateur circuit ... arrived TCU with a world amateur ranking of No. 63 and was the top-rated amateur in France ... won an individual championship in late March 2011 at the European Nations tournament in Sotogrande, Spain, where he carded a final-round 67 to post a three-stroke victory ... followed up his European Nations title by tying for second place in the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England in April 2011 ... finished five shots off the pace during severely adverse conditions that saw the tournament champion finish at +19 ... also traveled away from his home continent several times as a junior ... played once on American soil in December 2010, finishing third at the Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship in Coral Gables, Fla. ... concluded the month of February 2011 playing at the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship in Mount Edgecombe, South Africa, tying for 21st place.
HIGH SCHOOL Brun attended secondary school at Lycee Audiberti in Antibes, France.
OFF THE COURSE Brun is the son of Christophe and Sophie Brun ... has two sisters, Estelle and Amelie ... father was an accomplished swimmer who spent time competing with the French national team ... an arts & sciences pre-major.
