Nate Vance

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Marshalltown, Iowa
High School:
Marshalltown
Prev School:
Loyola (Ill.)

Awards & Honors
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (22)
All-MVC Selection (20)
MVC Scholar Athlete (20)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, S23)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (23)

2022-23
Placed 43rd at the Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship ... Finished in a tie for 20th place at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Carded a 216 (73-72-71) at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Placed in a tie for 47th at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational ... Carded a final round 69 at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational ... Finished in a tie for 60th after carding a 224 (72-72-80) at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic ... Placed in a tie for 53rd at the Colleton River Collegiate ... Posted a three-under 69 during the second round of the Colleton River Collegiate ... Carded a 226 (75-75-76) at The Prestige ... Opened the Spring Season with a 216 (72-70-74) tally at the Arizona Intercollegiate where he finished in a tie for 35th place ... Compiled a 1-2-2 record at the Big 12 Match Play Championship ... Vance recorded his first Top-10 finish as a Cyclone with a 54-hole total of 214 (71, 71, 72) at the Marquette Intercollegiate ... Carded a 224 and finished in a tie for 30th at the Zach Johnson Invitational ... Placed in a tie for 33rd at the Gopher Invitational ... Set his career-low with a 67 in the final round of the Gopher Invitational ... Recorded a 69 in the second round of the Fighting Irish Classic ... Holds a 72.26 season stroke average.

2021-22
Finished the year with a 73.40 stroke average ... Second on the team in birdies with 85 ... Tied for 14th at the Big 12 Championship after recording a 217 (75-71-71) to earn his best finish of the season ... Tied for 22nd at the Hawkeye Invitational with a 220 (72-76-72) ... Tied for 21st at The Hootie at Bulls Bay after firing a career-low 68 in the second round ... Tied for 28th at the Gopher Invitational at 216 (72-71-73) ... Tallied a team-best 3-2 record at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament.

2020-21
Sat out first semester before transferring to Iowa State from Loyola (Ill.) for the spring … competed in every spring tournament, posting a 74.95 stroke average, third-best on the team ... posted a season-low 217 at the NIT to tie for 53rd ... had an outstanding summer of 2020, winning the Waterloo Open by nine shots with rounds of 67-65-67 (17-under, 199) … posted a top-10 finish at the 2020 Iowa Amateur (71-74-71=216) … placed third at the Iowa Masters at 213.

2019-20 (At Loyola)
Saw action in all 18 rounds, breaking the school record for stroke average at 72.2 and ranking second in the MVC... carded 11 rounds at par or lower ... opened season by firing a 214 (72-72-70) to tie for eighth at the Crusader Collegiate ... notched another top-10 finish the following week at the Derek Dolenc Invitational, firing a season-best 68 en route to a 212 (68-70-74) to tie for fifth ... narrowly missed out on taking home individual medalist honors at the Zach Johnson Invitational, shooting a 216 (71-71-74) to earn a runner-up placing as Loyola took home the team title at the event ... closed fall season with another fifth-place effort at the Pinetree Intercollegiate, shooting an even-par 216 (71-70-75).

2018-19 (At Loyola)
Appeared in all 23 rounds during his freshman year, compiling a 76.9 stroke average ... carded a season-best 71 in only his second collegiate round at the Crusader Collegiate, where he finished tied for 27th with a 226 (74-71-81) ... Placed 36th with a 229 (77-75-77) at the Zach Johnson Invitational.

High School
Was the 2017 Iowa Class 4A State Player of the Year after winning medalist honors at the state tournament on first playoff hole with an eagle … led Marshalltown to the Class 4A State title in 2017 … two-time All-state honoree, highlighted by a first team selection in 2017 … four-time All-CIML selection … also qualified for the state meet in 2016 … holds both the nine-hole (32) and 18-hole (63) school records at Marshalltown … National Honor Society member.

Personal
Mother played basketball at Central Michigan and father was an All-American at Northwestern (Iowa) ... majoring in finance.

Nate Vance