Back to the UT-Arlington Mavericks Newsfeed

Thousands of miles from his native Iceland, freshman golfer finds new home at UTA

Typically the college recruiting process involves face-to-face visits, a tour of the campus and facilities and a celebratory signing day. For freshman Daniel Steinarsson, the recruiting process was a bit unorthodox.

Steinarsson first started playing golf at the early age of seven and eventually started playing competitively when he was 11 years old.

His motivation to continue playing came from his father, who was also a golfer. Steinarsson looked up to the likes of professional golfers Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods as inspiration.

“I looked up to my dad, that’s why I started playing,” Steinarsson said.