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Senior (2024-25): Named Third Team Preseason All-American by the Golf Channel's Brentley Romine ... defeated the No. 2 ranked amateur in the world, Gordon Sargent (4&3) at the 2024 U.S. Amateur on his way to advancing to the round of 32… Finished T-6th or better in all four fall tournaments… 10 rounds of par or better… Named Wildcat of the Week… Named to the final Haskins Award fall watch list… Turned professional in November 2024.
 

Junior (2023-24): All-Pac-12 Second Team selection…  Voted to PING All-West Region Team... Two-Time Pac-12 Golfer of the Week… Won Jackson T. Stephens Cup individual title in fall for first collegiate win… Set program record for lowest score over 54 holes with 19-under par performance in Stephens Cup win… Won Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at Tucson Country Club in March… Became first Arizona golfer since Brad Reeves in 2021 to win multiple tournaments in a season… Carded lowest rounds of Arizona career in final round of back-to-back tournaments (Jackson T. Stephens Cup and Arizona N.I.T.) with 64’s… Carded a 16-under par performance (200 strokes) over 54 holes at Arizona N.I.T. that marked second lowest tournament score of his career... Finished regular season with four top-10 finishes in 10 events.

Sophomore (2022-23): Qualified and played in 151st edition of The Open championship as an amateur in July of 2023... Regular in the Arizona lineup after transferring from Oklahoma State at the semester break, playing in all eight tournaments in spring… Finished with second lowest scoring average (71.68) on the team… Posted lowest Wildcat score of 13-under in team’s runner-up finish at John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawai’i… His sixth-place finish at John Burns Intercollegiate was one of three top-ten finishes in his first four tournaments as a Wildcat… His score of 203 for three rounds at John Burns was lowest of his career with impressive rounds of 67, 71 and 65 with the final round 65 being lowest of career… Tallied eight rounds of 70 or lower during the season as part of his 14 rounds of par or lower in 25 rounds played for the year… Part of the Wildcats’ lineup in their win at the Arizona NIT at Omni Tucson National, giving the program its first win at the event since 2003.

Prior to Arizona: Competed as a true freshman at Oklahoma State in 2021-22… Appeared in six events for the Cowboys, five of them as individual… Finished first in Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate with final score of 10-under… First best two rounds of season in win at Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate with opening rounds of 64 and 66… Also won as an individual at Broncho Invitational with final score of 6-under… Competed for Germany at 2021 Jacques Leglise Trophy… Won 2021 German International Amateur with rounds of 65, 70, 67 and 66… Won Schäfflertanz International Open and Triple A European Open in 2020.

Career Stats & Results

Year	Events	Rounds	Strokes	Scoring Avg.	Top 10/20	Best Round	Best Tournament	Rounds at/below Par
2021-22**	6	17	1,205	70.88	0/2	64	203 (-13)	11
2022-23	8	25	1,792	71.68	3/3	65	203 (-13)	16
2023-24	13	40	2,890	72.25	4/5	64	197 (-19)	16
2024-25	4	12	838	69.83	4/4	67	206 (-10)	10
Arizona  TOTALS	25	77	5,520	71.68	11/13	64	197 (-19)	42
**Okla St.  TOTALS	6	17	1,205	70.88	0/2	64	203 (-13)	11
Career TOTALS	31	94	6,725	71.54	11/14	64	197	53

 

2021-2022 (Freshman - at Oklahoma State)
Date	Tournament	Scores	Place
Jan. 30-31	Windon Memorial	68-73-74=215 (+2)	T-38
Feb. 16-17	Paintbrush Invitational	70-77-79=226 (+10)	T-22
March 5-7	Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate	64-66-73=203 (-10)	1
March 17-18	Amer Ari Invitational	70-72-71=213 (-3)	T-10
April 10-12	Broncho Invitational	73-66-79=218 (+8)	T-42
April 14-15	Thunderbird Collegiate	67-71=138 (-6)	T-35
April 28-30	Bash At The Beach	70-71-69=210 (-3)	T-24
2022-2023 (Sophomore)
Date	Tournament	Scores	Place
Jan. 30-31	Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate	68-70-70=208 (-8)	T-8
Feb. 16-17	John Burns Intercollegiate	67-71-65=203 (-13)	T-6
March 5-7	Cabo Collegiate	71-78-82=231 (+18)	T-63
March 17-18	Arizona NIT	70-72-68=210 (-6)	T-10
April 10-12	Western Intercollegiate	73-66-79=218 (+8)	T-42
April 14-15	Thunderbird Collegiate	74-70-69=213 (E)	T-35
April 28-30	Pac-12 Championships	70-74-67-74=285 (+5)	T-39
May 15-17	NCAA Morgan Hill Regional	72-76-76=224 (+8)	T-41
2023-2024 (Junior)
Date	Tournament	Scores	Place
Sept. 15-16	OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational	71-72=143 (+3)	T-30
Sept. 4-6	Folds of Honor Collegiate	69-74-78=221 (+8)	T-37
Sept. 9-10	Sahalee Players Championship	73-74-72=219 (+3)	T-10
Oct. 9-11	Jackson T. Stephens Cup	66-67-64=197 (-19)	1
Jan. 29-30	Arizona N.I.T.	67-69-64=200 (-16)	T-3
Feb. 15-17	John A. Burns Intercollegiate	74-74-77=225 (+9)	T-75
March 3-5	Cabo Collegiate	75-71-76=222 (+9)	T-50
March 18-19	Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate	69-72-65=206 (-10)	1
April 12-13	Thunderbird Collegiate	73-72-72=217 (+4)	T58
April 15-17	Western Intercollegiate	73-79-70=222 (+12)	T-61
April 26-28	Pac-12 Championships	78-76-77-76=307 (+23)	T-57
May 13-15	NCAA West Lafayette Regional	70-73-72=215 (-1)	T-18
May 24-27	NCAA Championships	70-75-73-78=296 (+8)	T-42
2024-2025 (Senior)
Date	Tournament	Scores	Place
Sept. 7-8	Sahlee Players Championship	76-68-70=214 (+2)	T-4
Sept. 23-24	The Tindall Tournament	67-68-71=206 (-7)	T-6
Sept. 29-30	Windon Memorial Classic	70-68-69=207 (-6)	T-10
Oct. 14-16	St. Andrews Links Collegiate	69-72=141 (+1)	T-5
(Turned pro in December 2024)