University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

CAREER NOTES
Fourth Loper to be a Division II All-American ... 2-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... 47 rounds ... 74.74 stroke average currently second lowest in school history ... three rounds in the 60's ... low round of 67

AS A SOPHOMORE (2012-13)
Honorable mention PING All-American ... all-Central Region ... All-MIAA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... had a 74.52 stroke average, second lowest on the team and fifth lowest in school history ... had UNK's top spring average at 74.64 ... was at 74.36 in the fall ... team-high 25 rounds, playing in every tournament ... finished 19th at the NCAA Championships (+9/222) ... rounds of 75, 74 & 73 ... first Loper to reach the NCAA's ... qualified by winning the Central/Midwest Regional ... four under par 212 (71-69-72) .. came in eighth at the MIAA Championships (+5/222) ... three top 10 finishes during the regular season ... fifth at the UNK Fall Invite, shooting a five under par 67 in the final round (215) ... helped the Lopers set school marks for 18-hole (274) and 54-hole (855) scores ... tied for 10th at the Nebraska Intercollegiate (222) ... tied for 12th at the UCM/Heart of America Invite (215) ... had a 69 in the second round ... in the summer of 2014, won a qualifying tournament in Omaha to reach the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships in Kansas ... shot a five under par 66 in the first round ... beat Ben-Marvin Engel of Purdue in the Round of 64 match play (1 up) ... fell to Louisville's Robert Geibel by one hole in the Round of 32

AS A FRESHMAN (2012-13)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... joined senior Kris Koelzer as the only Lopers to play all 18 rounds ... led the team with a 75.06 season stroke average ... improved as the year went along, averaging a 74.27 in the spring ... season-best four under par 140 (70-70) to win the Wayne State Spring Invite ... runner up at the Southeast CC Spring Invite (149) ... led UNK at NCAA Regionals with a 14th place finish (218/71-73-74) .. in the fall, had a 71 in the first round of the Hastings College Invite ... in the summer of 2013, tied for fifth (74) at the U.S. Open Local Qualifying event in Omaha (Shadow Ridge C.C.) ... also had rounds of 72 and 71 in a U.S. Amateur Qualifying tournament in Florida

HIGH SCHOOL
Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championships in Denver ... won a three-hole playoff at Wyndemere C.C. in Naples, Fla., to make the tournament ..., had rounds of 75 and 85 in the 112th edition of the U.S. Amateur ... also qualified for the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in Bremerton, Wash. ... shot a 164 over two rounds ... won a qualifying tournament at Old Corkscrew G.C. ... tied for 17th place (74) at a 2012 U.S. Open Local Qualifying event ... tied for eighth at the 2012 Sarasota City Championship (four round score of 294) ... briefly led the 2011 tourney and ended up fourth ... tied for 44th at the Boys 16-18 National Championship (three round total of 236) in May 2012 ... event part of the Future Collegians World Tour

PERSONAL
Began playing golf in 2007 ... son of Bill & Ginger ... mother played one year on the Loper basketball team ... father wrestled at Chadron State